Physics and Chemistry reading

[reree17]

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Hi there,
I'm planning on reading more non-fiction books in my spare time, I enjoy learning and I feel it would be a good way to reduce my time on the internet. I used to love reading non-fiction until I became "addicted" to the internet. Anyway, I'm very good at Chemistry and I love it very much. However I'm terrible at physics, I study a lot for the tests and even have a private tutor and I'm getting better at it but feel I want to increase on physics knowledge in my spare time.

I'm actually interested in reading the college level physics and chemistry books. I've already heard about Feymans lectures. What books do you strongly recommend for one who has great interest in physics and chemistry? Thanks!

 

[HH Holmes]

Check out the iTunes U section on the iTunes Store. Free lectures from top universities on anything and everything. For sh*ts and giggles I watched an Organic Chemistry lecture (of course I was list after 20 minutes), but a lot of the stuff is very interesting including the health and medicine podcasts.

 

[Lil Mick]

Dover publishes a lot of math and physics books that are thorough and include examples. I like using them as references 🙂 Also, MIT courseware has some more introductory material (easier to get through than the Dover books)...

 

[MilkmanAl]

If you're actually trying to learn physics, Halliday and Resnick's intro text is solid. If you just want to read about cool stuff, Brian Greene is a pretty good author. Feynman and Hawking are worth a read, too.

 

[Local Native]

There's nothing better for Chemistry, Physics, Math, etc. than the free video lectures at Khan Academy. I'd suggest supplementing your lectures and reading material with these videos to really understand the subject thoroughly.

 

[0cmc0]

Wangsness and Griffiths are the best, hands down.

 

[MilkmanAl]

Wangsness and Griffiths are the best, hands down.

Uh...for a high schooler trying to bone up on the basics? I know Griffiths is the gold standard for E&M, but I found it quite unhelpful as a physics major. I can't imagine trying to decipher it before college.

 

[0cmc0]

Uh...for a high schooler trying to bone up on the basics? I know Griffiths is the gold standard for E&M, but I found it quite unhelpful as a physics major. I can't imagine trying to decipher it before college.

Haha you're right, that'd be pretty rough. I was just responding to,

I'm actually interested in reading the college level physics and chemistry books.

OP, if the math holds you up, check out "Div, Grad, Curl and All That" It's an easy-to-read primer on math for scientists/engineers.