What's on our Bookshelf? Physics/Astronomy Ph.D Students

[@johnyarbrough502]

7:43 "And now we're actually getting into Physics." (Andrew unconsciously rubs his hands in joyful anticipation.)

[@kartikpandey8739]

The kelly part felt so ... flat.

[@paceywallace8221]

Original video idea: physics meme review

[@cardinality1975]

I just finished my first semester in Electrical Engineering and ended with a 3.8! I want to thank you for not only showing me maintaining good grades in university is possible but it can also be rewarding and can be fun. You inspired me to pick up a math minor and to try and have more understanding in the topics I've been learning, thank you so much I'm happy you are doing so well!

[@rhealastname266]

Great job!

[@cardinality1975]

@@rhealastname266 Thank you I appreciate it :)

[@lordx4641]

@@cardinality1975 can u give me some tips too like on physics and math 🤔i would be grateful i am in high school at the moment but am interested in college level studies more

[@cardinality1975]

@@lordx4641 I think the most important thing I've learned through the first semester is the importance of time management, always set time for studies and don't procrastinate. In the area of actually learning the mathematics and physics collegiate level studies is worlds beyond high school, you will always have the option to see professors after lectures and labs to discuss the topics to make sure you truly understand the information. NEVER let yourself fall behind, or you can easily find yourself drowning in work. When in doubt office hours it out, and remeber that all of the students in your classes and major are going through the same thing, make study groups, ask questions and more importantly have fun, give yourself time to do something you enjoy. I've witnessed people burn out in just a semester, go out with friends and enjoy your time in college but don't go as far as sacrificing your education for too much of a good time, all in all I wish you goodluck and I'm sure you will end up pursuing what you love and doing well, you seem ahead of the curve already!! Also a small aside, studying upcoming mathematic topics isn't a horrible idea, currently going over most of ODEs for my circuits course next semester, it can be fun!

[@lordx4641]

@@cardinality1975 the for the conversation my theory onto why humans r best adapted for time management is simply adaptability if u sleep even at 1 am regularly u will see no dark spots or ur body responding in a negative sense but if random then yeah also adaptability is like a skill. And I think learning is good but

[@ytirucsbo]

Who the hell takes OChem as an elective 😂

[@mathias3721]

Those who enjoy pain, also known as Physics Majors

[@PatriotsFan1243]

I am a math major and I took Orgo I as an elective, back when I was a chem Major now it’s just on my transcript. Math major who took o chem is weird haha

[@beskamir5977]

I know a friend who did that and then had the audacity to call me a nerd despite the fact that she is way more of a nerd than I am.

[@MudahnyaFizik]

I know of a friend taking OChem, and he was a physics major. The world is full of different kinds of people i guess.

[@harshrana3518]

Binary Potato heisenberg was a mountain climber Da vinci could bend a rod with bare hands Newton was muscular

[@RC32Smiths01]

I notice the Jenga right there, and I gotta say.... Kelly vs. Andrew Jenga match when? Haha, thank you both for these valuable resources on the Physics level, especially it being my Major! Have a good new years

[@karanpillai7223]

We need a giant Jenga match.

[@abzuck5043]

16:15 The book you're missing is your research paper on physics memes.

[@joso5681]

" *Our* bookshelf" *March of the Warsaw pact starts playing*

[@proghostbusters1627]

Communism jokes are the only jokes everyone gets

[@lizzardnannerzz]

@@proghostbusters1627 golden comment.

[@proghostbusters1627]

@@lizzardnannerzz Thanks a lot. Communism jokes are my specialty

[@lordx4641]

@@proghostbusters1627 Communism jokes r the only jokes 'WE' get 😂

[@pistachiomuffin7005]

@@proghostbusters1627 no, communism jokes are *OUR* specialty

[@ChristopherSmart_54]

I love it when I wake up to see the physics zeus has posted again

[@beatleplayer1011]

My bookshelf right now: Quantum Field Theory by Padmanabhan Classical electrodynamics by Jackson Spacetime and Geometry by Carroll Quantum Field Theory in Curved Spacetime by Parker and Toms Computational Physics by Newman Quantum Field Theory I and II by Weinberg Mechanics by Landau and Lifshitz General relativity by Wald I borrowed Radiative Processes in Astrophysics from a prof and read it - it’s great! And a substitute for Jackson for astronomers - if you can avoid Jackson as an astrophysicist do it!

