Need to brush up on my late-undergrad and early-grad physics and was wondering if anyone can recommend books or lecture notes (hard copy, or on-line) that also have solutions.
Two that I have come across are:
Princeton Problems in Physics with Solutions - Nathan Newbury
University of Chicago Graduate Problems in Physics with Solutions - Jeremiah A. Cronin
Spacetime Physics - Taylor & Wheeler (favorite book on special relativity; has a lot of problems with solutions at the back; a lot of the problems really enforce the material and discuss paradoxes)
If possible, please also provide a reason why you like the books as opposed to just listing them.
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(I have a suggestion to make this question a CW.)
General Physics: (Early undergrad and advanced high school)
- Problems in Physics I.E Irodov - (Highly recommended)
- Problems in Physics S S Krotov - (Once again, highly recommended but out of print)
- Physics Olympiad Books - (Haven't read but saw some olympiad problems back in the day)
- Physics by example (like this book a lot, lower undergrad)
- Feynman's Tips on Physics (Exercises to accompany the famous lectures )
General Qualifying exam books: The following books are a part of a series dedicated to the qualifying exams in American Universities and has a large compilation of problems of all levels. Others in the series include Mechanics, Electromagnetism, Quantum Mechanics, Thermodynamics, Optics and Solid State Physics. Unlike other compilation of exercises for qualifiers (such as Princeton or Chicago Problems, or the one mentioned below), they make no excuse for economy and include as many problems from all levels for each subtopic.
Another good book that I read recently for my exam is the two volume series: A Guide to Physics Problems (Part 2 has some relatively easy but interesting problems. I haven't gone through the first part, which is much much more challenging.)
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