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Books & Articles

Books

Physics

CLASSICAL MECHANICS

Advanced and Intermediate
  • Atam P. Arya, Introduction to Classical Mechanics
  • Herbert Goldstein, Classical Mechanics
  • L. D. Landau & E. M. Lifshitz , Mechanics
  • Stephen T. Thornton and Jerry B. Marion, Classical dynamics of particles and systems
  • Walter Greiner, Classical mechanics

ELECTRODYNAMICS

Advanced and Intermediate
  • James Clerk Maxwell, A Treatise on Electricity and Magnetism, Vol. I y II. Cambridge Press. (1987)
  • Heinrich Hertz, Electric Waves, English translation, New York: Dover Publications (1962)
  • J. D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics, John Wiley and Sons. (1962, 1999)
  • J. Schwinger, Classical Electrodynamics
  • Asim. O. Barut, Electrodynamics and Classical Theory of Fields and Particles, Dover. (1980)
  • Leonard Eyges, The Classical Electromagnetic Field, Dover. (1972)
  • L. D. Landau et al., Electrodynamics of continuous media
  • Walter Greiner, Classical Electrodynamics

Basic

  • Ronald K. Wangsness, Electromagnetic Fields, 1era. Ed., Limusa. (1983)
  • David Griffiths, Introduction to electrodynamics
  • J. R. Reitz, F. J. Milford, R. W. Christy, Foundations of Electromagnetic Theory

QUANTUM MECHANICS

Advanced and Intermediate
  • J. J. Sakurai, Modern Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley (1985)
  • J. J. Sakurai, Advanced Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley (1967)
  • Julian Schwinger, Quantum Mechanics, Symbolism of Atomic Measurements; 1st Edition, Springer Verlag (2001)
Basic
  • Claude Cohen Tanoudji, Bernard Diu, Franck Laloe, Quantum Mechanics Vols. I y II, John Wiley and Sons (1977)
  • Albert Messiah, Quantum Mechanics, Vols. I y II, North Holland (1961)
  • R. Shankar, Quantum Mechanics
  • Eugen Merzbacher, Quantum Mechanics, John Wiley and Sons (1998)
  • Richard L. Liboff, Introduction to Quantum Mechanics, Addison Wesley (1998)
  • W. Greiner, Quantum Mechanics an introduction, Springer
  • W. Greiner, Quantum Mechanics symmetries, Springer
  • W. Greiner, Quantum Mechanics special chapters, Springer
  • Richard W. Robinett, Quantum Mechanics, 2nd Edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press (2006)
  • Werner Heisenberg, The Physical Principles of the Quantum Theory, Dover (1930)
  • M. Chaichian and R. Hagedorn, Symmetries in Quantum Mechanics: From Angular Momentum to Supersimmetry, IOP (1998)
  • J. Hladik, Spinors in Physics, Springer (1999)
  • Luis de la Peña, Introducción a la Mecánica Cuántica, 2da Ed., FCE (1991)
  • Ronald Omnes, Understanding Quantum Mechanics, Princeton (1999)
  • E. Elbaz, The Quantum Theory of Particles, Fields and Cosmology, Springer Verlag (1995)
  • Michael Redhead, Incompleteness, Nonlocality and Realism, A Prolegomenon to the Philosophy of Quantum Mechanics, 1st Edition Oxford University Press. 1987 (1992)
  • Paul A. Dirac, The Principles of Quantum Mechanics, 4th Edition, Oxford Science Publication (1958)

