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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instanceOf book
physics textbook
aimsAt motivated beginners
approach accessible
rigorous
author George Hrabovsky NERFINISHED
Leonard Susskind NERFINISHED
basedOn The Theoretical Minimum lecture series NERFINISHED
covers Poisson brackets
central force motion
conservation laws
equations of motion
mathematical methods for physics
oscillators
phase space
planetary motion
educationalLevel undergraduate-level
emphasizes conceptual understanding
mathematical foundations of physics
followedBy The Theoretical Minimum: Quantum Mechanics NERFINISHED
The Theoretical Minimum: Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory NERFINISHED
genre introductory physics
popular science
hasForm audiobook
ebook
print
includes end-of-chapter problems
worked examples
intendedFor readers with basic calculus
self-learners
language English
mainSubject classical mechanics
theoretical physics
partOfSeries The Theoretical Minimum series NERFINISHED
publisher Basic Books NERFINISHED
relatedTo Stanford Continuing Studies lectures by Leonard Susskind NERFINISHED
targetAudience readers preparing for more advanced physics
teaches Hamiltonian mechanics
Lagrangian mechanics
Newtonian mechanics
problem-solving in mechanics

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