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Hi
Does anyone know a book of general physics (which covers the subjects of physics as a whole) with complete exercises?
 
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George Jones said:
At what level?
Like university graduate
 
Joos' Theoretical Physics probably has the breadth and level you want but relatively few exercises.
 
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Irodov Series?

I know in India it’s used in high schools but I think that’s the exception not the rule.
 
there's Alonso and Finn: Fundamental University Physics. Its 3 volumes. Very short and concise explanations. The authors took very good care when writing the book.
 
I always liked Basic Concepts in Physics by Sherwin (1961), an unusual text arranged around classical mechanics (37 pages), relativity (71 pages), electricity (69 pages), QM (72 pages) and Statistical Mechanics (75 pages).

Here‘s an old review
https://physicstoday.scitation.org/doi/pdf/10.1063/1.3058195
 
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