The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics

A master teacher presents the ultimate introduction to classical mechanics for people who are serious about learning physics

Beautifully clear explanations of famously 'difficult' things, -- Wall Street Journal

If you ever regretted not taking physics in college -- or simply want to know how to think like a physicist -- this is the book for you. In this bestselling introduction, physicist Leonard Susskind and hacker-scientist George Hrabovsky offer a first course in physics and associated math for the ardent amateur. Challenging, lucid, and concise, The Theoretical Minimum provides a tool kit for amateur scientists to learn physics at their own pace.

Author: Leonard Susskind, George Hrabovsky
Publisher: Basic Books
Published: 04/22/2014
Pages: 256
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.52lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.50w x 0.70d
ISBN: 9780465075683

About the Author
Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch Professor in Theoretical Physics at Stanford University. He is the author of Quantum Mechanics (with Art Friedman) and The Theoretical Minimum (with George Hrabovsky), among other books. He lives in Palo Alto, California.

George Hrabovsky is the president of Madison Area Science and Technology (MAST), a nonprofit organization dedicated to scientific and technological research and education. He lives in Madison, Wisconsin.