Mathematical Physics

Features

• Cover Type: Paperback with 412 pages
• Published by: Dover Publications June 1, 1961
• Written in: English
• ISBN 10 Number: 0486600564
• ISBN 13 Number: 978-0486600567
• Book Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.4 x 0.9 inches
• Weighs: 1 pounds

Product Description
Thorough, extremely useful treatment of classical mechanics, electromagnetic theory, and relativity, includes full explanations of function theory, vectors, matrices, dyadics, tensors, partial differential equations, and other advanced mathematical techniques. Nearly 200 problems with answers from many different fields of physics and varying widely in difficulty.

Reader Reviews
I switched over from a BS in math to get a Ph.D. in physics. My grad courses used all of the standard texts: Goldstein for Mechanics, Jackson for Electrodynamics, etc. I did fine but I never felt like I mastered the material, especially the why and how of the mathematics. Now, I just discovered Menzel's "Mathematical Physics" with a year left in my Ph.D. program. I wanted to review some of the basics I hadn't used since I started research full time and what a joy this book is!!! I fell in love with the first few pages. He succinctly introduces the basics of mechanics and analytical geometry in a few pages...and you understand clearly! I then discovered that he covers tensors and differential geometry. I can tell you from having looked at many books on General Relativity that Menzel's coverage of the math for General Relatively is excellent, insightful, and intuitive. My suggestion for grad students of physics is to pick up this little gem as a supplement to their assigned texts and to keep it handy as a refresher whenever needed.