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

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### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    An excellent readable account of all that a student of physics ...
  

*by A***I on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2016*

An excellent readable account of all that a student of physics would expect from Leonard Susskind, an eminent physicist. The author explains and gives credit of the title of his book to the famous Russian physicist, Lev Landau. Theoretical Minimum "in Russia meant everything a student needed to know to work under Landau himself".The mathematical content gradually becomes demanding and assumes a level that is beyond the first year undergraduate level. Susskind, however, is most adept at explaining new mathematical concepts, and deals with partial derivatives and axiomatic treatment of mechanics which would greatly benefit a second year university student of single honours in physics. Susskind finally introduces Lagrangian and Hamilton's Principle of Least Action, and demonstrates how Newton's Laws of Motion could be derived from concepts of energy and action, and explains how the Law of Conservation of Energy could be derived from the Lagrangian of a system.In the final chapters of the book, Susskind introduces Poisson Brackets and  prepares ground for his next book, Quantum Mechanics - The Theoretical Minimum.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 5.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    The best Physics book ever. No question.
  

*by M***Y on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 4 August 2013*

I have read, or tried to read, many physics books at all levels. This is simply the best.It is a distillation of Prof. Susskind's lectures on YouTube, which are equally superb.It is aimed at the serious amateur physicist who can cope with a little math but maybe struggles over giant leaps of intellect. It starts at the very beginning and works methodically through the ideas of phase-space and the Lagrangian/Hamiltonian concepts of energy, conservation laws, symmetry and equations of motion.It finishes with an exploration of the Electric and Magnetic fields from the point of view of the Action principle.Actually, it's a bit of a cliff-hanger. The book is basically classical physics and doesn't cover Quantum Mechanics or Relativity, String theory, Black holes, 'Branes, Entanglement and all the other juicy bits we've heard off but don't quite understand.I know the author posted more lectures on all these topics and there's a hint in the preface that this is Volume 1 of several to come.Personally, I can't wait.

### ⭐⭐⭐⭐ 4.0 out of 5 stars







  
  
    Who is the target audience?
  

*by M***D on Reviewed in the United Kingdom on 27 June 2013*

It's difficult to see who this book is aimed at. I really enjoyed it and learnt a great deal, but then I've completed 3 years of undergraduate education in physics. Perhaps it would be best for a 1st year university level physicist, one who's completed a couple of courses in calculus, or perhaps a brave A-Level student.I've deducted a star though, because the book is rife with errors. Just have a look at the errata at madscitech.org, it's huge. Spelling mistakes are fine but errors in equations can really lead you astray.

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