The Lazy Universe: An Introduction To The Principle Of Least Action

The Principle of Least Action underlies all physics and leads into quantum mechanics and Einstein's Relativity. There are some textbooks that do the calculations, and one book with nice pictures, but no book (before this one) that explains what 'action' is, and why nature follows this principle.

• | By (Author): Jennifer (Honorary Research Associate, Honorary Research Associate, La Trobe University, Australia) Coopersmith
• | Publisher: Oxford University Press
• | Publication Date: May 11, 2017
• | Country of Publication: United Kingdom
• | Number of Pages: 288 pages
• | Language: Unknown
• | Binding: Hardback
• | ISBN-10: 0198743041
• | ISBN-13: 9780198743040