[@aadhuu]

I am in high school and cant wait to learn them. All the best man

[@mikhailmikhailov8781]

Mechanics by Landau Lifschitz is god given treasure.

[@ishaanvatus3536]

just two _nerds nerding_ out about physics books

[@sahilbaori9052]

@Jon Du REALLY??

[@Abhishek-hy8xe]

@Jon Du jon du gan du

[@Abhishek-hy8xe]

@Jon Du somebody here is more yellow than curry.

[@lordx4641]

Nerds make world go round and yeah its wrong the way u state need is totally wrong

[@darkseid856]

Ffs . Some people really need to learn to take some jokes . 🤦‍♂️

[@vavila16]

My bookshelf: *Physics for Dummies I AND II*

[@abdusabdud8218]

I have also 'How to overcome dipress'

[@wiserhuman21]

Pre-Calculus for Dummies

[@abdusabdud8218]

@@wiserhuman21 Wonderful, awesome

[@plutoniumisotope205]

Pre nersery for dummies

[@SomeGod]

Love seeing these kinds of videos! I take them as pseudo book recommendations. Also, it's nice to see the REAL head of this channel pop into a video every now and again

[@possiblepilotdeviation5791]

The cat, aka Mr. Meowser?

[@aliexpress.official]

12:41 cant believe that in a addition to pro-wrestling and being a highly successful actor, The Rock also dabbles in general relativity. what an absolute talent. Also I think you guys should get Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos by Strogatz and for a joyful throwback at the fundamentals try Introduction to Classical Mechanics by David J Morin. The dude's funny as hell and includes little poems at every chapter. The problems are also very challening even long after finishing classical mechanics. (not recommended if it your first text on the subject).

[@argentinephenomenologist]

the worst part is that I had to watch this like 3 times until I got the joke

[@jacobharris5894]

Fabrizio Vassallo don’t feel too bad. I had to do the same thing.

[@pinklady7184]

I will check out that book "Classical Mechanics" by David J Morin. I need to see that.

[@XarkXD]

The bookshelf tour I never knew I wanted

[@SGTgcb]

At my Uni in Spain we use Cohen-Tanoudji for quantum mechanics, and i think it's great

[@LuisFlores-mu7jc]

Complex Analysis by Lars Ahlfors is a classic in the field. It is not my favorite, but I do enjoy the Geometric yet still rigorous approach Ahlfors takes. If I had to choose a good intro book, I would look at Complex Analysis with Applications by Asmar and Grafakos. It’s an undergrad book, but it has a lot and I mean a lot of worked out examples. The exercises at the end of each chapter are also great once you ignore the computational ones. Source: I am a PhD Math student. I took complex analysis from Asmar himself and I will actually be a grader for him this coming semester.

[@Airsofter4692]

Dirac's QM book is a must have, it's not great to learn QM but it's amazing to read once you've done a few courses in the subject to supplement your learning. I'd also recommend Geometry, Topology and Physics by Nakahara for anyone who is at the more mathematical end of the spectrum within theoretical physics, it gives a brilliant and comprehensive overview of so many advanced topics.

[@ANchannel29]

I want to say thank you Andrew for making all these vedio's because of your Vedios i alway gets motivated to Study physics and keep trying moving forward Solving problems and never give up studying physics I really appreciate your work and you are also added in my inspiration list. Thank you. You are amazing.

[@acenog123]

Gravity: An Introduction to Einstein's General Relativity by Hartle. That book is a fantastic way to start learning GR. If you want a more comprehensive book on GR (and if you want to break your bookshelf due to its size) then get Gravitation by Misner, Thorne and Wheeler.

[@KungFuKeni]

Gravitation is wayyy too advanced for anyone interested in learning GR from scratch. It's simply too dense

[@rajneilbaruah4768]

just surprised NOT to see any of the Landau-Lifshitz books in the shelf.

