Collection of Free Online Physics Books and Lecture Notes (Part 2)

[Muu9]

Some of these notes are also on physics -related courses in the maths degree: https://dec41.user.srcf.net/notes/

 

[Muu9]

https://dn390.user.srcf.net/teaching.html - scrolling down to "maths A for natscis" and "maths B for natscis", you can see material for two first year maths methods courses at Cambridge. A is a little easier than B.

 

[Mamta25]

Hey, here is a collection of free online physics textbooks and lecture notes.
1. College Physics 2e (OpenStax)
2. University Physics (OpenStax)
3. Light and Matter (Benjamin Crowell)
4. Mechanics (Benjamin Crowell)
5. Modern Physics (Kenneth S. Krane)
6. Conceptual Physics (Paul G. Hewitt)
7. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (David J. Griffiths)
8. Physics Lecture Notes (LearnersTV)
9. SciPost Physics Lecture Notes (SciPost)
Hope this will help you.

 

[Muu9]

5. Modern Physics (Kenneth S. Krane)
6. Conceptual Physics (Paul G. Hewitt)
7. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (David J. Griffiths)

I do not think these are freely available online

 

[robphy]

Quantum Mechanics Done Right
The Shortest Path from Novice to Researcher
James K. Freericks

Textbook / Open Access © 2026
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-87845-9

This book is open access, which means that you have free and unlimited access
Makes quantum mechanics more accessible than ever before
Develops quantum mechanics from the absolute basics to the level of current research without using any calculus
Provides, in one volume, the shortest possible path for a reader to go from nonscientist to quantum researcher
Additional multimedia content accessible in browser or via SN More Media App

 

[robphy]

I see that Springer has a bunch of other titles under
Open Access (https://www.springernature.com/gp/o...fundamentals-of-open-access-and-open-research)

• PHYSICS: link.springer.com/search?query=physics&content-type=Book&openAccess=true&dateFrom=&dateTo=&sortBy=newestFirst
  (see below)
  
  
• MATHEMATICS: link.springer.com/search?query=mathematics&content-type=Book&openAccess=true&dateFrom=&dateTo=&sortBy=newestFirst
  (I didn't look yet)

some PHYSICS titles (not including Freericks above) that caught my eye (sectioned into topics)

• Raven - Atomic Physics for Everyone
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-69507-0
• Hughes - Quantum Computing for the Quantum Curious
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-61601-4
  
  
• Landsman - Foundations of Quantum Theory
  From Classical Concepts to Operator Algebras
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-51777-3
  
  
• Wiedemann - Particle Accelerator Physics
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-18317-6
• Schopper - Particle Physics Reference Library
  Volume 1: Theory and Experiments
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-38207-0
• Fabjan+Schopper - Particle Physics Reference Library
  Volume 2: Detectors for Particles and Radiation
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-35318-6
• Myers+Schopper - Particle Physics Reference Library
  Volume 3: Accelerators and Colliders
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-34245-6
• Hanagaki - Experimental Techniques in Modern High-Energy Physics
  A Beginner‘s Guide
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-4-431-56931-2
  
  
• Baatout - Radiobiology Textbook
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-18810-7
• Konieczny - Systems Biology
  Functional Strategies of Living Organisms
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-31557-2
  
  
• Alrasheed - Principles of Mechanics
  Fundamental University Physics
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-15195-9
  
  
• Langtangen+Linge -Finite Difference Computing with PDEs - A Modern Software Approach
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-55456-3
• Bobenko - Advances in Discrete Differential Geometry
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-50447-5

 

[robphy]

Here are some interesting ones that showed up in the Mathematics search

• Sundes - Introduction to Scientific Programming with Python
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-50356-7
• Weigand - The Legacy of Felix Klein
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-319-99386-7
• Model and Mathematics: From the 19th to the 21st Century
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-97833-4

• Garrett - Understanding Acoustics
  An Experimentalist’s View of Sound and Vibration
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-44787-8
• Voight - Quaternion Algebras
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-030-56694-4
• Breiding - Metric Algebraic Geometry
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-51462-3

• Ben -Ari - Mathematical Surprises
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-13566-8
• Ben-Ari - The Geometry of Ellipses and Planetary Orbits
  https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-032-26272-1

 

[luxferre]

Quantum Mechanics Done Right
The Shortest Path from Novice to Researcher
James K. Freericks

Textbook / Open Access © 2026
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-87845-9

Thanks for this great resource!

 

[robphy]

Thanks for this great resource!

Hope it's helpful... check out my update on that resource. (The next post.)

 

[robphy]

Quantum Mechanics Done Right
The Shortest Path from Novice to Researcher
James K. Freericks

Textbook / Open Access © 2026
https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-031-87845-9

Quantum Mechanics Done Right (playlist of 40 videos by Jame Freericks)


Update:
see the author’s discussion on