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The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue, Three Volume SetThe Feynman Lectures on Physics: Commemorative Issue, Three Volume Set by Richard P. Feynman
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Every physics undergraduate has probably benefited by perusing these volumes.
Methods of Theoretical Physics, Part IMethods of Theoretical Physics, Part I by Philip McCord Morse
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Tough going, but a reference classic
Methods of Theoretical Physics, Part IIMethods of Theoretical Physics, Part II by Philip M. Morse
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ditto
Classical Electrodynamics Third EditionClassical Electrodynamics Third Edition by John David Jackson
Buy new: $77.58 / Used from: $56.99
The "classic" graduate text for E&M
Classical Mechanics (3rd Edition)Classical Mechanics (3rd Edition) by Herbert Goldstein
Buy new: $101.22 / Used from: $80.00
The "classic" graduate mechanics text
Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (McGraw-Hill Series in Fundamentals of Physics)Fundamentals of Statistical and Thermal Physics (McGraw-Hill Series in Fundamentals of Physics) by Frederick Reif
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Popular and well written undergraduate stat mech text
Quantum MechanicsQuantum Mechanics by Eugen Merzbacher
Buy new: $103.35 / Used from: $54.99
A standard QM text or reference
Quantum Mechanics (International Pure & Applied Physics Series)Quantum Mechanics (International Pure & Applied Physics Series) by L. I. Schiff
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Another standard QM reference
Spacetime PhysicsSpacetime Physics by Edwin F. Taylor
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Good intro to undergraduate special relativity
Gravitation (Physics Series)Gravitation (Physics Series) by Charles W. Misner
Buy new: $105.06 / Used from: $50.00
The "Telephone Book". Everyone interested in GR, cosmology, etc should have it.
Gravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of RelativityGravitation and Cosmology: Principles and Applications of the General Theory of Relativity by Steven Weinberg
Buy new: $121.38 / Used from: $55.00
Weinburg's book is preferred by some.
Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics (Collected papers on quantum philosophy)Speakable and Unspeakable in Quantum Mechanics (Collected papers on quantum philosophy) by John S. Bell
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Thought provoking essays on foundations of QM.
Schaum's Outline of OpticsSchaum's Outline of Optics by Eugene Hecht
Buy new: $13.57 / Used from: $6.93
Useful undergraduate optics reference
Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (7th Edition)Principles of Optics: Electromagnetic Theory of Propagation, Interference and Diffraction of Light (7th Edition) by Max Born
Buy new: $77.60 / Used from: $65.48
A reference classic on optics
Introduction to Solid State PhysicsIntroduction to Solid State Physics by Charles Kittel
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A commonly used undergrad/beg. grad solid state text.
Mathematical Methods for Physicists, Fifth EditionMathematical Methods for Physicists, Fifth Edition by George B. Arfken
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Standard undergrad text
Theoretical Mechanics for Particles and ContinuaTheoretical Mechanics for Particles and Continua by Alexander L. Fetter
Buy new: $125.00 / Used from: $15.00
An alternative to Goldstein for grad classical mechanics
Quantum Mechanics (2 vol. set)Quantum Mechanics (2 vol. set) by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
Buy new: $188.11 / Used from: $159.00
Sometimes, this is the graduate QM text.
Fundamentals of OpticsFundamentals of Optics by Francis Arthur Jenkins
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Used to be a standard undergrad optics text
Solitons: An Introduction (Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics)Solitons: An Introduction (Cambridge Texts in Applied Mathematics) by P. G. Drazin
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Excellent introduction to solitons
Principles of Physical CosmologyPrinciples of Physical Cosmology by Phillip James Edwin Peebles
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A fairly recent introductory cosmology reference.
An Introduction to Fluid DynamicsAn Introduction to Fluid Dynamics by G. K. Batchelor
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A classic graduate text on fluid dynamics.
Schaum's Outline of Lagrangian DynamicsSchaum's Outline of Lagrangian Dynamics by Dare Wells
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Useful introduction to Lagrangian dynamics for undergraduates
Acoustics of Layered Media I: Plane and Quasi-Plane Waves (Springer Series on Wave Phenomena) (Vol 1)Acoustics of Layered Media I: Plane and Quasi-Plane Waves (Springer Series on Wave Phenomena) (Vol 1) by Leonid M. Brekhovskikh
Buy new: $103.94 / Used from: $83.10
Vol. I of a masterful treastise on the subject
Acoustics of Layered Media II: Point Sources and Bounded Beams (Springer Series on Wave Phenomena) (v. 2)Acoustics of Layered Media II: Point Sources and Bounded Beams (Springer Series on Wave Phenomena) (v. 2) by Leonid M. Brekhovskikh
Buy new: $299.00 / Used from: $334.90
Vol II