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The discussion revolves around recommendations for series of books on mathematics and physics, focusing on lesser-known titles and personal discoveries that participants believe are valuable. The scope includes theoretical physics, classical mechanics, and mathematical analysis.

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Main Points Raised

  • One participant highlights a 10-volume course on theoretical physics by Walter Greiner as an astonishing find.
  • Another participant mentions a two-part tome on classical mechanics that they believe should be read by every undergraduate.
  • A participant points out a 5-volume course on theoretical physics that they discovered.
  • Discussion includes the Manchester Physics Series, which is noted as being underrepresented in previous recommendations.
  • Several series from M.I.T. and Berkeley are mentioned as noteworthy contributions to the field.
  • On the mathematics side, Serge Lang, Michael Spivak, Richard Courant, and Tom Apostol are suggested as part of a series worth exploring.
  • Another participant recommends the Analysis I, II, III series by Amann/Escher as a great mathematical series.
  • A participant shares their positive experience with Greiner's text on electroweak theory and mentions Taylor's classical mechanics text as also being good.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants express a variety of recommendations without a clear consensus on which series are the best or most valuable. Multiple competing views on the importance and relevance of different series remain present.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express the challenge of managing time to read the suggested texts, indicating a potential limitation in their ability to explore all recommendations fully.

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Think this would be a good thread to get going as I've only recently made some discoveries
that were very helpful & new suggestions are definitely welcome.

Obviously there is the strandard https://www.amazon.com/dp/0750628960/?tag=pfamazon01-20
but what else it there hidden away that isn't mentioned in nearly every thread on
physicsforums asking for book recommendations? Well, first off I found this amazing 10
volume course on theoretical physics by Walter Greiner that simply looks astonishing!
Browsing around I found this basically unmentioned two-part tome on classical mechanics
by https://www.amazon.com/dp/0471091448/?tag=pfamazon01-20 which I found in my library and the contents are superb.
This should be read by every undergraduate as far as I can ascertain from reading it.
Another discovery is https://www.amazon.com/dp/0126546703/?tag=pfamazon01-20 5 volume course on theoretical physics :biggrin:
In England there is a whole course published called the Manchester Physics Series that has
barely been mentioned on here I think people would find interesting.
Of course there are two separate M.I.T. Berkeley Physics Series by https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393099709/?tag=pfamazon01-20.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/013805326X/?tag=pfamazon01-20 could also be considered a series.
As for mathematics I would call Serge Lang, Michael Spivak, Richard Courant & Tom Apostol all a series.

So, let the rare and unmentioned recommendations fly in!:biggrin:

 
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i like how you were expecting so much more people to reply:biggrin:
 
On the math side, Analysis I, II, III by Amann/Escher is a great series :)
 
You, sir, must have a lot of time on your hands! I have my hands full with just anyone of these suggestions in my spare time.
 
I used Greiner's text on the electroweak theory and it was excellent.

Taylor's classical mechanics text is also pretty good.
 

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