Introductory physics textbook: which to choose? =)

[si3zi]

Hello so lovely people! I present my self: Ali, 12 years old from Niger, I decided to start learning physics on my own.Some people first recommended me to read a book titled "Conceptual physics" to get the sense of what we are doing physics, I have read it and it is excellent!

Now I try to go a little bit further, and I found three interesting books:

1. Helliday & Resnick - Fundamentals of physics
2. Young-Freeman - University physics
3. Seway-Jewett - Physics for scientists and engineers

Which to choose my lovely people?

Thank you.

(psst... I already learned calculus)

 

[si3zi]

Please you may say this is not of importance... But no! it is important to me!

 

[bolbteppa]

I think the 12th edition of Young & Freedman is the best of the three, something really cool that you could watch before or while trying that is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mechanical_Universe
which is all free on youtube etc...

 

[WannabeFeynman]

I have done only an introduction to physics, so I can't say much, however I have often seen books like Kleppner's Mechanics book often recommended along with an EM book by Purcell (though I have heard some say it is a bit too advanced before doing classical mechanics).

Also, being 12 and learning calculus/basic physics is quite an achievement.

 

[si3zi]

I think the 12th edition of Young & Freedman is the best of the three, something really cool that you could watch before or while trying that is:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Mechanical_Universe
which is all free on youtube etc...

THank you! I'm just waiting for another recommendation and I will pick Young-Freedman.

 

[PhanthomJay]

I think Young and Freedman's University Physics is a good choice, but I also like Halliday and Resnick Fundamentals of Physics, perhaps because that is the text I used 50 years ago and it's still going stong...I'm sure my edition was an earlier version of course....

Looks like MIT uses University Physics.

If you can afford it..get them both...good to have a backup when you don't understand something...

 

[si3zi]

I think Young and Freedman's University Physics is a good choice, but I also like Halliday and Resnick Fundamentals of Physics, perhaps because that is the text I used 50 years ago and it's still going stong...I'm sure my edition was an earlier version of course....

Looks like MIT uses University Physics.

If you can afford it..get them both...good to have a backup when you don't understand something...

Thank you! :D I'm learning from the web and I do have them both so I'll have fun! ;)