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As an intellectual object, a book is prototypically a composition of such great length that it takes a considerable investment of time to compose and still considered as an investment of time to read. In a restricted sense, a book is a self-sufficient section or part of a longer composition, a usage that reflects the fact that, in antiquity, long works had to be written on several scrolls and each scroll had to be identified by the book it contained. Each part of Aristotle's Physics is called a book. In an unrestricted sense, a book is the compositional whole of which such sections, whether called books or chapters or parts, are parts.
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Hello all, I was wondering what are some good textbooks that are flimsy (not hard cover and printed on cheap paper so lightweight) that can be read on the train and the bus easily (the dimensions doesn't matter to me, all that is required is for it to be flimsy). I need such textbooks for...
I have recently started a book on QFT: A First Book of QFT by Amitabha Lahiri and Palash B. Pal. It is very well written until the chapter of renormalization, where, before correcting the ultraviolet and infrared divergences, the book itself diverges, and I couldn't make meaning out of what they...
What are the best books on QT Foundations out there? This seems to be a difficult question which has very different answers depending on who you happen to ask. There seem to be at least two different levels, e.g. intermediate texts and advanced texts, with a very wide gap in between, which is...
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I have two questions into one. First I would like to know what books are considered the best to introduce the theory of quantum dots, so for example with the k.p method, tight-binding, empirical pseudopotentials, and other techniques, analytical derivations, optical properties, band...
Hi, I'm looking for a book that deals with the mathematics and the physics of waves (sound waves, electromagnetic waves, maybe optics). Basically just "classical waves" (I'm not very interested right know in the applications to quantum mechanics). My math background is (courses that I took)...
I am working through physics for engineers and scientists 5th edition right now. I have met many people who strongly believe a certain textbook is better than others.
Can someone please clarify the differences? I have access to Fundamentals of physics 10th edition and wondered if working...
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I am interested in learning more about photosynthesis. My background is in physics, mostly condensed matter and atomic physics (graduate level). I have not taken a chemistry course since high school but I am looking for a book that starts from a physics point of view anyway. What are some...
I would like to read historical documents where the chemist that succeded in synthetizing a new molecule explains the process he used to obtain his results. Does that exists?
Instead of reading about solving the shrodinger equation in a square potential I would like to read how someone actually...
I'm looking for leveled books of original most important scientists' titles, both for aprox.3 - 4 grade and / or beginners in science. I would appreciate any information available, either in English, or Spanish.
Tjank you in advance. Montserrat
I am looking for a book for learning Python so as to compute matrices, eigenvalues, eigenvectors, divergence, curl (i.e vector calculus).
If you also have online recommendations please feel free to write them.
Back in the day, when Perl was my go to language, Programming Perl, the Camel Book, from O'Reilly was The Reference. It was the quick and concise way to get an answer. And you'd probably learn something you weren't necessarily looking for and get a chuckle along the way.
Now that Python is my...
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The short story is that I'd like to go through university level maths and physics because:
I like maths and physics
Deepening knowledge of maths would be useful in my programming career
Formal education
The longer story is that while being a kid, I loved mathematics. Took extra...
Many years ago in school, we used Jearl Walker's Flying Circus of Physics as a study tool. The physics principles covered are elementary, things you see in first-year physics. And yet he manages to ask questions that really test your understanding of those principles and your confidence in...
Looking for suggestions on books (or other learning material) that will help me improve my skills using Python for scientific computing. I am comfortable with Python programming (syntax, conditional statements, loops, etc.), and use it for data analysis in my undergraduate experimental physics...
It's been a while since I studied physics. I did a few basic courses in physics as a freshman, but I never studied any physics since, but instead majored in math and ended up doing a math PhD. Nowadays, I work on self-driving cars at a large tech company, where my work is mostly in computer...
Can anyone please suggest which books or articles can be taken which would start from a preliminary one for a newcomer like me for understanding the Brans-Dicke theory .
Thanks.
I would like to know which books are the main sources for the Quantum mechanics 1/2 courses, and the professors use them most during their courses?
Thanks for you reply in advance.
my current skills in math are differential eq and linear algebra...
and I am about to start reading Feynman lectures of physics and planning to read all John Baez's recommended books.. after reading Feynman's, what would be the next best thing to do? learn more math? or jump already to core...
I have had around 2 year gap after finishing high school. The last 2 years of high school (11th and 12th grade where calculus, coordinate geometry, straight lines, circles, vectors, functions, quadratics, polynomials, probability, permutation etc. are taught here) , I barely studied and some how...
