Book Definition and 999 Threads

I am almost on the verge of completing single-variable Calculus, and I've got a book on the same by I. A. Maron. So, after getting a good grip on single-variable Calculus, I want to start with multivariable. Can anyone recommend me good books on multivariable Calculus with which I could begin...

I am looking for a good book in English about the human history of food since ancient times. Perhaps at least 10000 years since. I would like to cover geological differences in the biological needs. (Like how Eskimos manage macronutrients from fish). The book should throw light on meal times...

Hi, I want a book about power system analysis that I can have laying around and read from time to time. I have taken a course in power system analysis some time ago, where I was taught simple fault analysis including unbalanced faults, frequency and voltage control. So to maintain this...

Hi guys, I was just wondering if there was a maths book the equivalent of tippler physics book. I just like the way the layout is with the questions ect and was just wondering of any pure maths book like it out there. If so could someone recommend one please.

Hello I'm new here. I don't know if doing this here is right or not but can someone please recommend good physics books to read? I've completed high school but I want to learn about interesting theories. My recent interests are astrophysics and quantum. If some can please recommend some amazing...

Hi everyone, which text on methods is better between the following two : 1) https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486691934/?tag=pfamazon01-20 2) https://www.amazon.com/dp/3319011944/?tag=pfamazon01-20

I need a translation of "Differentialgleichungen : Losungsmethoden und Losugen", I guess it is written in German. This book was referenced in Shepley L. Ross' book on ODE. If the English translation is not unavailable, I am fine with a book that contains a "list" of special differential...

Hi, I am a math undergraduate major and just finished my first abstract algebra course. Unfortunately, we used the lecturer's notes which are quite dry, without motivation, and it really felt bad. I am really interested in abstract algebra, and thus has decided to re-learn it over the summer...

Is there a simple way to see how many times a scientific book has been cited? And who cited it?

Hello, Can someone recommend a book for Optical physics? I am keen to learn rigorously some fundamental aspects of light passing through various mediums (lens). I want to understand terms such as focus, blur, aberrations etc. -Ranga

Hi, I'm reading "Hidden in plain sight". The book, like most other layman's texts has a particular frustration for me. Most layman's book try to relate concepts to human experience with analogous examples. The problem they cause me is that when discussing concepts like time and space the...

Hey guys! I'm currently on my junior year and I will be taking advanced classical mechanics next semester. My lectures will consist mainly on Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics and I am currently in need of a good book in classical mechanics. I have used Kleppner and Kolenkow's An Introduction...

(To any passing moderator: Feel free to move this to "statistics" forum if you feel that would be more appropriate.) Although my "to read" list is already too long, I have lately been getting increasingly interested in learning the basics of conditional probability, including Bayesian analysis...

Homework Statement An elevator ascends from the ground with uniform speed. At time ##T_1## a boy drops a marble through the floor. The marble falls with uniform acceleration ##9.8## m/s^2 and hits the ground ##T_2## seconds later. Fiind the height of the elevator at time ##T_1##. Clue : if...

I need a good book on tensors, so that I can understand and get good hold of the topic. Can anyone recommend me a good book, like one used in undergraduate level?

Homework Statement [/B] In the equation between (3) and (2), why does the author says that ? Isn't the trigonometric identity actually ? 2. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution

Does anyone have some good recommendations for basic nuclear physics books? I'm not particularly fussed about the detailed maths at the moment but I'm mostly searching for books on neutron radiation and the interaction of different neutron temperatures with different materials. Also anything on...

Hello all, Jackson Ch. 6 (3rd edition) tells the reader to look at de Groot for a statistical mechanical derivation of the macroscopic Maxwell equations. I figure he means "Foundations of Electrodynamics" by S. R. de Groot. I requested that book be sent to my school library on loan, but I was...

Homework Statement If the centripetal force is at the left side of the equation; that means if we move it over to the other side, it'll have a negative sign, which means it is opposite in sense in relation to N and mg. But how is that possible, considering that the centripetal force always...

What scifi have you read that has NO reference to humans, is completely distant from human-space? Did the book work? Or were they all/mostly humans with six legs?

I am a teacher and I can't work this one out. I am trying to answer (a). I have only included the further parts of the question (b, c and d) so you can see why some parts of the question are included. A single positively charged particle, mass 4.6 x 1027 kg, enters a 4.0 T magnetic field into...

Hi all, I am looking for a good introduction to classical mechanics. I have looked at some book recommendations online but I am having trouble choosing the right book for me. Right now, I know no physics, so I need to start from the very beginning which I think is classical mechanics. I am self...

I need a book written just on the style of Classical Mechanics by Goldstein. I don't remember the book name and author but it is just the copy of the book Classical Mechanics by Goldstein. Please guide.

Hi. I am preparing for IES (Indian Engineering Services ) exam. I have basic knowledge of electrical machines both ac and dc. For the examination point of view I need to have in depth knowledge of each and every topic in electrical machines (both ac and dc). Can you suggest me some really good...

Hello everyone, I am taking my third term of physics right now, and we are talking about flux at the moment. This terms is supposed to be a lot about E&M. Though I find that our textbook (Physics for scientists and engineers a strategic approach 4/e) is very textbooky. I was wondering if there...

you know all the things that you are supposed to study before algebra . any good book suggestions ? :nb)

Hey does anyone have an Undergraduate Upper-Division level optics book they like? Maybe one that describes the concepts well? I am a graduating senior, last physics courses I'll take as an undergrad and our assigned book isn't well written. Appreciate any help, thanks!

