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I'm a senior in high school and dislike the way physics is taught. I find the textbooks to be too watered down and lacking in mathematical rigor. My plan is to major in physics when I go to college, so I've decided to self study physics in my spare time. I've browsed around the forums here looking at the recommended textbooks by the members and put together a list for self studying. I'd like to know if I'm on the right track and would appreciate suggestions. As far as math goes I'm fairly comfortable with calculus but will be going back to re-learn it in case there are any gaps. Then I plan to learn linear algebra and vector calculus as I understand these are a must have for quantum mechanics and electrodynamics etc.
For Classical Mechanics:
Calculus Volume 1 and 2 - Tom Apostol
An Introduction To Mechanics - Daniel Kleppner, Robert Kolenkow
Electrodynamics:
Div, Grad, Curl and All That - H.M. Schey
Electricity and Magnetism - Purcell
(Griffiths Introduction To Electrodynamics after Purcell?)
I also have copies of Classical Electrodynamics by JD Jackson, Introduction To Elementary Particles and Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths, Classical Mechanics by Goldstein, and Introduction To Special Relativity by Resnick but have no idea what the math requisites for these texts would be or of there are other textbooks that need to be studied before these.
For Classical Mechanics:
Calculus Volume 1 and 2 - Tom Apostol
An Introduction To Mechanics - Daniel Kleppner, Robert Kolenkow
Electrodynamics:
Div, Grad, Curl and All That - H.M. Schey
Electricity and Magnetism - Purcell
(Griffiths Introduction To Electrodynamics after Purcell?)
I also have copies of Classical Electrodynamics by JD Jackson, Introduction To Elementary Particles and Quantum Mechanics by Griffiths, Classical Mechanics by Goldstein, and Introduction To Special Relativity by Resnick but have no idea what the math requisites for these texts would be or of there are other textbooks that need to be studied before these.