Best beginner physics book?

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Best beginner physics book? Anonymous Tue Mar 13 02:10:11 2012 No.4460702 [Reply] [Original]

Hello /sci/

What would you recommend for a potential physics major who knows calc and wants to start teaching himself before classes start?

Any good chem, materials science or lasers books are also appreciated.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 13 02:13:36 2012 No.4460713 Multivariable Calc Linear Algebra

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 13 02:13:36 2012 No.4460715 >wants to learn about lasers >hasn't even taken quantum mechanics or statistical mechanics yet lolz Anyways yeaaaa - 1st year physics is easy, don't worry about it.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 13 02:14:42 2012 No.4460717 Griffith's QM and EM

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 13 02:14:42 2012 No.4460719 >>4460715 I can still collect ebooks. :)

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 13 02:27:10 2012 No.4460754 >>4460717 Yes. These. And his particle physics book seems good too.

>>	Anonymous Tue Mar 13 02:29:34 2012 No.4460760 >>4460754 Any particle physics is over the head of a freshman. Always. But Griffiths is tight. Super good reference. Halzen and Martin as well.

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