Book recommendation Definition and 219 Threads

I am looking for books that explain the binary (stars or black holes or whatever) systems in a good (introductory if possible) and/or extensive way... Thanks :)

I was enrolled in College Algebra for this upcoming winter because the hours will overlap with the class that I enrolled for spring. The reason why I want to learn this, is to refresh my Algebra skills, since I forgot most of it (I only remember matrices, radicals and identities). The purpose...

Ehi guys. I noticed that the excercises of my book are quite 'scalar', that is none of them require to use explicitly some vector properties, they're all funny special case. I want something more exciting. Do you have any suggestion? Thank you very much! Bye bye topic: kinematics, dynamic of...

Do you know any influential mathematicians that are visual thinkers? especially those who wrote books. For example mathematicians that think and write like Roger Penrose,Benoit Mendelbrot,Vladimir Arnold,Sir M.Atiyah who are very keen on using diagrams and drawings in their writings.

Hey Guys, I am currently a first year computer science student and I am taking discrete mathematics. After having done the logic portion of discrete, I wanted to learn more about logic so I went online and found Peter Smith's guide on learning logic. I followed his advice under "baby-logic" and...

[FONT=Georgia]I am doing my first course in Differential Equations and the book the instructor is teaching from is Arnold's Ordinary Differential Equations. [FONT=Georgia]I like the geometric approach taken in the book but I don't like the way the material has been presented. [FONT=Georgia]Can...

I am looking to be a design engineer and I was waning some recommendations on what books are good reference books for this. The two books that I have been able to find are Mark's Calculations For Machine Design and Machine Designers Reference by J. Marrs.If anyone knows anything about these or...

Hello everyone, I have to choose a book for classical mechanics. After reading a lot through the forum, I find that the book by A.P French and the one by Kleppner is a good buy for my undergraduate course in classical mechanics. Also, is the book by Mary Boas for Mathematical methods a good...

Hello, I have an optional course this upcoming semester on "Electronics and Communication" for which the course syllabus is roughly: Field effect transistors, transistor circuits, Operational Amps, analogue to digital conversion (and vice versa), combinational circuits, sequential...

Hey PF, I've studied electrostatics and electrodynamics in the past years in high school, but it was just school-study I never had a chance to thoroughly understand them, I'd like to read and learn more about electrostatics and electrodynamics on my holiday, so I'd like anyone to...

Hi - Glad to have found this forum. I am looking for a book which contains LOTS of Set Theory word problems with solutions. Anyone aware of a good resource? Thanks in advance.

I am almost finished with the LA chapter in Mary Boas' "Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences",. I love the book so far except for the sections in chapter three that she added in the 2005 edition. They are really difficult for me to unpack all by myself. I need a better reference...

I am new to this field can anyone suggest a book for beginner?

Antibiotic resistance mechanisms etc -- Book Recommendation? Hi, A friend of mine is a biomedical scientist specialising in microbiology. He's interested in antibiotics, so I'd like to buy him a book for his birthday. The trouble is, I haven't a clue what to look for. Is there any book...

I apologize is this isn't the best place to put this question. I'm just looking for a book recommendation. I am a senior electronics engineering student and I would like to learn about space flight. A recommendation for a technical book on aero/astrodynamics, rocket fundamentals...

Hi Guys, I am after recommendations of books that teach in a specific way. Basically I have come out of a 3 year physics degree with just doing the work but not really understanding the material (the mathematics) that well. I want to re-learn a bunch of topics in a way so I will actually...

Hey all, I'm a Math major (most of my coursework was in PDEs) and just got accepted into Grad school (yay) for Mechanical Engineering. I need to be very familiar with fluid mechanics and have about 5 months to do so. Trouble is, the last fluid mechanics course I took was about 3-4 years ago...

Iam a 2nd year electrical engineering student. But, I would like a book that explains the most modern physics and astrophysics. A book that starts off explaining about stars, black holes, worm holes, dark matter ... timespace curveture, all the way to the most recent modern cosmological...

Would you guys recommend the following Book By Paul Cohen as a good (and cheap) intro to set theory and the Continuum Hypothesis. Set Theory and the Continuum Hypothesis (Dover Books on Mathematics) Some reviewers attacked Mr. Cohen as being a poor logician. Maybe people were just mad...

Can someone please recommend a linear algebra book that will be more visual friendly. I like to understand the concepts visually and the book that my class is using doesn't fit me too well. I am using Elementary Linear Algebra by Spence and Friedberg.

I am currently a first year graduate student in math, and I am trying to pick a linear algebra book to work through during the winter break. I have already gone through the computational style linear algebra, and I have also gone through Axler's Linear Algebra Done Right. I would like to go...

Hello MHB. I want to read an advanced combinatorics book. I am well versed in combinatorial methods like counting proofs, Pigeon Hole Principle, criticality, induction, graphs etc. I have good knowledge of undergraduate algebra so I am fine if the book you recommend has some algebraic methods...

Hello, I'm trying to read a paper titled "Cluster Identification in Nearest Neighbor Graphs". It's a mixture of probability, graph theory, and topology. I'm having difficulty interpreting some of the ideas, specially when it comes to k nearest neighbor graphs. I've been trying to look for a...

Next semester I will be taking Calculus 2. I have used Courant and a little of Spivak for Calculus 1, and loved it! Extremely complete and challenging. Great books. So, this is exactly what I will need to know: Ordinary differential equations Families of equations, initial value...

I'm currently using Electronic devices and circuits by boylestad. My problem is that there aren't much examples about clippers and clampers, and it only uses ideal diodes and there is only one diode per circuit. Is there any book which has a good chapter about those devices. It should contain...

