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{{Short description|Ten-volumeTheoretical seriesphysics oftextbook books on theoretical physicsseries by Lev Landau and Evgeny Lifshitz}}

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| image = Landau & Lifshitz - Volume 1 - Mechanics.jpg

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| caption = Cover of the first volume, ''Mechanics'' (Russian Edition)

| author = [[Lev Landau]] (Vol. 1–3, 5–8)<br>[[Evgeny Lifshitz]] (Vol. 1–10)<br>{{nowrap|[[{{ill|Vladimir Berestetskii]]|ru|Берестецкий, Владимир Борисович}} (Vol. 4)}}<br>[[Lev Pitaevskii]] (Vol. 4, 9–10)

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| subject = [[Physics]]

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| publisher = Russian: [[Fizmatgiz]], [[Fizmatlit]], [[Nauka (publisher)|Nauka]]<br/>English: [[Addison-Wesley]], [[Butterworth-Heinemann]], [[Pergamon Press]]<br/>German: [[Akademie Verlag]], [[Verlag Harri Deutsch]], [[Europa-Lehrmittel]]<br/>Chinese: [[Higher Education Press]]

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}}</ref> The first eight volumes were finished in the 1950s, written in [[Russian language|Russian]] and translated into [[English language|English]] in the late 1950s by [[John Stewart Bell]], together with John Bradbury Sykes, M. J. Kearsley, and W. H. Reid. The last two volumes were written in the early 1980s. [[{{ill|Vladimir Berestetskii]]|ru|Берестецкий, Владимир Борисович}} and [[Lev Pitaevskii]] also contributed to the series. The series is often referred to as "'''Landau and Lifshitz'''", "'''Landafshitz'''" (Russian: "Ландафшиц"),<ref>{{cite web |url=http://written.ru/articles/notes/simplicity |script-title=ru:О простоте |date=2006-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://zlo.rt.mipt.ru/?read=7096295 |script-title=ru:Форум-ФРТК-МФТИ: чем ландафшиц не понравился? |language=ru |date=2011-02-18 |access-date=2012-05-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170803090235/http://zlo.rt.mipt.ru/?read=7096295 |archive-date=2017-08-03 |url-status=dead}}</ref> or "'''Lanlifshitz'''" (Russian: "Ланлифшиц") in informal settings.

==Impact==

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==English editions==

[[File:Seattle Urban Hike - Physics Books at University of Washington Book Store (1797565938).jpg|thumb|Course of Theoretical Physics]]

The following list does not include reprints and revised editions.

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== See also ==

* [[Lectures on Theoretical Physics]]

* [[List of textbooks on classical and quantum mechanics]]

* [[List of textbooks in thermodynamics and statistical mechanics]]

* [[List of textbooks in electromagnetism]]

*[[The Theoretical Minimum]]

==Notes==

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* [[Internet Archive]]: {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22L.D.+Landau+%26+E.M.+Lifshitz%22 |access-date=2013-11-02 |title=Internet Archive}} (for volumes 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8) and {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/search.php?query=creator%3A%22V.B.+Berestetskii%2C+E.M.+Lifshitz+%26+L.P.+Pitaevskii%22 |access-date=2013-11-02 |title=Internet Archive}} (for volume 4), and {{cite web |url=https://archive.org/details/ost-physics-landaulifshitz-statisticalphysics |access-date=2016-08-10 |title=Internet Archive |date=1969 |publisher=Internet Archive}} (for volume 5).

* [[Britannica Online]]: [http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/140626/Course-of-Theoretical-Physics ''Course of Theoretical Physics'']

* [[Internet Archive]]: [https://archive.org/details/landau-and-lifshitz-physics-textbooks-series/Vol%201%20-%20Landau%2C%20Lifshitz%20-%20Mechanics%20%283rd%20ed%2C%201976%29/ Landau-Lifschitz Vol. 1-10]

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