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I want to develop my feel for reading/interpreting differential equations, particularly in Physics applications (for developing models and understanding ones that others have developed). Are there any good books out there that present problems that require deriving governing differential...

Hi, I graduated undergrad in December, and plan to start grad school in the Fall. In the off semester, I thought it would be fun to try to teach myself special/general relativity because my undergrad didn't really do it. I have looked at a few books, and I have really liked the explanations...

Hi, I am looking for a good reference book for "Fredholm integral equations". + a book with lots of examples related to this topic! Thanks for your help.

When programming, we often look at book for documentation of the code. Therefore, we are constantly referring to the book while typing. But how could this be done ergonomically while typing? Where do we place the book so that it doesn't strain the neck or back to look from computer screen to...

Does anyone know of any mathematics books that are not textbooks? Something that has problems but is more focused on building mathematical intuition rather than just laying out formulas and what not. This is a pretty vague question/descriptor for a book, my apologies. If you need more...

So I could need any advice concerning the GRE subject exam in Physics. What book to buy is exactl what is going on now in mind. I know there are several publishers with different authors but I can't decide what to buy knowing that time is not on my side. I not GRE books then I might need...

Hi, I'm a student of engineering. I'm learning physics from the books of Feynman. As the time goes by i realize that i know VERY little about math. So I'm looking for some math books that are analogue to the Feynman books but for the math, i mean i want a book, or a set of books that are able to...

What are your opinions on this book? I know that many physicists like to present even the experimental results of quantum mechanics in a distorted way; does this book do so? All I am looking for is a resource where I can learn, in layman's terms for now, about quantum mechanics. I don't want to...

I'm trying to get a Halliday and Resnick for me, but I don't know which one to get. http://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?tn=Fundamentals+in+Physics+&sts=t&an=Halliday+and+Resnick This is where I'm looking, and I don't know if the first option is what I'm looking for or what. Thank you

I was wondering if anyone could suggest any books that would describe and explain basic and some more advanced mechanics with a reasonable amount of mathematical content? Cheers

Hello everyone, i was looking for suggestions on the beat book in the topic of kinetic theory, i need a book with deep explanation and covers everything from A to Z. I would appreciate it if someone could post a link for their suggestion on amazon or something. thanks in Advance.

Could anybody suggest good popular science books based on quantum mechanics ? It would be great if the book contained a lot of theory rather than its history. As a side note, has anybody read the book titled "Quantum" by Manjit Kumar ?

I am looking for a book that explains and teaches you about how basic circuits components work together to perform a function. I know all the circuit components and their functions but I am not too sure of how they work together, for example I do not know how voltage dividers work in a circuit...

Hello, I received a copy of this newly published book for Christmas and I am about halfway thru it. It is a very interesting read so far with an incredible amount of information and it is highly referenced. Has only else read or is currently reading this book...

Please give me some advisory about the book: Structural aspects of QFT and Noncommutative Geometry of Gerhard Grensing. I am reading QFT book of Weinberg and I have no idea to continue to read which book in QFT after finishing the Weinberg's books.

Can anybody tell me about the book 'Quantum Physics' by Stephen Gasiorowicz? You can give some comparison with other books such as Griffiths or Shankar's QM book.

Im searching for free a book called "200 puzzling physics problems" do anyone know how can i find the full version online? thanks!

There will be a competition in classical mechanics and I need a good book to prepare. The competiton was also held last year and i ended up thir, so I dear to say that I know classical mechanics very well. The competition will include kinematics, dynamics, law of conservation of energy, Newton's...

I've taken a course in QM 1, based on the Schrodinger picture and QM 2 looks to be a continuation of this picture. Looking through Wikipedia, I found the article on the Dirac picture. Is there a good undergraduate (at the level of Griffiths or Shankar) textbook on this picture of QM? Since...

I need a reference book to read the following topics- a) Generalized coordinates; b) D'Alembert's principle and Lagrange's equations; c)Hamilton equations; d) Motion of rigid bodies in two dimensions. The topics need to be covered only at graduation level. Thanking you in anticipation.

Too long have my books sat unloved! It's time to do something about it! I'm willing to ship my used books to PF members for free. Yes free! All you have to do is be the first to claim a book when I list it in this thread. Here are the conditions: 1. One book per member per month 2. Member...

Hi everybody & a happy new year! There is a book titled "Asimov's new guide to science" about which I was going through. I never found a proper review about the book. If anybody knows anything about the book, could you provide a review along with a short summary.

Sometimes when studying I'll run into a derivation that seems unclear, unmotivated, or which seems to require outside information. What do you do in those cases? Search online? Bang your head against the equations? Look for another book? I'm specifically asking about learning things on my own...

I am looking for books that explain the binary (stars or black holes or whatever) systems in a good (introductory if possible) and/or extensive way... Thanks :)

So I'm taking AP-C: E&M for my last high school semester and wanted to take some time to read up with a rigorous special relativity book. I've already taken the equivalent of Calculus 1-3 at a university level and I've read Kleppner and Kolenkow's Mechanics book up to the chapters on Special...