STATISTICAL MECHANICS AND THERMODYNAMICS

Advanced and Intermediate
  • R.P. Feynman, Statistical Mechanics, a set of lectures, Advanced Book Classics, Westview (1999)
  • R. K. Pathria, Statistical Mechanics, 2nd. Ed., Butterworth-Heinemann (1999)
  • Kerson Huang, Statistical Mechanics, 2nd. Ed., John Wiley and Sons (1987)
  • W. Greiner, L. Neise and H. Stöcker, Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics,
    Springer Verlag (1995)
  • M. Planck, The Theory of Heat Radiation, Dover (1959)
  • Joseph O. Hirschfelder, Charles F. Curtis and R. Byron Bird, Molecular Theory of Gases and Liquids, New York: John Wiley & Sons (1964)
  • E, M. Lifshitz and L. P. Pitaevskii, Statistical Physics, Landau and Lifshitz, Course on theoretical physics, Part 2, Vol. 9, Butterworth-Heinemann (1999)
Basic
  • Garcia Colin Scherer, Termodinámica, Mexico: Trillas
  • Herbert B. Callen, Thermodynamics and an Introduction to Thermostatistics, 2nd. Ed., John Wiley and Sons (1985)
  • Mark. W. Zemansky, R. H. Ditman, Calor y Temodinámica, McGrawHill (1985)
  • A. N. Matvéev, Física Molecular, Mir (1987)

RELATIVITY

Advanced and Intermediate

  • Wolfgang Pauli, Theory of Relativity, New York Pergamon Press. (1958)
  • Sir Arthur Eddington, Space, Time and Gravitation, Cambridge Science Classics.
    (1987)
  • A. P. Lightman, et al. Problem Book in Relativity and Gravitation, Princeton University Press. (1975)
  • A. Das, The Special Theory of Relativity. A Mathematical Exposition, Springer Verlag. (1993)
  • A. Einstein, H. A. Lorentz, H. Weyl, H. Minkowski The Principle of Relativity, Dover. (1927)
  • Jong-Ping Hsu, Einstein's Relativity and Beyond, World Scientic (2000)
  • Yuan Zhong Zhang, Special Relativity and its Experimental Foundations, World Scietific (1997)
Basic
  • Edwin F. Taylor, John Archibald Wheeler Exploring Black Holes. Introduction to
    General Relativity, Addison Wesley Longman. (2000)
  • Bernand F. Schutz, A First Course in General Relativity, Cambridge University Press. (1990)
  • W. Rindler, Essential Relativity, Special, General and Cosmological, 2nd Ed., Springer Verlag. (1977)
  • W. D. McComb, Dynamics and Relativity, Oxford (1999)
  • Wolfang Rindler, Introduction to Special Relativity, 2nd ed., Oxford Science Publications (1991)
  • A. P. French, Introduction to Special Relativity
  • Ulrich E. Schröder, Special Relativity, World Scientic (1990)
  • Max Born, Einstein's Theory of Relativity, Dover. (1965)
  • Albert Shadowitz, Special Relativity, Dover (1968)
  • A. P. French, Relatividad Especial, Reverte. (1991)
  • Delo E. Mook, Thomas Vargish, La Relatividad, Espacio, Tiempo y Movimiento, Mcgrawhill. (1987)
  • Robert Resnick, Introduccion a la Teoría Especial de la Relatividad, Limusa. (1981)
  • Albert Einstein, Sobre la Teora de la Relatividad Especial y General, Alianza Editorial. (1988)
  • W. H. McCrea, Física Relativista, No. 193 Seccion 2 Física, Manuales Uteha. (1965)

LINEAR AND NONLINEAR OPTICS

  • Born and Wolf, Principles of Optics
  • E. Hecht, Optics
GENERAL PHYSICS
  • R. P. Feynamann, The Feynmann Lectures on Physics
  • Alonso and Finn, Fudnamental University Physics
  • Serway, Physics
  • Sears Semansky, University Physics
  • David Halliday, Robert Resnik and Jearl Walker, Fundamental of Physics
  • A. Beiser, Concepts in Modern Physics

GRAVITATION, COSMOLOGY AND ASTROPHYSICS

Advanced and Intermediate
  • K. Thorne, et al. Gravitation
  • Hans C. Ohanian, Remo Ruffini Gravitation and Spacetime, 2nd Ed. W. W. Norton and Company. (1994)
  • Yurij Baryshev and Pekka Teerikorpi, Fundamental Questions of Practical Cosmology: Exploring the Realm of Galaxies Berlin: Springer (2012)
  • Giora Shaviv, The Synthesis of the Elements: The Astrophysical Quest for Nucleosynthesis and What It Can Tell Us About the Universe, Berlin: Springer (2012)
  • Vladimirov, Mitskievich and Horsky, Space, time and gravitation

