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'The clarity of style, the conciseness of treatment and the originality and variety of illustrative problems make this a book which can be highly recommended.' Proceedings of the Physical Society
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The fourth edition contains seven new sections with chapters on General Relativity, Gravitational Waves and Relativistic Cosmology. The text has been thoroughly revised and additional problems inserted.
The Complete course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz, recognized as two of the world's outstanding physicists, is published in full by Butterworth-Heinemann. It comprises nine volumes, covering all branches of the subject; translations from the Russian are by leading scientists.
The Complete course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz, recognized as two of the world's outstanding physicists, is published in full by Butterworth-Heinemann. It comprises nine volumes, covering all branches of the subject; translations from the Russian are by leading scientists.
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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Brilliance and Revelation, Incarnate,
By smg (ny, ny) - See all my reviews
This review is from: The Classical Theory of Fields: Volume 2 (Paperback)
Please forgive my devotianary language, but after perusing this text, one is simply overwhelmed as if subjects long obfuscated by other texts have suddenly been revealed in an almost religious epiphany. The sections devoted to relativistic electomagnetism are beyond criticism while that on General Relativity cannot be found elsewhere. Compare Weinberg or MWT, and you will see the marked difference. Highly recommended to any intermediate to advanced student who has been exposed to GR or relativistic E&M.
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A cult classic.,
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This review is from: The Classical Theory of Fields: Volume 2 (Paperback)
Seriously, a cult classic. And one should beware of cults. It's a very elegant, pristine presentation. However, this is often at the expense of sweeping some messier issues under the rug. Landau's reasoning has a very fluid intuitive quality, and it is easy to float along with as long as you don't stop an notice that sometimes it doesn't really make sense. I once heard a prominent physicist say of Landau's papers "everything's wrong except the answers". An exaggeration but some truth to it.
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Consummate elagance for any budding theorist!,
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This review is from: The Classical Theory of Fields: Volume 2 (Paperback)
This series of text books, as any good graduate student knows, are worth owning, at least piece-meal, as per subject. This volume, in particular, illuminates much of the theoretical grounding to much of semi-classical physics, as it is today practiced. Basically, it is a non-quantum, but relativistic, study of fields, be they gravitational or electromagnetic in origin, explicated in reverential detail for only those not faint of heart to the gory details of physics.But I wax rhapsodic for the math, for that is the bulk of the type setting in the book (which is gorgeous and contemporary, by the way!). To sum up, requisite for any serious grad student (or precocious undergrad) in physics or astrophysics (which means me!)
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