For most of the physics taught to undergraduates my textbooks from '74-'77 would do just fine. Newtonian mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and speci

For most of the physics taught to undergraduates my textbooks from '74-'77 would do just fine. Newtonian mechanics, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, and special relativity have not changed. Neither has the mathematics used to describe them. And as for the idea of homework assignments, that's just ludicrous. The only reliable way to demonstrate, both to yourself and others, that you have understood something is to successfully explain it to someone else who can ask searching questions; for instance to a tutor or tutorial group.