/sci/ - Science & Math

Surprisingly good read so far.

>>3742166
Can be found here: http://bit[DOT]ly/reDSCl

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'A Brief History of Time' by: Stephen Hawking

This book is quite interesting but isn't very good for learning. It's topics range from the big bang to the personality of Isaac Newton so naturally it isn't very in depth. However, still a good read.

This book can be found on the #bookz irc channel on undernet.org. Probably many other places also.

Got this for free on Kindle store so that I could read something on a plane ride this summer. It's actually really quite astounding how he managed to piece everything together, and I find it interesting it general (especially since I'm taking Evolutionary Bio and Vert Bio lectures this semeseter). Definitely a read for anyone who is in some sort of life science

>>3742166
That's the text for my current physics lecture, I agree, it's worked well for me so far

just got the audiobook this morning off of pirate bay, i listened to it on the way to work. very good for learning.

i would recommend this book to anybody who is smart enough to grasp intricate concepts.

>>3742243

also this.

best book i ever read by far. it spans all subjects of science, and explains the basic concepts of each, while providing examples and stories to keep your attention

>>3742223

i remember my dad reading this when i was younger.

what is it really about?

Carl Sagan - The Dragons of Eden
the sub-title sums it up 'Speculation on the Evolution of human intelligence'

>he didn't specify what kind of books

I was making a little picture of this recently.

My favorites as near biology msc:

Richard Dawkins - The Selfish Gene / The Ancestors Tale
Matt Ridley - The Red Queen
Sam Harris - Letter to a Christian Nation
Carl Sagan - Pale Blue Dot
Bill Bryson - A short history of nearly everything

I could use a few recommendations on geology / physics because I know far too little about them..

>>3742687
No Iain M. Banks in le fiction?

>>3742654
mfw I was thinking the exact same thing.

Fundamentals of Physics, 9th Edition is the standard physics textbook at my uni. Huh.

I'm using "Chemistry: The Central Science" by Brown for my Gen Chem class.

It's very good, and the first few chapters allows you to brush up on your previous material with tons of exercises. Highly recommended.

If anyone wants to start learning Economics, this is a must

Principles of Economics - Mankiw

What is also good, it's downloadable

Are there any Chemistry and Biology (i know, not real science) textbooks similar to OP's physics textbook? I want a textbook where i have 1000+ pages of nearly everything

>>3743072
its also the standard in my uni, its a shitty book though, idk if there are better but its presented in a bad way

Functional Programming Haskell fags. Here is what is getting me through my functional programming class....with Haskell

Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!

What are some good books about space travel during the cold war?

I really like that apollo era space engine feel.

Anyone have the links to these books, i.e. torrent files. I'm using torrentz.eu but a lot of books are unseeded...

www.bookboon.com free textbooks written by professors specifically for the site.

Motherfucking Cotton
it pwns
http://depositfiles.com/en/files/ed2204fo2

Where do you guys get your textbooks?

here's my sources:
http://libraryDOTnu/
http://www.dl4allDOTcom/
http://avaxhomeDOTws/
http://ebookeeDOTorg/
http://www.scribdDOTcom/

Best organic chemistry text?

If you can, get the old 1960/1964 versions of Resnick/Halliday physics.

They don't water it down as much as they do today.

>>3742166
>really good for people with an intermediate knowledge of physics
wat

>>3743657
>get the old 1960/1964 versions
this

>OP's book is the one used for my university's general physics 1 & 2.
>There is literally no difference between the 9th and 8th edition, aside from price.
>I'm using 8th edition instead of 9th, because I can borrow it from a friend for free.

I kept meaning to post this pic here, and ask which one of you /sci/entists wrote the examples.
It's from the 8th ed.

>>3743122

A lot of the Mercury/Gemini/Apollo astronaut's biographies are good reads. My favourites were "Deke!" and "Carrying the Fire" (Deke Slayton and Michael Collins, respectively). I also quite liked "Space Race" by Deborah Cadbury.

I need these two books:

Linear Signals and Systems by BP Lathi & Modern Physics by Thornton

Both of them are pretty good as far as textbooks. Lathi's book is a great introduction to linear signal theory and system theory. Both topics have half the book devoted to them. Modern Physics covers almost all of the physics established since the discovery of relativistic effects and quantization of small particles up to contemporary physics. It's got lots of color pictures and diagrams.

I need em desperately if any has them or can find them :/

>>3743714

>>3743826

No. It's an octopus.

Of course it's a fucking hair.
Why is this relevant? There is a motherfucking penguin sitting on a bed, with some guy pushing him around. And you want to quibble with me about hair?
Never change 4chan...

>>3743806
>Modern Physics by Thornton

Is it Modern Physics for Scientists and Engineers?
If so: http://gen.lib.rus.ec/book/index.php?md5=C981678EBBC11463FB026955907B7F30

>>3743850
sorry it's a meme i imitated from /tv/ (chloe moretz - what is that a scar?)

I also wondered why you wouldn't swipe it away before taking the picture.