[@AlexCassem]

You are missing THEE Black Book: Gravitation.

[@MudahnyaFizik]

A classic book but too thick and heavy. Besides, its outdated. Unless you want to keep it for collection

[@duncanw9901]

Mtw, ye?

[@zeynepy7936]

I really lived this video (I say it to every video you upload but whatever) finals are coming to an end and I have a whole month without school so I could get to check these books out. You guys are amazing!!

[@JamFilledDonut]

Blundell and Blundell Thermal Physics was great for undergrad thermo and stat mech imo

[@1eV]

yeah. great book. currently reading it.

[@System.Error.]

In my opinion, Marion is a pretty good Classical Mechanics book for undergrad, because it introduces Lagrangian and Hamiltonian just at the right moment. I also recommend the new Quantum Mechanics book by Jackson, especially if you like some experimental approach.

[@ace9924]

I have the feynman lectures, intro math philosophy by bertrand Russell, intro to QM, objective knowledge by karl popper, and newton's principia, feynman six easy pieces, calculus for the practical man, and other books I can't remember.

[@robott2186]

Video idea: play Kerbal Space Program

[@luigin9087]

But do it together with Kelly!

[@douglasstrother6584]

The brevity with which Jackson (2nd ed that I know) covers Green Functions to solve boundary value problems is its greatest weakness. "Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Mechanics" by Byron & Fuller have whole chapters on Green Functions and Integral Equations, which are presented to connect the dots and turn-on the lightbulb. Zangwill's "Modern Electrodynamics" is a good, different perspective to JDJ.

[@idontcare8360]

I loved halliday resnick for introductory physics 1-3

[@bendunselman]

Nice ... 40 years ago I used the Goldstein Classical Mech. And the Jackson Classical EM. Still sometimes have a glance inside again for old times sake.

[@thelastcipher9135]

Visual Complex Analysis by Tristan Needham is a must have. Tons of visual-geometric intuition in there!

[@CarlosDanger-yt]

“I think I just rented it” “You’re not committed!” Pretty sure it’s Powell’s Books in Portland. Also, I’m taking GR this semester with Carrol’s book, so should be interesting.

[@professorboltzmann5709]

This nice to watch … very relatable. My girlfriend is doing astronomy focusing on gravitational waves in grad school. I’m pursuing theoretical physics to become a cosmologist. Good video Andrew.

[@alexblake8306]

Susskind's series is great. You've got the quantum book and I enjoyed the intro and classical mechanics books.

[@ryanmckinney4865]

Kittel Introduction to Solid State would be a good add

[@hanaschiff4278]

Ashcroft & Mermin, too!

[@randomguy263]

4:05 That had me confused for a moment before I realized that they meant the moon.

[@MrCaptainFrosty]

17 minute video? Hell ya! Thanks Kelly and Andrew!

[@mtripledot8910]

First years on seeing the videos : *Opens LibGen in 0.0002020202020202 seconds*

[@hexa3389]

2meirl 4meirl

[@anonymousperson2110]

Lmao don't let the FBI find this. Actually, pretty sure copyright is one of those crimes that you won't get in trouble for unless the publisher finds out and sues you... as long as you don't share it or sell it, that is.

[@zachmiles3433]

Love to see there’s other actual cool people out there that like physics, astronomy, & astrophysics.

[@mason5459]

Having some of the same textbooks makes me feel so validated as an astrophysics major

[@emredogan2102]

Your missing all the volumes of JoJo's Bizarre adventures

[@thebigoeuph]

Bruh, you need Polchinski. Also, I opened up Sakurai because I feel like I propagated the whole Shankar is Dankar meme. I’ll concede that Sakurai is really really good cause it does well everything. I won’t go as far to say it’s Dankurai but I think it’s a good Sakurai Dank. I was gonna ask for a good book on renormalization but I see you already have that. Happy New Year Everyone!

[@dianaxd05]

Happy New year !

[@samayhn6236]

A book that I'm surprised isn't popular enough is Dirac's book on Quantum Mechanics. I struggled to find a textbook that systematically developed QM (for an undergrad course that thrust Griffiths in my face) until I came across this gem. Legend has it that Feynman saw the beginnings of the Path Integral in this book.