SOLID STATE AND CONDENSED MATTER

  • Neil W. Ashcroft and N. David Mermin, Solid State Physics, Winston (1976)
  • J.R. Hook and H.E. Hall, Solid State Physics, 2nd edition, John Wiley & Sons (1991)
  • C. Kittel, Introducction to Solid State Physics, 5th Edition, John Wiley & Sons (1976)
SUPERCONDUCTIVITY
Advanced and Intermediate
  • S.V. Subramanyam and E.S. Raja Gopal, High Temperature Superconductors, John Wiley and Sons (1989)
  • R. D. McConnell and R. Nou, Science and Technology of thin lm superconductors 2 Plenum (1990)
  • Jefrrey W. Lynn, High Temperature Superconductivity, Springer (1990)
  • D. R. Tilley and J. Tilley, Superuidity and Superconductivity Third Ed. Adam Hilger, Great Britain (1990)
  • Robert A. Hein, Thomas L. Francavilla and Donald H. Liebenberg, Magnetic Susceptibility of Superconductors and Other Spin Systems, Plenum Press New York USA (1991)
  • Gerald Burns, High-Temperature Superconductivity Academic Press, Inc. USA (1992)
  • V. Sh. Shekhtman, The Real Structure of High-TSuperconductors Springer Verlag (1993)
  • Subhash L. Shinde and David A. Rudman, Interafaces in High-Tc Superconducting Systems Springer-Verlag (1994)
  • Proccedings of the international workshop on recent developments in condensed matter physics and nuclear science, Rajshahi, Bangladesh, 28 Oct-1 Nov, Vol. I Condensed matter physics Ed. AKM A Islam, Physics department Rajshahi University (1996)
  • S. Fujita and S. Godoy, Quantum Statistical Theory of Supercondctivity Plenum Press (1996)
  • H. Kamimura, H. Ushio, S. Matsuno and T. Hamada, Theory of Copper Oxide Superconductors, Springer: Berlin Germany (2005)
  • Andrei Lebed, The Physics of Organic Superconductors and Conductors, Springer Series in Materials Science. Editors: R. Hull, R. M. Osgood, J. Parisi, H. Warlimont, Springer Verlag: Berlin Germany (2008)
  • Koenraad N. Courtlandt Editor, Superconducting Cuprates, Nova Science Publishers: New York (2009) Ajay Kumar Saxena, High-Temperature Superconductors, Springer Series in Materials Science. Editors: R. Hull, R. M. Osgood, J. Parisi, H. Warlimont, Springer Verlag: Berlin Germany (2010)
  • Yuri Izyumov and Ernst Kurmaev, High-Tc Superconductors Based on FeAs Compounds, Springer Series in Materials Science 143. Editors: R. Hull, C. Jagadish, R. M. Osgood, J. Parisi, Z. Wang, H. Warlimont, Springer Verlag: Berlin Germany (2010)
  • Z. Fisk and H. R. Ott Editors, Superconductivity in New Materials, Series: Contemporary Concepts of Condensed Matter Science, Series Editors: E. Burnstein, M. L. Cohen, D. L. Mills, P. J. Stiles, Elsevier: United Kingdom (2011)
  • Iman Askerzade, Unconventional Superconductors, Anisotropy and Multiband Eects, Springer Series in Materials Science. Editors: R. Hull, C. Jagadish, R. M. Osgood, J. Parisi, Z. Wang, Springer Verlag: Berlin Germany (2012)
Basic
  • J.R. Schrieer, Superconductivity W. A. Benjamin, New York USA (1964)
  • A. C. Rose-Innes and E. H. Rhoderick, Introduction to Superconductivity Pergamon Press (1978)
  • Terry P. Orlando and Kevin A. Delin, Foundations of Applied Superconductivity Addison Wesley USA (1991)
  • Michael Tinkham, Introduction to Superconductivity Second Ed. McGrawHill Singapure (1996)
  • A. Marouchkine, Room Temperature Superconductivity Cambridge International Science Publishing (2004)

