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Sciences

This document is even more just a “jumble of references” than the rest of this repository.

Physics

General

Introductions

• Bloomfield, 2006. How Everything Works: Making Physics Out of the Ordinary (Intro to physics for liberal arts majors. This seems worth reading to me because it has a large number of examples of how physics applies to everyday life. Math is minimized but it’s there. I’m guessing this could be used effectively as an intro to physics for teens.)
• OpenStax (Urone, Hinrichs). College Physics (two-semester introductory algebra-based physics course)
• OpenStax (Ling, Sanny, Moebs). University Physics (Vol 1, Vol 2, Vol 3) (Still in the draft stage. “University Physics is designed for the two- or three-semester calculus-based physics course. The text has been developed to meet the scope and sequence of most university physics courses and provides a foundation for a career in mathematics, science, or engineering.”)
• Wolfson and Pasachoff. Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 3e (3e) (This is the text used with Ramamurti Shankar’s online courses at Yale. Used copied used to be cheap, but are now expensive as of September 2016.)
• Shankar. Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics (based on Shankar’s first online course, Fundamentals of Physics I)
• Shankar. Fundamentals of Physics II: Electromagnetism, Optics, and Quantum Mechanics (based on Shankar’s first online course, Fundamentals of Physics II)
• Bueche and Hecht. Schaum’s Outline of College Physics

Landau and Lifshitz

The Course of Theoretical Physics series by Landau and Lifshitz is series of texts that span much of physics. They are considered by many to be the best texts at their level.

• 1: Mechanics, 3e
• 2: The Classical Theory of Fields, 4e
• 3: Quantum Mechanics: Non-Relativistic Theory, 3e
• 4: Quantum Electrodynamics, 2e
• 5: Statistical Physics Part 1, 3e
• 6: Fluid Mechanics, 2e
• 7: Theory of Elasticity, 3e
• 8: Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, 2e
• 9: Statistical Physics Part 2: Theory of the Condensed State
• 10: Physical Kinetics

Several books of Landau and Lifshitz, Second Edition, at The Internet Archive.

There’s also an easier and shorter version of the series in two volumes. The first volume is: Landau, Akhiezer and Lifshitz, General Physics (At the Internet Archive)

Feynman

• Feynman, Leighton, Sands. The Feynman Lectures on Physics (READ ONLINE; PB: V1, V2, V3; HC: V1, V2, V3; HC set)

Historic works

• Newton, translated by Cohen and Whitman. The Principia : Mathematical Principles of Natural Philosophy (1e PB)

Mechanics

• Landau and Lifshitz (above)
• Balasubramanian and Dempsey. Mechanics: An Extended Introduction (no solutions available yet)
• Morin, Introduction to Classical Mechanics: With Problems and Solutions
• Kleppner and Kolenkow. An Introduction to Mechanics
• Synge and Griffith, 1949. Principles Of Mechanics (at The Internet Archive)
• José and Saletan. Classical Dynamics: A Contemporary Approach
• Lanczos. The Variational Principles of Mechanics
• Goldstein, Goldstein and Poole. Classical Mechanics
• Arnol’d, translated by Vogtmann and Weinstein. Mathematical Methods of Classical Mechanics

Statistical mechanics

• Hill. Statistical Mechanics: Principles and Selected Applications
• Chandler. Introduction to Modern Statistical Mechanics
• McQuarrie. Statistical Mechanics
• Reichl. A Modern Course in Statistical Physics

Fluid mechanics

• Trefil. Introduction to the Physics of Fluids and Solids
• Granger. Fluid Mechanics
• Lamb. Hydrodynamics (at the Internet Archive)
• Batchelor. An Introduction to Fluid Dynamics
• Milne-Thomson. Theoretical Hydrodynamics
• Spencer. Continuum Mechanics

Thermodynamics

• Fermi. Thermodynamics
• Van Ness. Understanding Thermodynamics
• Hill. An Introduction to Statistical Thermodynamics
• Schwartz. Principles of Electrodynamics

