The Theoretical Minimum

A master physicist and a self-taught scientist present the ultimate introduction to classical mechanics for people who are serious about learning physics A New York Times Bestseller A Wall Street Journal Best Book of the Year "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 to classical mechanics, 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.

Leonard Susskind is the Felix Bloch professor of Theoretical Physics at Stanford University. He is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and a recipient of the Dirac Medal, the Galileo Medal, and the Carl Sagan Prize for Science Popularization, among numerous other honors. He is the author of the New York Times-bestselling The Theoretical Minimum series. 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.