Large-Scale Structure of the Universe Phillip James Edwin Peebles Princeton University Press, 1980 Opinions on the large-scale structure of the early universe range widely from primeval chaos to a well-ordered mass distribution. P.J.E. Peebles argues that the evolution proceeded from a nearly uniform initial state to a progressively more irregular and clumpy universe. The discussion centers on the largest known structures, the clusters of galaxies, the empirical evidence of the nature of the ...             Analytical Mechanics17 reviews Grant R. Fowles, George L. Cassiday Brooks Cole, 2004 Excellent + Compact yet solid.. + Good book overall. This is a very good undergrad. book on mechanics. Pretty standard in its coverage: newton's laws, oscillating systems, rigid bodies, lagrangian dynamics. The problems are interesting and doable. The notation remains reasonable at this level (better than marion). The section on rigid body motion is ...             Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus42 reviews H. M. Schey W. W. Norton & Company, 1996 Good for majors too. + Simply amazing + no complaints + Concise- good for an engineer who needs a quick vector calc review.             Classical Mechanics (3rd Edition)24 reviews Herbert Goldstein, Charles P. Poole, ... Addison Wesley, 2001 Excellent + Powerful, somewhat old-fashioned + Good contents but can be written clearer An outstandingly good quality book, both in content and in the book itself. Very satisfied.             Nonclassical Physics: Beyond Newton's View7 reviews Randy Harris Addison Wesley, 1998 Randy harris is my professor + Good Overview of modern physics + Harris --> really good Hey randy harris is my professor at UC Davis and I had him for about 2 quarters so far. he is a great teacher but I agree with most people that his teaching style is conversational and lecturelike at many points. From a person that read his book and listen to him speak are almost one in the same. ...             Classical and Statistical Thermodynamics6 reviews Ashley H. Carter Benjamin Cummings, 2000 Perfect for an undergrad + A great book for the simple stuff I was one of the last students ever to be taught by Dr. Carter, and feel proud to have known the author of this book. Dr. Carter's course was one of my first upper-level undergraduate courses, and so the level of difficulty of this book made a great stepping stone to more rigorous courses. I ...             Mathematical Methods For Physicists55 reviews Hans J. Weber George B. Arfken Academic Press, 2005 excelent deal + Great Reference+ I appreciate the quick delivery of the book! I received it on the first day of the estimated time interval. I enjoy shopping at amazon.com!             Modern Quantum Mechanics (Revised Edition)35 reviews J. J. Sakurai Addison Wesley, 1993 good This book is an excellent resource for the graduate student in physics. It covers many of the advanced topics like path integrals, etc. In the downside, it barely skims over some of the most important topics like the hydrogen atom.             Optoelectronics and Photonics: Principles and Practices1 review Safa O. Kasap Prentice Hall, 2001 Well illustrated introductory treatment This is an introductory text, and not at the same level as Yariv's books or Rosencher's Optoelectronics or Chuang's Physics of Optolelectronic Devices, etc. However, holding this book will not break your wrist (like Saleh and Teich's Photonics, another good introductory text) and is on a similar ...             Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (McGraw-Hill Series in Fundamentals of Physics)15 reviews Frederick Reif McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 1965 Best book for the serious student + A great book for a thinking man. Not for novices. Reif reads like thermodynamics is a brand new result and he has written the first giant paper on it. Not only does this book cover every area under the Sun, from the law of mass action to kinetic theory, but he develops each topic in a formal way, with logical consistency and that curious, ...             Statistical Mechanics, Second Edition11 reviews R K Pathria Butterworth-Heinemann, 1996 Excellent Stat Mech Resource + Sufficient, not exactly outstanding, but extremely self sufficient + The best graduate text on statistical mechanics you'll find I found this book to be incredibly lucid, especially in the sections about quantum statistics. Pathria actually taught my class and did acknowledge some of the archaic solutions one of the other reviewers mentioned. Despite this, however, I still felt the material was well organized and well ...             Classical Electrodynamics Third Edition94 reviews John David Jackson Wiley, 1998 I love this book! + Good for brushing up math skills + Challenging masterpiece This book is tough and the problems can be a 'nightmare', but it is a great book. I am a graduate student in physics and I just love how it goes into so many aspects of Electrodynamics and in detail.             Exploring Black Holes: Introduction to General Relativity14 reviews Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler Benjamin Cummings, 2000 Gives an intuitive understanding of General Relativity + A Breakthrough in Undergraduate Texts + Good book if you like mathematics! + Amazing Introduction to a Very Esoteric Subject + Excellent delivery!             The Physics of the Interstellar Medium, Second Edition (PBK) (The Graduate Series in Astronomy)1 review J.E Dyson, D.A Williams Taylor & Francis, 1997 Good Introductory Text A concise and clear introduction to the interstellar medium. Chapters 5 to 7 on radiatively excited regions and gas dynamics are particularly well written (half the book). The rest of the book is perhaps too concise to cover adequately topics such as dust properties and star formation.             Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2nd Edition)97 reviews David J. Griffiths Benjamin Cummings, 2004 Good introductory text + Great supplemental book + Decent... + Undergraduates, search no farther. Here is the BEST QM book. + The Best Introductory Text!             Cosmological Physics (Cambridge Astrophysics)8 reviews J. A. Peacock Cambridge University Press, 1998 Cosmology resources Great book. Unlike many other cosmology books it is very up to date. Should be used with another book, such as Rowan-Robinson or Kolb and Turner for class atmosphere. It is a little lacking in examples, while the presentation is very good. This book is for the undergraduate senior or the graduate ...             Equilibrium Statistical Physics4 reviews Michael Plischke, Birger Bergersen Scientific Publishers, 1994 A fine advanced book on statistical physics + A good survey of condensed matter I liked this book a lot since the first time I read the first edition. It's extremely up to date, many of the examples come from cutting edge research (like the very fashionable soft condensed matter field). But beware the level is a bit high, so it's probably not a good choice to learn about ...             Galactic Dynamics (Princeton Series in Astrophysics)5 reviews James Binney, Scott Tremaine Princeton University Press, 1988 The "Bible" of Galactic Dynamics + The "bible" of Galactic Dynamics + Galactic Dynamics + THE Definitive Work on Galaxies + Please create an audio adaptation ...             Mathematical Physics6 reviews Eugene Butkov Addison Wesley, 1968 Best for Green Functions, plus... + Useful book with illuminating examples Butkov gives the best explanation of Green functions I have ever read. His treatments of vector spaces and tensors are also among the best I have encountered. The notation can be a little clunky, but you get used to it and he really gets a lot from it. The examples given are insightful and if you ...             Classical Electromagnetism (with DOS Software Package)3 reviews Robert H. Good Brooks Cole, 1998 A Great Introductory Text + A Classic Example of Classical Textbooks This text accomplishes what it sets out to do - to provide an interesting, informative, and complete intro to E&M. It manages to convey not only the substance of E&M, but also it's elegance and versatility, giving many creative applications of the subject matter. This provides the student with ...