Electricity and magnetism

• Purcell and Morin. Electricity and Magnetism
• Griffiths. Introduction to Electrodynamics
• Zangwill. Modern Electrodynamics
• Schwartz. Principles of Electrodynamics (Dover)

Optics

• Jenkins and White, 1970 (4e). Fundamentals of Optics

  Jenkins and White, 1957 (3e). Fundamentals of Optics (at The Internet Archive)

• Born, Wolf et al, 1999 (7e). Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (at the US Library of Congress)
• Born and Wolf, 1970 (7e/1999; 6e/1980; At archive.org)
• Hecht. Optics (4e)
• Fowles. Introduction to Modern Optics (Dover)

Quantum

• Shankar. Principles of Quantum Mechanics (2e)
• Griffiths. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics (2e, 1e))
• Dirac. The Principles of Quantum Mechanics (Oxford PB, Snowball PB, Snowball HC)
• Bohm. Quantum Theory (Dover)
• Born. Atomic Physics (Dover 8e)
• Schwartz. Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model (1e)
• Lancaster, Blundell. Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur (1e)
• Greiner and Reinhardt. Quantum Electrodynamics (4e/2008)
• Cohen-Tannoudji, Dupont-Roc, Grynberg. Photons and Atoms: Introduction to Quantum Electrodynamics (1e HC, 1e PB)

Nuclear physics

• Blatt and Weisskopf. Theoretical Nuclear Physics (Dover)
• Landau and Smorodinsky. Lectures on Nuclear Theory (Dover)
• Devanarayanan. A Textbook on Nuclear Physics: A Textbook on Nuclear Physics for Graduate Students (1e)

Relativity

Special Relativity

• French. Special Relativity (1e/1968)
• Taylor and Wheeler. Spacetime Physics (2e/1992)

General Relativity

• Liddle. An Introduction to Modern Cosmology (3e/2015, 2e/2003)
• Cheng. Relativity, Gravitation and Cosmology: A Basic Introduction (2e)
• Schutz. A First Course in General Relativity (2e/2009, 1e/1985)
• Wald. General Relativity (1e/1984)
• Misner. Thorne, Wheeler. Gravitation (1e/1973)
• Weinberg. Cosmology (1e/2008)
• Weinberg. Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity (1e/1972)

Mathematical physics

• Joos and Freeman. Theoretical Physics (Dover)
• Menzel. Mathematical Physics (Dover)
• Menzel. Fundamental Formulas of Physics (2e Vol 1, 2e Vol 2) - Reference to formulas.

Physics for mathematicians

There’s an entire genre of physics books that are written for (and by) mathematicians. I list these in their own section. Some of these aren’t actually explicitly for mathematicians but lean in that direction.

• Spivak, 2004. Elementary Mechanics from a Mathematician’s Viewpoint
• Spivak. Physics for Mathematicians, Mechanics I (this is numbered “I” but there are no others)
• Garrity. Electricity and Magnetism for Mathematicians
• Folland. Quantum Field Theory: A Tourist Guide for Mathematicians
• Sternberg. Curvature in Mathematics and Physics
• Meyer. Introduction to Mathematical Fluid Dynamics
• Courant and Hilbert. Methods of Mathematical Physics (Wiley PB V1, Wiley PB V2, Wiley HC V1, Wiley HC V1)
• Levi. Classical Mechanics With Calculus of Variations and Optimal Control: An Intuitive Introduction (1e)

