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The Theoretical Minimum

  • 256 pages · about 4 hours
  • First published 2013
  • 10 editions

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1 About this book

A string theorist and a citizen scientist instruct lay readers on elementary principles of physics and associated math that amateur enthusiasts should know in order to study more advanced topics, in a reference that covers such topics as classical mechanics, electromagnetic fields and chaos theory.

"A first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur ... beginning with classical mechanics".

Good for readers who want: physics and popular science.

  • Physics
  • Popular science
  • Popular Science and Mathematics
  • Problems, exercises
  • Mechanics

2 About Leonard Susskind

Born 1940

Leonard Susskind is an American physicist. Susskind is widely regarded as one of the fathers of string theory. He is the author of several popular science books. -- Wikipedia

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