General Overview
Insider knowledge on the best textbooks and practice resources is a great boon when balancing the chaos of academics and responsibilities. Streamline your search with our list of helpful resources for physics and math courses! You can find the textbooks below from the library, and if you are using the books as a supplemental learning material, you can use a different edition of the same book. Open Stacks is also another wonderful resource for a variety of subjects.
Physics Courses and Resources
Mechanics (PHY 301)
Textbooks:
“Physics” by Resnick and Halliday
“Physics for Engineers and Scientists” by Markert and Ohanian
Electricity and Magnetism (PHY 316)
Textbooks:
“Physics” by Resnick and Halliday
“Physics for Engineers and Scientists” by Markert and Ohanian
Waves and Optics (PHY 315)
Textbooks:
“Vibrations and Waves” by King
Programming Languages:
Mathematica
Modern Physics (PHY 355)
Textbooks:
Programming Languages:
Uses Python for modeling, but you don’t need to write any code.
Classical Mechanics (PHY 336K)
Textbooks:
Lecture: Classical Mechanics Stanford
“Classical Mechanics” by John R. Taylor
Classical Electrodynamics (PHY 352)
Lecture: Electrodynamics
Textbooks:
“Introduction to Electrodynamics” by David Griffiths
Quantum Mechanics, QM II (PHY 373, PHY 362K)
Lecture: Quantum Physics MIT, Quantum Physics MIT II
Textbooks:
“Introduction to Quantum Mechanics” by David Griffiths
“Principles of Quantum Mechanics” by Ramamurti Shankar
Statistical Mechanics (PHY 369)
Lecture: Statistical Mechanics MIT
Textbooks:
“Thermal Physics” by Daniel Schroeder
Math Course Resources
Calculus 1 (M408C/K/N/R)
Lectures :
Problems :
Assignments (solutions included)
Calculus 2 (M408D/L/S)
Lectures :
(Same as MIT lecture playlist from above)
Problems :
Assignments (solutions included)
Calculus 3/Multivariable (M408M / M427L)
Lectures :
(Professor Leonard: First Choice)
Problems :
Assignments (solutions included)
https://web.ma.utexas.edu/users/kit/teaching/teaching.html
Textbooks (the listed textbooks contain content for all Calculus 1-3) :
“Calculus” by Ron Larson
“Calculus” by Gilbert Strang
“Calculus Early Transcendental” by James Stewart
“Vector Calculus” by Marsden and Tromba
Differential Equations (M427J)
Lectures :
Problems :
Assignments (Solutions included)
More Practice Problems (w/ notes)
https://web.ma.utexas.edu/users/kit/teaching/teaching.html
Textbooks:
“Elementary differential equations” by Henry Edwards and David Penney
“Differential equations and their application” by Martin Braun
Partial Differential Equations (M372K)
Lectures :
Textbooks :
“Applied Partial Differential Equations with Fourier Series and Boundary Value Problems” (5th Edition) by Richard Haberman
“Partial Differential Equations for Scientists and Engineers” by Stanley J. Farlow
Linear Algebra (M340L)
Lectures :
Problems :
Assignments (Solutions included)
https://web.ma.utexas.edu/users/kit/teaching/teaching.html
Textbooks:
“Linear Algebra and its Applications 4th edition” by Gilbert Strang
“Linear Algebra and its Applications 5th edition” by David Lay, Steven Lay, and Judi McDonald
Complex Analysis (M361)
Lectures :
Problems :
Assignments (Solutions included)
Textbooks:
“Complex Analysis” by Gamelin
Probability (M362K)
Lectures :
MIT Introduction to Probability
Textbooks:
“Probability and Statistics with Applications: A Problem Solving Text” 2nd edition by Len Asimow and Mark Maxwell
“Probability” by J. Pitman
