- Company name
- No-Nonsense Books
- Type
- Independent publisher of physics textbooks
- Founder and author
- Jakob Schwichtenberg, theoretical physicist, author of Physics from Symmetry (Springer)
- Country
- Germany
- Website
- nononsensebooks.com
- Core offering
- Student-friendly textbooks on the core subjects of theoretical physics
- Titles
- No-Nonsense Classical Mechanics; No-Nonsense Electrodynamics; No-Nonsense Quantum Mechanics (2nd edition); No-Nonsense Quantum Field Theory
- Publication dates
- Electrodynamics: December 2018; Quantum Mechanics (2nd edition): December 2018; Classical Mechanics: May 2019; Quantum Field Theory: February 2020 (Amazon)
- Page counts
- Classical Mechanics 393; Electrodynamics 310; Quantum Mechanics 266; Quantum Field Theory 642
- Amazon ratings (October 2026)
- Classical Mechanics 4.8 (271 ratings); Electrodynamics 4.7 (174); Quantum Mechanics 4.6 (218); Quantum Field Theory 4.6 (254)
- Formats
- PDF eBook (Gumroad), paperback (Amazon)
- Pricing
- eBook $34; paperback $34 (Classical Mechanics, Electrodynamics) or $37 (Quantum Field Theory); the Quantum Mechanics paperback is currently sold on Amazon.com only by third-party sellers. See pricing.
- Updates
- eBook buyers receive later editions free
- Refunds
- 30 days for eBooks bought through the website
- Readers
- Physics students, self-learners and lecturers
- Competitors
- Standard course textbooks: Griffiths, Taylor, Goldstein, Jackson, Shankar, Sakurai, Peskin and Schroeder, Zee
- Contact
- jakobschwich (at) gmail.com