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We usually talk about good books, but we rarely talk about bad books. And that is good. But sometimes, we find that some book is so bad, so really bad, that we strongly want to tell this to the others. So I open this thread to inform others about science books which you find so bad that it...

Recommend book to follow "Introduction to Analysis" by Rosenlicht I am trying to build a great foundation in analysis before moving into functional analysis, ode and tensor calc( planning on graduate school in computational fluid mechanics ). I love the style of Rosenlichts text. What's the...

Author: George Parks Title: Physics Of Space Plasmas: An Introduction Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0813341299/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Introductory physics, modern physics, calculus through PDEs, E&M, introductory astrophysics/astronomy (basically three years of a...

Author: Margaret G. Kivelson and Christopher T. Russell (Editors) Title: Introduction to Space Physics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521457149/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Introductory physics, modern physics, calculus through PDEs, E&M, introductory astrophysics/astronomy...

Author: Francis F. Chen Title: Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1441932011/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Introductory physics, modern physics, calculus through PDEs, E&M Contents: Undergraduate, upper level; Graduate...

Homework Statement X is a metric and E is a subspace of X (E\subsetX) The boundary ∂E of a set E is defined to be the set of points adherent to both E and the complement of E, ∂E=\overline{E}\cap(\overline{X\E}) (ignore the red color, i can't get it out) Show that E is open if and only...

Author: Wolfgang Rindler Title: Introduction to Special Relativity Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198539525/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Author: Michele Maggiore Title: A Modern Introduction to Quantum Field Theory Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0198520743/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Author: Bert Mendelson Title: Introduction to Topology Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486663523/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Level: Undergrad

Homework Statement Two cars start from the same point at the same time, with one car traveling at a constant speed of 55 mph, and the other car having a constant speed of 70 mph. How far has the faster car traveled when it has a 15 minute lead on the slower car? Problems like this always...

Author: Robert Stewart Title: Introduction to Physical Oceanography Download Link: http://oceanworld.tamu.edu/resources/ocng_textbook/PDF_files/book_pdf_files.html Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: Serge Lang Title: Introduction to Linear Algebra Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/3540780602/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: High-School mathematics Level: Undergrad Table of Contents: Vectors Definition of Points in Space Located Vectors Scalar Product The Norm of...

Author: David Griffiths Title: Introduction to Electrodynamics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321856562/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Calculus 1,2,3, Basic E&M Level: Upper-level undergrad Table of Contents 1. Vector Analysis 2. Electrostatics 3. Potentials 4...

Author: Arthur Mattuck Title: Introduction to Analysis Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0130811327/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Level: Undergrad Table of Contents: Preface Real Numbers and Monotone Sequences Introduction; Real numbers Increasing sequences Limit of an...

Author: Michael Spivak Title: A Comprehensive Introduction to Differential Geometry Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0914098705/?tag=pfamazon01-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0914098713/?tag=pfamazon01-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0914098721/?tag=pfamazon01-20...

Author: William Feller Title: An Introduction to Probability Theory and Its Applications Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471257087/?tag=pfamazon01-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471257095/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Table of Contents for Volume I: Introduction: The Nature of...

Author: L.P. Hughston and K.P. Tod Title: An Introduction to General Relativity Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/052133943X/?tag=pfamazon01-20

Author: Gilbert Strang Title: Introduction to Linear Algebra Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0980232716/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents: Table of Contents: Introduction to Vectors Vectors and Linear Combinations Lengths and Dot Products Solving Linear Equations...

Author: John Lee Title: Riemannian Manifolds: An Introduction to Curvature Amazon link https://www.amazon.com/dp/0387983228/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: "Introduction to Smooth Manifolds" by Lee seems like a prereq. Level: Grad Table of Contents: Preface What Is Curvature? The...

Author: John Lee Title: Introduction to Smooth Manifolds Amazon link https://www.amazon.com/dp/0387954481/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Topology, Linear algebra, Calculus 3. Some analysis wouldn't hurt either. Level: Grad Table of Contents: Smooth Manifolds Topological Manifolds...

Author: Daniel Kleppner and Robert J. Kolenkow Title: An Introduction to Mechanics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0521198119/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Table of Contents: 1. Vectors and kinematics - a few mathematical preliminaries 2. Newton's laws - the foundations of...

Author: Sean M. Carroll Title: Spacetime and Geometry: An Introduction to General Relativity Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805387323/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Download Link: http://ned.ipac.caltech.edu/level5/March01/Carroll3/Carroll_contents.html Prerequisities: Contents: Contents: 1...

The Basic Practice of Statistics by David Moore Author: David Moore Title: The Basic Practice of Statistics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1429230932/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Calculus 1,2,3, Linear Algebra Table of Contents: To the Instructor: About This Book To the...

Author: Michael E. Peskin (Author), Dan V. Schroeder (Author) Title: An Introduction to Quantum Field Theory Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0201503972/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: Charles Kittel Title: Introduction to Solid State Physics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/047141526X/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: Thomas H. Cormen (Author), Charles E. Leiserson (Author), Ronald L. Rivest (Author), Clifford Stein (Author) Title: Introduction to Algorithms Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0262033844/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: David Poole Title: Linear Algebra: A Modern Introduction Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0538735457/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Table of Contents: Vectors Introduction: The Racetrack Game The Geometry and Algebra of Vectors Length and Angle: The Dot Product...

