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Like many of you, I love physics and math textbooks. I'm always on the look out for new textbooks that will aid in my understand of both subjects. But it's just not practical to scroll through Amazon all the time to find new textbooks. How do you guys go about it? For example, I really love the...

For quantum mechanics, Understanding Quantum Physics by Michael Morrison is a very underrated book. Supplement that book with A Student's Guide to the Schrödinger Equation by Daniel Fleisch and you should be good. Another great supplement is No-Nonsense Quantum Mechanics: A Student-Friendly...

And there's a reason why Purcell is often recommended; it's a pedagogically effective, beginner level (freshman or sophomore level) textbook. Griffiths, while also a great book, is not a beginner level textbook.

Oh for the love of God, can we please stop recommending upper division and graduate books to beginner students on this forum? Griffiths, Schwarz, Franklin, etc. are not suitable for someone who just finished K&K. OP, just start with Electricity & Magnetism by Purcell supplemented by A Student's...

I'll take a look at the Springer book. Thank you!

Hello, I'm looking for a textbook on climate change that is not afraid to use advanced physics and mathematics (thermal/statistical physics, differential equations, fluid dynamics, etc.). Too many textbooks on the topic shy away from the mathematics, preventing me from obtaining a deep...

Martinus Veltman's Facts and Mysteries in Elementary Particle Physics is also really good.

I guess An Introduction to Statistical Learning could be considered the "baby" version of The Elements of Statistical Learning. https://www.amazon.com/dp/1461471370/?tag=pfamazon01-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0387848576/?tag=pfamazon01-20 "Baby" Hastie.

The problem with Khan Academy is the problems they provide are too simple.

As I mentioned in that thread, I find that writing notes during lectures is actually detrimental to my being able to follow along with the instructor. I just can't multitask to save my life. Therefore, I don't really write notes during lectures. I only write down the instructor's sample...

Like Choppy said, read the relevant chapters/section before class and develop a short-hand writing system. That way, you'll be able to follow along better in lectures and not fall behind. I find that writing notes during lectures is actually detrimental to my being able to follow along with the...

Morin's Special Relativity: For the Enthusiastic Beginner is hands the best introduction to special relativity. It is a pedagogical masterpiece. Excellent visual expositions and creative problems that will make you think. I can't recommend it enough. All that is required is an understand of...

Alright, I got it. Thanks for the help, everyone. Here is the same problem but using the Box-Muller method:

Honestly, you're right. I don't even think a 1D histogram will work here. Let me try a 2D histogram.

So this is what I get when I run n from 0 to 10000. Obviously, this doesn't look right.