The key is to make sure you're reading books by Landau and Lifshitz. Landau was more the famous as a theoretician, Lifshitz was the better writer. That said, t

The key is to make sure you're reading books by Landau and Lifshitz. Landau was more the famous as a theoretician, Lifshitz was the better writer. That said, these are definitely books to read when you're in the mindset of studying for PhD doctoral exams in Physics. I loved them at the time but would definitely have a hard time curling up by the fire with them on a rainy afternoon.