Physics textbook Definition and 112 Threads

I'm looking for a textbook on computational physics based on python. For now I have found Computational Physics with Python by Mark Newman, which I am trying to evaluate. If you have experience with this book or a similar book, I would like to hear from you. (And only if you have knowledge...

I am 17 years old and I am very curious about physics I am studying Leonard Susskind Lectures And I am in Lecture 2.Could you advice me textbook.about physics My english is not very good so ıt must be simple english.I am also read boks about physics but they are so simple...

After researching through introductory physics textbooks, I've narrowed it down to the choices given in the title. Can someone tell me the highlights of both? I've looked through some of the threads in these forums, and both of them seem equally well regarded. I'm looking for a through...

I just finished taking first semester of calc-based general physics. My professor decided to use Serway's Physics for Engineers and Scientists, which at the end of the semester, even he agreed was a bad idea. The text itself was pretty good and filled with colorful pictures, but most of the...

Please physicsforums members, I would like help to find an advanced level textbook that covers up high school physics up to university entrance or maybe beyond that a bit. I would like a book that provides a very very strong FOUNDATION in physics. A one that provides clear, thorough, novel, deep...

what is the best textbook to learn physics. i need to learn physics really good(i want to test out usa physics olymipad, and i really want to perform well). so really looking for a book that is indepth and teaches things to a advanced leve.. if there is no such one book, and you want to suggest...

I will be going to college next year and the course is called 'Fundamentals of Physics', it is assumed that the students have never done physics. It is a calculus-based course that covers mechanics, thermal physics and waves. After researching, I have narrowed my options down to two textbooks...

Hi I'm planning to self study physics from University physics by Freedman so i have a couple of questions 1) how important is the Mastering physics package if the goal is to self-study? Could i make it without masterin physics? 2) Should i get the technology update edition? 3) What are the...

There is a formula in my textbook and I have a strong feeling it's incorrect. The formula the book says is velocity in y direction (final) = (vi)(sinx) - gt Whenever I use this, I get all the answers wrong. However, if I use (vi)(sinx) - 1/2(gt) .. I get them right. Is this a...

What's the difference between "Principles of physics" and "Physics for scientists and engineers" ? Both have the same authors and same publisher. Is it akin to Halliday's "Fundamentals of physics" vs "Physics" ?

Hi all. First year physics student here. I'm doing very very well in my course at my Uni (A++ after first midterm) I study by doing an insane amount of problems from 2 books. Both are about the same difficulty to me (Halliday, and the other is Young) is there a book anyone knows of that might be...

Hello so lovely people! I present my self: Ali, 12 years old from Niger, I decided to start learning physics on my own.Some people first recommended me to read a book titled "Conceptual physics" to get the sense of what we are doing physics, I have read it and it is excellent! Now I try to go...

Hello, I was working through some quantum homework and was looking for some help online and ran across this: http://physics.uwyo.edu/~yurid/QM/Handout5.pdf I was wondering if anyone knew what textbook this is from? I tried searching excerpts from the book, but alas, no results. Thanks!

Hello, Can someone please recommend me a physics textbook that will cover everything from grade 11-12 AP or IB and also undergraduate physics? The book that I am thinking of right now is "Fundamentals of Physics 9th Edition" by Halliday. If there are any books that are better than this...

I am a freshman in high school and I want to major in physics and probably mathematics in college. I would like to learn more physics and I think that math is a very important part in learning physics. However, I don't know algebra II, trigonometry, or calculus so I was wondering if I should...

Hi guys, I am writing a 400 page high school theory physics textbook, it will be 100 pages per chapter, I have completed the first chapter so is it possible for me to send it to someone to give me some feedback? :) Please =3 If you are interested in having a look at it comment here and I will...

Is there any free (open) high school physics textbook available online? Thanks

Hello I'm taking a mathematical physics course which has heavy emphasis on algebraic structures. The course has no required textbook but I want one anyway for extra practice. All of the books I see at my library all have no solutions in them which makes it frustrating because then I don't know...

What is the best particle physics textbook (for a first course in particle physics) for someone with a background of quantum field theory? P.S. I am interested in theoretical particle physics

Hi Guys, I have lost my physics textbook that I had in college, and would like to have one to reference at work. I was wondering if you guys had any good recommendations for a "general physics" textbook that I could buy. Thanks.

I want to study the standard model of particle physics and i want to use some event generator software (Pythia, CompHep, ... ), I have Introduction to Particle Physics by Griffth Is this enough to learn the Standard Model, I have some basics in Quantum Mechanics Any Recommendations ?

This free online physics book seems really great for a newbie like me. It's free and covers what my school calls general physics I and II, plus more I think. Enjoy! http://cnx.org/content/m42955/latest/?collection=col11406/1.7

physics textbook, replace sine with its definition (?) What on Earth do they mean? "That will introduce either sin(theta) or cos(theta). Reduce the resulting two variables, x and theta, to one, x, by replacing the trigonometric function with an expression (its definition) involving x and y."...

Any recommendations for a physics textbook that I can use to self-study? The book doesn't have to be geared specifically toward self-study; it should just be clear and comprehensive enough for the SAT II. (Note my physics class is only mostly conceptual. Also, is College Physics: A Strategic...

Hey everyone, Recently I've been looking for an appropriate physics textbook for this summer. I've come across some textbooks that look pretty good, but have not been able to decide on one. This is the book that I've been paying the most attention too...

Hi everyone, I apologize if I've placed this in the wrong section. I don't know if anyone will be able to help me with this, but after an exhaustive search of the net, I can't seem to find my answer. There is a university physics textbook that my local public library once had in circulation...

