I have to start with some book but wich collection is better

  • Thread starter Thread starter hagopbul
  • Start date Start date
  • Tags Tags
    Book
AI Thread Summary
When deciding between the Walter Greiner and Landau & Lifgarbagez collections, it's important to consider your background as a first-year master's student. Landau & Lifgarbagez is noted for its clear language but is concise in mathematical expressions, requiring readers to fill in some derivation steps. In contrast, Greiner provides more detailed steps but may be less well-written, with concerns raised about the quality of its English translation. It is recommended to access both collections from the library to determine which aligns better with your learning style. The consensus suggests starting with Landau & Lifgarbagez before moving on to Greiner.
hagopbul
Messages
397
Reaction score
45
i have the following collections and i want to know with what should i start reading the Walter Greiner or Landau L.D., Lifgarbagez E.M collection?
 
Physics news on Phys.org
I'm not familiar with Greiner, but Landau and Lifgarbagez is not a beginning text, so it depends upon your background.
 
1st year master degree student
 
You should probably get both at the library and find out which one suits you better. My short opinion on them: Landau has very clear language, but in very concise in the mathematical expressions, leaving many steps in derivations to you. Greiner fills in more of the steps, but may be less well written. I have also read bad things about the english translation of Greiner, which I can't comment on since I only used his german books.
 
thank you i will start with L then G
 

Thread 'Book recommendation after Sakurai Modern Quantum Physics'

TL;DR Summary: Book after Sakurai Modern Quantum Physics I am doing a comprehensive reading of sakurai and I have solved every problem from chapters I finished on my own, I will finish the book within 2 weeks and I want to delve into qft and other particle physics related topics, not from summaries but comprehensive books, I will start a graduate program related to cern in 3 months, I alreadily knew some qft but now I want to do it, hence do a good book with good problems in it first...
View full post »

Thread 'Blennow to follow up Altland?'

TLDR: is Blennow "Mathematical Methods for Physics and Engineering" a good follow-up to Altland "Mathematics for physicists"? Hello everybody, returning to physics after 30-something years, I felt the need to brush up my maths first. It took me 6 months and I'm currently more than half way through the Altland "Mathematics for physicists" book, covering the math for undergraduate studies at the right level of sophystication, most of which I howewer already knew (being an aerospace engineer)...
View full post »

Similar threads

Looking for a good text book on QCD
Replies
1
Views
4K
Quantum Books on electroweak and strong interactions (& QED)
Replies
1
Views
2K
Books to read before Arnold's Classical Mechanics
Replies
5
Views
2K
Book recommendation after Sakurai Modern Quantum Physics
Replies
3
Views
98
Geometry Is Euclid suitable as a first exposure to Geometry?
Replies
1
Views
1K
Other What Are Your Thoughts on Greiner's Book Series?
Replies
4
Views
3K
Physics Book Recommendations for Self-Study at Undergraduate Level?
Replies
12
Views
4K
Foundations Should I start with Lang's Basic Mathematics or Gelfand's books?
Replies
4
Views
6K
Are Schaum books good for self-study?
Replies
16
Views
9K
Advanced elasticity book recommendation
Replies
4
Views
3K

Hot Threads

Recent Insights

Back
Top