Explorations in Mathematical Physics (English, Don Koks)

Wonderful book

A bit of background: I studied theoretical physics in graduate school, followed by a 35-year career in the US defense industry as a technology research and development engineer. As such, I had the opportunity in my career to have a lot of fun applying physics and mathematics to a very broad range of technical problems--which perhaps helps me to appreciate the broadness of this book. It is a highly educational book that is mathematically rigorous, while still being very readable (if one is math

The book I turn to for clarity on mathematical physics

I own about a dozen textbooks on different subjects in mathematics covering topics like Fourier analysis, mathematical statistics and mathematical physics. I also have textbooks on quantum mechanics and solid state physics that use a lot of that math. This all came about through graduate school studies and my current job. Having studied much of this material in school and on the job, I thought I understood the basics of it all. Yet when I started reading this book I discovered some eye-opening i

The book I wanted for decades

I think this book could have changed my life if I had been exposed to it 40 years ago. As it is, it's simply delightful to study it now. In contrast to the ease with which I grasped Lagrangian approaches to classical mechanics, I had quite a bit of trouble with quantum mechanics as an undergrad, mostly due to never acquiring a sense of what an "operator" was supposed to be. Since then I keep buying books that promise to explain QM and ended up disappointed. Not with EMP. (You really cannot do QM

Very insightful review of many topics in mathematical physics

Explorations in Mathematical Physics contains an eclectic mix of topics related to mathematical physics. This is not a textbook and more an overview of a collection of topics with often unique insights into key areas in less formal language. The book is very different in approach to most mathematical physics books in that it is not a textbook but more like a book of wisdom on how to think about many topics, which are not necessarily related. The book covers linear algebra, differential geomet

great read

This is a really nice book, wonderful read but not quite an introductionaery book . i would recommend it to anyone who is looking for a fresh & inspiring perspective on topics he or she has reviewed before in more basic form. its great to tie the knot between different disciplines & fields thoughthe one one piece which i missed are references to more indepth literature of the various topics. in particular when the author quite often uses the term, "we will not go into this here"other then that,