The penguin is funny though. Don't let my observations take anything away from that. :D

>>3743077
I second this. I purchased The Central Science and love it. Very lucid with many examples. There's something comforting about the typeface too, I dunno.

What are the best O Chem books? I have Ege so far.

>>3743863

Duh. She didn't wipe it away because it gives away the fact that it's a girl (or guy with long hair).

How did you not figure this out?

>>3743714
I lol'ed at "it's occupant". Yes all seems perfectly normal.

>>3743891
> it gives away the fact that it's a girl

>>3743863
Oh. I see. The similarities aren't apparent enough, though.
If you had said "what is that, a scar?" then I probably would have put it together in my head that you were referencing that joke.

>>3743891
>>3743900

I didn't wipe it away because I didn't notice it until after I had taken the picture. Not having a scanner sucks. It took 12 attempts before I could get a decent picture that wasn't super blurry because my digital camera is kind of shit when it comes to focusing on close-up things.
Seeing as someone has now said "female" and the thread will be de-railed, let me try to atone for it by recommending books...

>>3742687
In case you haven't already, please add:
>>3743118
>>3742273
Something by Asimov.
Something by Heinlein.
Something by Philip K. Dick.
I mean, heck, Colonel Coffee Mug, do you just live in a world of physics&engineering exclusively?

>>3743944

The empty space denotes that it is under construction, no?

Any preparatory books on biochemistry and its related fields?

Not necessarily textbooks, as I'll be picking those up for classes -- but informational books, akin to Bill Bryson's work.

>>3743992

Yeah, it does.
I was giving you suggestions of things you could construct into there.
Seriously, though, your graphic is VERY physics heavy. I'd suggest some chemistry & biology books, but I mostly read science fiction outside of assigned readings, so I can only help you in that department.

>>3744014

>Seriously, though, your graphic is VERY physics heavy. I'd suggest some chemistry & biology books, but I mostly read science fiction outside of assigned readings, so I can only help you in that department.

I... I thought people would complain it having too much sci-fi :(

here is the holy trinity (that I used):

Level 1- Gallian (abstract algebra), Courant (calculus), Zeitz (everything else you need). I didn't really "learn" linear algebra until later on.

Level 2- Artin (algebra), Pugh (real analysis), Munkres (topology).

Level 3- Papa Rudin (big analysis stuff)

After that textbooks were too confined for me, never really worked though them.

>>3743998

also interested in this

Feynman's lectures on physics are a fun read so far.

Also, Spivak-Calculus is pretty much the book to read if you want to take the first step in becomming a mathematician.

is this a good choice for a beginner to start in the world diferential ecuations?

Good to see this became a real thread again.

The Quantum Theory of Fields, by Weinberg. Reading through volume 1 atm, and it is by far the cleanest and most logical exposition of QFT I ever saw.

Geomtry, Topology and Physics, by Nakahara. Good book teaching most advanced math needed in physics. The first few chapters aren't all that good though, but when he gets to manifolds and geometry it really picks up.

>>3744168
I fucking love Spivak

Currently going through this...

Seems pretty good so far.

>>3744235
Yea, I have the same one.

pic not related

Have you read your SICP today?

>>3744294
Dumbs it down too much, you spend alot of time and the only thing you get out is some cursory knowledge and terminology. Try Becker and Schwarz, or better yet IMO the two Polchinski volumes. Oh, and if you don't know QFT yet, start with learning that, can't really understand ST without it.

Out of interest, how plausible do you guys think it would be to teach myself physics? I dont plan on working in science at all, im just really interested. Would going with text-books be my best bet?

>>3744349
Quite plausible.
No, fuck text books.

>>3744349

You could also try khan academy.
Understanding physics conceptually and quantitatively are two very different ball games. If you've got any understanding of geometry, you're going to be able to easily understand the conceptual stuff, at least at the beginning level. However, to understand physics quantitatively is going to require a lot of repetition in solving math word problems, which Khan Academy, I am sure, and a textbook can help you out with.
Just be sure that when you get a textbook with problem questions, also buy the teachers solution manual when you get REALLY FUCKING STUCK. Because it happens. With the quantitative, anyway.

If you don't own this book, you don't know SHIT about math.

I didn't know shit about math until today.

Im just going to leave this shit over here.

>>3744335

Yes, Polchinski is next! Only an undergrad with no QFT experience though, so trying not to jump into the deep end too quickly.

>>3744388
how do you think it compares to cengel et al?

>>3744349
Get textbooks for all the central stuff and work upwards from the basics (basics being in some kind of order: classical mechanics,thermodynamics, electromagnetism, special relativity, quantum mechanics). Supplement with online lectures like Khanacademy, open courseware from MIT, the Susskind lectures etc. This is probably easily as good as doing a physics undergrad, as long as you solve problems and not just go "Oh, I get it" and never actually do anything but read/listen.

Yeah, I just did.

>>3744349
http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~hooft101/theorist.html

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>>3742654