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Hi all; firstly, I thank all of you who respond to my question in advance.
I'm a mathematics student with an advanced undergraduate background in most of what's associated with 'pure math', and my particular interest is in mathematical logic. I'd really like to teach myself physics - I have taken a year's worth of university physics and I did quite well; however, I feel as if I didn't really learn very much at all beyond how to manipulate particular formulas, as the course was generally populated by pre-med students and thus geared more towards rote memorization than understanding.
Unfortunately, I haven't the credit-space to take more advanced courses in physics, so I'm hoping I can teach myself some.
I would like some book recommendations - ideally I'd like to 'do over' the material I covered in my year of physics and start from scratch. So this means something that would constitute a 'first course in physics', except taught in a way that assumes a relatively strong (in undergraduate terms) mathematical background. After I get my way through this first material, then I'd like to approach modern physics, although I do have some of the requisite mathematical background in differential geometry, abstract algebra, etc.
What books would you recommend?
Thank you all very much.
I'm a mathematics student with an advanced undergraduate background in most of what's associated with 'pure math', and my particular interest is in mathematical logic. I'd really like to teach myself physics - I have taken a year's worth of university physics and I did quite well; however, I feel as if I didn't really learn very much at all beyond how to manipulate particular formulas, as the course was generally populated by pre-med students and thus geared more towards rote memorization than understanding.
Unfortunately, I haven't the credit-space to take more advanced courses in physics, so I'm hoping I can teach myself some.
I would like some book recommendations - ideally I'd like to 'do over' the material I covered in my year of physics and start from scratch. So this means something that would constitute a 'first course in physics', except taught in a way that assumes a relatively strong (in undergraduate terms) mathematical background. After I get my way through this first material, then I'd like to approach modern physics, although I do have some of the requisite mathematical background in differential geometry, abstract algebra, etc.
What books would you recommend?
Thank you all very much.