Physics book Definition and 183 Threads

I am currently an eleventh grade student attending high school and I must say, I have the worst Physics teacher at my school. It is very very hard to keep up with her and such. I am in look for a book that will help me understand the problems in greater depth. At the moment I am completely lost...

What is a good intro to atomic physics book that gives a good physical picture of what's going on.

The highest degree I have is a high school diploma that I got last year and the most advanced math I've taken is applied geometry and 11th grade physical science for science. I've been interested in physics (and astronomy) for a while now and I've learned a lot of stuff about it from...

Any good theoretical physics books?

Hi all folks. Do any know a good book that describes physics with pictures? I want a standard book, not university, but for the general people. Because now I prepare before I enter the university if I pass the math and physics exam from high school.

Homework Statement A train travels 890 km from Berlin to Paris and then overshoots the end of the track by 10m. Homework Equations a.What is the %error in the total distance covered b.Is it correct to write the distance by the train as 890,010m?Explain...

My screen name says it all, and I am desperate for help - trying to teach myself through this accelerated summer class is clearly not working with the materials & methods I have been using. Any suggestions for a Physics textbook, or supplementary book, alternate tutoring/learning methods for...

I noticed that in many optics/photonics book, the Gauss law is expressed as: \nabla.E = 0 However, in wikipedia, it is \nabla.E = \frac{\rho}{\epsilon_{0}} I assume that \rho is zero in optics cases but why? I think that is because we assumed there is no electric charges on the way? then what if...

In Boas' book I can read that the definition of center of mass of a body has coordinates x_{CM}= \int x_{CM}dM= \int x dM. Shouldn't it be this same integral but divided by M?! Also, I didn't find the definition of center of mass for particles or any non continuous bodies. I'd be grateful if...

So I have two popular physics book in my possession at the moment and I don't know which one to start reading. The books are: The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene and The Edge Of Physics bu Anil Ananthaswamy. Also any suggestions on different books with more maths in them? (The concepts I was...

The book is "The New Physics and Its Evolution" by Lucien Poincare, who happens to be Henri Poincare's cousin, and I came across a paragraph that explained an experiment that has me baffled. Anyone know to which experiment he was referring? Perhaps something was lost in the translation...

I'm going to be taking a course on physics in the fall that requires the use of calculus1 & 2 called university physics 1. I have never taken a general physics course in high school or college yet. So I am thinking I should get a supplemental textbook for my course. Does anyone have any...

So I'm taking physics (calc-based for scientists and engineers) for the first time this summer. I would like a recommendation for a good supplemental book that has good explanations and good practice problems. I remember reading a thread here (that I can no longer find >.<) where someone...

Background Next year I am going to be a final year student - Msci Physics. I am fairly mathematically competent even though I don't "take" any theoretical/math options (my confidence in this area is another question). In first year we had a standard introduction to all the topics we were...

Prefer me a book that covers entire Mathematics which is required for Physics Note: please consider me a new(3 years no touch of maths due to health issue) and the book you prefer me must have clear understanding of mathematical concepts subjects as follows #Algebra #Trigonometry...

I'm a High School Student and I love studying Physics, but my main problem is, I sometimes get careless and sometimes uncritical to the word problems given in our Physics class, though, I get decent grades in Physics, I feel that I'm not yet satisfied with my skills in it, its seems that I still...

I am currently taking AP Physics B, and my teacher doesn't really teach the class. I really want to learn in depth physics that doesn't include calculus (even though I am taking AP Calculus AB right now). I have the Fundamentals of Physics 8th edition and University Physics with Modern Science...

His publishing company has a http://www.mathpop.com/mechanics1.htm" isn't telling lies it's slated for publication on December 6th. I'm insanely excited about this. (I'm sure someone else noticed this before I did. Let me know if this is redundant.)

This year I will be taking University Physics. Besides understanding the concepts, I also need to practice solving problems. Although, my textbook (Sears & Zemansky's U Phy) provides some examples with solutions throughout the chapter, I would like more. Does anyone know of a good book with...

hello everyone.i need you ppl to recommend a quantum physics or modern physics book for reference.i stay in india. Wiley publication and Pearson Education are two publisher which i knw.u can suggest any other but good ones.

So here I am: Before beginning the Irish Leaving Cert last September (equivalent to British A-Levels, etc), I had absolutely no background knowledge in the subject apart from some basic equations and principles from Junior Cert Science (equivalent to British GCSE's, but much less detailed) -...

Hi I am looking for some good solid state physics textbooks. Can anyone who has taken courses in solid state physics direct me to a good introductory book?

Hello! I have started to take a correspondence grade 12 physics course from www.ilc.org (affiliated with Toronto District School Board). After my first two weeks of working through the course I have covered Kinematics as well as Motion in Two Dimensions- Projectile Motion. My findings so...

I CANNOT POST IN THE SCIENCE BOOKS AND MATERIALS SUB FORUM FOR SOME UNKNOWN REASON. Now that that is out of the way, I am in dire need of assistance. I will be taking classical physics I and II this coming school year, and I have very poor physics background. I didn't even take high school...