Math for physics

There are math books written for physicists. See also: Engineering mathematics

• Schey. Div, Grad, Curl, and All That: An Informal Text on Vector Calculus (4e, 3e, 2e, 1e)
• Shankar. Basic Training in Mathematics: A Fitness Program for Science Students (1e
• Fleisch. A Student’s Guide to Vectors and Tensors (1e)
• Hamill. A Student’s Guide to Lagrangians and Hamiltonians (1e)
• Fleisch. A Student’s Guide to Maxwell’s Equations (1e)
• Dennery and Krzywicki. Mathematics for Physicists
• Byron and Fuller. Mathematics of Classical and Quantum Physics
• Nakahara. Geometry, Topology and Physics
• Doran and Lasenby. Geometric Algebra for Physicists
• Aris. Vectors, Tensors and the Basic Equations of Fluid Mechanics
• Tinkham. Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics
• Farlow. Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers
• Van Kampen. Stochastic Processes in Physics and Chemistry
• Frankel. The Geometry of Physics: An Introduction (3e)
• Wallace. Mathematical Analysis of Physical Problems (Dover)
• Boas. Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences (3e, 3e intl @AbeBooks, 2e)
• Arfken et al. Mathematical Methods for Physicists: A Comprehensive Guide (7e, 7e intl @AbeBooks, 6e, 4e @AbeBooks, 3e @AbeBooks)
• Lebedev, Special Functions & Their Applications
• Lanczos, The Variational Principles of Mechanics (4e Dover)
• Hildebrand, Methods of Applied Mathematics (2e Dover) (Matrices, calculus of variations integral equations. Lots of difficult problems.)
• Tikhonov and Samarskii. Equations of Mathematical Physics (Dover)
• Budak, Samarskii, Tikhonov. A Collection of Problems in Mathematical Physics (Dover)
• Lebedev. Worked Problems in Applied Mathematics (1e)
• Rudolph and Schmidt. Differential Geometry and Mathematical Physics: Part I. Manifolds, Lie Groups and Hamiltonian Systems (1e)
• Inui, Tanabe, Onodera. Group Theory and Its Applications in Physics (1e)
• Hamermesh. Group Theory and Its Application to Physical Problems (Dover) (The original on this subject. Probably not the best one around these days but it’s cheap.)
• Gilmore. Lie Groups, Lie Algebras, and Some of Their Applications (Dover)
• Geroch. Mathematical Physics (1e) (Category-theoretic approach to physics.)

Chemistry

General

• OpenStax. Chemistry
• Moore, Stanitski, Jurs. Chemistry: The Molecular Science
• McQuarrie, Rock, Gallogly. General Chemistry
• Pauling. General Chemistry (old but still interesting)

Inorganic

• Rodgers. Descriptive Inorganic, Coordination, and Solid State Chemistry (2e)
• Rayner-Canham and Overton. Descriptive Inorganic Chemistry (5e, 5e solns, 4e)
• Szafran, Pike, Singh. Microscale Inorganic Chemistry: A Comprehensive Laboratory Experience (1e)

Analytical

• Harris. Quantitative Chemical Analysis (8e/2010, 8e solns, 7e/2006, 7e solns, 6e/2002, 6e solns)

Organic

• Klein. Organic Chemistry (1e, 1e solns)
• Klein. Organic Chemistry As a Second Language (4e Vol 1, 4e Vol 2, 3e Vol 1, 3e Vol 2; 2e Vol 1, 2e Vol 2)
• DeWick. Essentials of Organic Chemistry: For Students of Pharmacy, Medicinal Chemistry and Biological Chemistry (1e) - “nice diagrams”
• Loudon. Organic Chemistry (5e/2009, 5e solns; 4e/2001, 4e solns)
• Wepplo. A Handbook of Organic Chemistry Mechanisms
• Wade. (7e/2009, 7e solns, 6e/2005, 6e solns)
• Anslyn, Dougherty. Modern Physical Organic Chemistry (1e illustrated, 1e solns)
• Soderberg. Organic Chemistry With a Biological Emphasis>
• Clayden and Greeves. Organic Chemistry
• Carey. Organic Chemistry (u)
• MSU: http://www2.chemistry.msu.edu/faculty/reusch/VirtTxtJml/intro1.htm
• Gilbert and Martin. Experimental Organic Chemistry: A Miniscale and Microscale Approach (5e, 4e)