[@YC-iw2re]

Andrew u are actually one of my inspirations I’m not gonna lie I don’t understand most of the physics u do since I’ve not covered it yet but regardless I love watching the videos

[@NeokingTech]

You should have BOB, the Big Orange Book (An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics - Carrol & Ostlie). It is the true all-encompassing textbook on astrophysics. Also what about intro mechanics and EM? Something along the lines of Purcell E&M and Morin Mechanics.

[@sitas9827]

Yay! Love Kelly content!

[@SuperBimmerLover]

Gravitation is awesome. I'm researching high energy astrophysics, black hoels, quasars, pulsars, and magnetars. Extremely helpful book with anything concerning with gravity. I would recommend that book.

[@_ba2l]

In my opinion "An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics" Is a must have for any Astro student. It covers everything and I find it to be a good starting point.

[@henrikrynauw244]

"Fundamentals of Electric Circuits" by Alexander Sadiku. Currently using it in my Computer engineering degree and it is by far the best textbook I have ever used.

[@aryansudan2239]

FR

[@fryrish7749]

Ah...the days when I could fit all my math and physics books and articles on a single 5 shelf ikea book case... Now its more bookcases than floor space. Thanks for the memories.

[@RockieAtlas]

I have such a love for textbooks to the point of wanting them for Christmas 😂So loved watching this video, and that you guys have such a good appreciation for textbooks too😊 I have Molecular Biology of the Cell, Biology of Cancer and Lewin's Gene's. Still have a way to go before I reach your collection😄

[@RockieAtlas]

@@gamer12353wow that's impressive. I would love to do that but it would be so expensive. So I'm just focusing on books for my major😂 That's so accurate! They make good casual night time reading, where you can gain more knowledge as a bonus😄

[@s00s77]

List of books will be added to the description later today. we have a new todd howard

[@spyrex3988]

I'm so glad people like these guys still exist

[@goncalosantos3235]

How do you not have a bookshelf filled with doujins? See, this is why Flammy has more smart people points

[@JameBlack]

This video really standed out for me!

[@HolyMith]

Schutz is a great undergrad intro to GR. Doesn't spam you with tensor calculus or differential geometry and focuses on important physical situations and results.

[@fermibubbles9375]

2 dope peeps but yall getta get over the textbook wave & into conference proceedings! I highly recommend AIP & NATO ASI conference proceedings: 1000 pages aboot (7th edition is Canadian) the frontier of the Intersections of Particle & Nuclear Physics for $10 :) Also AIP Testing the AGN Paradigm, NATO ASI Timing Neutron Stars & Cooling Flows in Clusters and Galaxies very inexpensive as well. Dark matter conference proceedings are more expensive so just remember that Fermi Bubbles are dark matter & you can save yourself those bills. Ad Astra

[@isaacwolstenholme4626]

DUH and/or HELLO the Feynman Lectures on Physics, all three vols. Check out Princeton Lectures in analysis vol II (complex analysis) and vol IV (functional analysis)

[@berketozlu]

I'm studying physics engineering (yeah its physics and engineering). We have like quantum mechanics, gr, classical mechs. and all theoretical stuff and also electronics, laser diffraction, microprocessors, and some cool electronics+physics class! (I'm still freshmen tho) You are inspiring me the most.

[@marikamarikela6173]

Arnold's Classical Mechanics , if you wanna learn hamiltonian mechanics with symplectic forms, plus you can actually use symplectic geometry in quantum mechanics , or even more general poisson geometry though i don't know a comprehensive textbook about that only lecture notes.

[@robertdavis1783]

Oh, and who could forget Landau and Lifshitz? Volume 8, Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, is basically the only place I could find the validity conditions for an obscure EM boundary condition I needed (including all of the internet!).

[@jackieb2853]

If this isn't the most wholesome video I've seen, then I don't know what is. ♡

[@Pope_of_the_Church_of_Tea]

Highly recommend Bender and Orszag's "Advanced Mathematical Methods" text. It does a great job teaching you how to solve problems using asymptotics and other approximation methods at a level that (at least in my experience) they're rarely taught in traditional mathematical methods courses. Pity they never got around to publishing volume II, which was supposed to be on PDEs.

