Začali pracovat na tomto v 1930 a první část knihy je založena na skripta. Lifshitz pokračoval v práci na knize po Landauově smrti a nebyla dokončena do roku 1979.
They began work on this in the 1930's and the first part of the book is based on lecture notes. Lifshitz continued to work on the book after Landau's death and it was not completed until 1979.