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Dear All, I am interested in learning quantum mechanics for curiosity. I know the basics from different sources and I've read the Quantum Mechanics (the theoretical minimum) book for Leonard Susskind and Art Friedman. What would you recommend as a book to further understand and learn quantum...

Let us imagine I want to create a podcast or a video, and I believe there is a book which is really spot on what I want to say. Can I "inspire myself" in the book? Of course, in no circumstances I would use pictures of the book, or paragraphs from the book. All my words would be mine, so I...

Hello I’m going through this book and it contains many puzzles and solutions. I’ve encountered a problem that makes no sense to me. I’d spent a considerable amount of time on it before I finally gave up and looked at the solution, where I discovered essentially the deductions identical to mine...

This seems like the best place to ask this. There is a famous QFT textbook that contains a line like "in field theory one learns humility". Does anybody happen to know what textbook this is?

From here: From here: Peres writes on p.11: And on p.58: Note that Peres says that these issues are not yet fully understood! On p.63, Peres writes: On p.424: And on the next page: The footnote quoted by Peres says: And on p.25, where Peres introduces ensembles, he says (like Gibbs...

Hi I am trying to learn kinetics and kinematics: Euler angles Directional cosine matrices Quaternions Inertia tensors The usage of Jacobians in robotics Manipulator kinematics Eulers equations Newton-Euler equations etc My background is in mathematics, so I would like a book which takes a...

We all know that you can't read most physics textbooks like a novel and expect to master their material, and that you have to study them and have paper and pencil nearby to go through the things that the author leaves out and to do exercises. But I found that it is very difficult to have enough...

I'm talking about "Mathematical Tools for Physics by James Nearing". https://www.amazon.com/dp/048648212X/?tag=pfamazon01-20 it seems it cover lots of math... but it feels like it's just a reference book.. will it be enough? or should i get more specialized books to learn each subject thoroughly?

I have already taken two elementary linear algebra courses, and have taken the upper-division linear algebra course offered at my school. However, I feel that I did not learn as much from the latter as I should have. I can owe this to not applying myself as much as I should have, due to other...

please refer me a good book for the Matlab beginner.

Hi, I am wondering what's the best (or one of the best) available books on Introduction to Nuclear Physics. I started reading Krane's, which is a good book. However I am looking for more options. I am most interested in books which give a deep insight into physics concepts without lacking of...

please refer me a good book for the detail step by step study on the second quantization. and also where can I find the jellium model for the metal?

The question asks to calculate the determine the projection of the resultant force of F1 and F2 onto b-axis. However instead, the solution is a projection of F1 on b axis plus F2. Shouldn't the solution involve the projection of R which is 163.4 on to be axis? and for answering that, don't we...

Hello. I started to work on pedrotti optics book (2nd edition) and i got confused about what is relativistic mass and why we use it rather than kinetic energy (1/2mc^2)? Also in the beginning of these explanations there is one equation i barely understand nothing out of it. Could you please...

I have searched and came across: Introduction to Cosmology by Barbara Ryden https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805389121/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Modern Cosmology by Dodelson https://www.amazon.com/dp/0122191412/?tag=pfamazon01-20 What would you recommend? This is for a Master's course where basic...

Hi guys, so in Arnold's mathematical methods of classical mechanics p43, he defined the moment M_z, or L_z, the angular momentum, relative to the z axis of vector F applied at the point r is the projection onto the z axis of the moment of the vector F relative to some point on this axis...

Hi, I am not sure if this is the right place to post this but i need help finding resources for the photoelectric effect? I need to write a research paper but I do not know what I could read. The paper is for an undergrad physics course so I don't need much detail, I just need to explain the...

Hello, I have read some books and I found some Lagrangian, group, bundle, manifold comments to find the equations... but Is there any book where the actual equations are solved? In other words, Where can I read about the MEANING of the equations? Instead of the method to find them. Obviously...

what are the good books on advanced condensed matter physics with detail notation explained?

Hi, I studied from a book in the 90's. It was pretty good and I want to get back into QT. I have looked for it but, I know it from the cover and if they made a new edition it may not be online. It had a black cover with red bubble chamber particle trails. It was a textbook not a...

Hey There! I've finished reading The Introduction to Probability and Statistics book. Now I'm looking for another book as awesome as that was. Can anyone suggest me a book? Thanks in advance.

Hi all, In this footnote, it is mentioned that Eq. 3.1.7, giving the pressure p(T) of a particle, can be derived from the law of conservation of energy (Eq. 3.1.4) Tdp(T)/dT = ρ(T)+p(T) and a previous definition (Eq. 3.1.6) of the energy density ρ(T) based on Fermi-Dirac or Bose-Einstein...

Which one of these--->>: (Resnick-Halliday-Walker) and (Resnick-Halliday-Krane) has coloured illustrations? or both of these 2 books are black and white ? I've uploaded pics of these 2 different books. Please state the key differences between the 2 editions of original Resnick-Halliday by walker...

Hi everyone, On Page 72 of S. Weinberg's Cosmology book, it's mentioned, just after Equation 1.9.16, that, for the universe matter density ρ(r) to be an analytic function near the origin (spherical symmetry), it has to be given near r = 0 by a power series of r2. I'm not a math wizard, so can...