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Can anyone suggest me some of the must read books for a computer science student for learning new things and improving the programming skills!
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Two questions.
Are Weinberg's "Lectures on Quantum Mechanics" a bridge to his QFT books? I read that his QFT volumes are excellent books, but not for the beginner. So, if I want to begin QFT, can I choose his "Lectures on Quantum Mechanics" for a graduate level QM book, and make the...
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Anyone here still buy paper technical books? Most of the material in them is available on the web, although nor in the organized format provided by the book. So it would seem for it to be worthwhile buying a book on topics one is mostly unfamiliar with, in that the value of the book is in...
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I have found two books that show physics branches with python examples:
This is for mechanics:
https://www.springer.com/us/book/9783319195957
The other on oscillation and waves:
https://www.springer.com/la/book/9783319723136
I see in these books that the University of Oslo is doing...
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Most basic stability problems is introduced simply as a box with a load placed on its side. And you do the typical momentum calculation around the opposite edge. Most books/pdfs stops there.
I have however...
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I am looking for for some good books on non-standard analysis. Hoping for something simple and not too complex.
Any tips on good books appreciated.
I'm a weak student in chemistry, by 'weak' I mean I lack some base I think. May please suggest some good books on inorganic chemistry? I want to study p-block, d- and f-block elements along with their important compounds and their preparation. Book should be concise as for me as a weak student...
I'm struggling with the math used in my college's calc-based honors physics class, even though I've taken calculus 1.
---What are some good books/resources to learn the math used in introductory physics?---
Preferably, it'd be nice if the math was taught using examples in physics. Having that...
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I am interested in any introductory books to non-standard analysis. My highest level of mathematical education is Calculus II via community college. Any help appreciated.
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What books would be good to complement the Greiner theoretical physics series?
Greiner covers Newtonian mechanics, analytical mechanics, electrodynamics, thermodynamics, statistical mechanics, quantum mechanics (at great length), relativistic quantum mechanics, quantum field theory...
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...
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I'm studying physics as an undergraduate and I'm currently taking the course special relativity.
But sadly I'm not too big a fan of the book we are using for the course.
So I was wondering what are the best books you know of regarding special relativity for undergraduates.
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I am looking for physics books of a particular type: concise, and very well regarded. Two examples I found are "Mechanics", by Laundau & Lifshitz; and "Elementary Statistical Physics" by Kittel. Both are around 200 pages and they cover a lot of material.
Unfortunately, I don't have the...
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I saw a couple of Peter Norton books: Linux , Java, How to Repair PCs on sale, for about $3 each. Are they still, being this old, worthwhile as a reference, and in general to learn those topics, or are the books likely outdated? Fortunately I can afford the ~ $10 for the three books, but I...
I’ve been self-studying quantum mechanics for a while, and currently looking at scattering theory, using chapters in books by Shankar, Sakurai, and John R. Taylor’s Scattering Theory text. But was wondering if there are any good sources that relate the theory in these books to actual experiments...
Hi, I have decided I like to learn some physics as I know absolutely zero physics and also including chemistry or biology, and I’d like to learn a bit of all 3, to the high school level perhaps. It seems that from, what I’ve read if I want to learn chemistry, I’ll first have to know physics, and...
I'm studying physics and would like to read physics books during my free time. Does anyone have any suggestions? When I'm not studying it would be nice to read some not-so-technical books just for enjoyment. I've thought about reading biographies of influential physicists but I am up for...
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I’ve been walking through posts on this forum, and found plenty of book recommendations for QM.
My problem is, I haven’t had enough practice in a long while. I could go over Solved Problems in e.g. Galitsky, or Gasiorowitz, but they seem to be a little far from what I want to test...
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...
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...
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I want to learn - amateurishly - Quantum Mechanics, and General Relativity, but my experience with Physics is very small.
I want to ask, what should I learn - what books should I read - before I start to learn those theories?
Sorry for my english.
Tom and Devi read 34 books in a month. Devi and Weiming read 58 books in the same month. Weiming read twice as many books as Tom. How many books did Devi read in that month?
My way of answering it:
x + x + 2x = 92
x = 23
I got stuck there.However
The book answer is 58 - 34. Then 34 -24 = 10...
Hey guys, I just bought the book Elementary Cryptanalysis: A Mathematical Approach by Abraham Sinkov, yet before I start it, I would like to know if there are any prerequisites I should know about as I am 16 and I still haven't even taken all of high school mathematics although I am self...