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    Grad textbook on abstract algebra

    What is the absolute best abstract algebra book for graduate students? I was wanting a book that covers algebra in the most comprehensive manner possible, at about the level of Hungerford's Algebra. I was wondering if Carstensen's Abstract Algebra in the Sigma Series in Pure Mathematics is a...
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    Is my electronic textbook incorrect?

    Is it just me, but if you multiply anything by 100% you'll end up with the same number? I believe the authors meant to write 100, not 100%. This is from 5 steps to a 5 AP Chem. [PLAIN]http://i.min.us/icDcjc.png
  3. C

    Multivariable Calculus/Calculus & Geometry textbook suggestions

    Hello all, I am currently in University and I am retaking a course that I dropped last year due to the fact that there was no textbook and the time I spent in the course was a frantic scramble for reliable information and attempting to understand what the professor was teaching. I have looked...
  4. B

    Can someone recommend me a 2nd year linear algebra textbook?

    Can someone recommend me a 2nd year linear algebra textbook that is good for self-learning? The course is linear methods II and the topics are: Vector spaces, subspaces, independence, basis and dimension, row and column space of a matrix, rank, applications. Linear transformations...
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    Finding the Right Textbook on Cosmic Rays Hitting Earth

    I am looking for a textbook that gives a good description of the cosmic rays hitting the Earth. Do you have any suggestion? Thanks.
  6. A

    What is the best beginner textbook for learning electrical engineering?

    I was recently denied internal transfer to my University's Electrical Engineering degree program. Though I'm perfectly happy going into either chemistry or physics, I would still like to learn a bit of electrical engineering in my spare time. Could someone give me some suggestions on an absolute...
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    Which Physics Textbook Should I Buy? Help Me Decide!

    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...
  8. bcrowell

    Up to date cosmology textbook, >Linder, <Weinberg?

    Is there any cosmology book out there that is up to date, more substantial than Linder, but less so than Weinberg? I own Linder and have read it, and it's fine, but it only goes so far. I have a pretty firm grasp of GR, but if I bought Weinberg I think the chances I'd wade through it are slim...
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    Not satisfied with textbook explanation of X chromosome deactivation

    According to my biology textbook, calico cats get their fur color mosiac from the random deactivation of one of their X chromosomes, by condensing them into barr bodies and displaying either the maternal or paternal X chromosome fur color only. IE each cell randomly deactivates either X and...
  10. Z

    Terrible textbook printing quality

    I have been plagued with bad quality printing in textbooks, so many different publishers with a quality of printing that can only be described as ****, and it is doing my head in. If you're familiar with Landau & Lifgarbagez series of books, to my knowledge they are only published by...
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    Math textbook question,after pre algebra

    I had to drop out of school for personal reasons,I am only trying to remember math,for fun. So I have this pre algebra book(actually there is an intoduction to algebra at the end): http://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/0131490575/ What book should I buy next? also one that uses meters,kms and etc if...
  12. D

    For those who have this textbook.

    Homework Statement In Physics for Scientists and Engineers Volume 1 Eighth Edition (Serway, Jewett) Number 55. in Chapter 5, I checked the answer key and would like to know why they don't consider the forces of friction in a), b), c), d), and e)? This confuses me. Thank you. Homework...
  13. T

    Classic Textbook Topology Question

    Homework Statement Prove that the topologist's comb is pathwise connected but not locally connected. Homework Equations For A = {1/n : n = 1,2,3...}, the topologist's comb (C) is defined as: C = (I X {0}) U ({0} X I) U (A X I) The Attempt at a Solution Consider the point p =...
  14. M

    Where Can I Find a Topological QFT Textbook?

    Can someone please recommend any topological QFT text .I searched amazon and found nothing
  15. T

    Substitute for The INTEL Microprocessors Textbook?

    Hello guys, I'm a Mechatronics Engineering student, we take a course on "assembly language" and use the textbook: " The INTEL Microprocessors: 8086/8088, 80186/80188, 80286, 80386, 80486, Pentium, Pentium Pro Processor, Pentium II, Pentium III, Pentium 4, and Core2 with 64-bit Extensions...
  16. jhae2.718

    Funny Textbook Titles: Complex Variables, Linear Algebra & Undefined Quantities

    Spilling over from chat... post your funny (fictional) textbooks: Complex Variables: A Real Approach Linear Algebra of Quadratic Functions Undefined Quantities: The Definitive Edition
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    What Are the Best Graphics-Heavy Astronomy Textbooks for High School Students?

