What is a good starter physics book?

Tuesday, March 24th, 2009 | Physics

Dan asked:


I want to relearn physics. I took high school physics but that was more than 14+ years ago and I barely remember any of it. I have a Schaums Oulines College Physics book that I recieved from my dad but it is above my head at this point. Do you have any suggestions for a good physics book to help me relearn the basics?

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2 Comments to What is a good starter physics book?

NorCal Fluke
March 27, 2009

It sounds like you’re interested in physics from a mathematical angle,. something I’d guess would start in Newtonian physics.

That was never my thing,. but I love quantum physics books that explore the underlying nature of reality.

A few goods ones are Schrodinger’s Cat by John Gribbon, A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking, and Six Easy Pieces / Six Not So Easy Pieces by Richard Feynman.

Clement L
March 28, 2009

Understanding Physics
By Karen Cummings, Priscilla W. Laws, David Halliday, Edward F. Redish, Edwin F. Taylor, Patrick J. Cooney, Activity Based Physics Group
Contributor Karen Cummings
Published by John Wiley & Sons, 2004
ISBN 0471370991, 9780471370994
1224 pages

This is a very good book, easy to understand, and covers a wide range of general physics. The book is suitable for high school and colleges as a reference book.

More importantly, it contains many examples to help you along the way.

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