I saw too many who are recommending "Physics for Scientists and Engineers with introduction to modern physics by serway" and what I find it as an advantage is that there are two whole playlists on youtube which are going through the whole book explaining it in the form of two full university courses so it will be excellent to study from the textbook in parallel with watching the course
I currently have all 3 of the Feynman Lectures and they’re amazing if you want to get a great conceptual understanding of any general topic, but you absolutely need to supplement practice with another source.
For most students the best starting point is Hewitt's "Conceptual Physics". Concepts before calculations. After that "Instant Physics" by Tony Rotman. Study those and then go for Giancoli or Resnick or pretty much any textbook on Physics.
I disagree strongly. If you really want to learn physics, Halliday and Resnick, or something like it, is the place to start. You can't do physics with words or "concepts", you have to do the math, and H&R will teach how to do that. You also have to learn not to plug in the numbers right away, and U&R also teaches that. At least the 1960s version did; I don't know about later editions. The book does assume that you are learning calculus at the same time.
Solid list. The best generalized introductory calculus based physics book is, in my opinion, Halliday, Resnick, and Krane’s “Physics” 5th edition. It is easily the best intro calc-based physics book around.
That's what I used for Engineering Physics I and II during sophmomre year in college. I had calculus and non-calc based physics in high school and repeated calculus I-IV during my freshman year. I took Linear Algebra and ODE while taking Physics and the 2-book set from HRK used every bit of that math at some point
The best is Physics (1966, the original edition) Resnick and Halliday. The clear explanation is unparalleled and only diluted by later revisions. Only a very selected few authors can write so clearly and pedagogically.
@@barrilha There is no such thing as a "self-learner", unless the person is sitting down with a blank pad of paper and creating the field for themselves. Otherwise, the person is learning with the aid of the textbook authors and problem creators.
Great list ! I recently finished my bachelors in physics and ill say personally feynman lectures are better for reading after you have worked through one of these other books first, when you have had more time to marinate in the material its beauty becomes more apparent.
Physics sequence 1) Resnick halladay OR Hans ohanion Pre requisite : single variable calculus & Multivariable calculus 2) Kleppner and kolenkove ( mechanics problems) 3) Goldstein mechanics ( classical mechanics) 4) electrodynamics ( David j Griffith) 5) JD Jackson 6) quantum mechanics ( DJ Griffith, jj sakurai , Shankar) Prerequisites : linear algebra 7) statistical mechanics & Thermodynamics ( r reif, pathria) ............. There are alot of books bt above are very famous and main core of physics
Well this 2025 i have decided to fully dedicate myself to learning proper algebra, calculus and physics because my first year of college in 2024 was definitely very rough, i can definitely say that the difference between highschool math and college math is brutal.
Matt Sands was my Senior Project advisor at UC Santa Cruz; he taught me to write physics properly. (He went through a lot of red pens!) Matt did most the writing and translation from "Feynmanese" to English for the Feynman Lectures. They still remind me that I'm too stupid to be a Freshman in Physics @ Cal Tech! ;) During one of our conversations, Matt explained to me "the most creative thing I've done": calculating the quantum effects of radiation in a storage ring. For sufficently high energies, the discrete nature of radiation affects the trajectory of the electrons; it will have kinks, rather than being smooth, due to the electron's recoil when emitting a photon. The design of storage rings needs to account for this phenomenon.
I've got 'Essentials of Physics' by Cutnell and Johnson, which is a trimmed down version of their larger book just called 'Physics'. Nicely presented, and plenty of problems and work examples. Good for self-study and additional reading.
For high school level Physics, I think the best is McGraw Hill's "Physics: Principles & Problems" . My fav for calculus-based basic physics is "Fundamental University Physics" by Alonso & Finn.
Im doing an Independent Study in Modern Physics with my university next semester, so i decided to purchase Schaums as a companion text. Thabks for all the vids wizard!!
@@TheMathSorcerer I'd like to ask whether watching simple you tube tutorials for math/physics/cs is better for understanding concepts than reading advanced text books? I am kindly asking for an answer.
I picked up the Giancoli with the complete Instructor's Resources - all the answers worked out in detail and other materials for a few bucks at an estate sale a few years ago. What a deal! The deceased was a retired physics professor. But I soon learned that you don't really learn physics from a textbook - you need labs and to try things for yourself and just buying a cheap gyroscope and playing with teaches you more about how it really works than the descriptions in the best books. The books teach you the why.
That's something that bothers me. I want to pick up a physics book, but I don't know how much value I would actually get from it. I understand very basic concepts of newtonian physics in algebraic terms, and I occasionally find that knowledge useful, which gives me hope, but at the same time I worry that I might not be able to find meaningful applications of anything more advanced without a structured way to access those relevant experiences. Physics seems easier to conceptualize without getting hands-on than, say, chemistry, but still potentially challenging.
I highly recommend K.A. Stroud's Engineering Mathematics, I bought the sixth edition in 2007. The first 400 or so pages cover High School mathematics to get you up to speed before you start undergraduate course in Physics. The remaining 800 pages covers mostly what you'll need for the first years and maybe half of the second year of a Physics course.