Physical

• McQuarrie and Simon. Physical Chemistry: A Molecular Approach (1e) (Problems and solutions book: 1e) - Teaches math and physical chemistry together.
• Harris and Bertolucci. Symmetry and Spectroscopy: An Introduction to Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy (Dover)
• Sands. Introduction to Crystallography

Quantum

• Pauling and Wilson. Introduction to Quantum Mechanics with Applications to Chemistry
• Schatz and Ratner. Quantum Mechanics in Chemistry
• McQuarrie. Quantum Chemistry

Misc

• Harris and Bertolucci. Symmetry and Spectroscopy: An Introduction to Vibrational and Electronic Spectroscopy
• Bishop. Group Theory and Chemistry

Links

• http://www.masterorganicchemistry.com/resource-guide/
• http://chemwiki.ucdavis.edu/Textbook_Maps

Biology

Intro

• OpenStax. Concepts of Biology (for nonmajors)
• OpenStax. Biology (for a typical two-semester biology course for science majors)
• Campbell et al. Biology

Genetics

• Snustad and Simmons. Principles of Genetics 5e
• Griffiths, Wessler, Carroll and Doebley. Introduction to Genetic Analysis
• Snyder and Champness. Molecular Genetics of Bacteria
• Watson. Molecular Biology of the Gene

Physiology

• OpenStax. Anatomy and Physiology (for a two-semester course for life science and allied health majors)
• Hill et al. Animal Physiology
• Taiz and Zeiger. Plant Physiology 4e 3e
• Schmidt-Nielsen. How Animals Work - Overview of principles of biology.
• Schmidt-Nielsen. Animal Physiology: Adaptation and Environment - College textbook.
• Kardong. Vertebrates: Comparative Anatomy, Function, Evolution 6e 5e
• Gilbert, Barresi. Developmental Biology (11e, 10e, 9e) - “the gesalt of developmental biology as a whole”

Cell

• Becker, Kleinsmith, Hardin, Bertoni. Becker’s World of the Cell 7e 7e solutions
• Alberts et al. Molecular Biology of the Cell 5e 5e problem book
• Alberts et al. Essential Cell Biology (3e, 2e) - Smaller and easier than Molecular Biology of the Cell.
• Lodish et al. Molecular Cell Biology
• Neidhardt, Ingraham, Schaechter. Physiology of the Bacterial Cell: A Molecular Approach

Biochemistry

• Nelson and Cox. Lehninger Principles of Biochemistry 5e 4e
• Berg, Tymoczko, Gatto, Stryer. Biochemistry
• Ferrier. Biochemistry (Lippincott Illustrated Reviews Series) 6e 5e
• Lieberman and Ricer. BRS Biochemistry, Molecular Biology, and Genetics 6e
• Branden and Tooze. Introduction to Protein Structure
• Segel. Biochemical Calculations: How to Solve Mathematical Problems in General Biochemistry (2e) - “Designed to supplement and complement any standard biochemistry text or lecture notes, this book helps provide a balanced picture of modern biochemistry by use of elementary mathematics in understanding properties and behavior of biological molecules.”

Neuroscience

• Purves et al. Neuroscience
• Squire et al. Fundamental Neuroscience
• Kandel, Schwartz and Jessell. Principles of Neural Science
• Bear, Connors, Paradiso. Neuroscience, Exploring the Brain
• Rosenzweig, Leiman and Breedlove. Biological Psychology

Microbiology

Intro

• OpenStax Microbiology
• Tortora et al. Microbiology: An Introduction (10e, 9e, 8e) - Seems to be the standard textbook; also seems to be a Pearson edition mill. “#1 selling non-majors microbiology book”
• Nester, Anderson et al. Microbiology: A Human Perspective (8e, 7e, 6e)- “for the non-major/allied health student”
• Bauman. Microbiology with Diseases by Body System (5e, 4e, 3e)
• Bauman. Microbiology with Diseases by Taxonomy (5e, 4e, 3e) - “For courses in introductory microbiology.”
• Schaechter, Neidhardt et al. Microbe (2e, 2e @ASM, 1e) - for majors
• Madigan et al. Brock Biology of Microorganisms (14e/2014, 13e/2010, 12e/2008, 11e/2006) - also for majors, looks like another Pearson edition mill

