Schaum's Outline of Modern Physics

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Summary: Good
Review: It's got some examples, but it doesn't add anything to a modern course you would take in college. So don't buy it.

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Summary: Good
Review: It's got some examples, but it doesn't add anything to a modern course you would take in college. So don't buy it.

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Summary: Yet another great Schaum's outline book
Review: Much like the rest of the Outline series, this book is great. It covers pretty much all the important topics in pretty good detail. It starts off fairly gently but the problems (worked and otherwise) are good and challenging (for me at least). This book would be great companion to any undergraduate modern physics course.

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Summary: Concise and very helpful
Review: This book is for those who for some reason find text books a little abstract and find themselves into trouble because of this. But with this books in your hands you can be sure that you'll have a second source where to look. It's well organized, and the sample exercises are really great and will help you all along. It starts with basic Galilean transformations, wave mechanics, relativity and a glimpse to quantum mechanics. If you're a student and feel the need for another source of information other than your text books, look no further, this outline is the best out there.

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Summary: Didn't fit my course...
Review: This didn't fit in with the book we were using: "Modern Physics" by Tipler and Llewellyn. This book completely neglected much of the quantum portion. Be sure to buy that book also. Kind of elementary.