[@justinfinkel9584]

B A I took that class directly from Bender! He’s an even better lecturer than textbook writer

[@Pope_of_the_Church_of_Tea]

@@justinfinkel9584 No way! WashU, PSI, or MIT?

[@justinfinkel9584]

B A WashU. I got him shortly before he retired. You know how every chapter begins with a Sherlock Holmes quote? He does the same on exams, and was just giddy with excitement when teaching Watson’s Lemma 😆

[@Pope_of_the_Church_of_Tea]

@@justinfinkel9584Go bears! I never got to take the class, but he gave me a lot of really helpful book recommendations and advice on how to become a theoretical physicist while I was an undergrad there!

[@justinfinkel9584]

B A Whoa that’s awesome! We’re very lucky to have learned from him. Are you a theoretical physicist now (or becoming one)?

[@nathanagmon5004]

Weinberg's QFT series is probably the most comprehensive set of textbooks, though it's quite dense and our understanding of more advanced QFT topics has progressed in the past 20 years or so. Shifman's Advanced QFT book does a decent job at addressing these topics. I personally like Nair's QFT: A Modern Perspective. Its geometric approach towards gauge theories cleared up many of the misconceptions I picked up from my first few courses / textbooks.

[@astroaddy10]

I actually got my Introduction to Cosmology book signed by Barbara Ryden cos I was a TA for for last semester....she’s great!

[@tave6202]

Andrew, my dude. You should really check out Bransden and Joachain's book on Quantum Mechanics, it's just called "Quantum Mechanics" and I think it's one of the best books I've read for undergrad (and a little bit beyond), it's quite rigorous, and does so many things at very high levels, but at the same time is super pedagogical, I consider it one of the best books I own, and was my personal favorite from my undergrad. It's also really good for just referencing things you might not remember since it covers a lot of topics.

[@AndrewDotsonvideos]

Just seeing this but I actually have used their book before for my senior thesis in undergrad. I totally forgot about it!

[@pukassein4250]

I felt very proud of myself just because I've already used 2 or 3 of the books you've mentioned. Thx for the video

[@tubularneighborhood9746]

Whats nice about shankar is that it can be read as a first book. It doesnt need really any additional material. Sakurai, conversely really cannot be read as a first book. I first learned qm out of shankar as a junior, and I consequently felt I had a huge advantage in understanding the principles. So I recommend it. Not as a grad text, but rather in place of something like griffiths.

[@labgirlreed]

I'm a a bit late to the video, but just wanted to say thanks for the info. I love looking through other people's bookshelf...it's the first thing I notice when I visit a friend.

[@mabelosorio.12]

More Kelly talking about her astrophysics graduate program pleeeaaase!

[@senb357]

Delightful!! Kelly I am a big fan of you, also galactic astronomy

[@coena9377]

All my textbooks are currently packed in a box in storage as my parents are moving. (At the moment I live with my parents as I'm 17, but I'm going to University next semester. I figured I'd keep all my old textbooks with my parents). I'd say my favorite part of my bookshelf though is the non-textbook science books. Currently mine has Power to Save the World: The Truth About Nuclear Energy by Gwyneth Cravens (Highly recommended if you're interested in nuclear energy and the debate surrounding it, written by a former anti-nuclear activist who became pro-nuclear after meeting with several scientists) The Selfish Gene by Richard Dawkins (Great overview of evolution and particularly traits like selfishness and altruism) The Origin of Species by Charles Darwin (Speaks for itself) Brief Answers to the Big Questions by Stephen Hawking (A fun and easy read) The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot (Something a friend gave me that I only started reading, it's about the woman whose cells became the HeLa cells used in many experiments. Not really about the science, but still somewhat interesting) Thinking Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman (Great if you like psychology and learning about how people process information, boring if you don't like those things) Anatomy and Physiology Made Easy by Phillip Vaughn (Good overview and introduction, given to me by my aunt when I was going through my anatomy phase a few years ago. Read the full thing when I first got it and still refer to it when I want to read up on a particular anatomical or physiological process) "Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!" by Richard Feynman (Speaks for itself) Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife (Great history of math book, also includes some modern math, highly recommended) Complete Idiots Guide to String Theory (Pretty accessible, sorta speaks for itself)

