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Hi guys, I very interested in physics and want to buy a book to read and learn. I want one that goes deep into a topic but I don’t want to waste money. Any recommendations?
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What sort of book? A popular science coffee table book
or a textbook?
What sort of level?
or a textbook?
What sort of level?
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What sort of book? A popular science coffee table book
or a textbook?
What sort of level?
What sort of book? A popular science coffee table book
or a textbook?
What sort of level?
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any specific topic/area you're interestrd in? And what is your current knowledge?
any specific topic/area you're interestrd in? And what is your current knowledge?
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The collins dictionary of astronomy is good resource for space/astronomy and there are still some pretty cheap paperback copies around. beware of other dictionaries of astronomy which are full of pretty photographs but not really very useful tbh.
*probably* a GCSE astronomy book, there's one by Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott (which tbh I haven't read - but Moore is usually good at explaining things)
QED by Richard Feinman is readable by an intelligent person and has the scary maths stuff swept out of view.
My old favourite A level physics book (from the days before the exam boards entered into a racket with the book publishers)
Advanced Physics - Tom Duncan. still seems like you can get a second hand copy... but check your exam spec before relying on it totally cos it might not cover everything in the spec.
*probably* a GCSE astronomy book, there's one by Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott (which tbh I haven't read - but Moore is usually good at explaining things)
QED by Richard Feinman is readable by an intelligent person and has the scary maths stuff swept out of view.
My old favourite A level physics book (from the days before the exam boards entered into a racket with the book publishers)
Advanced Physics - Tom Duncan. still seems like you can get a second hand copy... but check your exam spec before relying on it totally cos it might not cover everything in the spec.
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The collins dictionary of astronomy is good resource for space/astronomy and there are still some pretty cheap paperback copies around. beware of other dictionaries of astronomy which are full of pretty photographs but not really very useful tbh.
*probably* a GCSE astronomy book, there's one by Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott (which tbh I haven't read - but Moore is usually good at explaining things)
QED by Richard Feinman is readable by an intelligent person and has the scary maths stuff swept out of view.
My old favourite A level physics book (from the days before the exam boards entered into a racket with the book publishers)
Advanced Physics - Tom Duncan. still seems like you can get a second hand copy... but check your exam spec before relying on it totally cos it might not cover everything in the spec.
The collins dictionary of astronomy is good resource for space/astronomy and there are still some pretty cheap paperback copies around. beware of other dictionaries of astronomy which are full of pretty photographs but not really very useful tbh.
*probably* a GCSE astronomy book, there's one by Patrick Moore and Chris Lintott (which tbh I haven't read - but Moore is usually good at explaining things)
QED by Richard Feinman is readable by an intelligent person and has the scary maths stuff swept out of view.
My old favourite A level physics book (from the days before the exam boards entered into a racket with the book publishers)
Advanced Physics - Tom Duncan. still seems like you can get a second hand copy... but check your exam spec before relying on it totally cos it might not cover everything in the spec.
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Interested in space, quantum, energy, relativity and thing along theses topics but I would honestly read anything. I currently just started doing a-level physics but I feel like I have quite a lot of knowledge about things beyond a-level physics.
Interested in space, quantum, energy, relativity and thing along theses topics but I would honestly read anything. I currently just started doing a-level physics but I feel like I have quite a lot of knowledge about things beyond a-level physics.
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The Theoretical Minimum series by Leonard Susskind. Start with classical mechanics.
The Theoretical Minimum series by Leonard Susskind. Start with classical mechanics.
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Thank you, what level are they (eg. do they cover university level things) ?
Thank you, what level are they (eg. do they cover university level things) ?
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Thank you, what level are they (eg. do they cover university level things) ?
Thank you, what level are they (eg. do they cover university level things) ?
The second book, on quantum mechanics, is much more mathematical and abstract than other books on that topic will be, and again cover topics you're not likely to see for a long time, like Hilbert spaces and bra-ket notation.
The third book is on special relativity and classical field theory, well, SR shows up quite early on in a physics course and is in some A-level specs. But the rest of it... yeesh.
The books are based on a series of lectures given by Susskind that you can find online, in case you prefer learning that way.
N.B. "The Theoretical Minimum: Classical Mechanics" and "The Theoretical Minimum: What you need to know to start doing physics" are the same book.
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It starts off easy (feels like A-level revision almost) but gets very advanced. Some of the stuff mentioned, like Lagrangian/Hamiltonian mechanics is a 3rd year optional module in my course, but the concepts are very important for theoretical physics topics. If you make it to the end of the book having done the exercises inside then that'll be quite impressive.
The second book, on quantum mechanics, is much more mathematical and abstract than other books on that topic will be, and again cover topics you're not likely to see for a long time, like Hilbert spaces and bra-ket notation.
The third book is on special relativity and classical field theory, well, SR shows up quite early on in a physics course and is in some A-level specs. But the rest of it... yeesh.
The books are based on a series of lectures given by Susskind that you can find online, in case you prefer learning that way.
N.B. "The Theoretical Minimum: Classical Mechanics" and "The Theoretical Minimum: What you need to know to start doing physics" are the same book.
It starts off easy (feels like A-level revision almost) but gets very advanced. Some of the stuff mentioned, like Lagrangian/Hamiltonian mechanics is a 3rd year optional module in my course, but the concepts are very important for theoretical physics topics. If you make it to the end of the book having done the exercises inside then that'll be quite impressive.
The second book, on quantum mechanics, is much more mathematical and abstract than other books on that topic will be, and again cover topics you're not likely to see for a long time, like Hilbert spaces and bra-ket notation.
The third book is on special relativity and classical field theory, well, SR shows up quite early on in a physics course and is in some A-level specs. But the rest of it... yeesh.
The books are based on a series of lectures given by Susskind that you can find online, in case you prefer learning that way.
N.B. "The Theoretical Minimum: Classical Mechanics" and "The Theoretical Minimum: What you need to know to start doing physics" are the same book.
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