Homework Statement This is a question from the physics textbook Don't Panic Volume I, chapter XIV. A man, mass M, stands on a massless rod which is free to rotate about its center in the horizontal plane. The man has a gun (massless) with one bullet, mass m. He shoots the bullet with...

i recently saw in my physics textbook a diagram of a positron and a electron being created in pair production. The diagram showed that as soon they where created, they moved in opposite directions and then they spiralled inwards a bit. Now i think the reason why they move in opposite directions...

Hello, I'm trying to study from Serway-Jewett's text 6th Edition. My problem is that after each chapter there is like 70+ problems and a lot of them are just too direct and a waste of time.. When I know I have to solve 70+ problems on the same subject I just get really unmotivated.. So if...

Hey. I want to get up to an SAT II level of physics so I can skip it next year and go straight to AP Phys. Only thing is, I don't know of any textbook that would work well. Which textbooks would you guys recommend to get to the sufficient level of physics so I can test out of it? (In my school...

Hi there, I've started working through Spivak Calculus, and was wondering if there is an introductory physics textbook that is of similar level of difficulty? I have Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Knight but it's a little slow. Thanks.

I'm a second year college student right now and I have decided to major in physics, it is the only subject I have taken so far that has provided me with a challenge (this semester). I am currently taking Physics 2 right now and I have got to say this class is really challenging, well not the...

I've been looking around for a AP Physics B textbook (high school), but haven't found any yet. Any suggestions?:-p It should include all of the topics in this syllabus (can be in more than one Vol.) http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/public/repository/ap06_physicsb_syllabus1.pdf...

Hello, I don't know what Physics Textbook, I should buy. Actually, I already had Physics Textbook that is Physics for scientists and engineers by Serway. However, right now I want to buy a new one. Which one I should buy. Please help me. (I think a problem book from irodov is a good one, but I...

Opinions of "Fundamentals of Physics" textbook http://www.google.com/products/catalog?q=fundamentals+of+physics&rls=com.microsoft:en-us&oe=UTF-8&startIndex=&startPage=1&um=1&ie=UTF-8&cid=17779640656174386744&sa=X&ei=6MJvTYC_DoussAPG08XRCw&ved=0CDQQ8wIwAw# Do any of you have experience with...

I can't stand Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Serway. Every time I open the book I want to pull my hair out. They use ridiculously complicated formulas that could easily be derived from kinematics, and they don't even tell you where the formula came from. When I get to the exercises I...

Hello ,I would like to get a physics book that will cover as many topics as possible. I would prefer a book with a straight forward approach and some applications. I am currently in high school and I am finishing a college algebra and trigonometry book. I have only done a bit of Newtonian...

I'm wondering if anybody knows about or has used a good introductory physics textbook that is mathematically rigorous. I'm really interested in physics, but I'm a mathematics student and I CAN'T STAND any of the books I've tried to use so far (eg. Knight's Physics). I've really grown to dislike...

I wanted to buy a nice, detailed and problem filled physics text for myself(high school level). I have heard a lot about Halliday and Resnick Fundamentals Of Physics and also University Physics by Young And Freedman. So which among them should I choose , or else if there's some other good...

Hey Everyone, I'm an undergraduate student attempting to learn some nuclear physics. It's not offered at my university but a professor of mine said that if I can get him a textbook he'll do an independent study with me where he teaches me from it. Any suggestions? I have close to no...

Hi! I'm in the final year of high-school in Romania and I am looking for some physics textbooks, for my training for the regional/national olympics, I have to prepare alternating current, optics (wave part) and relativity. I want to buy the books from Amazon. I am thinking about Demystified...

Hi, I was wondering about your opinions and recommendations on some physics texts, both free and costly. In about a half a year I'm going off to college, but I'm not sure if I'm ready for college yet. By that I mean I'm not prepared to make all A's, which I'm aiming for. But of course, my asking...

Hello everyone. I registered here because I am having difficulty with my physics book. My class required us to purchase Tiplers Physics for scientists and engineers. However I find the book very confusing and difficult to follow. While I am sure it is a good book it just isn't the one for me...

I hope I posted this in the right place... Anyways, I have just about finished my junior year of high school, and I have been looking forward to taking another physics course in my senior year. Because the sequence of science textbooks continues with this...

I looked around for a bit on the forums to try and see if my question had been asked/answered already, but didn't see it. So, I decided to register and ask. I was wondering if anyone knows of a good introductory Calculus based Physics textbook for self study. I have one semester of Calculus...

Does anybody know of a good "Modern Physics" textbook, to be used for a sophomore-junior Physics course in Modern Physics? I had once used Krane's "Elementary Modern Physics" (long time ago) but it was not a real textbook. I have seen he has a new edition of "Modern Physics", I don't know...

Hello everyone I was searching around and am interested in finding the best university physics textbook for a university level beginning physics course. We are using University Physics 12th edition by Young and Freedman but the explanations are somewhat lacking- the problems are more...

Hey, I was looking for some Modern Physics textbook suggestions. While searching through the forms I found some excellent Modern Physics reference book suggestions, like some by A.P. French and the sort. What I am asking for though are actual textbooks on Modern Physics (which at my...

Hello, The current coursepack that was recommended by our professor just isn't cutting it. It explains the basic concepts of general physics very well (up to nuclear fission/reactions). However, it does not do a very good job explaining the mathematic problems in physics. I am looking for...

The recommended textbook for this mathematical physics class is Mathematical Methods for Physicists by Arfken (http://www.amazon.com/dp/0120598760/?tag=pfamazon01-20), however I've read some reviews online that seem to think that this textbook is inferior to the textbook Mathematical Physics: A...