FLUID MECHANICS

  • Jerald D. Parker, James H, Boggs and Edward F. Blick, Introduction to Fluid Mechanics and Heat Transfer, USA: Adison-Wesley (1969)
  • John G. Harris, Linear Elastic Waves, Cambridge University Press (2001)

NUCLEAR, ATOMIC & PARTICLE PHYSICS

Basic
  • F. E. Close, An Introduction to Quarks and Partons, Academic Press. (1979)
  • David Griffiths, Introduction to elementary particles
  • Donald H. Perkins, Introduction to High Energy Physics, 4th. Ed., Cambridge. (2000)
  • Henry Semat, Introduction to Atomic Physics, Rinehart and Co. Inc. (1946)
  • Francis Halzen, Alan D. Martin An Introductory Course in Modern Particle Physics, John Wiley and Sons. (1984)
  • J. Leite Lopes, Fundamentos de Física Atómica, Trillas (1978)
CLASSICAL AND QUANTUM FIELD THEORY
  • Landau y Lifshitz, Theoretical Physics: Classic theory of fields, Vol. II, 2nd. Ed.,Editorial Reverte. (1992)
  • Walter Greiner, Relativistic Quantum Mechanics: Wave Equations, 3rd Ed., Springer (2000)
  • Walter Greiner, Quantum Field Theory
  • Walter Greiner Quantum Chromodynamics
  • J. Leite Lopes, Introducción a la Electrodinámica Cuántica, 1era Ed., Trillas (1977)

EXPERIMENTAL PHYSICS

  • Edited by Morris H. Shamos, Great Experiments in Physics Firsthand Accounts From Galileo to Einstein, Dover. (1959)
  • J. I. Goldstein et al., Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-Ray Microanalysis, 2nd edition, Plenum Press (1992)
  • John F. Watts and John Wolstenholme, An Introducction to Surface Analysis by XPS and AES, John Wiley & Sons (2003)

History and Foundations of Physics & Mathematics

  • Tito Lucrecio, De Rerum natura
  • Nicolaus Copernicus, On the Revolutions of the Celestial Spheres
  • Galileo Galilei, Dialogue concerning the two chief world systems
  • Galileo Galilei, Discourses and Mathematical Demonstrations Relating to Two New Sciences
  • Johannes Keppler, The Cosmographic Mystery
  • Rene Descartes, Le Monde, ou Traite de la lumiere. Translation and introduction by Michael Sean Mahoney. New York: Abaris Books, 1979.
  • Rene Descartes, Geometry
  • Rene Descartes, Meditations on first philosophy
  • Rene Descartes, Principles of Philosophy
  • Rene Descartes, Discourse on the Method
  • Rene Descartes, Reglas para la Dirección del Espíritu, “Sepan Cuantos... ” Ed. Porrúa (1971)
  • Isaac Newton, (1686). Newton’s Principia, The mathematical Principles of the Natural Philosophy. First American Edition, (1846), New York: Daniel Adee
  • Isaac Newton, (1704). Optiks, A Treatise of the Reflexions, Refractions and Colours of Light. London: Sam Smith & Benj. Walford
  • James C. Maxwell, Matter and Motion, Dover. (1991)
  • Bruce J. Hunt, The Maxwellians, Ithaca USA: Cornell University Press (1991)
  • John William Strutt, Baron Rayleigh. The Theory of Sound. 2nd Edition (1894), Two
    Volumes First American Edition, New York: Dover Publications (1947)
  • Ernst Mach, Die Mechanik in ihrer Entwickelung, Ninth Ed.(1933), The Science of Mechanics, 5th English Ed., Chicago, The Open Court Publishing Company (1942) pp. 271-305
  • Albert Einstein, The meaning of relativity
  • Louis de Broglie, Matter and Light: The New Physics, Dover. (1939)
  • A. W. Moore, The Infinite, London: Routledge (1990)
  • J. G. O’Hara and W. Pricha, Hertz and the Maxwellians, London England: Peter Peregrinus Ltd. (1987)
  • E.T. Whittaker, A History of the Theories of Aether and Electricity, From the Age of Descartes to the Close of the Nineteenth Century. Dublin University Press. (1910)
  • Henri Poincaré, Science and Method, Thomas Nelson and Sons:New York (1914)

