10 Favourite physics books

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1. N. Ashcroft and D. Mermin, Solid State Physics (4)
1. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Statistical Physics I, vol. 5 (4)
3. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Quantum Mechanics, vol. 3 (3)
4. P. Chaikin and T. Lubensky, Principles of Condensed Matter Physics (2)
4. P. A. M. Dirac, Principles of Quantum Mechanics (2)
4. R. P. Feynman, Lectures in Physics, vol. 3, quantum mechanics (2)
4. P. G. de Gennes, Superconductivity of Metals and Alloys (2)
4. J. W. Negele and H. Orland, Quantum Many-Particle Systems (2)
4. M. Tinkham, Introduction to superconductivity (2)
10. A. Abragam, The principles of nuclear magnetism (1)
10. A. Abragam and B. Bleaney, Electron paramagnetic resonance of transition ions (1)
10. A. A. Abrikosov, Fundamentals of the theory of metals (1)
10. A. A. Abrikosov, Introduction to the theory of normal metals (1)
10. A. A. Abrikosov, L. P. Gorkov and I. E. Dzyaloshinski, Methods of Quantum Field Theory in Statistical Physics (1)
10. P. W. Anderson, Basic notions of condensed matter theory (1)
10. A. I. Anslem, Introduction to the theory of semicondcutors (1)
10. Bjorken and Drell, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics (1)
10. H. B. Callen, Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics (1)
10. J. Cardy, Scaling and renormalisation in Statistical physics (1)
10. S. Chandrasekhar, Introduction to the Theory of Stellar Structure (1)
10. C. Cohen-Tannoudji, Diu and Laloe, Quantum Mechanics (1)
10. Condon and Shortley, Theory of Atomic Spectra (1)
10. S. Datta, Electronic transport in mesoscopic systems (1)
10. U. Fano and L. Fano, Physics of atoms and molecules (1)
10. P. Fazekas, Lecture Notes on Electron Correlation and Magnetism (1)
10. R. P. Feynman, Lectures in Physics, vol. 1 (1)
10. R. P. Feynman, Lectures in Physics, vol. 2 (1)
10. R. P. Feynman and A. R. Hibbs, Quantum mechanics and Path Integrals (1)
10. R. P. Feynman, Statistical Physics (1)
10. R. P. Feynman, Surely you're joking, Mr. Feynman (1)
10. Fraunfelder and Henley, Subatomic Physics (1)
10. V. M. Galitskii, B. I. Karnakov and V. I. Kogan, Problems in quantum mechanics (1)
10. C. Gerthsen, Physik (1)
10. H. Goldstein, Classical Mechanics (1)
10. Gottfried, Quantum Mechanics (1)
10. D. Griffiths, Introduction to Elementary Particles (1)
10. Halzen and Martin, Quarks and Leptons (1)
10. Hatfield, Quantum Field Theory of Point Particles and Strings (1)
10. W. Heisenberg, The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory (1)
10. Ibach-Lueth, Festkoerperphysik (1)
10. T. Inui, Y. Tanabe and Y. Onodera: Group Theory and Its Applications in Physics (1)
10. Ishikawa and Miura, Physics and Engineering Applications of Magnetism (1)
10. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics (1)
10. A. W. Joshi, Elements of group theory for physicists (1)
10. C. Kittel, Introduction to solid state physics (1)
10. C. Kittel, Quantum Theory of Solids (1)
10. P. K. Kundu and I. M. Cohen, Fluid Mechanics (1)
10. F. Kuypers, Klassische Mechanik (1)
10. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Classical Theory of Fields, vol. 2 (1)
10. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Electrodynamics of Continuous Media, vol. 8 (1)
10. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Mechanics, vol. 3 (1)
10. L. D. Landau and E. M. Lifshitz, Statistical Physics, Part 2, vol. 9 (1)
10. B. G. Levich, Course of the theoretical physics (1)
10. E. M. Lifshitz and L. P. Pitaevskii, Physical Kinetics (1)
10. K. K. Likharev, Dynamics of Josephson junctions and circuits (1)
10. O. V. Lounasmaa, Experimental principles and methods below 1 K (1)
10. Lubarsky, Group theory for physicists (1)
10. J. D. Macomber, The dynamics of spectroscopic transitions (1)
10. G. Mahan, Many Particle Physics (1)
10. Mayer-Kuckuk, Atomphysik (1)
10. Mayer-Kuckuk, Kernphysik (1)
10. Messiah, Quantum Mechanics (1)
10. A. B. Migdal, Qualitative methods in quantum field theory (1)
10. P. Mohn, Magnetism in the Solid State (1)
10. Nachtmann, Phenomena and Concepts of elementary particle physics (1)
10. M. Nakahara, Geometry, Topology, and Physics (1)
10. Nielson and Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information (1)
10. J. F. Nye, Physical properties of crystals: their representation by tensors and matrices (1)
10. Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics (1)
10. D. Pines and P. Nozieres, The theory of quantum Liquids (1)
10. F. Pobell, Matter and Methods at Low Temperatures (1)
10. Reichl, A modern course in statistical mechanics (1)
10. S. M. Rytov, Fluctuation and Noise in physics and radio-engineering (1)
10. Segre, Nuclei and Particles (1)
10. J. Solyom, A modern szilardtestfizika alapjai I-III (1)
10. M. Stone, Bosonization (1)
10. Stumpf/Schuler, Elektrodynamik (1)
10. I. E. Tamm, Foundation of the electricity (Rus.) (1)
10. M. Tinkham, Group Theory and Quantum Mechanics (1)
10. Villars and Calvert: Pearsons Handbook of Crystallographic Data for Intermetallic Phases (1)
10. von Neumann, Mathematische Grundlagen der Quantenmechanik (Mathematical Foundations of Quantum mechanics) (1)
10. S. Weinberg, Gravitation and Cosmology (1)
10. R. M. White, Quantum Theory of Magnetism (1)
10. E.T. Whittaker, Analytical Dynamics (1)
10. Wilson, Decius and Cross, Molecular Vibrotors (1)
10. J. Zinn-Justin, Quantum Field Theory and Critical Phenomena (1)
10. Encyclopedia of Applied Physics (1)

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Contributors: D. Bourgault (Newfoundland), S. Curnoe (Newfoundland), M. Gaifullin (Tsukuba), D. Gutman (Karlsruhe), D. Joffe (SMU), A. Kiss (Tohoku), R. Klesse (Koln), J. Lewis (Newfoundland), A. Melikyan (Florida), I. Sergienko (Scotia Bank), U. Trittmann (Otterbein), M. Uhlarz (Karlsruhe), I. Vekhter (Louisiana).

Created November 19, 2003; last updated November 5, 2008.