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Mechanics

Mechanics

Lev Landau info, Evgeny Lifshitz info

First published 1960

Volume 1 of Course of Theoretical Physics (Landau & Lifshitz)

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About this book

Mechanics from the principle of least action, in 170 dense pages.

The authors

Lev Landau

1908–1968 · Soviet theoretical physicist

  • Nobel laureate
  • Max Planck Medal
  • Worked at Kapitza Institute
  • Worked at Moscow State University
Profession
Physicist
Worked at
Kapitza Institute, Moscow State University, Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Ioffe Institute
Studied at
St Petersburg University, Baku State University, Baku Polytechnicum
Studied under
Abram Ioffe
Prizes
Max Planck Medal (1960), Nobel Prize in Physics (1962), Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1960), Fritz London Award (1960)

Set the Theoretical Minimum exam, which only 43 people passed in his lifetime.

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Evgeny Lifshitz

1915–1985 · Soviet physicist

  • Worked at Kapitza Institute
Profession
Physicist
Worked at
Kapitza Institute, Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology
Studied at
Kharkiv Institute of Physics and Technology, Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute
Studied under
Lev Landau
Prizes
Foreign Member of the Royal Society (1982), Mikhail Lomonosov Award (1958), Landau Gold Medal (1974)

Wrote the Course down with Landau, who rarely wrote anything himself.

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Reading order

Prerequisite: The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume I (Feynman)

Pairs with: Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics (Arnold)

Then read: The Classical Theory of Fields (Landau) · Quantum Mechanics (Landau) · Fluid Mechanics (Landau)

In print

Yes · Butterworth-Heinemann (Elsevier) paperback, 3rd edition

Which edition

Get the 3rd edition (1976), the last revision and the one still printed. The physics in it hasn't dated.

Recommended: Course of Theoretical Physics, Volume 1

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Editions

2 editions

First published 1960

Earliest edition listed: 1960 · Pergamon Press

  • 1960 · Pergamon Press
  • 1982 · Elsevier Science & Technology Books · ISBN 9780080503479

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Subjects

Physics