@@LeoNardo-so2sx Ask the The Math Sorcerer because he'll be able to give a better answer than me. But, it all depends on the level of Physics you want to learn. To BSc level, it's very important to understand and be able to solve mathematics problems first to be able to understand why certain mathematical models are used to describe certain aspects of our observable universe. So, not a complete list, you'll learn Complex numbers, Matrices, Vectors, Advanced Calculus (Partial differentiation, first and second order Differentiation, integration and multiple integrals etc.), Statistics and Probability, Trigonometry, Polar Coordinate systems. You don't need to learn all of these at once... you build up slowly and incrementally and it's important to learn it in order because later maths builds upon ideas from maths invented in the past. I can't provide a link to this book here because this comment might be automatically blocked, but search Amazon for "K.A Stroud Engineering Mathematics with Dexter J. Booth" and you should find one of their editions there. Good luck with your studies 😁
I need to take general physics 1 and 2 for medical school. I believe it’s less math based then the “university physics 1” class offered. I would like to learn it for a year at home before I take a class. I would like to start with a book that will either teach me the math at the same time or has none to commence my journey. Any other suggestions? Or should I just learn that complete math book first?
Giancoli, Halliday resnick and walker plus 3000 problems of physics will get you through undergrad or other physical science related programs that requires various levels of undergrad physics. All are part of my library. The only addition is a mathematical physics book if you are actually a physics major. Arfken or Boas are very good. In fact for Arfken you can find out worked out examples that translate at least to undergrad courses and grad courses. For those that have to deal with Jackson there are almost exact solutions to some of the problems there dealing with greens function. Good luck. Great video and suggestions for self study. Definitely recommend this video for those who want to learn.
First, skip the 3000 problems book. There are enough problems in the textbook. Second, a lot more is needed for a physics major. This video covers "freshman physics".
I have half of those Physics books. I found Physics the E-Z Way is the best starting Physics book if you are new to Physics. I will use the Physics the E-Z Way to teach my kids this summer.
I remember I was quite good at math and physics before I opted for med school, I miss them very much. Wishing to experience those imaginations all over again
For people just getting started in physics I would recommend the idiots guide to physics. After reading that I was able to read physics for NASCAR. It was very readable and I was able to reproduce the results. I like the book how to solve physics problems by Danielle Oman. It requires high school physics knowledge but again very readable. I would recommend it over the 3000 problems in physics. I also like the physics book by Randall knight and the accompanying workbook that goes with it. The physics book I used in university was by serway and beichner. That was 15 years ago. Just recently I purchased the pocket guide for that set. The pocket book is very good. Obviously the Chris's McMullen books on physics are also very good.
I'm considering using this to pre-study for physics next semester so that I don't have to learn everything from scratch in the fall. I find that if I start learning something, let it marinate and come back to it then I can more easily commit it to long-term memory and I pick it up with a lot less hours of straight study time.
I am terrible at math, I never liked it. But it was time for a exam that could give me a better opportunity to reach my career, I’ve been learning physics and astrophysics for 1 year and 4 months. It’s been real hard.
Great book reviews. I am embarking on physics studies from home. It is difficult to find good books for beginners like myself. This video helps. Thanks.
Hi, me too! Focus on non-Calculus algebra and trig based physics (i.e. start at Grade 10 physics); there are even more basic books aimed at the lay person with limited math which you can develop as you go. Also, I don't your background but review basic algebra.
Huge like. Excellent books on physics. By the way, Feyman does have exercises to his three volume book. They usually come in separate books. I don't know why somebody said Halliday/Resnick's text is not comprehensive. It's pretty comprehensive for a general book and spans about 1500 pages. Textbooks by Halliday, Giancoli, and Young are all excellent. My advice is to also get a solutions manual for self-check, e.g., when dealing with challenging problems or in case of slip-ups. There's also an excellent non-calculus based course by Serway/Vuille. It might be good to start with a simpler book like Vuille before starting a longer, more advanced calculus-based course. The reason: Physics contains a lot of topics and they need to be reviewed and rehashed or a student will forget and confuse everything (too many topics). So, jumping straight on to a standard course (calculus based) with a 0 knowledge in physics is a bad idea. Of course, if a student has a superb knowledge of calculus, he/she may jump straight to, say, Physics by Young but I still wouldn't recommend it. In reality I see people not just not having a superior calculus knowledge but terrible gaps in _Elementary Algebra and Trigonometry_ that are patched up by truncated precalc and college algebra books but the severe gaps are still there.
@@ArnobTarofder7 I'd recommend _Elementary Algebra and Trigonometry_ by Stewart. As to physics, I recommend Serway/Vuille. For calculus I recommend Larson + solutions manual to it. A more advanced, calculus based book on physics is by Young or by Halliday/Resnick. Both of them are very good but I wouldn't skip on an introductory course by Serway/Vuille, which is shorter and simpler. In other words, plunging into a 1500+ page calculus based physics by Young might be inefficient and hasty, which may lead to a superficial knowledge. Even a 1000+ page text on physics by Serway/Vuille is a ton of material to master. As to _Elementary Algebra and Trigonometry_ by Stewart, it's an important book to study so that there are fewer gaps in basic math. As to "basic" calculus, It's a relative thing. _Basic knowledge_ can mean various things. A professional mathematician can say he/she has some basic knowledge of calculus. I think we would have a different notion of _basic_ then. Simply put, Calculus by Larson is pretty basic. Of course we can also talk about single variable calculus by cutting the whole thing in two. That said, _A First Course in Calculus_ (even simpler and shorter than Larson's text; it covers only single variables) by Lang should be enough to jump right into the physics by Young. It's up to the student to decide. Math and physics are very vast and very difficult subjects. There are no shortcuts, only paths to superficial knowledge when only some chapters are covered and the rest remains unstudied and unknown to the student. I mean jumping to advanced books and picking some material there is not a good knowledge. It's more for show-off. You got to decide on your path. I hope this was of some help and good luck with studies!
I was never much into Math because I never really saw an endpoint, but Physics was my jam. I never majored in it because I didn't see the utility because, at that time, I didn't want a PhD and wasn't interested in programming. To anyone reading this, there's such a thing as Medical Physics, really cool field. If I knew about it then my life definitely would have taken a much different trajectory. I have another book for you: College Physics by Beyer and Williams. It's fantastic.
Pls listen: you can learn physics also using the textbooks and revision guides and questionbanks of the International Baccalaureate IBO IB Diploma in physics. It is a 2 years course without use of calculus, Textbooks are from Cambridge, Oxford, Pearson etc. After 2 years there are written Physics Exams. I was during 15 years IB Physics Diploma Examiner.
It is wonderful to see & hear anywhere, also on RUclips channels, like yours, when someone like you talk both about mathematics & physics, with passion and knowledge. And, it is delightful and I love it, especially because in RUclips community it is pretty rare to see someone to present mathematics and physics in such way. Authors of YT math videos prefer to present only mathematics, if anything else is on the menu, then it is presented through mathematics "glasses", by trig or by calc, sometimes both, but most times it looks unnatural, like, ok, now I will push my limits (?) and will presenting some little&lite applied (?) mathematics through physics, and, I don't know, it rarely "sits" to me, I mean, I understood, but... And, most of the time, it is even worse when YT author "as "physician" put physics videos, even like courses like, it could be almost professional ones, but, when and if mathematics (behind that physics) was presented, it could be almost magical, depending on author internal emotional reality. Itis sometimes very good. But, sometimes author(s) ruin his own work, especially if there is, "behind the scenes" author's intention to say: look how smart am I (mensa & ctr), first was physics, and now here is mathematics behind all of that stuff, simetry, all that abstract algebras (not just "abstract algebra", rather lot of them, Lie algebras, Van Neumann algebras, ...), and I think, O. K., you are probably physicist with achievements in your field of physics, but, YT is "short" media, meaning you could / can have subscribed followers if your physics is accurate, understandable & educational and with elements of real life, humour & some elements of entertainment. And, that's the catch 22, sort of speaking. Anyway, I think I lost myself for the moment, that's why I prefer YT mathematics, physics or both channels like yours and some others, some of them also professors, who have no fear to present themselves as real persons with both personal advantages and lacks of them, not some alienish weirdos with meta AI-ish - "qualities". (I also have ideas to put some YT videos in perceable future, if and when it will be, we'll see, it must be at least both good and with respect towards followers.) Meaning it is two way communication, but author has leading role, and his/her responsibility is much bigger in such process, at least author must know that his/her feelings (especially "feelings") aren't important, or of any significance. At least it is as I see that way, I don't know, maybe wrong, but I see it like I wrote... Anyway, challenging, encouraging, enthusiastic, entertaining and very educational videos, professor Math Sorcerer🙃😂🙃. 👍✌️👍
highly recommend the Paul Hewitt book Conceptual Physics for people who have missed out on doing physics experiments at highschool level. Many editions of the book available, and video's of Paul doing experiments. The math/s in that book is mostly about yr 9 and 10 level. David Halliday is an outstanding communicator, also wrote a great book on Introductory Nuclear Physics in the 1950s.
In Odessa Ukraine we were studying physics using Giancoli in late 1990s in the Richelieu Lyceum (from eighth to eleventh grade). Thanks to my teacher Yuriy Vasilievich Zavorotniy who used Russian translation of the book (it was published in 1980s! - the book with the green hardcover and two volumes in Russian). But still I see that even that old edition is still actual and good for studying physics. Together with the book we were using сollection of problems books by Lukashik, Goldfarb, Rymkevich, the book that is called "swan, cancer and pike", 1001 physics problems etc. (all the books were in Russian)
Thanks I have 2 month vacation. I will be following your math guide and this to learn physics. Can you also do a guide for being Computer Scientist (Theoratical) or Programming.
IRODOV is garbage. The myth of "Practice, Practice, Practice" hurts students so much. It makes them think they have learned a lot, but has actually disconnected the various problems from each other.
Conceptual Physics is great for either 1. Homeschoolers (I have successfully used this with 9th graders doing the physics, bio, chem, AP science progression). and 2. Anyone who just isn't sure whether they will like physics. Start with Conceptual physics and then see. You can always progress to a harder book later. or 3. College students the summer before they take physics, to get their head around concepts before they have the hard dive in class.
I agree about Giancoli. My Phys I & II calc based course in a community college used Halliday & Resnick. I have read parts of Young & Freedman, which I found has the more challenging problems. I have also read parts of Giancoli, which I think is the most "readable", and best for self study.
Great video. I hate physics for the same reasons you said. Feeling left out of understanding. But my perspective changed with this video and the knowledge you shared. I am willing to put in the work to learn physics, now. Thank you.
Concepts of physics by hc verma is a very good book too. Its theory is simple and understandable and problems help you build a basic idea of how to solve qs
My favorite intro physics text is the three volume text “Fundamental University Physics” by Alonso and Finn. They are quite challenging but they are also loaded with many problems. The Feynman lectures are also great and another classic!
I need to take general physics 1 and 2 for medical school. I believe it’s less math based then the “university physics 1” class offered. I would like to learn it for a year at home before I take a class. I would like to start with a book that will either teach me the math at the same time or has no math, to commence my studies because I don’t know the proper math yet. Any suggestions? Would that one above work?
@@LC-jq7vn a good place to start is to get the Schaum’s outline of college physics. The Schaum’s outlines are great because they are cheap compared with a new textbook and they have numerous worked examples that help with self-study. I hope this helps!
You could also include Concepts of Physics by HC Verma. It builds concept from the base and has a good set of problems to understand a topic. Best book for Beginners who want to learn Physics.
Good timing. I decided I wanted to study the big 3 (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics), but I've trouble finding good physics books. Do you study any other sciences?
Calculus is absolutely important to physics and it’s invaluable in learning or teaching it. Likewise so is linear algebra. I would recommend an understanding of calculus II and linear before attempting Introduction to physics I[classical mechanics] and a thorough understanding of calc III, vector calculus, and Ordinary Differential equations before physics II[waves and E&M] For the most part physics I doesn’t require more than an understanding of integration. Once you get into the chemistry/heat/sound you’ll need differential equations to understand the proofs and you really don’t get any less advanced. E&M requires Vector calculus and that’s one of the reasons why teaching physics II to non majors is absolutely brutal. Vectors {and quaternions} were made in the process to discover Electricity and Magnetism and it’s quite difficult to describe how a magnetic field interacts with a charged particle without them.
Just FYI, there is an "Extended Edition" of Halliday and Resnick as well, and it's as ginormous and comprehensive as any of the other ones you cited here. And as long as one is willing to settle for an older edition, copies can be had relatively inexpensively. For example, I see at least one copy of the 9th edition from 2010 for sale for less than $10 right now.
I’m surprised that the big ones weren’t on the list. Introductory physics Physics for scientists and engineers -Serway/Jewett Classical Mechanics Classical mechanics - Taylor An introduction to Mechanics - Kleppner E&M Introduction to electrodynamics - Griffith’s Classical electrodynamics - Jackson Electricity and magnetism - Percell Quantum Mechanics Jackson Griffiths Shanker Sakauri Thermodynamics/statmech Concepts in thermal physics- Blundell
I just come around so that I may at last find the courage to learn mathematics, physics and philosophy or to keep myself atleast engaged. I don't know what does that even mean. Lots of love ❤
Hello Math Sorcerer. I am 56 years old. I was never particularly good in math and stats while in high school and university, but I would like to go back to it for the pleasure of learning. No other reason. Any recommendations where to start?
Exercises for the Feynman course were published as a separate book in addition to the three volumes set, I believe. Something like "Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics"
Another amazing physics book is called "University Physics" and it's by Hugh D. Young. Also forgot to mention the legendary Halliday Resnick Krane "Physics"
For high schoolers I would say that Giancoli is pretty good for the AP physics 1 and physics 2 course although it doesn't cover everything and the Halliday book is a really good book for AP Physics C: Mech or Physics C: E&M although you need to have both volumes of Halliday to learn both AP Physics C
I saw too many who are recommending "Physics for Scientists and Engineers with introduction to modern physics by serway" and what I find it as an advantage is that there are two whole playlists on youtube which are going through the whole book explaining it in the form of two full university courses so it will be excellent to study from the textbook in parallel with watching the course
could you link or share the account name?
@JackInABeanstalk98 ruclips.net/p/PLGqzsq0erqU7Q5jcGY2kg51aa8opmGXPv&si=gU0vo0NR4Y9v4t0x
I currently have all 3 of the Feynman Lectures and they’re amazing if you want to get a great conceptual understanding of any general topic, but you absolutely need to supplement practice with another source.
No you won't get the the paart that you are supposed to
For most students the best starting point is Hewitt's "Conceptual Physics". Concepts before calculations. After that "Instant Physics" by Tony Rotman. Study those and then go for Giancoli or Resnick or pretty much any textbook on Physics.
thank you
I disagree strongly. If you really want to learn physics, Halliday and Resnick, or something like it, is the place to start. You can't do physics with words or "concepts", you have to do the math, and H&R will teach how to do that. You also have to learn not to plug in the numbers right away, and U&R also teaches that. At least the 1960s version did; I don't know about later editions. The book does assume that you are learning calculus at the same time.
Giancoli's book was the book from my first physics course and i referenced it all the way through my masters.
we are grateful that we got a teacher like you
thank you so much!!
@@TheMathSorcerer I am very keen to learn Physics. Will be grateful if you give more videos for Physic students.
Solid list. The best generalized introductory calculus based physics book is, in my opinion, Halliday, Resnick, and Krane’s “Physics” 5th edition. It is easily the best intro calc-based physics book around.
THANK YOU!!!!!!!
That's what I used for Engineering Physics I and II during sophmomre year in college. I had calculus and non-calc based physics in high school and repeated calculus I-IV during my freshman year. I took Linear Algebra and ODE while taking Physics and the 2-book set from HRK used every bit of that math at some point
The best is Physics (1966, the original edition) Resnick and Halliday. The clear explanation is unparalleled and only diluted by later revisions. Only a very selected few authors can write so clearly and pedagogically.
University Physics by Young is phenomenal.
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I love your "Learn X from zero" lists of books. It´s so helpful for self-learners! Thanks! How about some Chemistry and Biology next?
@@philscimath Thank you for this suggestion. I indeed got a copy fo Campbell's you are absolutely right!
@@barrilha There is no such thing as a "self-learner", unless the person is sitting down with a blank pad of paper and creating the field for themselves. Otherwise, the person is learning with the aid of the textbook authors and problem creators.
YES!! I've been looking for a video like this for a long time! Definitely on my favorite academically inclined wizards list now lol
Great list ! I recently finished my bachelors in physics and ill say personally feynman lectures are better for reading after you have worked through one of these other books first, when you have had more time to marinate in the material its beauty becomes more apparent.
Physics sequence
1) Resnick halladay OR Hans ohanion
Pre requisite : single variable calculus
& Multivariable calculus
2) Kleppner and kolenkove ( mechanics problems)
3) Goldstein mechanics ( classical mechanics)
4) electrodynamics ( David j Griffith)
5) JD Jackson
6) quantum mechanics ( DJ Griffith, jj sakurai , Shankar)
Prerequisites : linear algebra
7) statistical mechanics & Thermodynamics ( r reif, pathria)
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There are alot of books bt above are very famous and main core of physics
Thanks
This got ugly, fast! 🤣
I would say that, for H&R, calculus is a co-requisite, not a prerequisite.
Professor Bill Bassichis is the author of Don't Panic, a text for first courses in physics. It is excellent.
University Physics
Giancoli
Halliday Walker
Jewett and Serway
These are the most complete books to start! Highly recommend any one of them.
Well this 2025 i have decided to fully dedicate myself to learning proper algebra, calculus and physics because my first year of college in 2024 was definitely very rough, i can definitely say that the difference between highschool math and college math is brutal.
Matt Sands was my Senior Project advisor at UC Santa Cruz; he taught me to write physics properly. (He went through a lot of red pens!)
Matt did most the writing and translation from "Feynmanese" to English for the Feynman Lectures. They still remind me that I'm too stupid to be a Freshman in Physics @ Cal Tech! ;)
During one of our conversations, Matt explained to me "the most creative thing I've done": calculating the quantum effects of radiation in a storage ring. For sufficently high energies, the discrete nature of radiation affects the trajectory of the electrons; it will have kinks, rather than being smooth, due to the electron's recoil when emitting a photon. The design of storage rings needs to account for this phenomenon.
Being a freshman in physics (or math) at Caltech requires a special breed of human.
@@UnconventionalReasoning When I read the Feynman Lectures, I hear his voice, Matt's and Red Forman's, "You dumbass!"
@@douglasstrother6584 Nobody should call you a dumbass. It's frustrating when faculty do that, and they imply it way too often.
I've got 'Essentials of Physics' by Cutnell and Johnson, which is a trimmed down version of their larger book just called 'Physics'. Nicely presented, and plenty of problems and work examples. Good for self-study and additional reading.
For high school level Physics, I think the best is McGraw Hill's "Physics: Principles & Problems" .
My fav for calculus-based basic physics is "Fundamental University Physics" by Alonso & Finn.
Finally, I have been waiting for months, thank you
Im doing an Independent Study in Modern Physics with my university next semester, so i decided to purchase Schaums as a companion text. Thabks for all the vids wizard!!
Oh awesome how exciting!! I think you are going to love it!
@@TheMathSorcerer I'd like to ask whether watching simple you tube tutorials for math/physics/cs is better for understanding concepts than reading advanced text books? I am kindly asking for an answer.
There’s a book called Concepts of Physics by the great HC Verma. It’s a staple in India and I found it very challenging back in the day.
Giancoli as well as Halliday and Resnick both have terrific study guides, well worth having to compliment other texts.
I picked up the Giancoli with the complete Instructor's Resources - all the answers worked out in detail and other materials for a few bucks at an estate sale a few years ago. What a deal! The deceased was a retired physics professor. But I soon learned that you don't really learn physics from a textbook - you need labs and to try things for yourself and just buying a cheap gyroscope and playing with teaches you more about how it really works than the descriptions in the best books. The books teach you the why.
That's something that bothers me. I want to pick up a physics book, but I don't know how much value I would actually get from it. I understand very basic concepts of newtonian physics in algebraic terms, and I occasionally find that knowledge useful, which gives me hope, but at the same time I worry that I might not be able to find meaningful applications of anything more advanced without a structured way to access those relevant experiences. Physics seems easier to conceptualize without getting hands-on than, say, chemistry, but still potentially challenging.
I also recommend,
3000 Solved Problems in Calculus
by Schaum.
Why do you think there are 3000 problems to do in a Calculus 1-2 course?
Your content is always so valuable, I really appreciate it.
I highly recommend K.A. Stroud's Engineering Mathematics, I bought the sixth edition in 2007. The first 400 or so pages cover High School mathematics to get you up to speed before you start undergraduate course in Physics. The remaining 800 pages covers mostly what you'll need for the first years and maybe half of the second year of a Physics course.
Where do you get that book..what is the highest math needed to understand physics
@@LeoNardo-so2sx Ask the
The Math Sorcerer because he'll be able to give a better answer than me. But, it all depends on the level of Physics you want to learn. To BSc level, it's very important to understand and be able to solve mathematics problems first to be able to understand why certain mathematical models are used to describe certain aspects of our observable universe. So, not a complete list, you'll learn Complex numbers, Matrices, Vectors, Advanced Calculus (Partial differentiation, first and second order Differentiation, integration and multiple integrals etc.), Statistics and Probability, Trigonometry, Polar Coordinate systems. You don't need to learn all of these at once... you build up slowly and incrementally and it's important to learn it in order because later maths builds upon ideas from maths invented in the past. I can't provide a link to this book here because this comment might be automatically blocked, but search Amazon for "K.A Stroud Engineering Mathematics with Dexter J. Booth" and you should find one of their editions there. Good luck with your studies 😁
I need to take general physics 1 and 2 for medical school. I believe it’s less math based then the “university physics 1” class offered. I would like to learn it for a year at home before I take a class. I would like to start with a book that will either teach me the math at the same time or has none to commence my journey. Any other suggestions? Or should I just learn that complete math book first?
Giancoli, Halliday resnick and walker plus 3000 problems of physics will get you through undergrad or other physical science related programs that requires various levels of undergrad physics. All are part of my library. The only addition is a mathematical physics book if you are actually a physics major. Arfken or Boas are very good. In fact for Arfken you can find out worked out examples that translate at least to undergrad courses and grad courses. For those that have to deal with Jackson there are almost exact solutions to some of the problems there dealing with greens function. Good luck. Great video and suggestions for self study. Definitely recommend this video for those who want to learn.
Thanks for this Anthony👍💪🔥
Boas is good!
First, skip the 3000 problems book. There are enough problems in the textbook.
Second, a lot more is needed for a physics major. This video covers "freshman physics".
I have half of those Physics books. I found Physics the E-Z Way is the best starting Physics book if you are new to Physics. I will use the Physics the E-Z Way to teach my kids this summer.
I remember I was quite good at math and physics before I opted for med school, I miss them very much. Wishing to experience those imaginations all over again
For people just getting started in physics I would recommend the idiots guide to physics. After reading that I was able to read physics for NASCAR. It was very readable and I was able to reproduce the results.
I like the book how to solve physics problems by Danielle Oman. It requires high school physics knowledge but again very readable. I would recommend it over the 3000 problems in physics.
I also like the physics book by Randall knight and the accompanying workbook that goes with it.
The physics book I used in university was by serway and beichner. That was 15 years ago. Just recently I purchased the pocket guide for that set. The pocket book is very good.
Obviously the Chris's McMullen books on physics are also very good.
Knights textbook is horrible. He is so fixated on engineering that he over-complicates examples.
I'm considering using this to pre-study for physics next semester so that I don't have to learn everything from scratch in the fall. I find that if I start learning something, let it marinate and come back to it then I can more easily commit it to long-term memory and I pick it up with a lot less hours of straight study time.
The best Resnick is the one with Halliday and Krane. By far the best intro to physics I've ever read.
I am terrible at math, I never liked it. But it was time for a exam that could give me a better opportunity to reach my career, I’ve been learning physics and astrophysics for 1 year and 4 months. It’s been real hard.
Great book reviews. I am embarking on physics studies from home. It is difficult to find good books for beginners like myself. This video helps. Thanks.
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Hi, me too! Focus on non-Calculus algebra and trig based physics (i.e. start at Grade 10 physics); there are even more basic books aimed at the lay person with limited math which you can develop as you go. Also, I don't your background but review basic algebra.
Huge like. Excellent books on physics. By the way, Feyman does have exercises to his three volume book. They usually come in separate books. I don't know why somebody said Halliday/Resnick's text is not comprehensive. It's pretty comprehensive for a general book and spans about 1500 pages. Textbooks by Halliday, Giancoli, and Young are all excellent.
My advice is to also get a solutions manual for self-check, e.g., when dealing with challenging problems or in case of slip-ups. There's also an excellent non-calculus based course by Serway/Vuille. It might be good to start with a simpler book like Vuille before starting a longer, more advanced calculus-based course. The reason: Physics contains a lot of topics and they need to be reviewed and rehashed or a student will forget and confuse everything (too many topics). So, jumping straight on to a standard course (calculus based) with a 0 knowledge in physics is a bad idea. Of course, if a student has a superb knowledge of calculus, he/she may jump straight to, say, Physics by Young but I still wouldn't recommend it. In reality I see people not just not having a superior calculus knowledge but terrible gaps in _Elementary Algebra and Trigonometry_ that are patched up by truncated precalc and college algebra books but the severe gaps are still there.
I am 17 years old , studying in 11th , can you recommend me a book to start? I know basic calculus
@@ArnobTarofder7 I'd recommend _Elementary Algebra and Trigonometry_ by Stewart. As to physics, I recommend Serway/Vuille. For calculus I recommend Larson + solutions manual to it. A more advanced, calculus based book on physics is by Young or by Halliday/Resnick. Both of them are very good but I wouldn't skip on an introductory course by Serway/Vuille, which is shorter and simpler. In other words, plunging into a 1500+ page calculus based physics by Young might be inefficient and hasty, which may lead to a superficial knowledge. Even a 1000+ page text on physics by Serway/Vuille is a ton of material to master.
As to _Elementary Algebra and Trigonometry_ by Stewart, it's an important book to study so that there are fewer gaps in basic math.
As to "basic" calculus, It's a relative thing. _Basic knowledge_ can mean various things. A professional mathematician can say he/she has some basic knowledge of calculus. I think we would have a different notion of _basic_ then. Simply put, Calculus by Larson is pretty basic. Of course we can also talk about single variable calculus by cutting the whole thing in two. That said, _A First Course in Calculus_ (even simpler and shorter than Larson's text; it covers only single variables) by Lang should be enough to jump right into the physics by Young. It's up to the student to decide.
Math and physics are very vast and very difficult subjects. There are no shortcuts, only paths to superficial knowledge when only some chapters are covered and the rest remains unstudied and unknown to the student. I mean jumping to advanced books and picking some material there is not a good knowledge. It's more for show-off. You got to decide on your path. I hope this was of some help and good luck with studies!
@@billmorrigan386 Thank you so much sir . I needed that . I will try my best , Thank you sir❤️
@@ArnobTarofder7 No problem. You are welcome.
Thank you, guy! You are a true math sorcerer, always sharing knowledge!
I was never much into Math because I never really saw an endpoint, but Physics was my jam. I never majored in it because I didn't see the utility because, at that time, I didn't want a PhD and wasn't interested in programming. To anyone reading this, there's such a thing as Medical Physics, really cool field. If I knew about it then my life definitely would have taken a much different trajectory.
I have another book for you: College Physics by Beyer and Williams. It's fantastic.
if Medical Physics is still of interest, may be it is not too late ?
I love it when you talk about Physics!!
FINALLY !!! I was waiting for that video forever !!!!
Pls listen: you can learn physics also using the textbooks and revision guides and questionbanks of the International Baccalaureate IBO IB Diploma in physics. It is a 2 years course without use of calculus, Textbooks are from Cambridge, Oxford, Pearson etc. After 2 years there are written Physics Exams. I was during 15 years IB Physics Diploma Examiner.
It is wonderful to see & hear anywhere, also on RUclips channels, like yours, when someone like you talk both about mathematics & physics, with passion and knowledge. And, it is delightful and I love it, especially because in RUclips community it is pretty rare to see someone to present mathematics and physics in such way. Authors of YT math videos prefer to present only mathematics, if anything else is on the menu, then it is presented through mathematics "glasses", by trig or by calc, sometimes both, but most times it looks unnatural, like, ok, now I will push my limits (?) and will presenting some little&lite applied (?) mathematics through physics, and, I don't know, it rarely "sits" to me, I mean, I understood, but...
And, most of the time, it is even worse when YT author "as "physician" put physics videos, even like courses like, it could be almost professional ones, but, when and if mathematics (behind that physics) was presented, it could be almost magical, depending on author internal emotional reality. Itis sometimes very good. But, sometimes author(s) ruin his own work, especially if there is, "behind the scenes" author's intention to say: look how smart am I (mensa & ctr), first was physics, and now here is mathematics behind all of that stuff, simetry, all that abstract algebras (not just "abstract algebra", rather lot of them, Lie algebras, Van Neumann algebras, ...), and I think, O. K., you are probably physicist with achievements in your field of physics, but, YT is "short" media, meaning you could / can have subscribed followers if your physics is accurate, understandable & educational and with elements of real life, humour & some elements of entertainment. And, that's the catch 22, sort of speaking. Anyway, I think I lost myself for the moment, that's why I prefer YT mathematics, physics or both channels like yours and some others, some of them also professors, who have no fear to present themselves as real persons with both personal advantages and lacks of them, not some alienish weirdos with meta AI-ish - "qualities". (I also have ideas to put some YT videos in perceable future, if and when it will be, we'll see, it must be at least both good and with respect towards followers.) Meaning it is two way communication, but author has leading role, and his/her responsibility is much bigger in such process, at least author must know that his/her feelings (especially "feelings") aren't important, or of any significance. At least it is as I see that way, I don't know, maybe wrong, but I see it like I wrote...
Anyway, challenging, encouraging, enthusiastic, entertaining and very educational videos, professor Math Sorcerer🙃😂🙃.
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Needed this! Thank you good sir
Thank you for this helpful guide, I would be lot without you ! Best wishes for you !!!
Thanks for this video it has really helped me be motivated in my studies
I can totally recommend the feynman lectures as a second read, though, there is an exercise book out there for the feynman lectures
highly recommend the Paul Hewitt book Conceptual Physics for people who have missed out on doing physics experiments at highschool level. Many editions of the book available, and video's of Paul doing experiments. The math/s in that book is mostly about yr 9 and 10 level. David Halliday is an outstanding communicator, also wrote a great book on Introductory Nuclear Physics in the 1950s.
Conceptual physics is high school level. College physics is trig version. Physics for engineering and science are calculus level physics.
There is no such thing as "conceptual" physics. It hides so much useful information. Pretending to do physics without math is a fool's errand.
"Conceptual Physics" is a great one.
In Odessa Ukraine we were studying physics using Giancoli in late 1990s in the Richelieu Lyceum (from eighth to eleventh grade). Thanks to my teacher Yuriy Vasilievich Zavorotniy who used Russian translation of the book (it was published in 1980s! - the book with the green hardcover and two volumes in Russian). But still I see that even that old edition is still actual and good for studying physics. Together with the book we were using сollection of problems books by Lukashik, Goldfarb, Rymkevich, the book that is called "swan, cancer and pike", 1001 physics problems etc. (all the books were in Russian)
you have done the best dude.. l like this
You know Giancoli was gonna be in there
Also want a videos for chemistry.
Thanks I have 2 month vacation.
I will be following your math guide and this to learn physics.
Can you also do a guide for being Computer Scientist (Theoratical) or Programming.
In my class 11 time, our physics sir told us to buy IRODOV and solve it
I love physics because of our physics sir.. 😍😍
#aspiring astrophysicist 😄😎😍😍
IRODOV is garbage. The myth of "Practice, Practice, Practice" hurts students so much. It makes them think they have learned a lot, but has actually disconnected the various problems from each other.
Thanks for this!
Conceptual Physics is great for either 1. Homeschoolers (I have successfully used this with 9th graders doing the physics, bio, chem, AP science progression). and 2. Anyone who just isn't sure whether they will like physics. Start with Conceptual physics and then see. You can always progress to a harder book later. or 3. College students the summer before they take physics, to get their head around concepts before they have the hard dive in class.
I agree about Giancoli. My Phys I & II calc based course in a community college used Halliday & Resnick. I have read parts of Young & Freedman, which I found has the more challenging problems. I have also read parts of Giancoli, which I think is the most "readable", and best for self study.
Great video. I hate physics for the same reasons you said. Feeling left out of understanding. But my perspective changed with this video and the knowledge you shared. I am willing to put in the work to learn physics, now. Thank you.
Awesome !!
Concepts of physics by hc verma is a very good book too. Its theory is simple and understandable and problems help you build a basic idea of how to solve qs
My favorite intro physics text is the three volume text “Fundamental University Physics” by Alonso and Finn. They are quite challenging but they are also loaded with many problems. The Feynman lectures are also great and another classic!
I need to take general physics 1 and 2 for medical school. I believe it’s less math based then the “university physics 1” class offered. I would like to learn it for a year at home before I take a class. I would like to start with a book that will either teach me the math at the same time or has no math, to commence my studies because I don’t know the proper math yet. Any suggestions? Would that one above work?
@@LC-jq7vn a good place to start is to get the Schaum’s outline of college physics. The Schaum’s outlines are great because they are cheap compared with a new textbook and they have numerous worked examples that help with self-study. I hope this helps!
Too many problems is detrimental to learning. Do one-fifth the problems, spend twice as long on each one, and really understand what it is presenting.
My school does use giancoli and i think the book is neat (shot out to all METU students out here)
Wow great reviews ❤
My high school teacher used the giancoli book to teach us. I was surprised to hear you mention it for college
There are different levels of physics taught in college.
Thank you very much 🤗
You can read all of the Feynman lectures for free online (legally, too!)
Thank You Sir!!!
I love your videos
Thank you!!
You could also include Concepts of Physics by HC Verma. It builds concept from the base and has a good set of problems to understand a topic. Best book for Beginners who want to learn Physics.
Thank you!!!!!!!!
@@TheMathSorcerer Yes,I have been reading that book.Great book.I got a pdf file if you want to check it out.
i dont think it is available for the international market.
@@yuvrajsingh15823can you send the link?
@@yuvrajsingh15823send its pdf link
"I watch all his RUclips videos". Lovin the idea of Feynman as a RUclipsr. I wonder what his channel would be called?
Haha right! Can you imagine lol.
Good timing. I decided I wanted to study the big 3 (Biology, Chemistry, and Physics), but I've trouble finding good physics books. Do you study any other sciences?
I have a physics test tomorrow time to study all of physics now
Oh wow good luck, do your best:)
If you aren't sure which book to study from, just go with the one that smells better.
Thank you thank you thank you , applied physics is my pick , and i think it is a great pick for aspiring game devs
"This book is more suitable for college beginners with some foundational knowledge in physics and math, not for absolute first-time physics learners."
bro learned all the math and he is going to learn physics now 😭
CONGRAT WITH BALLOONS THANKS FOR YOUR PERSISTANCE AND TIME WECOME TO SPECIALTY MATH ALSO
Omg i was just searching for a physics book guide after i used urs math one and this just came out
Calculus is absolutely important to physics and it’s invaluable in learning or teaching it. Likewise so is linear algebra.
I would recommend an understanding of calculus II and linear before attempting Introduction to physics I[classical mechanics] and a thorough understanding of calc III, vector calculus, and Ordinary Differential equations before physics II[waves and E&M]
For the most part physics I doesn’t require more than an understanding of integration. Once you get into the chemistry/heat/sound you’ll need differential equations to understand the proofs and you really don’t get any less advanced.
E&M requires Vector calculus and that’s one of the reasons why teaching physics II to non majors is absolutely brutal. Vectors {and quaternions} were made in the process to discover Electricity and Magnetism and it’s quite difficult to describe how a magnetic field interacts with a charged particle without them.
That is a slightly excessive math requirement for those physics classes.
Just FYI, there is an "Extended Edition" of Halliday and Resnick as well, and it's as ginormous and comprehensive as any of the other ones you cited here. And as long as one is willing to settle for an older edition, copies can be had relatively inexpensively. For example, I see at least one copy of the 9th edition from 2010 for sale for less than $10 right now.
Textbooks from the 1970-90s are better than today's textbooks. They rely less on numerical calculations, since they predate the TI-83.
Please make a video on ' How to disappear exam hall presure for math '
You are a big inspiration
I’m surprised that the big ones weren’t on the list.
Introductory physics
Physics for scientists and engineers -Serway/Jewett
Classical Mechanics
Classical mechanics - Taylor
An introduction to Mechanics - Kleppner
E&M
Introduction to electrodynamics - Griffith’s
Classical electrodynamics - Jackson
Electricity and magnetism - Percell
Quantum Mechanics
Jackson
Griffiths
Shanker
Sakauri
Thermodynamics/statmech
Concepts in thermal physics- Blundell
I just come around so that I may at last find the courage to learn mathematics, physics and philosophy or to keep myself atleast engaged.
I don't know what does that even mean.
Lots of love ❤
sir best books for problems which required through conceptual and application is I.E.IRODOV
IRODOV is the worst book for learning physics.
I love your advice, I want to learn practical physics for my own Engineering business.
Thank you!!!
I learn phisics in next week from this books 📚📖
Please make a video of books for physics from start to finish just like you did for mathematics.
Love Giancoli.
Hello Math Sorcerer. I am 56 years old. I was never particularly good in math and stats while in high school and university, but I would like to go back to it for the pleasure of learning. No other reason. Any recommendations where to start?
Exercises for the Feynman course were published as a separate book in addition to the three volumes set, I believe. Something like "Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics"
Another amazing physics book is called "University Physics" and it's by Hugh D. Young. Also forgot to mention the legendary Halliday Resnick Krane "Physics"
Both of these are the versions which include calculus, the versions without calculus were both mentioned.
very use full information .all the books are very good i have all of then i have some othe names also....
The chanel is the best....
Thank you for making this video!
However, I wish you would have included more suggestions for calculus-based physics.
Best of luck!
All three authors, Giancoli, Young, and Halliday, have calculus-based textbooks as well.
Young and Freedmans University Physics is one of my favourite one.
It’s important to note some of these books are available in PDF format online for free so you don’t even need to pay for these books.
Serway has a good calculus based physics book.
You should make a complete learning path featuring all of the book you have featured on your channel
I adore books. And the book smell is yesssss
I was hoping you would do a video on physics👍
For high schoolers I would say that Giancoli is pretty good for the AP physics 1 and physics 2 course although it doesn't cover everything and the Halliday book is a really good book for AP Physics C: Mech or Physics C: E&M although you need to have both volumes of Halliday to learn both AP Physics C
What book would you recommend for someone who has no experience in physics at all?
@@dwatson1470 start with Giancoli as it's algebra based and relatively easy to get into
The Giancoli textbook covers everything for APP1. What do you think it misses for APP2? Though that course should really be scrapped...
Hewitt is next level... Awesome book