One of the classic entry level (undergraduate) physics books is Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday and Resnick (multiple editions). It does require basic calculus I think and will be $$$$ new. I would suggest getting one used. Any edition should be fine. Even graduate students go back and look up problems and concepts out of Halliday and Resnick. Caveat: I never took a course out of the book or owned it, however everyone I knew in grad school had a copy. I was a dummy to never have gotten one.
Ahh....my favourite physics book as an Undergrad. To this day I still have all my books from my Undgrad years and this is the one that I keep on going back to.
Alex
Ahh....my favourite physics book as an Undergrad. To this day I still have all my books from my Undgrad years and this is the one that I keep on going back to.
Alex
That is what every physics grad that I have known has said. They go back to it time and time again. It was heavily used during preparation for qualifying exams. I was unfortunate to never have taken a class with H&R as the required text. Maybe one of these days I'll go buy it anyway. I might find use for it even today!
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Steph
Distance is Magic; Precision is Practice.
That is what every physics grad that I have known has said. They go back to it time and time again. It was heavily used during preparation for qualifying exams. I was unfortunate to never have taken a class with H&R as the required text. Maybe one of these days I'll go buy it anyway. I might find use for it even today!
Yea, the weird thing is that I read it even though my job doesn't entail any physics at all. I enjoy physics more now that I ever did at University.
Alex
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