Beyond intro

• Brown. Principles of Microbial Diversity (1e)

Virology

• Flint et al. Principles of Virology: Molecular Biology, Pathogenesis, and Control of Animal Viruses, (3e)
• Acheson. Fundamentals of Molecular Virology (1e)
• Levy. Virology (3e)

Evolution

• Herron, Freeman. Evolutionary Analysis 5e

Epidemiology

• Gordis. Epidemiology (4e)
• Hennekens, Buring, Mayrent. Epidemiology in Medicine (1e)

Botany

• Raven, Evers, Eichhorn. Biology of Plants (8e, 7e, 6e)
• Gurevitch, Scheiner, Fox. The Ecology of Plants (2e)
• Judd, Campbell, Kellogg, Stevens, Donoghue. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach (4e, 3e, 2e, 1e)

Zoology

Animal Behavior

• Dugatkin. Principles of Animal Behavior (3e, 2e)
• Nordell, Valone. Animal Behavior: Concepts, Methods, and Applications (1e)
• Alcock. Animal Behavior: An Evolutionary Approach (10e, 9e, 8e, 7e
• Bolhuis, Giraldeau (editors). The Behavior of Animals: Mechanisms, Function And Evolution (1e)

Animal subgroups

Birds

• Gill. Ornithology 3e https://smile.amazon.com/Ornithology-Frank-B-Gill/dp/0716749831
• Lovette, Fitzpatrick. Handbook of Bird Biology 3e https://smile.amazon.com/Handbook-Bird-Biology-Cornell-Ornithology/dp/1118291050
• Proctor, Lynch. Manual of Ornithology: Avian Structure and Function 1e https://smile.amazon.com/Manual-Ornithology-Avian-Structure-Function/dp/0300076193

  Fishes

• Helfman, Collette, Facey, Bowen. The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology (2e)>
• Moyle, Cech. Fishes: An Introduction to Ichthyology (4e/1999, 5e/2003)

  Reptiles, amphibians

• Pough, Andrews, Cadle, Crump, Savitsky, Wells. Herpetology (3e/2003, 4e/2009)

  Mammals

• Feldhamer, Drickamer, Vessey, Merritt, Krajewski. Mammalogy: Adaptation, Diversity, Ecology (4e/2014, 3e/2007)
• Martin, Pine, DeBlase. A Manual of Mammalogy: With Keys to Families of the World (3e)
• Macdonald (ed). The [Princeton] Encyclopedia of Mammals Paperback (2009, 2001)
• Vaughan, Ryan, Czaplewski. Mammalogy (6e/2013, 5e, 4e)

  Arthropods

  Not insects

• Beccaloni. Arachnids (1e/2009)
• Foelix. Biology of Spiders (3e/2010)

  Insects

• Gullan, Cranston. The Insects: An Outline of Entomology (5e, 4e)
• Payne (ed). Entomology: Study of Insects (1e/2017)
• Marshall. Insects: Their Natural History and Diversity: With a Photographic Guide to Insects of Eastern North America (2e/2017, 1e/2006) - Seems more focused on photography and identification than biology, but I’m not sure because I can’t view most of the book online.
• Chapman et al. The Insects: Structure and Function (5e) “excellent text for covering the highlights of insect physiology, development, biochemistry, and morphology”
• Triplehorn, Johnson. Borror and DeLong’s Introduction to the Study of Insects (7e) “extensive taxonomic treatment - a standard reference”
• Klowden. Physiological Systems in Insects 3e
• Nation. Insect Physiology and Biochemistry 3e

