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Kevin Okun's avatar

What an awesome list! I haven't seen some of these textbooks in a long time and this list brought back so many memories. Thank you for compiling this.

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Rocks for Jocks's avatar

A great list! Though I’ll be honest not sure I see anyone picking up a physics textbook for casual reading

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Alastair Williams's avatar

Haha, this is not for casual readers, that's for sure!

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Rupesh N. Bhambwani's avatar

Fantastic list and resources. Thank you for sharing this.

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Aditya Aswani's avatar

Thanks so much!

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Distressed Scientists Dept.'s avatar

This is incredible - I'm a biologist and neuroscientist by training and the world of physics has always been daunting (seen these resources floating around, but very helpful to have them sorted like this!)

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Sofia S's avatar

Thank you so much :)

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Saurabh Dalvi's avatar

Woah Thanks!!!!!

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JJD's avatar

Thanks for this very helpful resource. For those looking for a taste of recent fresh thinking on time, thermodynamics, and cosmology, Julian Barbour has done some very interesting work. Most recent book is The Janus Point: A New Theory of Time ISBN 978-0465095469. Also, some physics buffs might enjoy Professor Elvis Zap's rendition of the Quantum Gravity — Topological Quantum Field Theory Blues (https://youtu.be/VuZWvu2JFKk?si=uUEYqPsnwGS6WBWg).

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Eric B's avatar

Thanks for a great list of resources! Sadly, the links to Dave's Short Courses don't seem to work for me (from multiple browsers). Incorrect redirect issues.

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Alastair Williams's avatar

Thanks! I am getting a similar problem. It looks like an error on his site. If it isn't fixed soon I'll try to find a replacement and update the page. Let me know if you find any other problems.

Scratch that - I have found links that do work and updated. It should work for you now.

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