Physics Books

Books

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J. J. Sakurai - Modern Quantum Mechanics | Amazon
Graduate-level textbook with clean notation and clear structure
J. J. Sakurai - Advanced Quantum Mechanics | Amazon
David J. Griffiths - Introduction to Quantum Mechanics | Amazon
Standard undergraduate-level textbook
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji - Quantum Mechanics, Volume 1: Basic Concepts, Tools, and Applications | Amazon
Claude Cohen-Tannoudji - Quantum Mechanics, Volume 2: Angular Momentum, Spin, and Approximation Methods | Amazon
John S. Townsend - A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics | Amazon
Richard P. Feynman & Albert R. Hibbs - Quantum Mechanics and Path Integrals | Amazon | Official Website
Dirac
Landau

Herbert Goldstein - Classical Mechanics | Amazon
Classic, standard graduate-level textbook
Stephen T. Thornton & Jerry B. Marion - Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems | Amazon

John David Jackson - Classical Electrodynamics | Amazon
Classic, standard graduate-level textbook
Andrew Zangwill - Modern Electrodynamics | Amazon
New book
David J. Griffiths - Introduction to Electrodynamics | Amazon
Standard undergraduate-level textbook
Edward M. Purcell - Electricity and Magnetism | Amazon

Daniel V. Schroeder - An Introduction to Thermal Physics | Amazon
Excellent undergraduate-level textbook, very pedagogical
R. K. Pathria and Paul D. Beale - Statistical Mechanics | Amazon
Standard graduate-level textbook
Kerson Huang - Introduction to Statistical Physics | Amazon
Kerson Huang - Statistical Mechanics | Amazon
L. D. Landau & E.M. Lifshitz - Statistical Physics | Amazon

Anthony Zee - Einstein Gravity in a Nutshell | Amazon
Much better than QFT in a Nutshell
Charles W. Misner, Kip S. Thorne, John A. Wheeler - Gravitation | Amazon
Classic, the MTW >///<
Sean M. Carroll - Spacetime and Geometry | Amazon | Official Website

Thomas W. Baumgarte & Stuart L. Shapiro - Numerical Relativity | Amazon
Baumgarte's Lecture on Youtube
Masaru Shibata - Numerical Relativity | Amazon
It's rather technical
Miguel Alcubierre - Introduction to 3+1 Numerical Relativity | Amazon
Luciano Rezzolla - Relativistic Hydrodynamics | Amazon

Scott Dodelson - Modern Cosmology | Amazon
Valery A Rubakov - Introduction to the Theory of the Early Universe: Hot Big Bang Theory | Amazon
Valery A Rubakov - Introduction To The Theory Of The Early Universe: Cosmological Perturbations And Inflationary Theory | Amazon
Edward Harrison - Cosmology: The Science of the Universe | Amazon
Viatcheslav Mukhanov - Physical Foundations of Cosmology | Amazon
Steven Weinberg - Cosmology | Amazon

General
- Michele Maggiore - Gravitational Waves: Volume 1: Theory and Experiments | Amazon
- Michele Maggiore - Gravitational Waves: Volume 2: Astrophysics and Cosmology | Amazon
- Jolien D. E. Creighton & Warren G. Anderson - Gravitational-Wave Physics and Astronomy | Amazon
Data Analysis
- Tjonnie G. F. Li - Extracting Physics from Gravitational Waves | Amazon | inspirehep | Springer
Detector
- Peter R Saulson - Fundamentals of Interferometric Gravitational Wave Detectors | Amazon
- Massimo Bassan - Advanced Interferometers and the Search for Gravitational Waves | Amazon

Standard
- Matthew D. Schwartz - Quantum Field Theory and the Standard Model | Amazon | Official Website
- Michael E. Peskin - An Introduction To Quantum Field Theory | Amazon
- Alexander Altland - Condensed Matter Field Theory | Amazon
Easier?...
- Jakob Schwichtenberg - No-Nonsense Quantum Field Theory: A Student-Friendly Introduction | Amazon | Official Website
  The real "Student Friendly" QFT book!!!! Currently, you can purchase a DRM-free PDF from its official website for only 19 USD!!!
- Robert D. Klauber - Student Friendly Quantum Field Theory | Amazon
- Tom Lancaster & Stephen J. Blundell - Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur | Amazon
- Lewis H. Ryder - Quantum Field Theory | Amazon
Interesting
- Anthony Zee - Quantum Field Theory in a Nutshell | Amazon
  Zee...
- Sidney Coleman - Aspects of Symmetry | Amazon
- Kerson Huang - Quantum Field Theory: From Operators to Path Integrals | Amazon
Advanced
- Steven Weinberg - The Quantum Theory of Fields | Amazon
- Eduardo Fradkin - Field Theories of Condensed Matter Physics | Amazon
Lecture Notes
- David Tong
- Sidney Coleman

George B. Arfken - Mathematical Methods for Physicists | Amazon
A must-have reference book
Mary L. Boas - Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences | Amazon
D. A. Varshalovich - Quantum Theory of Angular Momentum | Amazon | Open Access PDF (funded by SCOAP3)
Eugene P. Wigner - Group Theory and its Application to the Quantum Mechanics of Atomic Spectra | Amazon
Carl M. Bender and Steven A. Orszag - Advanced Mathematical Methods for Scientists and Engineers: Asymptotic Methods and Perturbation Theory | Amazon

Julius S. Bendat - Random Data | Amazon
John R. Taylor - An Introduction to Error Analysis: The Study of Uncertainties in Physical Measurements | Amazon