Looking for supplements like "A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations"

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A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations by Daniel Fleisch is the best physics book I've ever read. I just love the way it analyzes each equation. I'm looking for other books/supplements similar to it for the other branches of physics (Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics/Statistical Mechanics, Classical Mechanics).

I'm a physics major. I have taken linear algebra, differential equations, and mathematical methods for physics students.
 
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Amrator said:
A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations by Daniel Fleisch is the best physics book I've ever read. I just love the way it analyzes each equation. I'm looking for other books/supplements similar to it for the other branches of physics (Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics/Statistical Mechanics, Classical Mechanics).

I'm a physics major. I have taken linear algebra, differential equations, and mathematical methods for physics students.

A Student's Guide to Waves by Fleisch

A Student's Guide to Lagrangians and Hamiltonians by Hamill

A Student's Guide to Vectors and Tensors Fleisch

A Student's Guide to Entropy by Lemons

Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus by Schey

Full Disclosure: Contrary to the common sentiment here, I am not fond of any of these books including the one OP mentioned :)
 
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Amrator said:
A Student's Guide to Maxwell's Equations by Daniel Fleisch is the best physics book I've ever read. I just love the way it analyzes each equation. I'm looking for other books/supplements similar to it for the other branches of physics (Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics/Statistical Mechanics, Classical Mechanics).

I'm a physics major. I have taken linear algebra, differential equations, and mathematical methods for physics students.
You might also like the Demystified series, especially the books which are written by McMahon
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-ultimate-demystifier.871588/
 
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You might also like the Demystified series, especially the books which are written by McMahon
https://www.physicsforums.com/threads/the-ultimate-demystifier.871588/
Interesting. I always avoided those books because I assumed they were in similar fashion to the "For Dummies" series. Also the bad reviews didn't help in persuading me, but I'll be sure to check out the quantum one.