I really like the list. Div grad curl got me through vector Calc, couldn't recommend it enough. Looking forward to more lists, but wanted to ask if there was a thermodynamics book to recommend?
Thermo was always a weak subject for me, and it was never my primary focus. Thus, I'm not very well read in that area. I did find Fermi's book helpful in a big-picture kind of way, though: https://amzn.to/3RfwpCg
If I may add some recommendations, Eric Rogers' Physics for the Inquiring Mind is a fun and wide ranging introduction to physical principles and philosophy of science that is very accessible to the lay reader.
Thanks! A reader liked my chapter 1 posts but wanted to learn more, so I'll try to provide a reading list for readers who want to go further in depth with what I discuss in the main part of the book.
I really like the list. Div grad curl got me through vector Calc, couldn't recommend it enough. Looking forward to more lists, but wanted to ask if there was a thermodynamics book to recommend?
Concur with Hans on Fermi's text. The book is clean and concise.
Heat and Thermodynamics by Zemansky and Dittman may also be helpful, as it is accessible and useful from General Physics to senior undergrad.
https://www.amazon.com/Heat-Thermodynamics-M-W-Zemansky/dp/0070170592
A bit more advanced book is Kittel and Kroemer's Thermal Physics, mixing thermodynamics and statistical physics
https://www.amazon.com/Thermal-Physics-2nd-Charles-Kittel/dp/0716710889.
I used Zemansky, and I thought it was only OK. But it was better than Reif's Statistical and Thermal Physics.
Thermo was always a weak subject for me, and it was never my primary focus. Thus, I'm not very well read in that area. I did find Fermi's book helpful in a big-picture kind of way, though: https://amzn.to/3RfwpCg
If I may add some recommendations, Eric Rogers' Physics for the Inquiring Mind is a fun and wide ranging introduction to physical principles and philosophy of science that is very accessible to the lay reader.
https://www.amazon.com/Physics-Inquiring-Mind-Philosophy-Physical/dp/0691151156
Paul Hewitt is still the current go-to for Conceptual Physics instruction, but his texts are becoming more expensive over time through Pearson.
http://www.conceptualphysics.com/
Ben Crowell has a conceptual physics text that is free in pdf and available at cost in print from Lulu.com.
https://lightandmatter.com/
https://www.lulu.com/shop/benjamin-crowell/conceptual-physics/paperback/product-1598rd2.html?page=1&pageSize=4
I can second the recommendation for Paul Hewitt. I'll check out the others.
An excellent reading list, Hans. Several of those books have helped to shape my own intellectual journey.
Thanks! A reader liked my chapter 1 posts but wanted to learn more, so I'll try to provide a reading list for readers who want to go further in depth with what I discuss in the main part of the book.