==> Sticky: Books and Other Preparation Materials

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grae313
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==> Sticky: Books and Other Preparation Materials

Post by grae313 » Fri Aug 21, 2009 5:30 pm

Besides the four practice exams, these are some of the books and other preparation materials that have been discussed in these forums.
Please search these threads before asking a question about books/preparation materials.
If your question has not yet been answered to your satisfaction, feel free to post! Also, please do reply to this thread with links to other relevant threads if you find them, and the moderators can edit this first post to keep it up to date.


General Resources

More Practice Problems/Test Prep Resources
web links to study materials
Test prep
MIT Open Courseware
PBS/Annenberg Physics Course - Video on Demand

Multiple Book Recommendations:
Popular Books for PhysicsGRE.com Visitors
I know little about physics,would you suggest some texts,plz
physics GRE books..
question about which book to use and another one.
My PGRE flight plan.
what to study?
good physics books


Topic-Specific Resources

General Physics Recommendations:
Physics Books, etc
Halliday and Resnick text for Physics GRE?
The adventure of physics - on 1200 free downloadable pages

Classical Mechanics Recommendations:
Taking PGRE but haven't had Classical Mech yet

Quantum Recommendations:
Baym Lectures, Best Quantum Book?

E&M Recommendations:

Optics Recommendations:
Best way to study for optics problems?

Modern Physics Recommendations:
Standard Model
Best PArticle Physics book

Thermodynamics Recommendations:
Good thermodynamics text book

Circuits/Electronics/Logic Gates
Online resources for circuits part of PGRE

Laboratory Methods
Lab methods

Math Books
Math books?
Maths for physics



Other Books/Resources Discussed

Feynman Lectures
Feynman Lectures as test prep?

REA "The Purple Book":
REA's physics GRE
Link to REA purple book free online
Be Careful When Using the REA GRE Physics Book

3,000 Solved Problems in Physics:
What do you guys think of this book "3,000 Solved Probl

yenifizikci
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Re: ==> Sticky: Books and Other Preparation Materials

Post by yenifizikci » Wed Sep 02, 2009 9:13 am

thanks for this helpful topic.
you have written do not ask question before read the topics but my situation is a bit curious. i am an computer science student at the year 4 and i want a graduate degree on physics. i tryed to solve a few problems of the formal gre practice book test but i could do nothing.
anyway i am planning to solve serway 1 and 2 which i solved when i was in 1. after that what should i do? thanks
i found the answer on the topic
"I know little about physics,would you suggest some texts,plz"
thanks a lot

universe90
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Re: ==> Sticky: Books and Other Preparation Materials

Post by universe90 » Sat May 19, 2012 5:04 pm

Thanks for the help!



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