PHILOSOPHY OF SCIENCE, PHYSICS & MATHEMATICS


  • Immanuel Kant, Critique of pure reason
  • George Edward Moore, Philosophical Papers, Proof of an External World, Chapter 7. Collier Books (New York) pp. 126-148 (1962)
  • Henri Poincaré, Philosophy of Science
  • Karl Popper, Conjectures and Refutations, The growth of Scientific Knowledge, Third Ed., London: Routledge Classics (2008)
  • Karl Popper, The Logic of Scientific Discovery, First English Edition, London: Routledge Classics (2009)
  • Karl Popper, The open society and its enemies
  • Thomas Khun, The structure of scientific revolutions
  • Paul Feyerabend, Paul Feyerabend, Against Method, 1975 4th edition London: Verso (2010)
  • Max Jammer, Concepts of Mass in Contemporary Physics and Philosophy, Princeton University Press. (2000)
  • Max Jammer, Concepts of Force, Dover.
  • Bertrand Russell, The Principles of Mathematics, NY USA: Norton (1996)
  • Barry Dainton, Time and Space, 2nd edition Montreal: McGill-Queen’s University Press (2010)
  • D. Dieks, The Ontology of Spacetime, Philosophy and Foundations of Physics Vol. 1,(ed.) D. Dieks, Netherlands: Elsevier (2006)
  • Peter Mittelstaedt and Paul Weingartner, Laws of Nature Berlin: Springer (2005)
  • Mario Bunge, Scientific Research, Its strategy and its philosophy Ariel: Barcelona, 7th Ed., (1980)
  • Max Jammer, Concepts of Space, The History of Theories of Space in Physics, 3rd. Enlarge Ed. Dover (1969)
  • Arthur March and Ira M. Freeman, The New World of Physics, New York USA:Vintage Book (1963)

DISSEMINATION OF PHYSICS, MATH, SCIENCE & MISCELLANEOUS TOPICS
  • Kip S. Thorne, Black Holes and Time Warps: Einstein`s Outregeous Legacy, W. W.Norton and Company. (1994)
  • George Braziller, Einstein's 1912 Manuscripts on the Special Theory of Relativity, (2003)
  • Enders A. Robinson, Einstein's Relativity in metaphor and mathematics, Prentice Hall (1990)
  • James P. Fitzgerald, Two Explanations of motion, space and time, The Christopher publising house (1990)
  • H. D. ZehThe Physical Basis of the Direction of Time, 4th Ed., Springer Verlag. (2001)
  • Stephen Hawking, The Universe in a Nutshell, Bantam. (2001)
  • Lee Smolin, Three roads to quantum gravity, Basic Books (2001)
  • Brian Greene, The elegant universe, Superstrings, hidden dimensions, and the quest for the ultimate theory, Vintage Books (2003)
  • Roger Penrose, The road to reality, Knopf (2004)
  • Brian Greene, The Fabric of the Cosmos, (2007)
  • Stephen Hawking, Historia del Tiempo Ilustrada, Crítica (1996)
  • Edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking, A stubbornly persistent illusion, The essential scientific works of Albert Einstein, Philadelphia: Running Press. (2007)
  • Edited, with commentary, by Stephen Hawking, God created the integers, The mathematical breakthroughs that changed history, Running Press (2007)
  • Lee Smolin,The Trouble with Physics, Houghton-Mifflin (2006), UK Penguin (2007)

