[HN Gopher] David Tong Lectures on Theoretical Physics
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       David Tong Lectures on Theoretical Physics
        
       Author : alonfnt
       Score  : 83 points
       Date   : 2025-04-22 15:17 UTC (7 hours ago)
        
 (HTM) web link (www.damtp.cam.ac.uk)
 (TXT) w3m dump (www.damtp.cam.ac.uk)
        
       | griffzhowl wrote:
       | Cool. His lecture notes are worth checking out when studying any
       | physics topic imo. I've seen his QFT notes especially recommended
       | in many places, though I haven't yet got that far personally...
        
         | impossiblefork wrote:
         | One of my mechanics courses used his lecture notes for
         | analytical mechanics and I liked them, i.e. 'classical
         | dynamics'.
        
       | qnleigh wrote:
       | There are lots of recorded lectures by him online too, which are
       | great. His quantum field their lectures are especially popular
       | https://www.damtp.cam.ac.uk/user/tong/qftvids.html.
        
       | ferguess_k wrote:
       | The smell is indeed the important part. Sadly the smell goes away
       | in a while even if unopened. Maybe I should purchase some case to
       | retain the smell.
        
       | hbrav wrote:
       | Great lecturer - when I took Part III he stepped in for a few
       | sessions when the regular lecturer for QFT broke her arm.
       | 
       | His notes are always pretty clearly explained. Equally
       | importantly, I've found he's always really responsive if you
       | think you've found an error. (And very patient if the original is
       | correct, and your "correction" is a mistake!)
        
         | ballooney wrote:
         | WTF?
         | 
         | [Tang notes in-joke for potential downvoters]
        
       | jaggs wrote:
       | His quantum mechanics lecture on YouTube at the Royal Society I
       | think, is a masterpiece. Some very interesting facts, mostly
       | about what we don't know.
       | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNVQfWC_evg
        
       | olddustytrail wrote:
       | "Dave's lectures are basically the opposite of me." - Pete Tong
        
       | dawnofdusk wrote:
       | Cool that his lecture notes are now books! The lack of
       | thermodynamics/statistical mechanics is an unfortunate oversight,
       | however, otherwise one could feasibly use his books exclusively
       | for an undergraduate-level degree program in physics.
        
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