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Introductory physics (non-honors: classical mechanics, electromagnetism):
Halliday and Resnik, Physics
Serway, Physics for Scientists and Engineers
Young and Freedman, University Physics
Introductory classical mechanics (honors):
Kleppner and Kolenkow, Introduction to Mechanics
Introductory electromagnetism (honors):
Purcell, Electricity and Magnetism
Special relativity:
French, Special Relativity
Introductory physics (honors: classical mechanics, electromagnetism, quantum mechanics):
Feynman, Lectures on Physics
Mathematics:
Apostol, Calculus (volumes 1 and 2)
Arfken and Weber, Mathematical Methods for Physicists
Abramowitz and Stegun, Handbook of Mathematical Functions
Second course in mechanics:
Marion and Thornton, Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems
Second course in electromagnetism:
Griffiths, Introduction to Electrodynamics
Optics:
Hecht, Optics
Goodman, Introduction to Fourier Optics
First course in quantum mechanics:
Griffiths, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
First course in statistical and thermal physics:
Kittel and Kroemer, Thermal Physics
Reif, Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics
Solid state physics:
Kittel, Introduction to Solid State Physics
Ashcroft and Mermin, Solid State Physics
Graduate course in classical mechanics:
Goldstein, Classical Mechanics
Graduate course in classical electrodynamics:
Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics
Graduate course in quantum mechanics:
Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics
Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics
Graduate course in optics:
Born and Wolf, Principles of Optics
Graduate physics:
Landau and Lifsh*tz
Quantum field theory:
Peskin and Schroeder
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