David Tong Lectures on Theoretical Physics

Summary

The Books My lecture notes are now all grown up and available as a series of books, published by Cambridge University Press. You may wonder why you should buy the books when the lecture notes are freely available. It's a good question. And it has good answers: The books have loads more content. And better explanations. I now spell "Schwarzschild" correctly. I convinced the publisher to sell the paperbacks at half the price of most other textbooks. They smell nice. So far there are four textbooks available: click on the images below to go to the dedicated page for each book. Don't Just Take My Word For It... This is what others said about the series. "David Tong's lecture notes are the backbone of our society"-- Finite Physicist, Twitter ""This is theoretical physics “done right”. The author’s love of the subject and its history, as well as its results, shines through. The definitions and derivations are clean, but never dry. For students of modern physical science, these volumes will be a rich source of instruction, insight - and joy." -- Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate, MIT "David Tong is one of those physicists who comes along only rarely. He unrelentingly dives into all fields of physics, recognizing the often-underappreciated unity of the body of knowledge that exists. He is a master of technical detail along with the essential underlying physical principles. In this series he covers much of the undergraduate and graduate curriculum with clarity and humor, and I often find myself looking up his books or using his efforts to teach better myself." -- Lisa Randall, Harvard " This is a wonderful set of textbooks. A dynamic and engaging introduction to theoretical physics with a very modern emphasis." -- Juan Maldacena, Institute for Advanced Study "David Tong's series brilliantly combines deep physical understanding with masterful teaching. Delivering a thorough, wide-ranging, and current view of physics, it effectively updates Landau and Lifshitz's renowned Course of...