Can someone please tell me what good book for a high school student on permutation and combination? Thank you

I believe it is also called "einstein notation"? The "notation-thingy" using kronecker delta, levi-civita and etc to simplify expressions with div, grad, curl (i took the course in my native language so i am not entirely sure what the notation or technique is called in english). Looking to get...

Hi, I want to start learning physics as I have never studied it in my life but have now taken an interest towards it. I have quite literally zero knowledge on physics, so assume I haven’t taken middle school or high school courses on physics, as I haven’t. I’m 17 currently, but that shouldn’t...

The book should have the following content. I want to refer a classic book which explains every detail. 1) Ohmic losses at high frequencies 2) Potentials and Green's functions 3) Image theorem 4) Fields radiated by sources in the far field region 5) Equivalence and reciprocity theorems 6)...

hi! Do you know about a good book that introduces relativistic quantum mechanics with one-forms (diferential forms) like the book a first course of general relativity of Schutz does?

Anyone knows if there's any kind of mineral that's relatively abundant on Earth but rare on other planets? thanks!

First, two examples: 1.The Penrose's book "The road ro reality" may be, arguably, considered as a very fast and dirty introduction to modern physics as well as to some related relatively modern math topics. 2. I recently encountered a book Aleksandrov, Kolmogorov, Lavrentev "Mathematics: its...

where can I find the thoroughly discussed Hartree and Hartree-Fock method for many electrons system?

So I'm ordering some supplemental books to guide my education. I'm having a difficult time with physics and diff EQ this semester and am generally unhappy with how things are going in these classes. I'm looking for a few suggestions. I saw on another post that the following book is very good for...

I'm learning Differential Geometry (DG) on my own (I need it for robotics). I realized that there are many approaches to DG and one is Cartan's, which is presented in Vargas's book. I think that book is highly opinionated, but I don't know if that's a good or bad thing. Does anyone of you know...

I have taken one first QFT course last year which used Matthew Schwartz "Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model" book. The course went all the way to renormalization of QED, although path integrals weren't discussed. Now I want to continue learning QFT and also I want to make a second...

I am seeking advice on how to effectively and efficiently learn mathematics textbooks. Currently, I adopt the style of trying to prove theorems in the book before reading the provided proof. I have had good success in this; I noticed a considerable gap in experience between me and my peers in...

Hello, I'm looking for a book on relational databases, that uses SQL, that is practical with lots of examples, and the least possible amount of jargon. Specifically, I have issues understanding how to translate the E/R model into the relational model (relations to tables), and the book that I...

Hello! I am looking for a book about statistic applications, I don't know the name or any other ditails, just some quotes. I don't have too much experience in such search. If anyone can help me I will be very thankful. There is a PDF file attached, there is some questions and solutions, I guess...

Hi there , well my questions is in the title but i have to say some things : I have multiples mathematiques and physics courses calc-based and so i want to review the basic . I already search around this forum and others and i find some books who looks popular here there are : - Pre-Calculus...

I have Abstract Algebra Course, and my teacher is using the book, "Abstract Algebra" of David S. Dummit, and Richard M.Foote. This book, and other books which my teachers are using for the courses, seem to give definitions, theorems, and problems, in no historical order or are not mentioning the...

(for undergrad) What is the best book that I can use with the book Serway?The problems in Serway are not enough for me

Hi, We're studying Contact resistance and the professor has given assignments on contact resistance. But I can't find any books to refer to. Here is one sample question: The books I'm referring to are ones by Donald Neaman, SMZ, Kanos. but none of them have any mention of 1-d or 2-d model for...

I have found this one that looks perfect: https://www.amazon.com/dp/331999929X/?tag=pfamazon01-20 THe problem is that it has not been published yet :( , but I can't believe there is no other book on the subject. What I want is to solve numerically the Schrodinger equation with no special...

I have been plagued by modern physics and quantum mechanics books before that employ the traditional approach where they start from Photoelectric effect, Blackbody radiation, etc. (This is really not an issue but in fact illuminating since it shows how old QM developed) until you read about...

Any one please refer some text for general theory of relativity, Also share some link of PDF about GTR

I liked his Group Theory book. Now he wrote a QM book. No-Nonsense Quantum Mechanics: The Ultimate No Holds Barred Guide To The Quantum World

Hello! I am a high school student and I would need some guidance regarding a thermodynamics book. I am reading and solving through these three: 1.Resnick,Halliday and Walker 2.University Physics- Young and Freedman 3.An introduction to mechanics-Kleppner and Kolenkow(purely for mechanics) Based...

I decided to go deep in physics theories such as QFT, general QM and Special/General Relativity. Would it be better to spend a lot of time, say, 1+ year, learning through the most complete math books or just use books that mix math and physics to learn the necessary and suficient math and go to...

What's the best book to learn machine learning using python?

Hey all, Joined a Material Science program and I have a course on Multivariate Stats. I have pretty minimal background on the topic so I thought I would pop back here asking for recommendations for a good start on the topic. Here's the course description -