# Best Books For Physics And Maths

Could you please suggest the best books for : Algebra and Number theory , Geometry and combinatorics and Mechanics and Electricity & magnetism....

Note by Pratik Acharya
8 years, 4 months ago

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Hi

- 2 years, 6 months ago

My favorite physics book:

The Feynman Lectures on Physics FEYNMAN ROCKS! THE BEST PHYSICS TEACHER THERE EVER WAS!

- 8 years, 4 months ago

Best for any amateur to Number Theory is David Burton's book : Elementary Number Theory ........ an excellent read And for Physics I'd suggest Halliday, Resnick and Walker's : Fundamentals of Physics ... the best explanantion of rudimentary physics For further detailed reading, Richard Feynman's Lectures on Physics is literally mind-blowing !

- 8 years, 4 months ago

Bal ka pratik

- 2 years, 6 months ago

Hprpa physique;TecDoc maths

- 8 years, 4 months ago

Has anyone here solved the Harder problems in Mechanics from IE Irodov?

- 8 years, 4 months ago

Feynman's Lectures on physics vol 1 is great for mechanics, from the basics to the intermediate. I think Vol 2 deals with electricity and magnetism in detail but he uses more advanced math so it's hard to get through.

- 8 years, 4 months ago

Hello all,

Here are some old threads we have had over the past month offering good book suggestions. Pratik, since it sounds like you are interested in all books to help you with everything on Brilliant, I have tried to collate most of our book threads.

Everybody, please feel free to recommend any other books you like, that are not on the old threads or this one. It will probably be helpful to somebody.

Books for Combinatorics

Mathematical Circles

Number theory books

Electricity and Magnetism Books

Beginning trigonometry books

Staff - 8 years, 4 months ago

sir,this week one physics question is wrong(fluorescent tube qn.) ,so can u change that with another correct question,so that those who don't know to do such incorrect question can solve the new correct queation.

- 8 years, 3 months ago

Thank you, Peter.

- 8 years, 4 months ago

No problem:)

Staff - 8 years, 4 months ago

why

- 8 years, 4 months ago

"No problem" is an American colloquial figure of speech used when somebody thanks you and you would like to stress that you do not mind doing something for them, and that it was no big deal. It is often used interchangeably with "your welcome."

Staff - 8 years, 4 months ago

sorry.I joked

- 8 years, 3 months ago

Mathematical circles by Fomin ,Genkin and Itenberg is very good for problem solving in maths.

- 8 years, 4 months ago

Try Challenge and Thrill of pre college mathematics, published by the national board of higher math. Also consider Resnick and Halliday's Fundamentals of Physics and Sears and Zemansky University Physics. Problem Peimer for the Olympiad is also a good book for previous math olympiad problems. India and International Math Olympiads b Arihant Publications is also very good. I have used these books myself and find them quite good. All these books are available on flipkart.com for nominal rates, or can be bought as ebooks if you prefer.

- 8 years, 4 months ago

[Comment edited out for rudeness]-Peter

- 8 years, 4 months ago

sorry for that

- 8 years, 3 months ago

brother...there's a limit.and you're crossing it.

- 8 years, 4 months ago

could you please suggest me best books regarding quantitative aptitude

- 8 years, 4 months ago

R.S. AGGARWAL and EDGAR THORPE

- 8 years, 4 months ago

if you like popular standard textbooks, university physics by young and freedman. if you want some elegant text and problems, physics for scientists and engineers by serway.

- 8 years, 4 months ago

good. I have them

- 8 years, 3 months ago