Mathematics

MATHEMATICAL METHODS FOR PHYSICISTS
  • Arfken & Weber, Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 5th Ed.
DIFFERENTIAL & INTEGRAL CALCULUS
  • M. K. Gavurin, Conferencias Sobre los Métodos de los Cálculos, Mir.
  • N. Piskunov, Differential and Integral Calculus, Montaner y Simon. (1970)
TENSOR CALCULUS
  • J. L. Synge and A. Schild, Tensor Calculus, Dover. (1970)
  • Borisenko, Tarapov, Vector and Tensor Analisis With Applications, Dover. (1979)
  • I. M. Gelfand and S. V. Fomin, Calculus of Variation, Dover. (1991)
  • J. E. Marsden, A. J. Tromba, Vectorial Calculus, 4ta. Ed., Prentice Hall. (1998)
DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
  • Rene Dennemeyer, Introduction to Partial Differential Equations and Boundary Value Problems, McGrawHill. (1968)
  • S. J. Farlow, Partial Differencial Equations for Scientist and Engineers, Dover. (1993)
  • M. Braun, Differential Equations and their Applications, Springer Verlag. (1993)
  • Dennis G. Zill, Ecuaciones Diferenciales con Aplicaiones de Modelado, 6ta. Ed., Thomson. (1997)
  • G. López, Partial Differential Equations of First Order and their Applications to Physics, World Scientific. (1999)
INTEGRAL EQUATIONS
  • M. Kasnov, A. Kiseliov y G. Makarenko Ecuaciones Integrales, Mir. (1977)
SOLITON THEORY
  • C. Rogers and W. K. Schief, Bäcklund and Darboux Transformations, Geometry and Modern Applications in Soliton Theory, Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics, Cambridge University Press (2002)
NUMERIC CALCULUS
  • Marshall Hall Jr., Teoría de Grupos, 1era. Edn., Trillas, (1969)

STATISTICS AND PROBABILITY
  • Gregory F. Lawler, Introduction to Stochastic Processes, Chapman & Hall/CRC (2006)

Fundamental Articles

Physics

RELATIVITY

  • H. Fizeau, Aether drag experiment (1851)
  • Michelson, On the motion of the earth through the aether (1881)
  • Michelson-Morley, Repetition of Fizeau Experiment (1886)
  • Michelson-Morley, On the motion of the earth through the aether (1887)
  • Michelson, On the motion of the earth through the aether (1925)
  • Voigt, Lorentz Transformations (1887)
  • J. Larmor, Lorentz Transformations (1900)
  • H. Lorentz, Lorentz Transformations (1904)
  • H. Poincaré, Principle of Relativity (1905)
  • A. Einstein, On the Motion of Small Particles Suspended in a Stationary Liquid, as Required by the Molecular Kinetic Theory of Heat (1905)
  • A. Einstein, On the electrodynamics of movings bodies (1905)
  • A. Einstein, Does the Inertia of a Body Depend Upon Its Energy Content? (1905)
  • A. Einstein, The general theory of relativity (1916)
ELECTRODYNAMICS
  • J. Maxwell, On electromagnetic waves (1863)
  • H. Hertz, On electromagnetic waves (1887-8)
  • O. Heaviside, Electric field of a charge in motion (1888) 
  • G. FitzGerald, Improving Maxwell's theory (1880-1902)
QUANTUM MECHANICS
  • Max Planck, Black Body (1900)
  • A. Einstein, On a heuristic Viewpoint Concerning the Production and Transformation of Light (1905)
  • N. Bohr (1911)
  • N. Bohr (1913)
  • L. De Broglie, Matter waves (1920)
  • W. Heinsenberg, Quantum Mechanics (1925)
  • Edwin Schrödinger, Wave equation quantum mechanics (1926)
  • PAM Dirac, On quantum electrodynamics (1928)
  • A. Einstein, On EPR Paradox (1935)
  • N. Bohr, On the EPR Paradox (1935)
  • J. Bell, On the EPR Paradox (1966)
  • Ashtekar Entanglement (1984)
RADIATION
  • M. Curie, On radiactivity, (1900)
  • Bragg, on x-rays (1912)

Mathematics


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