Author: Bradley W. Carroll (Author), Dale A. Ostlie (Author) Title: An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0805304029/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: Wolfgang Demtröder Title: Atoms, Molecules and Photons: An Introduction Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/3642102972/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: David J. Griffiths Title: Introduction to Quantum Mechanics Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0131118927/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents: Contents PART I: Theory 1.The Wave Function 1.1 The Schrodinger Equation 1.2 The Statistical Interpretation...

Author: David Griffiths Title: Introduction to Elementary Particles Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/3527406018/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Contents:

Author: John M. Lee Title: Introduction to Topological Manifolds Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1441979395/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Prerequisities: Real Analysis course involving epsilon-delta and preferebly metric spaces, group theory Level: Grad students Table of Contents: Preface...

Hi! I'll be covering the above book next semester and was wondering if there is anything I should be particularly aware of about thermal physics. -aLearner

Can anyone comment on the difficulty level of this book? The one by Daniel Kleppner and Robert J Kolenkow. https://www.amazon.com/dp/0521198216/?tag=pfamazon01-20 I've been thinking of buying it and studying from it, but reading the Amazon reviews has me thinking i should stay away from it...

Hi. I'm studying (introduction to) QFT, and I'm really lost. If possible, I'd like a pointer to a good textbook on the subject. I'll give an example of my confusion with a question: I think I've understood phi(x) as a classical scalar field, what it is and how to use it in a lagngian for...

Wrong answers to problems in "Introduction to Electric Circuits, 8th Ed" I'm studying electric circuit analysis on my own using "Introduction to Electric Circuits, 8th Ed, International Student Version" by Dorf and Svoboda (ISBN 978-0-470-55302-2 to avoid any confusion) and it seems like every...

I'm kind of new to proof based mathematics, can you guys give me an advice on what a good book pertaining to this should I get? I don't really care about what particular subject in mathematics it is, just as long as it can give me a good knowledge and skills in proving, and it's something...

Homework Statement Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths, 3rd ed. pg 141-2, Example 3.8: An uncharged metal sphere of radius R is placed in an otherwise uniform electric field E=(0,0,E). [The field will push positive charge to the northern surface of the sphere, leaving a negative...

Homework Statement Confirm that the retarded potentials satisfy the Lorentz gauge condition. Homework Equations \vec{A}(\vec{r}, t) = \frac{\mu_{0}}{4\pi}\int\frac{\vec{J}(\vec{r'},t_{r})}{R}d\tau' V(\vec{r}, t) = \frac{1}{4\pi\epsilon_{0}}\int\frac{\rho(\vec{r'},t_{r})}{R}d\tau' Where...

Hello! I am currently a twelve-year old, and I am interested in learning about Relativity. I have heard that there are two main fields relativity is divided into - special relativity, and general relativity. Although some people have said that general relativity is considerably harder than...

Folks, I have the book An Introduction to the Finite Element Method by J.N Reddy. The following website provides http://highered.mcgraw-hill.com/sites/0072466855/student_view0/executables.html access to the Fortran Executable but I am not sure how to work them. I am just beginning to...

Homework Statement A container is divided into two parts by a thermally conducting wall. There are N atoms of a monatomic ideal gas on the left side, 2N on the right. The gas on the left is initially at absolute temperature 200K, the gas on the right at 500K. a. After thermal equilibrium...

Hi, Can anybody recommend me a good video lecture series on Introduction to digital logic design? I want to watch these videos before going to class.

Hi all, does anyone here have a good internet source that explains coherence and decoherence in layman's terms? My intro modern physics class left off at the beginning of schrodingers wave function due to time constraints and I am trying to teach myself a bit of the stuff we missed. Thanks =)...

I am about to start my junior-level courses (advanced mechanics, quantum I, etc) and I've been working on a project with a professor this summer. Basically, I am trying to reproduce the results of this paper: http://arxiv.org/abs/nucl-th/9611049 . Right now I am trying to work only with...

Hello all; I have a homework 'question' I'm hoping I can get some help with here. For my Introduction to Mechanical Engineering class, we have been tasked with writing a technical paper and there is a portion of the mark dedicated to using social media and the internet to enhance the paper...

I've seen quite a few people on this forum agree that Griffiths is not a good book to learn QM from. But I was wondering what reasons people would give for it. (Personally I don't feel I can give an in depth critique since I've only sampled his book. I rather liked his explanation of...

What is a good way to introduce vectors on a linear algebra course so that students are motivated from the start? I need an opening which will have a real impact. Are there any motivating examples?

What is a good way to introduce vectors on a linear algebra course so that students are motivated from the start? I need an opening which will have a real impact. Are there any motivating examples?

Hi - i am going to go to univerisity soon and have begun to look up courses in Physics. can anyone please recommend a degree-level physics textbook (in either general physics or a specialised area) that I can read over just to get an idea of the course and how it will be? i don't want a very...