The most commonly used book to study Introductory Nuclear physics is by Krane which is quite old. Is it still good? If not then which is the most up to date introductory book on the subject?

Hello. I am looking for a good math methods in physics book. I am currently taking Mathematical methods in physics at my university. The tutorial we use isn't very helpful. Does anyone have any suggestions?

I'm looking for a good history of physics book for use as a textbook in a history of physics course. something not as basic as Roger Netwon's From Clockwork To Crapshoot, but something not specific to one event or one era. something that gives a decent account of physics from the early Egyptian...

Homework Statement A 1.0 kg physics book is on a 20 degree slope. It is connected by a string to a 500 g coffee cup dangling at the bottom side of the incline. The book is given a push up the slope and released with a speed of 3.0 m/s. The coefficients of friction are us = .50 and uk = .20...

Hey! I'm a junior in high school who's curious and determined to figure and (and retain the knowledge afterwards) how the world works. I'm enrolled in AP physics (i think it was B) but i don't really like how things are explained in our Giancoli book. By no means is it a bad book but I think he...

I like my book called physics by Resnick and Halliday 3rd edition but I think that it is too challenging for me . I just started physics not too long ago and I am doing the particle dynamics chapter with Newtons laws and it asks me something about air friction , what the heck is that? well I...

Hey I was wondering is someone could suggest a good college level physics textbook. I am currently in a calculus based physics class and I'm finding it hard to keep up with the concepts and also do the problems. i have fundamentals of physics by halliday/resnick/walker 8th ed and it seems to me...

Is this free introductory physics book any good? http://www.anselm.edu/internet/physics/cbphysics/index.html. If not do you know any other cheaper introductory physics books that are at a high level (under $70 I'm saving for more advanced books)?

Admit it, the subject is interesting. I have my own "theories" about it, but can you recommend me a book?

Help me guys... Could anybody please refer me a book in physics for class +1 and +2 that covers all the concepts in detail?? No single book covers all the concepts and I am mad after referring 5 different books and still getting nothing to improve my concepts. Please help me guys... I need an...

Does anyone own the Jargodzki and Potter book Mad About Physics? If so, could you examine braintwister no. 90, the three hole can? They seem to claim that, if you have a cylindrical can filled with water and there are three identical holes, one near the top, one near the middle, and one near the...

Could anyone tell me a good book on Atomic and Nuclear physics?

What book is used for next year's 1st year physics at University of Toronto? I have a very old Fundamentals of Physics, I read it but didn't do that much problems. (though I did contest questions) I want to restudy everything, this time doing all the problems. I want to buy the exact textbook...

Does anyone know of a good advanced undergraduate mathematical physics book with answers for self study? I hear good things about the Mary Boas book, but want more opinions. Thanks!

Hi everyone, I am a college freshman and am going to take an introductory physics class (calculus-based) next semester. I am horrible at physics and would like to study up the stuff during the summer. Is there any book that would be good at teaching me the stuff? Not a textbook, but a...

as a present for a grade 8 junior, something basic yet interesting enough to spark her interest. any suggestions thanks!

I've read a lot of the "popular" physics book, i.e. Brief History of Time, Relativity, Elegant Universe, etc. I want something more, perhaps explaining why things work with math and what not. Maybe not so popular, yet intriguing none the less. Does anyone have any ideas?

Hi! It's Christmas, and I got a pretty hefty sum of money from my family. Guess what I plan to do with it?=> Buy physics books of course! I'm so excited, I never really had enough money to buy the classic physics books I wanted, and now, I am left with a very difficult choice. I am a...

I have started this subject with Cohen.But he uses so little mathematics throughout the book.i also find it really old-fashioned.I am a beginner and i am looking for a good nuclear physics book.can anyone out here suggest me some?

I'm 13 and I'm in the 8th grade. I was wondering if someone could suggest a beginner physics book fer me... Thank you very very much!

I'm looking for recommendations for a calculus based physics textbook for my 11th grade daughter to use independently. She is taking AP Physics B at school and would like to self-study for the AP Physics C exam (probably only the mechanics part this year and then electricity and magnetism next...

This really isn't a specific problem in my studies but a general one: My physics book defines tension as applying equal magnitude forces, but opposite in direction to the ends of a body. It is clear that this would cause the object to be in equilibrium. It also goes on to say tension is a...

I am trying get started in physics and i want to get a physics book with $only basic calculus$. do anyone suggest anything?

Hello! I'm very bad in Physics when it comes to making calculations and using formulas and answering that type of questions... Majority of the physics books I get mostly focus on the concepts and explanations rather than the calculations... I was wondering if you any of you guys know of...

Just curious... Is there a single textbook (excluding freshman physics books and encyclopedias) that beats MTW Gravitation in its thickness (either ruler-measured or page number-wise)?

I recently checked out a college physics book from my high school library. It is a Sears and Zemansky College Physics book. The problem is, it was published in 1960. Now I am pretty sure that it is nearly the exact same physics that would be in a more recent physics book, since the physics...