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I bought Modern Classical Physics last summer as a birthday gift to myself and I am also slowly going through it.
by campallison 8y ago
I bought Modern Classical Physics last summer as a birthday gift to myself and I am also slowly going through it.
- vijayshankarv 8y agoOh wow! This looks like the physics book that I always wanted to read. Phd 2016 in condensed matter physics - now working in a mid-size (~600 people) software company as a data scientist.
- tMcGrath 8y agoModern Classical Physics is a great book - I've recently started working through it (just about to move on to chapter 2). I'd be interested in chatting about it with others/cross-checking solutions. Anyone who's interested, drop me an email (address in my profile). If you're thinking of getting it but want to check it out, there's a 2012 draft version that the authors have previously taught from here: http://www.pmaweb.caltech.edu/Courses/ph136/yr2012/ http://www.pmaweb.caltech.edu/Courses/ph136/yr2012/. It's not the same as the book, of course, but from a skim it seems quite similar.
- vijayshankarv 8y agoThanks! This looks like what I will start with. Can't find your email in your profile, though.
- hyperjeff 8y agoEx-PhD student in general relativity here, also slowly going thru that book. If anyone wants to start a reading (slack?) group together, I’d be interested. I have no one to talk to about this stuff IRL.
- ambicapter 8y agoDoes Slack let you write LaTeX?
- vijayshankarv 8y agoI would love to join a reading group (on slack or another messaging platform) on this book.
- jason_slack 8y agoAnd is this book a good read for someone re-learning math having only taken high school physics?
- musgravepeter 8y agoDepends on what the math re-learning covers. You'd need differential equations and 2nd year calculus. A good choice for less math might be "Gravity from the ground up" by Schutz.