Academic Reading List
These are the books that shaped my understanding of physics and mathematics throughout my academic journey.
The Books That Built My Foundation
Mathematics
- Calculus: Early Transcendentals by James Stewart
- Differential Equations and Linear Algebra by Gilbert Strang
Core Physics
- Introduction to Electrodynamics by David J. Griffiths
- Classical Mechanics by Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole Jr., and John L. Safko
- The Physics of Waves by Howard Georgi
- Where my perspective on physics really changed
Quantum Mechanics
- Principles of Quantum Mechanics by R. Shankar
- Introduction to Quantum Mechanics by David J. Griffiths
- A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics by John S. Townsend
Thermodynamics & Statistical Mechanics
- Thermodynamics: 3 books cause this topic go crazy
- Thermal Physics by Ralph Baierlein
- Statistical Mechanics by Kerson Huang (not fully thermo but has good thermo chapters)
- Thermodynamics: An Engineering Approach by Yunus A. Çengel and Michael A. Boles
Advanced Topics
- Introduction to Special Relativity by Robert Resnick
- Fluid Mechanics by L.D. Landau and E.M. Lifshitz
- Solid State Physics by Neil W. Ashcroft and N. David Mermin