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}}</ref> However, almost all of the actual writing of the early volumes was done by Lifshitz, giving rise to the sayingwitticism, "not a word of Landau and not a thought of Lifshitz".<ref>
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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. [[Vladimir Berestetskii]] 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 |title=О простоте |date=2006-06-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://zlo.rt.mipt.ru/?read=7096295 |title=Форум-ФРТК-МФТИ: чем ландафшиц не понравился? |date=2011-02-18}}</ref> or "'''Lanlifshitz'''" (Russian: "Ланлифшиц") in informal settings.
 
==Impact==
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==English editions==
Note that reprints and revised editions are not listed.
Volume 1 covers [[classical mechanics]] without special or general relativity, in the [[Lagrangian mechanics|Lagrangian]] and [[Hamiltonian mechanics|Hamiltonian]] formalisms.
 
;Volume 1
Volume 2 covers [[relativistic mechanics]] of particles, and [[classical field theory]] for fields, specifically [[special relativity]] and [[electromagnetism]], [[general relativity]] and [[gravitation]].
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1960
|title=Mechanics
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 1
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=
|oclc=
|asin=B0006AWV88
}}
**{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1969
|title=Mechanics
|edition=2nd |volume=Vol. 1
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=978-0-201-04146-0
}}
**{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1976
|title=Mechanics
|edition=3rd |volume=Vol. 1
|publisher=[[Butterworth-Heinemann]]
|isbn=978-0-7506-2896-9
}}
 
Volume 3 coversCovers [[quantumclassical mechanics]] without special or general relativity, in the [[Lagrangian mechanics|Lagrangian]] and [[Hamiltonian mechanics|Hamiltonian]] formalisms.
 
;Volume 2
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]] |year=1951
|title=The Classical Theory of Fields
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 2
|publisher=[[Addison-Wesley]]
|isbn=
|oclc=
|asin=B0007G5B42
}}
**{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1959
|title=The Classical Theory of Fields
|edition=2nd |volume=Vol. 2
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=
|oclc=
|id=
}}
**{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1971
|title=The Classical Theory of Fields
|edition=3rd |volume=Vol. 2
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=978-0-08-016019-1
}}
**{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1975
|title=The Classical Theory of Fields
|edition=4th |volume=Vol. 2
|publisher=[[Butterworth-Heinemann]]
|isbn=978-0-7506-2768-9
}}
 
Covers [[relativistic mechanics]] of particles, and [[classical field theory]] for fields, specifically [[special relativity]] and [[electromagnetism]], [[general relativity]] and [[gravitation]].
 
;Volume 3
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1958
|title=Quantum Mechanics: Non-Relativistic Theory
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 3
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=
|oclc=
|id=
}}
**{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1965
|title=Quantum Mechanics: Non-Relativistic Theory
|edition=2nd |volume=Vol. 3
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=
}}
**{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1977
|title=Quantum Mechanics: Non-Relativistic Theory
|edition=3rd |volume=Vol. 3
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=978-0-08-020940-1
}}
 
Covers [[quantum mechanics]] without special relativity.
 
;Volume 4
*{{cite book
|author=[[Vladimir Berestetskii|V. B. Berestetskii]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]], [[Lev Pitaevskii|L. P. Pitaevskii]]
|year=1971
|title=Relativistic Quantum Theory
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 4
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=978-0-08-017175-3
}}
**{{cite book
|author=[[Vladimir Berestetskii|V. B. Berestetskii]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]], [[Lev Pitaevskii|L. P. Pitaevskii]]
|year=1982
|title=Quantum Electrodynamics
|edition=2nd |volume=Vol. 4
|publisher=[[Butterworth-Heinemann]]
|isbn=978-0-7506-3371-0
}}
 
The original edition was two books, labelled part 1 and part 2. The first had general aspects of [[relativistic quantum mechanics]] and relativistic [[quantum field theory]], leading onto [[quantum electrodynamics]]. The second continued on with quantum electrodynamics and what was then known about the [[strong interaction|strong]] and [[weak interaction]]s. These books were published in the early 1970s, at a time when the strong and weak forces were still not well understood. In the second edition, the corresponding sections were scrapped and replaced with more topics in the well-established quantum electrodynamics, and the two parts were unified into one, thus providing a one-volume exposition on relativistic quantum field theory with the electromagnetic interaction as the prototype of a quantum field theory.
 
