Book Definition and 999 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 :)

So I'm taking AP-C: E&M for my last high school semester and wanted to take some time to read up with a rigorous special relativity book. I've already taken the equivalent of Calculus 1-3 at a university level and I've read Kleppner and Kolenkow's Mechanics book up to the chapters on Special...

[FONT=Times New Roman]This idea came to me while jotting down some notes to get a handle on my villains. There is a thread here dedicated to what some of our favorite science fiction novels are. If I needed to study some form of physics, astronomy, or cosmology I could put out a call and you...

I would like to start a new a career hopefully by this time next year that requires me to know basic and high school level math. I graduated high school 20 years ago and I really have forgotten a lot. I was thinking about getting a Ged math study book. do you think it would help ?

After completing calculus 2 with an A I now realize I know nothing of mathematics. We used stewart calculus and I did not really like it, due to a lot of hand waiving. I got an older edition of thomas calculus with analytic geometry 3rd ed, and so far I'm having a blast learning proofs from...

Hello guys. I am fortunate that I have found this website and I have created an account just to ask one question. I asked this on yahoo answers as well but no luck. So here goes. I'm 14 years old and I love astrophysics. I have learn most of the basic stuff and I've also read A brief history...

I've finished my institution's sequence on classical mechanics and am wanting to keep reading the subject. Does anyone have a standard suggestion after Fowles/Cassiday "Analytical Mechanics"? We covered almost the entire book except for the very last chapter and a few sections on oscillations...

I am an EE graduate and I haven't had any pre-exposure to any signal analysis and communications course (I did mostly machines, power systems and control systems(where I have known about frequency domain)). I want to start learning about communication systems, from the early radios to the...

Hi To properly understand introductory quantum mechanics, I want to understand what the Fourier transform actually gives me mathematically. What book do you recommend? I found one book, but it doesn't get to Fourier transformations until after seven long chapters. Is that what I have to expect...

Homework Statement An Atwood machine consists of two masses, M and m, which are connected by an inelastic cord of negligible mass that passes over a pulley. If the pulley has radius R and moment of inertia I about its axle, determine the acceleration of the masses M and m. Homework Equations...

I am looking for a book on physics to recommend to motivated laymen who don't want popularized information about the thing they are interested in but who want the real thing: what is physics, what methods are used, how to develop physical intuition, etc. Also, I am looking for a book with an...

I need a nice pile of books that cover stark effect on semiconductors and metals and Fowler Nordheim tunneling for my thesis. Any suggestions?

What are the top 20 mathematics books to read before you die? I not looking for classicals like Principlia Mathematica. Just books that are very enlightening and readable for the layman.

My professor gave us a book that is still in production to use for special relativity. I am having a hard time grasping the notation and operations with Einstein upper and lower notation. Can anyone recommend a good textbook on this topic? Chris

I am about to read the book Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein. The prerequisites that it says in the book are advanced calculus and vector analysis. Would that mean multivariable calculus? Also there are a lot of things about transformation matrices and tensors. Would I need to review...

Salve, Can anybody recommend a book which has lots of differential practice problems?Or a similar book for Laplace transforms? No explanations just the answers and the problems,simply for practicing. Thanks for any help.

Hi, I was trying to solve the following problem which was assigned to me in my Kinematics course. I found this solution for it. I understand the concept of relative velocity of the boat to the flowing river but what I really cannot understand is the trig part, of Vb/r : Vb/r = 5cos(theta)i -...

Hi, I am currently taking a course on Atomic and Molecular Physics, and the book for the course is https://www.amazon.com/dp/3642102972/?tag=pfamazon01-20. The course is based on this book. The Amazon link will allow one to preview the table of contents. The school library only has copies of...

I am looking for a book that teaches how to design an RC aircraft, given performance specifications: $$v_{stall}, v_{max}, m_{payload}, h_{max}$$ That is, given the stall speed, max. speed, payload and service ceiling, I'd like to know how to design the aircraft's air-frame (wing span...

About a year ago I saw a book lying in the bookstore written by a female describing her experience of going through mental illness. From one day to the next she went into psychosis and had to be hospitalized. The story intrigued me (how the mind can distort reality), but I didn't buy the book at...

Hello :-) I need a book on probability and statistics which includes the topics: Probability Events and probability space Independent and depdependent events Bayes' theorem Combinatorics Mean, median, mode Range, interquartile range Any ideas?

Hi , I finished my undergrad major in physics this fall. I wish to apply to grad school for next fall, so I need some book review books on physics, I n my university we followed Griffith's intro to QM as textbook, I solved almost all the problems there upto chapt 7, but this seemed a more...

Hi I am currently using a book called "An Introduction to Thermal Physics" by Daniel Schroeder, and there is a part of the book I am struggling with. So, I am looking for some other book that can help me learn the same stuff (to get a different perspective on the same material). For people...

i know that i can just ahng around in this sub-forum and learn stuff, but unforutnatly, i don't really have internet access often, so, I'm finding bookS that would give me a good and in-depth knowledge on high energy, nuclear, and particle physics. stuff like, optics, nuclear fusion reactors...

Hello, I've always been interested in space and space flights and have often wondered how rockets are lunched into space, how their trajectories are defined, how they are sped up (like gravity assist), how they are slowed down (like the complicated trajectory of the Rosetta mission etc . . . I...