[@cesarjom]

Introductory Quantum Mechanics by Richard L. Liboff was a great first QM course experience for me. For more advanced material, I loved Quantum Mechanics Vol 1 and 2 by Albert Messiah. And you cannot forget The Feynmann Lectures on Physics Vol 1, 2 and 3 of course!

[@lambda2693]

lee's qft is an amazing addition to peskin and schroeder and schwartz

[@Lalit-yw2tb]

The thing with Jackson's E&M is that it's not hard, it just contains a lot of questions. Even the professors themselves find it difficult to solve the problems in the textbooks speaking from experience. It's an amazing book though. Not as detailed as Griffiths though, had to go back and forth between Jackson and Griffiths for more information.

[@grieske]

The thermodynamics book by Callen is awesome.

[@TheMrdeathlord]

The Pathria Statistical Mechanics is soo good

[@argentinephenomenologist]

Hey Andrew, do you understand any of what she's saying when she's talking about astronomy stuff? Like, you being a physics major, it seems like your paths diverged quite radically, right? If so, from what year? Was it like from 3rd year that you started taking classes that were completely different? All of this is based on the face you make when she's talking about star stuff similar to the one I make when you start talking math in your videos...

[@douglasstrother6584]

"Spacetime, Geometry, Cosmology" ~ Bill Burke en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_L._Burke I took his GR course at UCSC in the late 80's; he had us buy colored pencils to visualize higher dimensions. (One can unwind a Möbius Strip in 4 dimensions without cutting it.) To visualize data in higher dimensions (frequency, power, temperature, etc.), I still use this technique in my engineering career.

[@bluegreen9779]

You should have the L&L's course of theoretical physics. Those are gems.

[@joondochang843]

@Andrew Dotson I think you will like the following books: 1. Lewis H Ryder Quantum Field Theory: Yes, is more elementary than Peskin. However, it gives a good introduction to QFT and the examples are great. 2. Sakurai Advanced Quantum Mechanics: Honestly speaking, the best book for relativistic quantum mechanics. No one does a better job explaining klein gordon and dirac field than sakurai. Not even Peskin and Schroeder. Also provides a further explanation of path integral formulation. 3. John B. Conway Functions of One Complex Variable: Alfhors is good but check out conway. It has better problem sets. Interesting fact, did you Alfhors was an alcoholic? Impressive library!!

[@mikhailmikhailov8781]

Tfw no landau.

[@jjpp1993]

David Morin’s Introduction to classical mechanics

[@heh2393]

Undergrad text. Too basic for a graduate student.

[@heh2393]

But exceptional for high school students preparing for IPhO (I am one!).

[@jacobharris5894]

It’s probably not that useful to you guys at this point since your grad students but I think University Physics With Modern Physics by Sears and Zemansky’s is a good introductory textbook. I just transferred to university from community college and wish I had this textbook from the start. It covers everything in physics ranging from Newton’s laws of motion all the way to quantum physics and other modern physics topics such as Special Relativity, Condensed Matter and Molecules, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics and Cosmology. It’s not that mathematically rigorous and definitely won’t get you all the way through undergrad but I feel like the book gives you a good understanding of the overall concepts. I’ve heard some praise of it online as well so I’m not the only one that thinks highly of it as an introductory textbook.

[@GeneralAblon]

In my first year studying Physics, one of the main books was commonly referred to as Serway. Book name was Physics for Scientists and Engineers. It is around 1500 pages A4. I once wanted to go through it during a holiday, didnt make it....

[@yamenarhim9336]

Yeah you need at least 4 or 5 classes of time to be able to comprehend all of those topics

[@GeneralAblon]

@@yamenarhim9336 I could probably comprehend most of them, recently got my Bachelors degree. Currently halfway through the first year of my Masters.