    I teach a semester-long Astronomy elective for juniors and seniors at an independent college preparatory high school. For the past few years, I have used Chaisson and McMillan's Astronomy: A Beginner's Guide to the Universe, which has served my purposes well. The course will be changing so...
  18. ThomasMagnus

    Circular Motion; textbook clarification

    Hello, I am currently studying circular motion. I came across something in my textbook that I would like some helP with. It says:"if the wheels and tires of a car are rolling normally without slipping or sliding, the bottom of the tire is at rest against the road at each instant; so the...
  19. E

    Studying Real Analysis textbook and study guide

    Hey, I'm taking a bit of a flyer here, but does anyone know of a half decent online textbook that also has a study guide? My class is working out of Trench's online book, but more or less it's just for a reference and problems, we mainly just work from notes. Would there be any book (online)...
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    Linear Algebra Textbook Comparison: Williamson and Trotter vs. Goode

    I lost my copy of Linear Algebra and Differential Equations by Steven Goode a couple days ago. However, I have a copy of Multivariable Mathematics by Williamson and Trotter. Is the book I have good enough that I don't need to replace the lost one? Does anyone have any experience with the two...
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    Opinions of Fundamentals of Physics textbook

    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...
  22. R

    Which Calculus Textbook is Right for Me?

    Hello, Can anybody help me by recommending a rigorous calculus textbook. I have done some parts of Thomas's Calculus and the questions in it are mainly computational (plug and chug type). I want a book which is both rigorous and has good quality questions. I have selected two books- 1.)...
  23. N

    This Physics Textbook is Garbage

    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...
  24. L

    Looking for a solid Introductory Statisical Mechanics textbook.

    Title says it all really, I'm a second year undergraduate from oxford, and currently the textbook I've been using for stat. mech. is "Concepts in Thermal Physics", which was wirtten by my lecturer. I'd like (ideally) something a bit longer to work through suring the holidays, that would provide...
  25. L

    Yet Another Request for a Textbook Recommendation

    I stumbled onto this forum looking for advice, and since it seems like the wonderful people here have provided excellent advice to others, I'm hoping they (you) could do the same for me? I'm in the gap between college freshman and sophomore. I spent my first year taking lit, art, and history...
  26. N

    Which Physics Textbook Covers the Most Topics for High School Students?

    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...
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    What Intermediate ODE Textbook Should I Use?

    I already finished a undergraduate ODE course that uses Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems by Boyce. And I'm now seeking for a book or lecture notes that teaches something beyond what is usually learned in a first course of ODE, but at the same time, the material...
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    Studying Which is more effective for learning: Textbook or Lecture Notes?

    I was wondering if there is any compelling reason to read the assigned book instead of lecture notes either from the actually professor of the course you are taking or from another another source online as opposed to the book if they seem to cover the same material. Currently, I in my 3 "real...
  29. nukeman

    Really think there is a mistake in my textbook. Please check

    **Really think there is a mistake in my textbook. Please check Hey, this specific equation we are to figure out requires us to use sampling methods, and then to calculate a bunch of different equations, however before the equation I noticed my textbook has a mistake. Please correct me if I...
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    Asking for advices on assigned textbook on modern physics

    I am going to take an intro modern physics course which includes these topics in syllabus: -intro to relativity & quantum theory -Schroedinger equation -particle/wave duality -statistical physics: Bose and Fermi distribution My assigned textbook is Concepts of Modern Physics by Arthur...
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    This makes no sense, is my textbook dumb or I am trying too hard?

    Homework Statement Consider this matrix as the augmented matrix of a linear system. State in words the next two elementary row operations that should be performed in the process of solving the system \begin{bmatrix} 1 & -4 & 5 & 0 & 7 \\ 0 & 1 & -3 & 0 & 6 \\ 0 & 0 & 1 & 0 & 2 \\...
  32. S

    Quantum mechanics modern textbook

    What is the best and most comprehensive modern text on quantum mechanics in the same style as cohen text .
  33. D

    Find the Perfect Textbook for SR: An Introduction to Special Relativity

    My first formal introduction to Special Relativity came from the last few chapters of a Mechanics textbook, covering the Lorentz transformation, basic kinematics (no Minkowski diagrams), basic dynamics, and an intro to four-vectors. SR really interests me, and I'm eager to learn more about it. I...
  34. MathematicalPhysicist

    Morse and Feshbach's monumental textbook.

    Anyone knows if a newer edition will ever be published? I read this comment: https://www.amazon.com/review/R9FWE64FI72QF/ref=cm_aya_cmt?ie=UTF8&ASIN=007043316X#wasThisHelpful&tag=pfamazon01-20 But 8-9 years have passed since then.
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    Good textbook for better understanding calculus?

