Further Reading Suggestions

Can anyone recommend a good physics book? Something like 'How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog' and 'Warped Passages'.

I particularly like special relativity and particle physics, but I'd like other suggestions too. :smile:

Reply 1

aamirac

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Have you ever gone to any lectures or schemes that are physics related. Might be good to go to a few of those too.

Reply 2

Absent Agent

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Original post by ombtom

Can anyone recommend a good physics book? Something like 'How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog' and 'Warped Passages'.

I particularly like special relativity and particle physics, but I'd like other suggestions too. :smile:

I would strongly suggest reading the Theoretical Concepts in Physics. It's not an academic book to be used as a substitute for conventional textbooks but, instead, it illuminates the transition between classical and modern Physics. I have a link to the PDF version of the book but I'm not allowed to post it on here as there are copyright issues.

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Reply 3

ombtom

OP

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Original post by aamirac

Have you ever gone to any lectures or schemes that are physics related. Might be good to go to a few of those too.

I'm looking into it. :smile:

Original post by Mehrdad jafari

I would strongly suggest reading the Theoretical Concepts in Physics. It's not an academic book to be used as a substitute for conventional textbooks but, instead, it illuminates the transition between classical and modern Physics. I have a link to the PDF version of the book but I'm not allowed to post it on here as there are copyright issues.

Thank you. :smile:

Reply 4

Absent Agent

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Original post by ombtom

I'm looking into it. :smile:

Thank you. :smile:

No worries! You could see the contents of the book here. :smile:

Reply 5

scphmapd

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17 equations that changed the world. It's a really good book if you prefer the maths side of physics. It is suitable for all abilities.

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Reply 6

Duke Glacia

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Original post by ombtom

Can anyone recommend a good physics book? Something like 'How to Teach Relativity to Your Dog' and 'Warped Passages'.

I particularly like special relativity and particle physics, but I'd like other suggestions too. :smile:

university physics by hd young-This book is considered to one the best textbook for freshman(Uni first year) studying physics. Its very good and it also covers SR and QT.

Time Traveller by Ronald L Mallet

Introduction to Classical Mechanics-David Morin
This maybe a bit tough(some problems are **** tough) for you but it has some excellent set of problems in Special Relativity

General books are nice but at some point youll get bored so it might be worth checking few of the books above.

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Reply 7

Marxist

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Original post by Duke Glacia

university physics by hd young-This book is considered to one the best textbook for freshman(Uni first year) studying physics. Its very good and it also covers SR and QT.

Time Traveller by Ronald L Mallet

Introduction to Classical Mechanics-David Morin
This maybe a bit tough(some problems are **** tough) for you but it has some excellent set of problems in Special Relativity

General books are nice but at some point youll get bored so it might be worth checking few of the books above.

David Morin's book is really tough. But it's been suggested by so many on physicsstackexchange! What level is it been in terms of Edexcel modules( e.g. M2-M3?)

Reply 8

Duke Glacia

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Original post by Marxist

David Morin's book is really tough. But it's been suggested by so many on physicsstackexchange! What level is it been in terms of Edexcel modules( e.g. M2-M3?)

it includes everthing M1-M5
yup it very tough but interesting.

Reply 9

Marxist

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Original post by Duke Glacia

it includes everthing M1-M5
yup it very tough but interesting.

That's quite good actually. I thought it would limited to only a few modules!

Reply 10

Duke Glacia

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Original post by Marxist

That's quite good actually. I thought it would limited to only a few modules!

it actually covers more such as special relativity general relativity. Lagrangians,gyroscopic motionetc
but there is a easier book wrtitten by David Morin.(forgot the title tho)

Reply 11

Marxist

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Original post by Duke Glacia

it actually covers more such as special relativity general relativity. Lagrangians,gyroscopic motionetc
but there is a easier book wrtitten by David Morin.(forgot the title tho)