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Books and Journals for Modern Physics


This is a list of texts and references appropriate for junior-level (3rd year of college) physics majors.  You may jump directly to the sections on

Modern Physics texts
Books on Electronics
Books on Writing
Physics books you should own
Journals and Magazines

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Modern Physics Texts

Modern Physics from a to Zo
Rohlf, James William Wiley and Sons, 1994

Feynman Lectures On Physics (3 Volume Set)
Feynman, Richard Phillips Addison-Wesley, 1990

Landmark Experiments in Twentieth Century Physics
Trigg, George L Dover, 1995

Art of Experimental Physics
 Preston and Dietz Wiley 1991

Building Scientific Apparatus
Moore, John A. et. al. Perseus 1989

Experiments in Modern Physics
 Melissinos, A C Academic Press 1966

Modern Physics : The Quantum Physics of Atoms, Solids, and Nuclei
 Sproull, R L Krieger 1990

Introduction to the Structure of Matter
Brehm and Mullin. Wiley 1989

Physical Chemistry
P. W. Atkins. Freedman 1997

Other physics books you should own

The New Way Things Work
Macaulay, David. Houghton Mifflin 1998

The Flying Circus of Physics With Answers
Walker, Jearl and Walker, Jean Wiley and Sons 1988

Light and Color in the Outdoors
M. G. J. Minnaert, Len Seymour (tr.) Springer Verlag, 1993

The Physics of Baseball
Adair, Robert Kemp HarperCollins, 1995

Clouds in a Glass of Beer; Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics
Bohren, Craig F., and Walker, Jearl  Wiley & Sons, 1987

Electronics

The Art of Electronics
Horowitz, Paul, and Winfield Hill. Cambridge Univ. 1989

The Forrest Mims Engineer's Notebook
Mims, Forrest M.,  Harry L. Helms. Hightext 1993

Getting Started in Electronics
Mims, Forrest M. (Available at Radio Shack)

Writing and Information Design

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