The theoretical minimum : what you need to know to start doing physics - 1. ed.

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.