Special Relativity and Classical Field Theory by Leonard Susskind & Art Friedman

Summary

This books is the third volume in the series The Theoretical Minimum and is designed to teach readers the minimum concepts and mathematics needed to understand: - Einstein's Special Relativity - Classical Field Theory

It uses real equations and you must be familiar with calculus and tensor notation rather than a pure verbal description.

Contents

• Introduction
• The Lorentz Transformation
• Velocities and 4-vectors
• Relativistic Laws of Motion
• Classical Field Theory
• Particles and Fields
• Crazy Units
• The Lorentz Force Law
• Fundamental Principles and Gauge Invariance
• Maxwell's Equations
• Physical Consequences of Maxwell's Equations
• Maxwell From Lagrange
• Fields and Classical Mechanics
• Appendix A. Magnetic Monopoles : Lenny Fools Art
• Appendix B. Review of 3-vector Operators