This idea came to me while jotting down some notes to get a handle on my villains. There is a thread here dedicated to what some of our favorite science fiction novels are. If I needed to study some form of physics, astronomy, or cosmology I could put out a call and you nice folks would provide...

I would like to start a new a career hopefully by this time next year that requires me to know basic and high school level math. I graduated high school 20 years ago and I really have forgotten a lot. I was thinking about getting a Ged math study book. do you think it would help ?

After completing calculus 2 with an A I now realize I know nothing of mathematics. We used stewart calculus and I did not really like it, due to a lot of hand waiving. I got an older edition of thomas calculus with analytic geometry 3rd ed, and so far I'm having a blast learning proofs from...

Hello guys. I am fortunate that I have found this website and I have created an account just to ask one question. I asked this on yahoo answers as well but no luck. So here goes. I'm 14 years old and I love astrophysics. I have learn most of the basic stuff and I've also read A brief history...

I've finished my institution's sequence on classical mechanics and am wanting to keep reading the subject. Does anyone have a standard suggestion after Fowles/Cassiday "Analytical Mechanics"? We covered almost the entire book except for the very last chapter and a few sections on oscillations...

I am an EE graduate and I haven't had any pre-exposure to any signal analysis and communications course (I did mostly machines, power systems and control systems(where I have known about frequency domain)). I want to start learning about communication systems, from the early radios to the...

Hi To properly understand introductory quantum mechanics, I want to understand what the Fourier transform actually gives me mathematically. What book do you recommend? I found one book, but it doesn't get to Fourier transformations until after seven long chapters. Is that what I have to expect...

Homework Statement An Atwood machine consists of two masses, M and m, which are connected by an inelastic cord of negligible mass that passes over a pulley. If the pulley has radius R and moment of inertia I about its axle, determine the acceleration of the masses M and m. Homework Equations...

I am looking for a book on physics to recommend to motivated laymen who don't want popularized information about the thing they are interested in but who want the real thing: what is physics, what methods are used, how to develop physical intuition, etc. Also, I am looking for a book with an...

I need a nice pile of books that cover stark effect on semiconductors and metals and Fowler Nordheim tunneling for my thesis. Any suggestions?

What are the top 20 mathematics books to read before you die? I not looking for classicals like Principlia Mathematica. Just books that are very enlightening and readable for the layman.

My professor gave us a book that is still in production to use for special relativity. I am having a hard time grasping the notation and operations with Einstein upper and lower notation. Can anyone recommend a good textbook on this topic? Chris

I am about to read the book Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein. The prerequisites that it says in the book are advanced calculus and vector analysis. Would that mean multivariable calculus? Also there are a lot of things about transformation matrices and tensors. Would I need to review...

Salve, Can anybody recommend a book which has lots of differential practice problems?Or a similar book for Laplace transforms? No explanations just the answers and the problems,simply for practicing. Thanks for any help.

Hi, I was trying to solve the following problem which was assigned to me in my Kinematics course. I found this solution for it. I understand the concept of relative velocity of the boat to the flowing river but what I really cannot understand is the trig part, of Vb/r : Vb/r = 5cos(theta)i -...

Hi, I am currently taking a course on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and the book for the course is https://www.amazon.com/dp/3642102972/?tag=pfamazon01-20. The course is based on this book. The Amazon link will allow one to preview the table of contents. The school library only has copies of...

I am looking for a book that teaches how to design an RC aircraft, given performance specifications: $$v_{stall}, v_{max}, m_{payload}, h_{max}$$ That is, given the stall speed, max. speed, payload and service ceiling, I'd like to know how to design the aircraft's air-frame (wing span...

About a year ago I saw a book lying in the bookstore written by a female describing her experience of going through mental illness. From one day to the next she went into psychosis and had to be hospitalized. The story intrigued me (how the mind can distort reality), but I didn't buy the book at...

Hello :-) I need a book on probability and statistics which includes the topics: Probability Events and probability space Independent and depdependent events Bayes' theorem Combinatorics Mean, median, mode Range, interquartile range Any ideas?

Hi , I finished my undergrad major in physics this fall. I wish to apply to grad school for next fall, so I need some book review books on physics, I n my university we followed Griffith's intro to QM as textbook, I solved almost all the problems there upto chapt 7, but this seemed a more...

Hi I am currently using a book called "An Introduction to Thermal Physics" by Daniel Schroeder, and there is a part of the book I am struggling with. So, I am looking for some other book that can help me learn the same stuff (to get a different perspective on the same material). For people...

i know that i can just ahng around in this sub-forum and learn stuff, but unforutnatly, i don't really have internet access often, so, I'm finding bookS that would give me a good and in-depth knowledge on high energy, nuclear, and particle physics. stuff like, optics, nuclear fusion reactors...

Hello, I've always been interested in space and space flights and have often wondered how rockets are lunched into space, how their trajectories are defined, how they are sped up (like gravity assist), how they are slowed down (like the complicated trajectory of the Rosetta mission etc . . . I...

Does anyone know where the book "SparkNotes 101: Biology (A Complete Course in a Book)" can be purchased in ebook form ? Thanks in advance.