Category Archives: physics

General Physics – Landau, Akhiezer, Lifshitz

The purpose of this book is to acquaint the reader with the principal phenomena and most important laws of physics. The authors have tried to make the book as compact as possible, including only what is essential and omitting what … Continue reading

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Fock – Fundamentals of Quantum Mechanics

We now come to Fundamental of Quantum Mechanics by V. A. Fock. Vladimir Aleksandrovich Fock was one of the group of brilliant physics theoreticians whose work built the magnificent edifice of the quantum theory. From the vast subject of the … Continue reading

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Theoretical Physics – Kompaneyets

We now come to Theoretical Physics by A. S. Kompaneyets. This book is intended for readers who are acquainted with the course of general physics and analysis of nonspecializing institutions of higher education. It is meant chiefly for engineer-physicists, though … Continue reading

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Yakov Perelman – New Links

New (magnet/ torrent/ direct) links  (TPB and IA and 4shared: this is the order of links for each file) for Yakov Perelman’s books.  Will also update the new links in the original posts soon, the old links (filecloud) are working … Continue reading

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Problems in Elementary Physics – Bukhovtsev et al.

We now come to Problems in Elementary Physics by B. Bukhovtsev, V. Krivchenkov, G. Myakishev, and V. Shalnov. This collection of 816 problems is based on the textbook “Elementary Physics” edited by Academician G. S. Landsberg. For this reason the … Continue reading

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Collection of Problems in Theoretical Mechanics – Meshchersky

It should be noted that most of the problems, chosen for this collection, are not only an illustration of the theoretical material, but are well in accord with the materials which serve as a bridge between theoretical mechanics and intermediate … Continue reading

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Problems in Physics – Pinsky

We now come to Problems in Physics by A. A. Pinksy. This is the accompanying “Problem Book” to the  two volume set Fundamentals of Physics by A. A. Pinksy and B. M. Yavorvsky (which we might see soon!), who is … Continue reading

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A Collection of Questions and Problems in Physics – Sena

I believe that if you have solved or studied the solution of a large number of problems, the basics of the physical method of thinking have become clearer. We now come to A Collection of Questions and Problems in Physics … Continue reading

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Problems in General Physics – Wolkenstein

When solving a problem, first of all establish the physical laws which it is based on. Then use the formulas expressing these laws to solve the problem in symbols, and finally substitute the numerical data in one system of units. … Continue reading

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Problems in Physics – Zubov, Shalnov

We now come to the much anticipated “Problem Books” series and start with Problems in Physics by V. Zubov and V. Shalnov. This will be a good material for those who are preparing for Olympiads and other competitive exams. For … Continue reading

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