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by Leonard Susskind and George Hrabovsky, 2013
Who uses, recommends or left The Theoretical Minimum: What You Need to Know to Start Doing Physics, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
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Susskind made his lecture notes into a book and did a great job.
Backreaction review of the first Theoretical Minimum volume, on classical mechanics.
2013-02-23·backreaction.blogspot.com ↗
He has a new popular book out which is quite good, entitled The Theoretical Minimum
Post 'Short Book Reviews' — a batch of short reviews of physics and mathematics books he found worthwhile.
2013-01-24·math.columbia.edu ↗
If you're willing to roll up your sleeves and follow the authors along, this is a book from which you can learn a great deal.
Post about the LA Times Festival of Books prize, where he singles out one book he can't help mentioning.
2013-02-12·preposterousuniverse.com ↗
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