The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
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The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics is an introductory physics book that presents the mathematical and conceptual foundations of classical mechanics in a rigorous yet accessible way for motivated beginners.
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| The Theoretical Minimum | 3 |
| The Theoretical Minimum book series | 1 |
| The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics canonical | 1 |
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Target entity: The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics Context triple: [Leonard Susskind, hasWritten, The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics]
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Target entity: The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics Target entity description: The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics is an introductory physics book that presents the mathematical and conceptual foundations of classical mechanics in a rigorous yet accessible way for motivated beginners.
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A.
The World According to Physics
The World According to Physics is a popular science book by physicist Jim Al-Khalili that explains the fundamental principles and discoveries of modern physics for a general audience.
-
B.
Feynman’s Lost Lecture
Feynman’s Lost Lecture is a published reconstruction of a 1964 Richard Feynman physics lecture on planetary orbits, edited and contextualized by David and Judith Goodstein.
-
C.
Feynman Lectures on Physics
Feynman Lectures on Physics is a renowned three-volume introductory physics textbook based on Richard Feynman’s legendary Caltech lectures, celebrated for its clarity, depth, and engaging style.
-
D.
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter
QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter is a popular science book by physicist Richard Feynman that explains the quantum theory of electrodynamics in an accessible, lecture-based style.
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E.
The Elegant Universe
The Elegant Universe is a popular science book by physicist Brian Greene that introduces string theory and explores its implications for unifying the fundamental forces of nature.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (41)
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| instanceOf |
book
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physics textbook ⓘ |
| aimsAt | motivated beginners ⓘ |
| approach |
accessible
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rigorous ⓘ |
| author |
George Hrabovsky
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Leonard Susskind ⓘ |
| basedOn | The Theoretical Minimum lecture series ⓘ |
| covers |
Poisson brackets
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central force motion ⓘ conservation laws ⓘ equations of motion ⓘ mathematical methods for physics ⓘ oscillators ⓘ phase space ⓘ planetary motion ⓘ |
| educationalLevel | undergraduate-level ⓘ |
| emphasizes |
conceptual understanding
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mathematical foundations of physics ⓘ |
| followedBy |
The Theoretical Minimum: Quantum Mechanics
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linked to:
Quantum Mechanics: The Theoretical Minimum
The Theoretical Minimum: Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory ⓘ |
| genre |
introductory physics
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popular science ⓘ |
| hasForm |
audiobook
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ebook ⓘ print ⓘ |
| includes |
end-of-chapter problems
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worked examples ⓘ |
| intendedFor |
readers with basic calculus
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self-learners ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| mainSubject |
classical mechanics
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theoretical physics ⓘ |
| partOfSeries |
The Theoretical Minimum series
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linked to:
The Theoretical Minimum lecture series
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| publisher | Basic Books ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
Stanford Continuing Studies lectures by Leonard Susskind
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linked to:
The Theoretical Minimum lecture series
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| targetAudience | readers preparing for more advanced physics ⓘ |
| teaches |
Hamiltonian mechanics
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Lagrangian mechanics ⓘ Newtonian mechanics ⓘ problem-solving in mechanics ⓘ |
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Referenced by (5)
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Leonard Susskind
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hasWritten
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The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
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linked to: The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
linked to: The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory: The Theoretical Minimum
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partOfSeries
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The Theoretical Minimum
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linked to: The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics
linked to: The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics