Physics books

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Books by subject

Astronomy/Astrophysics

• Universe by Robert Dinwiddie, et al.
• Big Bang by Simon Singh

Chaos Theory

• Chaos: Making a New Science by James Gleick

Introductory Textbooks

• Conceptual Physics by Paul Hewitt
• Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Paul A. Tipler and Gene Mosca

Olympiad Textbooks

• Physics by Halliday, Resnick, and Krane (not to be confused with [i]Fundamentals of Physics[/i] by Halliday, Resnick, and Walker)
• Introduction to Classical Mechanics by David Morin
• Electricity and Magnetism by Purcell and Morin

Relativity, Quantum Mechanics, Particle Physics

• Dreams of a Final Theory by Weinberg
• The Elegant Universe: Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory by Brian Greene.
• The Fabric of the Cosmos: Space, Time, and the Texture of Reality by Brian Greene.
• Warped Passages: Unraveling the Mysteries of the Universe's Hidden Dimensions by Lisa Randall.
• General Relativity from A to B by Geroch
• Spacetime Physics by Taylor and Wheeler
• Quantum Mechanics in Simple Matrix Form by Jordan
• Modern Physics by Krane

Books of Problems

• Thinking Physics by Lewis Carroll Epstein
• Problems and Solutions in Introductory Mechanics by David Morin
• 200 Puzzling Physics Problems by Gnadig
• 300 Creative Physics Problems with Solutions by Holics
• Physics to a Degree by Thomas and Raine
• Thinking Like a Physicist by Thompson

General interest

• A Brief History of Time by Steven Hawking
• The Making of the Atomic Bomb by Richard Rhodes
• 'Surely You're Joking, Mr. Feynman!' (Adventures of a Curious Character) by Richard P. Feynman, et al.
• The Road to Reality: A Complete Guide to the Laws of the Universe by Roger Penrose.

See Also

• Science books
• Physics competitions
• Physics scholarships