  Peterson field guides

  • https://smile.amazon.com/Peterson-Field-Guide-to-Mammals-of-North-America-Fourth-Edition/dp/0395935962
  • https://smile.amazon.com/Peterson-Reptiles-Amphibians-Eastern-Central/dp/0544129970
  • https://smile.amazon.com/Peterson-Freshwater-Fishes-Second-Guides/dp/0547242069
  • https://smile.amazon.com/Field-Guide-Insects-America-Mexico/dp/0395911702
  • https://smile.amazon.com/Peterson-Eastern-Central-America-Guides/dp/0547152469

    Golden guides

  • https://smile.amazon.com/Spiders-Their-Authoritative-Easy-Use/dp/1582381569
  • https://smile.amazon.com/Insects-Golden-Guide-Martins-Press/dp/1582381291
  • https://smile.amazon.com/Reptiles-Amphibians-Authoritative-Easy-Use/dp/1582381313
  • https://smile.amazon.com/Mammals-Illustrated-Authoritative-Easy-Use/dp/1582381445
  • https://smile.amazon.com/Birds-Illustrated-Authoritative-Easy-Use/dp/1582381283
  • https://smile.amazon.com/Snakes-Golden-Guide-Martins-Press/dp/0312306083

Engineering

Not science but this seemed like a convenient place to put this section.

Engineering mathematics

The topics are pretty similar to those seen in many “math for physics” textbooks.

• Kreyszig. Advanced Engineering Mathematics (9e, 8e)

• Wylie and Barrett. Advanced Engineering Mathematics (6e)

• Stroud and Booth. Engineering Mathematics (7e, 6e)

  This volume covers a comically large number of topics: basic number systems, high school algebra and trigonometry, matrices and vectors, calculus, differential equations, statistics and probability.

• Stroud. Advanced Engineering Mathematics (5e)

• Greenberg. Advanced Engineering Mathematics (2e intl at AbeBooks, 2e)

Other

• Gross, Hauger, Schröder, Wall, Rajapakse. Engineering Mechanics
  • Vol 1: Statics (2e)
  • Vol 2: Mechanics of Materials (1e)
  • Vol 3: Dynamics (2e)
• Nelson, Best, McLean. Schaum’s Outline of Engineering Mechanics (5e)
• REA. The Mechanics Problem Solver (Revised Edition, 2007)
• Hibbeler. Engineering Mechanics: Statics And Dynamics (9e)
• Den Hartog. Mechanics (Dover)
• Den Hartog. Strength of Materials (Dover)
• Timoshenko. Strength of Materials
  • Vol 1: Elementary Theory and Problems (3e)
  • Vol 2: Advanced Theory and Problems (3e)
• Norton. Machine Design: An Integrated Approach (5e, 4e, 3e)
• Norton. Design of Machinery: An Introduction to the Synthesis and Analysis of Mechanisms and Machines (5e, 4e, 3e)
• Uicker, Pennock, Shigley. Theory of Machines and Mechanisms (4e, 3e)
• Budynas, Nisbett. Shigley’s Mechanical Engineering Design (10e, 10e Intl (SI units))
• Shigley, Mischke. Mechanical Engineering Design (5e)
• Peery. Aircraft Structures (Dover)
• Bureau of Naval Personnel. Basic Electricity (2e Revised Dover)
• Soler. Fundamentals of aerospace engineering: An introductory course to aeronautical engineering (1e) http://www.aerospaceengineering.es/
• Kastner. Space Mathematics: Math Problems Based on Space Science (Dover)
• Bate, Mueller, White. Fundamentals of Astrodynamics (Dover)
• Thomson. Introduction to Space Dynamics (Dover)
• Anderson. Fundamentals of Aerodynamics (6e, 5e), 4e. 4e intl, 3e, 2e)
• Wiesel. Spaceflight Dynamics (3e)
• Wiesel. Modern Astrodynamics (2e)
• Milne-Thomson. Theoretical Aerodynamics (Dover)
• Milne-Thomson. Theoretical Hydrodynamics (Dover 5e)
• Lamb. Hydrodynamics (Dover)
• Smith. Illustrated Guide to Aerodynamics (2e)