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Sep 03, 2009 published on sep 3, 2009 march 30, 2009 leonard susskind discusses the study of statistical analysis as calculating the probability of things subject to the constraints of a conserved quantity. One might describe the fundamental problem of celestial mechanics as the description of the motion of celestial objects that move under. Appraisal of a cambridge lecturer in classical mechanics, circa 1690 1. The problem of quantization shows how one can start with a classical field theory and end up with a quantum field theory.
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