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For Special relativity, I suggest Spacetime Physics by Taylor and Wheeler, The Maroon edition. For quantum mechanics, checkout Basic Concepts of Quantum Mechanics by Tarasov. For the rest of the topics any Modern Physics book should do fine.

The preface to the third edition says : " This third edition differs from the second edition of this text primarily in the addition of the final two chapters on the theory of relativity, and in the addition to the first seven chapters of some additional problems, similar to those contained in...

As a student I find The Physics teacher magazine more appealing. I wonder if the target audience of Physics Today changed over time, from general public with moderate knowledge and interest in physics to researchers and scientists.

The flying circus of Physics by Jearl Walker, if you are looking for a book at introductory level. There are two editions available with the first having answers at the back and the second having answers immediately after questions which I dislike. For advanced level, I recommend the four...

I think starting with Berkely Physics series : Statistical Physics is a good idea as recommended by @Dr Transport . Richard Becker's Theory of Heat recommended by @vanhees71 is a classic as well but I think it uses CGS units. In addition to the other recommendations in the thread I recommend...

I think the ISBNs are, ISBN-13: 978-1260011449, ISBN-10: 1260011445.

Flat and Curved Space-Times ( Second edition ) - GFR Ellis and Ruth Williams. A short course in General Relativity ( Third edition ) - James Foster and David Nightingale. These can be readable only if you are familiar with Special relativity as others advised.

Yes. Schwartz's book is a little advanced but If the student is confident with special relativity, i think its better than purcell / griffiths' books.

Mechanics, molecular physics, heat and sound by Milikan, Roller and Watson Probably the best introductory book I have ever read albeit being an old text. Kinda sad that the authors haven't written an introductory text on electrodynamics and other topics. For contemporary introductory texts, I...

Becker's Introduction to Theoretical mechanics is of advanced ( Edit: I should have written intermediate ) undergrad level unlike Goldstein. Alternatives / books on the same level of Goldstein would be E.T Whittaker's : A treatise on the analytical dynamics of particles and rigid bodies The...

I recommend using the books in my list as a reference. No author can explain all theories satisfactorily. For example: Take Kleppner and Kolenkow's Introduction to Mechanics. Its Rigid body mechanics, oscillations chapters leave a lot to be desired. From my search, I found Routh and Whitaker's...

For an introductory book on QM do check out Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics ; Particles, Waves, and Wave Mechanics by Sidney Borowitz

Ms.Susan's list of books consist mostly of mainstream texts which are alright for an average student. However, if you want to seriously learn physics from the scratch, you cannot forget older treatises which have better pedagogy and a lot of thought provoking problems in my opinion. For...

Do you think the postulatory approach of Callen is a good way to learn thermodynamics ? I have heard that it is an outdated way of learning thermodynamics instead of building ground up from molecular physics and thermo statistics. By the way, Robert H Swendsen ( a student of Callen ) has...

I believe we are talking about the same book. Quantum Theory ( Dover Books on Physics) by David Bohm https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486659690/?tag=pfamazon01-20