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Whatarethetopbasicreferencebooksofphysics?

Forstarters.ShouldIncludebooksonQuantum,Particle,Theoretical,Mathematicalsubjects.
WhatarethebestbookswithadvancedPhysics?

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WhatarethetoptenmostreadbooksbyIndians?

AndreaKlein,B.S.inPhysicsfromStanford

WhicharethebestbookstostudyMathematical
Physics?

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Andreahas3endorsementsinPhysics.

Whichisthebestbooktostartlearningphysics?

Somefavoritesfrommyundergradyears,almostallofwhichstillliveonmybookshelf:

Whatisthebestbasicphysicsbook?
Whatisthebestbooktolearnphysicsforthosewho
areweakinphysics?

1.TheFeynmanLecturesforageneraloverview.Theseareatreasure.Readthem,
learnthem,lovethem.
2.Landau&Lifshitzforclassicalmechanics.
3.Griffithsforelectricity&magnetism.Someoftheproblemsareratherpainful,though.
ExpecttodevelopalifelongbondwithyourcopyofMathematicawhileworkingthrough
them.Ifthisbookistooadvancedforyou,trystartingwithPurcellifit'stooeasy(orifyou
justenjoypain),goforJacksoninstead.

WhichisthebestbooktostartModernPhysicswith?
Whatarethebestintroductorybooksonquantum
physics?
Whatisthebestbooktomakephysicsbasicsclear?

4.Griffithsforquantummechanics.Lookingback,Iparticularlylikehisoverviewof
probabilityandwavefunctionsatthebeginning.Also,I'drecommendpayingclose
attentiontotheworkedexamples.
5.Youguessedit...Griffithsforparticlephysicstoo!Thisbookisagreatresourcefora
numberoftopics,includingspecialrelativity.Ialsostronglypreferthewayheexplains
particlespin/angularmomentuminthisbook,soifyoufindyourselfconfusedbythe
explanationinhisquantummechanicsbook,youmighttrylookinghereinstead.
6.Binney&Tremaineforastrophysics.I'mlessfamiliarwiththisbook(neverusedit
foraclass),buteveryoneseemstoagreeit'sthegoldstandard.
7.WeusedRiley,Hobson,&Benceaka"thebrick"asageneralresourcefor
mathematicalmethods.It'sprettyhandyasareference,butkindofterse,soit'snot
necessarilythebestplacetoseesomethingforthefirsttime.
8.IlearnedprobabilityandstatisticsmostlyfromAFirstCourseinProbabilityby
SheldonRoss(inthecontextofacomputersciencecourse).Manyoftheworkedexamples
areprettypainful.Butthere'saverygenerousnumberofproblemswithsolutions,plus
plentymorewithoutsolutionsifyousomehowexhaustthose.Isolved(almost)alltheones
withsolutionsinpreparationforthefinalexamworkedlikeacharm.
9.Ifyoueverfindyourselfrunninglowonmotivation,youmighttrytakingamomentto
enjoysomeofFeynman'slesstechnicalpieces.Inorderofincreasingtechnicality,
theseincludeSurelyYou'reJoking,TheCharacterofPhysicalLaw,andQED.Ialso
enjoyedreadinghispersonalletters,compiledinPerfectlyReasonableDeviationsfrom
theBeatenTrack.
10.Alongthesamelines,prettymuchanythingbyCarlSaganisusefulforrekindling
thesenseofwonderandcuriositythatpresumablypromptedyourinterestinthefirst
place.

Bestofluck!Myanswer'sabitshortonadvancedtheoryandsomespecificmathematical
topics,soIhopeotherpeoplewillhavefurthersuggestionsinthosedomains.
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LiorBlech,Physicist
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Bytheorderyoushouldreadthem:(ommitedbooksinstatisticalmechanicswhichare
oftenquitebadinmyopinion,andoptics)
14)calculus,differentialgeometry,probabilityandvectoranalysisbooks.Sorryno
recommendationshere..
5)Goldstein,ClassicalMechanics
6)Jackson,ClassicalElectrodynamics
7)Sakurai,QuantumMechanics
8)Feynman&Hibbs,Pathintegralsinquantummechanics
9)Peskin&Shroeder,QuantumFieldTheory(actuallyforQFTit'snotenoughbut
probablytheclosesttoperfection)
10)Misner,Gravitation(couldbe#7)
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AnuragPallaprolu,QuantumMechanic
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1.Feynman'sLecturesonPhysics.Puresolidgold.IgotlowpriceedsfromPearson.If
possible,getthetipsonphysicsandhislecturesonGravitation.
2.ClassicalMechanics:Goldstein,Poole,Safko.Readthisforastrongbasein
LagrangianandHamiltonianformalisms.Alsocontainsmanyobscuretreatmentson
gyroscopesandthemathbehindcanonicaltransformations.Landau1isagood
parallelstudytothis.
3.QuantumMechanics:Feynman3andGriffithsforanintroduction.Sakuraialltheway
formediumtoadvancedQM.Shankar'sbookismathematicalbutgetsalotofground
covered.CohenTannoudjiifaccessible.Landau3isatadbidcomplicated,
neverthless,interestingparallelread.
4.EM:Purcell.It'showIgottoknowrelativisticEDbeforeIevencompletedthemain
coursefromLandau2andFeynman2.
5.Relativity:Einstein'sbookisaverygoodandoftneglectedintroductiontothesubject.
However,Feynmanagaincoversthisin1andthelastchapterof2isdedicatedto
curvedspacetime.Landau2coversthebasicsofspecialrelativityandtensors.
6.ParticlePhysics:QFTfirst.Peskin/Schroederisthegotobook.FeynmanandHibbs'
bookisalsoagoodintro.AnthonyZee'sbookandhisonlinelecturesarefascinating
andgetyouintothesubjectreallyfast.LecturesonnucleartheorybyLandaugivesa
decentintroductiontotheexperimentalmodelsofthenucleus.Then,thereisalways
Griffiths.

Legend:
Feynman1:Mechanics,Heat,Light,Sound
Feynman2:EMandFluidMech
Feynman3:QM.SolidstateQM.
Landau1:ClassicalMechanics
Landau2:ClassicalTheoryOfFields
Landau3:QM(NonRel)
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Somegreatbooksare:
QuantumtheoryoffieldsWeinberg
Modernquantummechanicssakurai
LecturesongeneralrelativitySeanCarroll
IwouldaddthebookaboutcosmologyandgeneralrelativitywrittenbyWeinberg.
Introductiontoparticlephysicsgriffiths,it'sjustaneasyintroductionbutit'swellwritten
andhumoristicsometimes.
Feynmanlecturesofcourse.
Ilikedalso
Statisticalmechanicspathria
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