Free Physics & Astronomy Books: Explore the Cosmos

[vanhees71]

Sure.

 

[smodak]

I did not realize or thought that the links to the LL books may be violation of copyright. Mods, would you please remove them?

 

[Brain_storm]

Thank you so much it worked!

 

[knowseek]

Open Textbooks from Rice University

College Physics for AP Course
https://openstax.org/details/books/college-physics-ap-courses

College Physics
https://openstax.org/details/books/college-physics

University Physics Volume 1
https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-1

University Physics Volume 2
https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-2

University Physics Volume 3
https://openstax.org/details/books/university-physics-volume-3

*Other subjects
https://openstax.org/subjects

 

[Nikhil Ghatnekar]

I think the link for Computational Physics with Python is broken too. Can I get ther link? will be a great help. Thanks

 

[Andreas Hepp]

It's more like applied physics, but I like the SimWiki a lot! introduction in simulation techniques with the numerics and physics supporting it.
Check it out if you like: https://www.simscale.com/docs/content/simwiki.html

 

[MaxiDream]

Thanks for the books..

 

[scottdave]

The US Navy's Navy Electricity and Electronics Training Series (NEETS) are training books, designed to aid in training Navy personnel with learning about electrical and electronic fundamentals. They have been approved for public release, and are available as PDF files. If you are getting started, learning about electricity and electronics (or just refreshing your memory), they are worth a look.

I have found them in various places across the Internet, but I like the way that Davidson College has a web page index of all 24 NEETS training courses, with descriptions and links to download each PDF file.NOTE. It seems that Davidson College is no longer hosting these. I found them at the Internet Archive:

https://ia600608.us.archive.org/35/items/NEETSModules/

 

[R_Sarav]

Is it legal to download these books?

 

[YoungPhysicist]

Thanks! downloaded the QFT one.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Is it legal to download these books?

Anything that has been put up here adheres to copyright policies. PF moderation is very strict about that. So, everything posted in this thread is legal.

 

[YoungPhysicist]

Anything that has been put up here adheres to copyright policies. PF moderation is very strict about that. So, everything posted in this thread is legal.

That great news for everyone, especially for young/unexperienced beginners like me.

 

[YoungPhysicist]

Due to the fact that I just realized wave-particle duality is outdated for 50 years this morning on this forum so i just want to make sure:

Are all the books here up-to-date? just trying not to waste my time again on out-dated concepts.

 

[vanhees71]

Well, if you'd through away all textbooks, even newer ones, on quantum theory that start with the usual introductory historical tale, there'd be no textbook left anymore. The reason is that it is very hard to find another way than the historical approach to start teaching quantum theory. Of course, one should always emphasize that the old quantum theory leads to wrong (and even qualitatively wrong!) pictures in students' minds, but on the other hand there's no way to understand quantum theory as a physical theory without a minimum knowledge about how the quite abstract formalism of QM came into being.

Of course there are attempts to avoid this didactical dilemma by not using the historical approach. One I love very much is

J. Schwinger, Quantum Mechanics - Symbolism for atomic measurements, Springer Verlag

The problem with this book, however, is that it is far beyond the beginner level. I don't think that one can understand quantum mechanics from using this book as the first textbook on the subject. However, if you have some familiarity with quantum mechanics, the epilogue chapter of this book is a must to be read. It's very clear about the physical meaning of the quantum formalism.

 

[YoungPhysicist]

Well, if you'd through away all textbooks, even newer ones, on quantum theory that start with the usual introductory historical tale, there'd be no textbook left anymore. The reason is that it is very hard to find another way than the historical approach to start teaching quantum theory.

I AM WELL AWARED OF THAT.
I was actually asking more of a "do the have the knowledge up to date" rather than "do that not have the knowledge out dated) but since your post answered my question so this is just a small notification

Nice book for me 3 years later though.

 

[YoungPhysicist]

Electromagnetic Field Theory

That one is broken

 

[Marc Rindermann]

That one is broken

somebody put it up on https://www.calvin.edu/~pribeiro/courses/engr315/EMFT_Book.pdf.

 

[jtbell]

everything posted in this thread is legal.

Except stuff that we haven't noticed yet, or that nobody has reported to us as being suspicious. We don't "pre-approve" posts here, so it's possible something inappropriate might slip past us temporarily.

 

[YoungPhysicist]

Except stuff that we haven't noticed yet, or that nobody has reported to us as being suspicious. We don't "pre-approve" posts here, so it's possible something inappropriate might slip past us temporarily.

Well, I believe in you

 

[Demystifier]

J. Schwinger, Quantum Mechanics - Symbolism for atomic measurements, Springer Verlag

However, if you have some familiarity with quantum mechanics, the epilogue chapter of this book is a must to be read. It's very clear about the physical meaning of the quantum formalism.

What epilogue chapter? The version of the book I have ends with chapter 12. Electromagnetic Radiation.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Except stuff that we haven't noticed yet, or that nobody has reported to us as being suspicious. We don't "pre-approve" posts here, so it's possible something inappropriate might slip past us temporarily.

Such chances are really less. Speaking from my experience here. Thanks to the hard work by the moderators here.

 

[vanhees71]

What epilogue chapter? The version of the book I have ends with chapter 12. Electromagnetic Radiation.

Argh. Of cose I meant Prologue Chapter ;-(.

 

[pinball1970]

Great post this thanks.

 

[proteo]

Google store also includes many free physics and math books. One of them is
https://play.google.com/store/books/details/David_Roundy_Thermal_Physics?id=3vhJDwAAQBAJ

 

[FourEyedRaven]

A large collection of lecture notes from Cambridge University on this Sync cloud. Includes physics and mathematics.


https://ln.sync.com/dl/1f4af5c40/9hi9gt4i-evpn76tq-badt8eaz-ckxem3zf

 

[Keith_McClary]

Free Springer books during lockdown!

 

[Keith_McClary]

Feynman Lectures on the Strong Interactions

Posted on June 15, 2020 by woit
Available at the arXiv this evening is something quite fascinating. Jim Cline has posted course notes from Feynman’s last course, given in 1987-88 on QCD. There are also some audio files of a few of the lectures available here. The course was interrupted by Feynman’s final illness, with the last lecture given just a couple weeks before Feynman’s death in February of 1988. There’s an introduction to the notes by Cline in which he explains more about the course and how the notes came to be.

The course was given over thirty years ago, and many textbooks have appeared since then, but it seems to me this has held up well as an excellent place for a student to go to learn the subject.

 

[Keith_McClary]

I just learned from the American Journal of Physics that the two books
Space Time Physics by Taylor and Wheeler
and
Exploring Black Holes by Tayor, Wheeler, and Bertschinger
are for free now! What a nice Christmas gift!