QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter (Princeton Science Library)11 reviews Richard P. Feynman Princeton University Press, 2006 A Fantastic Theory + College Physics came racing back to me full-speed. Fascinating read! + Highly comprehensible + Clearest intro to QED + a little tough to read, but pretty good             Data Reduction and Error Analysis for the Physical Sciences7 reviews Philip Bevington, D. Keith Robinson McGraw-Hill Science/Engineering/Math, 2002 Great Book + An obscure error in a good book + All new but just as good I make measurements frequently and this book is great for providing the background to analyze your data. I took undergraduate level statistics and it never really gave the practical applied background in how to analyze data. It merely presented concepts and presumed you knew how and why to apply ...             Astronomical Observations: An Optical Perspective Gordon Walker Cambridge University Press, 1987 This book is an up-to-date and comprehensive account of current observational techniques with particular emphasis on optical astronomy. Dr Walker, a world expert in astronomical instrumentation, has written a complete survey of the basic electromagnetic spectrum. The author discusses the types and sources of stellar electromagnetic radiation and the range of telescopes that are used to observe ...             Planetary Sciences2 reviews Imke de Pater, Jack J. Lissauer Cambridge University Press, 2001 An outstanding textbook on planetary science + Great book What's the best book to use as a text in a senior-year course on planetary science? This one gets my vote! It seems to cover everything. After a nice introductory chapter comes the first test for this book: a 20-page chapter on dynamics with 5 pages of exercises. And this book does a great ...             Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics: Volume 3 (Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics)3 reviews Erika Böhm-Vitense Cambridge University Press, 1992 Excellent overview of a fascinating topic + Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics Vol 3 + Excellent book The third volume in this series is an excellent text. It provides a good level of detail (ie, no hand-waving and no obsession with minutiae), moving efficiently through convection, energy generation, basic stellar structure equations, methods for calculating the models, evolution and tests of the ...             Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics: Volume 1, Basic Stellar Observations and Data2 reviews Erika Böhm-Vitense Cambridge University Press, 1989 Excellent book for teaching + Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics Vol 1 I used this book for teaching the undergraduates. Although some chapters were not directly useful, the major part of it was very good. Some more illustrative examples would make it still more easy to grasp.             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!             Introduction to Electrodynamics (3rd Edition)104 reviews David J. Griffiths Benjamin Cummings, 1999 Definitely a Must Have for All Physics Students + Excellent Book! + You need this book to understand the fundamentals of Electrodynamics + A road map to Electricity and Magnetism + Griffiths EM             Classical Mechanics: A Modern Perspective6 reviews Vernon Barger Mcgraw-Hill College, 2002 Short but has some interesting examples + Good, concise, compact and modern book. This book, although short, is a fairly good overview of classical mechanics, which emphasizes more recent developments in the theory, such as chaotic dynamical systems. The authors do however remain concrete in their treatment, with real-world examples permeating the text. The details behind the ...             Quantum Mechanics3 reviews Jean-Louis Basdevant, Jean Dalibard Springer, 2005 Very Clear + Very clear book on quantum mechanics This is one of the best books I read about the topic. I don't have much time to write now. Just don't take too much care about what engineers say about books for physicists! By the way, the book is rich in examples and very useful exercises plus solutions.             Galaxies in the Universe: An Introduction2 reviews Linda S. Sparke, III, John S. Gallagher Cambridge University Press, 2000 Good, but not great + Galaxies in the Universe review This book is a little dense and its homework problems are especially confusing because of the poor framework laid out to solve them.             Physics for Scientists and Engineers with Modern Physics, Extended Version Chapters 1-46 (with PhysicsNow and ...20 reviews Raymond A. Serway, John W. Jewett Brooks Cole, 2003 Great Job + Good book, but is kind of hard to solve and understand the exercises + Great Supplemental Physics Textbook I recently purchased the 7th international edition of this book and my impressions as far are very positive because of the following reasons: All descriptions, concepts and math contained in the book are thoroughly presented and explained, in such a way that any untrained person can understand what ...             Astronomical Optics, Second Edition4 reviews Daniel J. Schroeder Academic Press, 1999 Good book that allows one to understand optical aberrations. + Good + Good for Spectrometer Optics Good, comprehensive book that explains both basics and advanced aspects of optics used in telescopes. Most of the book focuses on optical aberrations and shows how to construct various telescopes and other optical devices like spectrographs with minimized coma, astigmatizm or spherical aberration. ...             Astronomy: A Physical Perspective3 reviews Marc L. Kutner Cambridge University Press, 2003 An excellent introductory astronomy textbook + Generally good book with a few big flaws I like this up-to-date textbook. I like the explanations, the diagrams, the marvellous photographs, the exercises. It covers pretty much everything I'd want as a teacher or student, and in well under 600 pages. Maybe the parts I liked best were the sections on relativity and cosmology. But it ...             Elementary Modern Physics4 reviews Paul A. Tipler W. H. Freeman, 1992 Good book if a suppliment web site is used + interesting rewview ,looking it This book is a good introduction to modern physics in terms of relativity, particle-wave theories, atomic theories, cosmology, etc. ...             Thermal Physics (2nd Edition)27 reviews Charles Kittel, Herbert Kroemer W. H. Freeman, 1980 An old one Huge content. Good book with extra information but dont deal with it if you are not taking the assigned course.             Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics: Volume 22 reviews Erika Böhm-Vitense Cambridge University Press, 1989 A well-written concise introduction to stellar atmospheres. + Introduction to Stellar Astrophysics Vol 2 An outstanding review of basic principles of physics used in interstellar physics and stellar atmospheres. A salubrious touch of examples and real data make this book invaluable to any intermediate astronomy student with a good physics background.             The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory505 reviews Brian Greene Vintage, 2000 Excellent resource for the layman.... + The Elegant Universe + The Final Universe + Quantum Foam and Hidden Dimensions + Don't know if its the subject matter or Greene...             Introduction to Cosmology5 reviews Barbara Ryden Benjamin Cummings, 2002 Clear and useful + Hard Cover not perfect + Excellent Choice for beginners + Ease your way into cosmology + Very well written             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!