Category Archives: physics

Yakov Perelman – Physics for Entertainment

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

We now come to Physics for Entertainment by Yakov Perelman. This was one of the first physics books that I have read. The book as was noted in the earlier post has been translated in various Indian languages. These are … Continue reading →

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Yakov Perelman – Fun with Maths and Physics

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

We have talked about Yakov Perelman in detail in an earlier post. We now see one of the wonderful works of him titled Fun with Maths and Physics. This particular edition was compiled by I. I. Prusakov and was translated … Continue reading →

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Universal Physical Constants

Posted on May 23, 2012 by damitr

In this post we will see a wonderful little book titled Universal Physical Constants by O. P. Spiridonov.This is a book that deals with history of science in a wonderful way. There are six stories to be told about the … Continue reading →

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Little Mathematics Library – Differentiation Explained

Posted on April 18, 2012 by damitr

We begin with the Little Mathematics Library series once again, after a long break.  We first see the book titled Differentiation Explained by V. G. Boltyansky (Boltyanskii). The author in the Preface says: High school students, especially those interested in … Continue reading →

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Higher Maths for Beginners – Zeldovich, Yaglom

Posted on April 17, 2012 by damitr

The book in this post is one of the best introductory books for Higher Mathematics and it has been written by two exceptionally talented people, namely, Yakov B. Zeldovich and Issak M. Yaglom. Just visit the wikipedia pages to see … Continue reading →

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ABC of Plasma Physics

Posted on April 5, 2012 by damitr

We now come to another series of books the ABC of … series. One of the first books that I had read of this series was ABC of Quantum Mechanics, which is lost somewhere. In this post we see A … Continue reading →

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Magnetism of Elementary Particles – S. V. Vonsovsky

Posted on March 15, 2012 by damitr

After last book, we come to another book on the topic of magnetism. But this is not of the popular science kind as most of the books that we have seen so far, this is for the experts in the … Continue reading →

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Three Thousand Years of Magnets – V. P. Kartsev

Posted on March 14, 2012 by damitr

We now come to a wonderful book titled Three Thousand Years of Magnets by V. P. Kartsev. The introduction of the book says: The universe is magnetic, from its vast, distant nebulae right down to elementary particles, and man is … Continue reading →

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Quasi Particles – M. I. Kaganov and I. M. Lifshits

Posted on March 10, 2012 by damitr

We come to Quasi Particles by M. I. Kaganov and I. M. Lifshits. A wonderful little book on solid state physics. The back cover says: This book, “Quasiparticles (Ideas and principles of solid state quantum physics)“, was written by two … Continue reading →

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Updates…

Posted on March 10, 2012 by damitr

New and improved version (cleaner, paginated, ocred, bookmarked, with cover) upped. Check the new link and report problems if any. Link on original post is also restored. You can download this book from here.

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