Does anyone know where the book "SparkNotes 101: Biology (A Complete Course in a Book)" can be purchased in ebook form ? Thanks in advance.

Hi, I'm going to study this myself. I wonder if anyone can suggest me a book covering both thermal and statistical physics book, undergrad level. Thanks.

I'm tutoring a kid in high school Calculus and his book gives an answer of (25√3)/4 for the following question. A trough of length 6m has a uniform cross-section which is an equilateral triangle with sides of length 1. Water leaks from the bottom of the trough at a constant rate of 0.1 m3/min...

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1425589138/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Calculus and Linear Algebra V.1 (Spo Scholarly Monograph) https://www.amazon.com/dp/1425589340/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Calculus and Linear Algebra Vol. 2: Vector Spaces, Many-Variable Calculus, and Differential Equations Has anyone had any...

What are some recommended resources with good problems (and preferably solutions as well) on Solid State Physics at the level of Kittel? I'm aware of Yung-Kuo Lim's "Problems and Solutions on Solid State Physics, Relativity and Miscellaneous Topics" which has graduate qualifying exam questions...

I found a new book on The Science of Interstellar by Kip Thorne https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393351378/?tag=pfamazon01-20 What caught my attention was a photo of John Wheeler at the black board teaching about black holes. You could see the incredible detail in each pane of the board almost like...

Hello, I asked for help on the "Science & Math Textbooks" subforum, but it looks like there are not many users in there. So I hope you don't mind if I ask for help in this subforum since I need help on this soon. Copy and paste from my other thread: "Hello, it has been a few years since I took...

For my assignment I have to write a report on the mechanics of an electric generator. I need to reference for physics textbooks. Anyone able to recommend some texts books that may be able to help me with this?

Hi. I'm looking for a recommendation for a book (or website) that has detailed information on properties of materials. Specifically on mechanical properties. A book that covers all grades of materials, not just a general guide. I'm forever to-ing and fro-ing between websites, datasheets and my...

Hello, it has been a few years since I took an algebra class, and therefore I have already forgotten a lot of material. I will be taking a college trigonometry class soon during winter session and I was wondering if you could recommend me a good Algebra I and II book to review before taking the...

I'm looking to buy a semiconductor cross reference book, for part numbers and diode and transistor parameters, including new smt parts. I had an old sgs Thomson book but it got lost in a move, if anyone could recommend me one that would be great. I don't want a link to a website cross...

Hi, I need a functional analysis book. I have Kreyszig's book. I'm at continuous mapping but I have some problems with completeness and accumulation points. So I would like to read a lot excercises about these introductory stuff. What are your suggestions? Thanks.

I was reading Schwartz's qft book. I saw the proof of ward identity taking pair annihilation as an example. he claimed he didn't assume that photon is massless in this derivation. but i have confusion with this statement. gauge invariance is a fact related to massless particles. now he has...

Can anyone introduce me some physics that contains difficult classical physics problems?

Hey PF readers, I am currently in dire need of a good(awesome) book on rotational and/or rolling motion which explains ALL the concepts and nicks of rolling and rotational motion. The book need not have many questions to practice bit should have HUGE amount of theory, that is, concept. It would...

Hi! I am looking for a very rigorous book on some of the topics covered in Calculus of Multiple Variables. My University uses the last part of Adams "Calculus: a complete course" and I found the presentation therein more fit for people needing to know enough to perform the calculations than for...

Homework Statement [/B] A cyclist accelerates uniformly from rest so he he has a middlde avrage speed of 6 s / m ^ -1 for 10 s to maintain . What is the magnitude of the final velocity of the cyclist Homework Equations This is translated so idk if its stpot on in english. How do i solve it ...

Hi, can you guys recommend a book for an undergrad that uses matrices properties to explain statistics? Thx!

Hello I am doing an honours course in Maths in India. I am in my second year. We mostly read books written by Indian authors and some US authors. However, I would like to know what books undergraduates in the UK refer to for the following topics, (since I wish to do my Masters and my Doctorate...

need a good book on topology and metric spaces! I'm an undergrad taking a course on non-linear dynamical systems, just realising my pre-knowledge is slightly under the requirement since I have not taken any course on topology. I only know basic real analysis and some complex analysis. so any...

I am writing a science fiction book, and have had a lot of fun writing it so far. However, I am facing a technical astronomical problem right now that I would appreciate some advice concerning: I am looking for a plausible scenario in which one of a pair of "fraternal" twin suns is about to...

I am in need of preparing a book for publication (collection of short stories). Simple text, no images, no formulas, the fanciest thing needed is some paragraph formatting with left/right margins, plus some titles/subtitles. Almost doable with any word processing software. But I don't trust...

Dear all, I am reading the "Techniques for Nuclear and Particle Physics Experiments" of W.R.Leo. I am confused when reading the section 2.2. Energy Loss of Heavy Charged Particles in Atomic Collisions (page 21). At the beginning of the second paragraph (from the bottom up), it is written that...

Hello EE community, What would you consider the best fundamentals book for EE/CE? The kind of book that you would keep for a lifetime for reference. I am looking for nothing too basic. But one that encompasses fundamentals of Electrical and Computer Engineering. My search around Amazon led me...