[@yamenarhim9336]

@@GeneralAblon So you agree on my estimate on how many classes you want or not ?

[@GeneralAblon]

@@yamenarhim9336 do you mean 4-5 courses?

[@yamenarhim9336]

@@GeneralAblon Yes

[@CovertSheeke]

Barbara Ryden did a couple talks at my uni last year, she's great!

[@hmmmmm4749]

I feel you on the redundant one my immunology professor had a 6th edition book on the reading list. But by the time the class started the 9th edition was out

[@MakeRetro]

Powell's City of Books is the famous book store in Portland.

[@GeeMcHowdy]

Introductory to Nuclear Physics from Krane

[@adilaman3684]

For physics, I was expecting a couple of the Landau's book. In mathemathics, I guess Spivak would have been a great addition since he talks about the analysis on manifolds and then it leads to the GTR part.

[@graviton9993]

Stephen Weinberg’s 3 vol set, The Quantum Theory of Fields. While not the best way to learn QFT (some may disagree), they provide invaluable insight from a master practitioner.

[@greatloverofmusic1]

Real nice list. I wonder if these might be good for beginners on up: 1) Div, Grad, Curl...by Schey good for vector practice? 2) Maybe a more formal presentation of Topology...(seeing as you embrace the math & others might as well)? (3 I agree 100% that Linear Algebra is essential, what would you recommend ? Maybe a book that does a good job combining the ideas of DIF/EQ & LA ? 4) A more practical Analysis/Measure Theory book ( more theoretical books like Rudin's are brutal) lol 5) Lastly, what would be a good reference for Integrals, Formulae, Special Functions..etc..? Whoever has any suggestions, I thank you in advance. Cheers.

[@balazsendreszigeti8016]

Best book combo for GR is Wald: General Relativity and the Hawking-Ellis: Large scale structure of space-time

[@brady1123]

IMO, the quintessential undergrad book for Thermo and Stat Mech is Reif. Thoroughly explained theorems and worked examples make it great for undergrads.

[@chericeevans9990]

You might like McQuarrie Stat Mech book for a more chemical approach and Bethe and Salpeter for atomic physics

[@aRach2448]

Any of L.D. Landau theoretical physics books.. Alfors was a good pick. Shilov for Linear Algebra.

[@JaxzanProditor]

I’m beginning to collect a small textbook shelf, although it’s mostly math textbooks so far...

[@jonahmendel7105]

Visual Complex Analysis by Needham is a great book for gaining a level of rigor with complex analysis while also appreciating the subject intuitively.

[@quantumradio]

I liked "Thermal Physics" by Kittel & Kroemer for undergrad Stat Mech. with Reif's book ""Fundamental of Statistical & Thermal Physics" as a complementary reference. Probably my favourite 1st year grad book was "Physics of Atoms and Molecules" by Bransden & Joachain. It covers QM, perturbation theory, fine structure, hyperfine structure, Hatree-Fock, & has a nice section on Atomic collision physics. For grad QM, that's a tough one. I'd have to say you have to have many books on QM, beyond one or two. The one pair that has to be there in my opinion is Cohen-Tannoudji, Diu, et al. QM, vols 1 & 2. Lastly, your library should include the Landau & Lifshitz volumes 1, 2, 3, 5, & 9 of the "Course of Theoretical Physics". It's Lev Landau, need one say more? Enjoy!

[@RoNNieBaRzZ]

I recently finished a first course in cosmology (which as of right now is the hardest course i have ever taken). We just so happened to use that same text and while Ryden does indeed do an adequate job explaining the concepts, she provides little to no derivations for the equations she arrives at. It was so hand-wavey. I needed more rigor lol.

[@yiluoli6890]

I wouldn’t say “how do you not have this”, but QFT I m thinking Zee, Weinberg, and Sidney Coleman, where Zee and Coleman have the different style from Weinberg since Zee is Coleman’s grad student. They are all good. I go to Zee for intuition and great explanation and Coleman for details, then Weinberg for full technical generality. And for Mechanics Landau, for really really fun light read(but profound insight and just enough math rigor) on everything “Fly by night physics” by Zee.