In 3rd edition of Goldstein's "Classical Mechanics" book, page 335, section 8.1, it is mentioned that : In Hamiltonian formulation, there can be no constraint equations among the co-ordinates. Why is this necessary ? Any simple example which will elaborate this fact ? But in Lagrangian...

Hello, I have been looking for a forum where they can help me with my decision, I am a high school student of 4 semester, currently mathematics course IV introduction to the precalculus (I am seeing reverse function) I would like to buy a book of physics to have the necessary fundamentals for...

hi guys i want a good book for self learning calculus and i found caculus by Swokowaki and olnick 6ed i bought it actualy for 1.5$ (used version) so i want to know is it a good book for self learning or there's better one? i actualy took couple courses in calculus ,algebra, geometry in collage...

A little background first: As my https://www.physicsforums.com/members/usablethought.611113/ explains, I'm a retired writer/editor, never good at math as a kid but always fascinated by physics, who has decided to take a long, slow, pleasurable road toward learning the necessary math to get to at...

I had taken probability before but not in depth and I want to learn it again. Is David Morin's book good for a intermediate learner ? I don't want to waste time on easy stuff. The reviews are good but popular science books tend to omit proofs instead they just state the theorems and have easy...

Homework Statement Hi. Can anyone here solve this integral for me: ##\int\frac{d^3y}{\operatorname dx^3}\;y\;dx## Homework Equations I haven't seen such integral before, it is included in an old math book and it should be solved using "Integration by Parts" technique because it is an exercise...

I am studying electrodynamics, in a few more months I have the qualification exam. The guide text is classical electrodynamics, Jackson. I find that book is higher my current level. I have the math tools, but what book do you recommend to use before the Jackson.

Could you recommend books which covers extensively numerical simulation of quantum system, such as hubbard model, ising model and discuss quantum monte carlo method? Ideally this is a book of condensed matter physics.

I just came across this book and it seems to be very well written http://www.worldscientific.com/worldscibooks/10.1142/8534 Here is the amazon link https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/9814412902/?tag=pfamazon01-20 for self-learners, it also has a solution manual for sale in amazon...

This isn't homework, nor is it an exercise problem; merely a question about a diagram. Re: B.Schutz book "A First Course in General Relativity" 2nd Edition, (Asian print version), page 5, Figure 1.1 "A spacetime diagram in natural units". From section 1.4 Spacetime diagrams: A world line is...

I've been looking for that in various applied electromagnetics books but none of them cover that subject even on the internet the only website I saw it mentioned was in this forum I guess I'd like a book with a level a little above for example cheng or balanis

I am currently reading Young & Freedmans textbook on physics as part of a university course, and I've noticed that they repeatedly represent surface integrals (which are double integrals) as single integrals. For instance, they symbolically represent the magnetic flux through a surface as: \int...

Has anyone read the 7-book series http://amzn.to/2lwgn66 by Andrew Thomas? Just wondering what you think of his conjectures / speculations at the final sections of each book, i.e. on the link between relativity and quantum mechanics, equation of the universe, etc... I like that he...

I am reading Feynman's book QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter". What I am getting out of this is that a photon is like a tiny harmonic oscillator traveling through space. Each harmonic oscillator has frequency and phase. If two photons have the same source and start out nearly in...

Hi everyone. I'm currently at the second year to get a bachelor degree in physics. I'm not getting quantum mechanics classes yet, but I love physics since I was about 12 years old, so I started studying it on my own. I already know those things on introductory QM, like solving the Schrodinger...

Hey everyone, I'm currently studying A Course in Algebra by E.B. Vinberg, and I was wondering if anyone is studying the same book. I think it will be a less lonely journey for all of us self learners if we can form a book study group to discuss ideas and exercises.

Hi, I would like to receive suggestions regarding (general) topology textbook for self-study. I have background in real analysis, linear and abstract algebra. I am not afraid of a challenging book. Thank you!

Hi, I need book with examples(and the solutions) that will help me to practice the things I learn from Serge Lang-Basic Mathematics. I don't know how exactly these are called in English. Workbooks? It's not necessary to be book only with problems, it can be something like this one but with more...

In Dirac’s QM book, Revised Fourth Edition (~1967), Chapter XI Relativistic Theory of the Electron, page 262, he reaches the conclusion that “…a measurement of a component of the velocity of a free electron is certain to lead to the result ±c.” Is this still the current thinking? (He is talking...

Hi I'm a freshman in college that is interested in AI, and I wanted to do some independent studies on this subject. Is there some good books I can read to get into AI development, and could you also suggest books for advance developers? Thank you

Hi! I'm currently learning for my QFT exam with the book from srednicki (here as pdf: http://web.physics.ucsb.edu/~mark/ms-qft-DRAFT.pdf) and I am trying to understand the chapter "Effective field theory" (p. 185 in the pdf above) He first introduces an ultraviolet cutoff Λ and then computes...

I often find it quite frustrating to learn a programming language through a book; I always find myself skipping through huge parts of the book I have to read before moving onto the exercises. That was the main reason I did not ace my Python exam at university; I was told to use syntax I hadn't...

Dear teachers, I am curious if you know some good books that have problems well supplemented to "Commutative Algebra I-II" by Zariski/Samuel. I am really enjoying it, but it does not have any exercise, leaving me to try coming up with my own problems (it is fun to do, but I would like to solve...