;Volume 5
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*{{cite book
|author=
|year=1951
|title=Statistical Physics
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 5
|publisher=
|isbn=
|oclc=
|id=
}}
**Early version: {{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]]
|year=1938
|title=Statistical Physics
|publisher=[[Clarendon Press]]
|isbn=
|oclc=
|asin=B00085BKZG
}}
**{{cite book
|author=
|year=1968
|title=Statistical Physics
|edition=2nd |volume=Vol. 5
|publisher=
|isbn=
|oclc=
|id=
}}
**{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1980
|title=Statistical Physics
|edition=3rd |volume=Vol. 5
|publisher=[[Butterworth-Heinemann]]
|isbn=978-0-7506-3372-7
}}
 
Covers general [[statistical mechanics]] and [[thermodynamics]] and applications, including [[chemical reaction]]s, [[phase transitions]], and [[condensed matter physics]].
 
;Volume 6
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1959
|title=Fluid Mechanics
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 6
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=978-0-08-009104-4
}}
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1987
|title=Fluid Mechanics
|edition=2nd |volume=Vol. 6
|publisher=[[Butterworth-Heinemann]]
|isbn=978-0-08-033933-7
}}
 
Covers [[fluid mechanics]] in a condensed but varied exposition, from ideal to [[viscosity|viscous]] fluids, includes a chapter on relativistic fluid mechanics, and another on [[superfluid]]s.
 
;Volume 7
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1959
|title=Theory of Elasticity
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 7
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=
|oclc=
|id=
}}
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1970
|title=Theory of Elasticity
|edition=2nd |volume=Vol. 7
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=978-0-08-006465-9
}}
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1986
|title=Theory of Elasticity
|edition=3rd |volume=Vol. 7
|publisher=[[Butterworth-Heinemann]]
|isbn=978-0-7506-2633-0
}}
 
Covers [[Elasticity (physics)|elasticity]] theory of solids, including [[Viscosity#Viscosity in solids|viscous]] solids, vibrations and waves in crystals with [[dislocation]]s, and a chapter on the mechanics of [[liquid crystal]]s.
In its original edition, volume 4 was two books, labelled part 1 and part 2. The first had general aspects of [[relativistic quantum mechanics]] and relativistic [[quantum field theory]], leading onto [[quantum electrodynamics]]. The second continued on with quantum electrodynamics and what was then known about the [[strong interaction|strong]] and [[weak interaction]]s. These books were published in the early 1970s, at a time when the strong and weak forces were still not well understood. In the second edition, the corresponding sections were scrapped and replaced with more topics in the well-established quantum electrodynamics, and the two parts were unified into one, thus providing a one-volume exposition on relativistic quantum field theory with the electromagnetic interaction as the prototype of a quantum field theory.
 
;Volume 8
Volume 5 covers general [[statistical mechanics]] and [[thermodynamics]] and applications, including [[chemical reaction]]s, [[phase transitions]], and [[condensed matter physics]].
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]]
|year=1960
|title=Electrodynamics of Continuous Media
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 8
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn= 978-0-08-009105-1
}}
*{{cite book
|author=[[Lev Landau|L. D. Landau]], [[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]], [[Lev Pitaevskii|L.P. Pitaevskii]]
|year=1984
|title=Electrodynamics of Continuous Media
|edition=2nd |volume=Vol. 8
|publisher=[[Butterworth-Heinemann]]
|isbn=978-0-7506-2634-7
}}
 
VolumeCovers 6electromagnetism coversin [[fluidmaterials, mechanics]] inincludes a condensedvariety butof variedtopics exposition,in fromcondensed idealmatter to [[viscosity|viscous]] fluids. It includesphysics, a chapter on relativistic fluid mechanics[[magnetohydrodynamics]], and another on [[superfluidnonlinear optics]]s.
 
;Volume 9
Volume 7 covers [[Elasticity (physics)|elasticity]] theory of solids, including [[Viscosity#Viscosity in solids|viscous]] solids, vibrations and waves in crystals with [[dislocation]]s, and a chapter on the mechanics of [[liquid crystal]]s.
*{{cite book
|author=[[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]], [[Lev Pitaevskii|L. P. Pitaevskii]]
|year=1980
|title=Statistical Physics, Part 2: Theory of the Condensed State
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 9
|publisher=[[Butterworth-Heinemann]]
|isbn=978-0-7506-2636-1
}}
 
Builds from the original statistical physics book; more applications to condensed matter theory.
Volume 8 covers electromagnetism in materials, includes a variety of topics in condensed matter physics, a chapter on [[magnetohydrodynamics]], and another on [[nonlinear optics]].
 
;Volume 10
Volume 9 builds from the original statistical physics book, with more applications to condensed matter theory.
*{{cite book
|author=[[Evgeny Lifshitz|E. M. Lifshitz]], [[Lev Pitaevskii|L. P. Pitaevskii]]
|year=1981
|title=Physical Kinetics
|edition=1st |volume=Vol. 10
|publisher=[[Pergamon Press]]
|isbn=978-0-7506-2635-4
}}
 
Volume 10 presentsPresents various applications of [[kinetic theory of gases|kinetic theory]] to condensed matter theory, on metals, insulators, and phase transitions.
 
==Notes==
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