So, You Want to Learn Physics?
- Updated 4 months ago
- 32 Books
- susanrigetti
This list inspired by my own college days along with Susan Rigetti's (née Fowler) wonderful "So You Want to Learn Physics..." blog post. Mostly weighted towards undergrad material since I never went further past that level myself. List is ordered in the way you should read the books; not a ranking. Assumes you have high school math at the level of algebra, trig, and geometry decently mastered going into this list.
| #1 |  Conceptual Physics
| 3 | 2 reads | |
| #2 |  Calculus: Early Transcendentals
| 3.33 | 5 reads | |
| #3 |  University Physics with Modern Physics
| 0 | 2 reads | |
| #4 |  Fundamentals of Physics
| 4 | 7 reads | |
| #5 |  Physics for Scientists & Engineers with Modern Physics
| 0 | 1 read | |
| #6 |  The Feynman Lectures on Physics
| 4.73 | 14 reads | |
| #7 |  Linear Algebra and Its Applications
| 3.88 | 5 reads | |
| #8 |  Introduction to Linear Algebra
| 2 | 3 reads | |
| #9 |  Div, Grad, Curl, and All That Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus
| 5 | 3 reads | |
| #10 |  Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences
| 5 | 2 reads | |
| #11 |  Classical Mechanics
| 3 | 2 reads | |
| #12 |  Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems
| 0 | 3 reads | |
| #13 |  Introduction to Electrodynamics
| 4.13 | 13 reads | |
| #14 |  Spacetime Physics: Introduction to Special Relativity
| 0 | 0 reads | |
| #15 |  A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics
| 0 | 3 reads | |
| #16 |  Introduction to Quantum Mechanics
| 4.13 | 8 reads | |
| #17 |  An Introduction to Thermal Physics
| 0 | 2 reads | |
| #18 |  Introduction to Elementary Particles
| 4 | 3 reads | |
| #19 |  Introduction to Plasma Physics and Controlled Fusion
| 4 | 1 read | |
| #20 |  Introduction to Cosmology Introduction to Cosmology: Barbara Ryden
| 0 | 0 reads | |
| #21 |  An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics
| 0 | 2 reads | |
| #22 | The Cosmic Perspective The Cosmic Perspective
| 0 | 1 read | |
| #23 |  Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity
| 0 | 1 read | |
| #24 |  Mathematical methods for physicists.
| 3 | 1 read | |
| #25 |  Group Theory in a Nutshell for Physicists
| 0 | 1 read | |
| #26 |  Fourier Series
| 0 | 2 reads | |
| #27 |  Complex variables
| 0 | 0 reads | |
| #28 |  Visual complex analysis
| 2.5 | 2 reads | |
| #29 |  Optics
| 0 | 1 read | |
| #30 |  Spacetime and Geometry
| 0 | 1 read | |
| #31 |  Gravitation
| 0 | 1 read | |
| #32 |  Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
| 0 | 1 read |