Would anyone recommend some books for me to learn about thermodynamics and optics. I was stuck on choosing books since either of them are too difficult or a little bit simple. I don't where I should post,I am apologize for any inconvenient cause.

I'm in an introductory analysis course, and next quarter we're doing multi-dimensional analysis. So far, we've done single variables and I've done well with Spivak's Calculus. However, next quarter, we're using this book: [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/0130652652/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Based on...

I'm looking for a book that could help me get a better grasp on calculus and its related concepts. I've been through all 3 calc courses (covered derivatives, integrations and techniques, vectors and fields and 3 dimensional applications) but i don't feel as though I've completely grasped...

Hi, I need two book recommendations for each of the following, one classical (i.e. covers the subject in detail, more like a reference, and influential if such book exists) and one as a quick study material. The topics:- 1) Algebra 2) Geometry 3) Trigonometry 4) Calculus Thanks.

I've came across a book about topolgy, Topology Without Tears by Sidney A. Morris. It can be found here: http://uob-community.ballarat.edu.au/~smorris/topology.htm The explanations are rather clear and an outline of the proof is given before each proof. However, many quite important concepts...

I'm starting my first math class that involves Fourier analysis. The book we are using is Boyce and Diprima's Elementary Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems. I find the examples helpful but I have a hard time grasping the conceptual sections. Any recommendations for good intro...

I am a beginner in Calculus. I am currently working out Vol.1 Calculus - Tom Apostol.I want to study about Differential Equations from scratch . Could someone suggest a good book ? I basically want to get a good hold of the methods alongwith their applications in solving physics problems ( or...

Anyone have a great recommendation for a textbook on 1st semester/year/undergraduate differential equations? I would like for: 1. The books style to cater to auto-didactic learning. 2. Emphasis on engineering problems/applications and/or emphasis towards engineering students. (i.e. non-math...

Book Recommendation? -- How computers / processors work I'm familiar with basic, high-level programming (e.g. C) and the principles behind compilation, operating systems, etc. I'm also familiar with the basics simple electronics, e.g. circuits, transistors, simple logic gates, etc. The...

Hello all, I have just finished up taking graduate E&M and will be enrolling in graduate classical mechanics next fall. It has been a while since I have done any kind of mechanics and would like to know which book do you recommend for refreshing/re-learning needed material for grad mechanics...

Currently going through the Susskind lectures on QM & looking for any recommendations for an introductory text that would be at about the same level. Not trying to become a physicist, just want to learn the basics

Hey guys, can anyone recommend me a book on infinitesimal calculus. What i mean by infinitesimal calculus is the derivation of differential equations by looking at infinitesimal changes (dx\,dt, etc...). Examples of this would be the Black-Scholes PDE, Euler-Bernoulli DE, etc.. I'm an EE...

Hi everyone, I've completed 12th grade, with low marks unfortunately, and I wish to study everything again thoroughly, because I both want a career in science, and I find it very interesting as well. The reason I didn't do good was partly my fault, and I think also due to the horrible...

I'm taking a mathematical methods for physicists class and we're using the Arfken and Weber book which does a horrible job in teaching the subjects, in my opinion. Can anyone recommend other book(s) I can use to learn these topics.. Vectors in Curvilinear Coords, Tensors, Matricies, Infinite...

Hello, I'm learning vector calculus in my physics class. We're using Mathematical methods for Physicists by Arfken, but I think it makes a better reference source than something to learn the concepts from. I've downloaded the Feynman lectures which seem to be pretty good so far, but I was...

I need to quiz small study group. Looking for book/other-resources for difficult multiple choice questions on physics (motion, rotation, light, electro-magnetics etc.)

Hi there, I was looking for something to level-up my knowledge from basic differentiation/integration (I'm a Computer Scientist by degree) to things like multivariable, vector calc and other more advanced concepts. The problem is that working through definition-theorem-proof i.e. rigorous...

Hello everyone, I am looking to teach myself linear algebra this summer, but I can't find a good book. Any recommendations? -miss fangula

Can anyone recommend an expository book or article containing some of the derivations of the asymptotic expansions of special functions? Many of the "lookup" type books such as Abramovitz and Stegun contain the results but not the derivation of the results.

Hi Could anyone recommend me a good book that will teach me the kind of group/representation theory I would need to understand these things when applied to QFT (Lie Algebra, Lorentz group, SU(2) etc)? Thanks

Hi all, I am looking for calculus books that are fun to read. In particular, I am looking for books that show, say, the proof of \int dx/x = log[x] not just simply state the results. Something similar to Thompson's Calculus made easy. Thanks in advance, Michuco

Hey so I am doing a grad course on logic and skipping the undergrad introductory course. My friends have said that I will be fine but I want to get a head start and read some of what I missed in the undergrad class. here is the description for it. Elementary development of propositional and...

Could someone recommend a good book to review Calculus leading up to Advanced Calculus. I have Advanced Calculus next semester and want to get a jump on it. It has been a couple of years since I had Calc II. and I am reviewing the Stewart Book. I am looking for something a little more concise...

I'm looking for a physics dictionary. I need something that has advanced-level vocabulary (I'll mostly be using it to wade through professional physics papers), and, though I would prefer it to be as comprehensive as possible, my main fields of interest are classical and modern physics...

If anyone has recommendations for textbook of problems (with solutions) in stochastic processes and astrophysics, both are preliminary courses for BSC, it would be appreciated? Something in the line of schaum outline would be superb.