Category Archives: physics

Radio Receivers – Barkan, Zhdanov

Posted on September 11, 2013 by damitr

We now come to Radio Receivers by V. Barkan and V. Zhdanov This book covers all topics related to radio receivers right from fundamentals to audio, video amplifiers and receivers. Also discussed are various bands of operation.  It starts from … Continue reading →

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Harnessing The Sun – Borisov, Pyatnova

Posted on September 10, 2013 by damitr

We now come to Harnessing The Sun (Stories about semiconductors) by Y.Borisov, I.Pyatnova.   This book is about solar energy. It takes you on a journey in which we explore different ways involving semiconductor technology. in which this abundant form … Continue reading →

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Problem Books in Physics – Taking Stock

Posted on September 10, 2013 by damitr

In this post, we take a stock of all the “Problem Books in Physics” that we have and the ones which we don’t have. The ones in a green text we already have, but they are not prepared (except one). … Continue reading →

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Selected Problems in Physics – Shaskol’skaya and El’tsin

Posted on June 17, 2013 by anish

In this post we will look at a very special problem book by Shaskol’skaya and El’tsin. This extremely popular problem book was translated outside the erstwhile USSR. THE present collection of problems is a further development and revision of our book … Continue reading →

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Space Adventures From Your Home – Rabiza

Posted on June 13, 2013 by damitr

In this post we will see a children’s book on experiments on space travel titled Space Adventures in Your Home by F. Rabiza Space Adventures in Your Home will help you perform experiments on your own. Of course, this book … Continue reading →

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Problems in Physics – Kapitza

Posted on June 12, 2013 by damitr

This one I have been searching for a while. I had read reference to this work in some book (which I don’t remember now),  and ever since was trying to find it. Luckily today I landed on a page (Edit: … Continue reading →

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Sounds We Cannot Hear – Kudryavtsev

Posted on June 6, 2013 by damitr
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In the Search for Beauty – Smilga

Posted on April 30, 2013 by The Mitr

In an earlier post we have seen a wonderful book on special relativity titled Relativity and Man by V. Smilga. In that post, it was pointed out another book by this wonderful author titled In theSearch for Beauty, which has … Continue reading →

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Krasnov – Aerodynamics 2

Posted on April 29, 2013 by damitr

In this post we will see Aerodynamics 2 : Methods of Aerodynamic Calculations by N. F. Krasnov. In an earlier post we have seen Volume 1 of this book.   Before beginning the second part, readers should be familiar with the theoretical fundamentals … Continue reading →

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General Physics – Landau, Akhiezer, Lifshitz

Posted on February 3, 2013 by damitr

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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