    I've just completed calc 1, the book we used was Hughes-Hallett but I'm looking for a book that that really explains the concepts and gives me a deeper understanding of the subject. I'm seriously considering majoring in physics so I don't know if that would come into consideration when...
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    What is my textbook trying to say?

    Homework Statement [PLAIN]http://img830.imageshack.us/img830/3263/19000013.jpg A 12kg box initially at rest slides from the top of an incline. If the force of friction along the incline is 5.0N, what is the speed of the object as it reaches the bottom of the incline? My book is contradicting...
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    Which QFT Textbook is Recommended by Scientists?

    This is probably a holy-war sort of subject, but I'm curious if there is any sort of consensus on the board. I've been trying to teach myself some basic QFT, so far just by scrounging together what I can find online. I've primarily been reading Srednicki, since it's easily accessible for free...
  38. D

    Real (non-ideal) op-amps - textbook query

    Homework Statement Hello, I'm studying real op-amps and looking the inverting amplifier circuit for a non-ideal op amp model. I'm confused as to where one of the equations from the assumption of zero output current came from, as I get a slightly different one. I've attached the circuit...
  39. R

    Textbook Error in Kleppner n' Kolenkow?

    It seems that Kleppner and Kolenkow made an error when they derived Euler's equations for rigid body motion, but they somehow managed to get the right answer, so I'm a little confused. The customary derivation is to consider the principal axes as fixed to the rigid body, and then to transfer...
  40. R

    Rigorous Introductory physics textbook

    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...
  41. N

    Undergrad Textbook for Thermal Physics

    Does anyone know of a good undergrad textbook for Thermal Physics. We are using Thermal Physics by Kittel & Kroemer in my class, but for me it doesn't have enough problems to practice. Does anyone know of any other textbook that covers the same material with more practice problems? Any help...
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    Which classical mechanics textbook is best for me?

    Which one would you recommend for me? Topics I'd like to have covered (most important ones): -Euler-Lagrange's equations -Lagrange's and Hamilton's approach to mechanics -Noether's theorem -KAM theorem -Bertrand's theorem -Poisson's brackets Plenty of examples and exercises would be...
  43. L

    Detailed and well explained Solid state textbook?

    Hey, I've done a search here on this forum as well as the internet and can't find very many detailed Solid State physics books reccomendations. I am on a 3rd year class in solid state. The lectures are almost exclusively mathematics, as well as the notes. Id love for a book to follow the...
  44. E

    A question from Rindler Relativity Textbook

    While solving the problem from Rindler 2nd ed. book, I just stuck on the problem 3.24. A certain piece of elastic breaks when it is stretched to twice its length. At time t=0, all points of it are accelerated longitudinally with constant proper Acceleration alpha, from rest in the unstretched...
  45. N

    Which textbook has plenty of symbolic intro MECHANICS problems ?

    I passed 1st quarter Physics for Life Sciences with an A last spring. Now I plan to take the Calculus version this winter quarter. I looked at the the Physics department's example homeworks and exams and they are totally MULTI-step problems, 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 steps, symbolic only. They appear...
  46. O

    Studying The psychology of reading a textbook

    In my opinion, understanding is not discrete, that is, it isn't like you either understand or not understand, it's a continuous scale, so however well you understand something, you can still do it better. This idealistic view causes me some problems while reading textbooks. Even if I feel that I...
  47. Seanskahn

    Find the Right Introductory Textbook for You

    any suggestions for introductory textbook?
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    SHM in atoms question I think my textbook is wrong :0 yet again.

    Homework Statement In a simple atomic model of a solid, the atoms vibrate with a frequency of 2E-11 Hz. The amplitude of the vibration of the atoms is 5.5E-10 m and the mass of each atom is 4.8E-26. Calculate the total energy of the oscillations of an atom. Homework Equations total...
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    What book is highly recommended as a tensor textbook?

    Hi. i'm actually under the department of the applied optics so I had very few change to face the concept, tensor. But my research topics is highly related to particle acceleator so tensor concept is need to be understanded to go straightfoward. I'm looking for tensor textbook...
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    Free Precalculus Textbook Download - Stitz-Zeager.com

    Hey guys. I just wanted to share this with you all. I was looking for a free Precalculus textbook (or something close to it) all over the net. I could not find any until I stumbled upon this site: http://www.stitz-zeager.com/ He has a free College Algebra, College Trigonometry, and a...
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