Leonard Susskind
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2013]
Language
English
Description
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"--Dust jacket flap.
Author
Publisher
Back Bay Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
The beginning of the 21st century is a watershed in modern science, a time that will forever change our understanding of the universe, Susskind contends. Several decades ago, he introduced the revolutionary concept of string theory to the world of physical science. In doing so, he inspired a generation of physicists who believed that the theory would uniquely predict the properties of our universe. Now, in his first book, Susskind argues that the...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
The latest volume in the New York Times-bestselling physics series explains Einstein's masterpiece: the general theory of relativity He taught us classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, and special relativity. Now, physicist Leonard Susskind, assisted by a new collaborator, Andr�e Cabannes, returns to tackle Einstein's general theory of relativity. Starting from the equivalence principle and covering the necessary mathematics of Riemannian spaces...
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