Books

I catalogue every book in my personal 'library'. Below is the reference generated from this catalogue. Some books have additional comments.

• Andersson, Mats (1996). Topics in Complex Analysis. Springer (Universitext: Tracts in Mathematics). ISBN 0-387-94754-X (Paperback) (English) (158 pages)
  Concise
• Angel, Edward (2008). OpenGL—A Primer (Third Edition). Addison-Wesley. ISBN 978-0-321-39811-6 (Paperback) (English) (277 pages)
• Arwin, Hans (2011). Thin Film Optics and Polarized Light (The rubeus edition), Linköping (2011) (Paperback) (English) (336 pages)
• Berry, M.V. (1976). Principles of Cosmology and Gravitation. Institute of Physics Publishing, Cambridge (2009). ISBN 0-85274-037-9 (Paperback) (179 pages)
  A very elementary yet useful introduction to cosmology.
• Bondy, J.A.; Murty, U.S.R. (2008). Graph Theory. Springer (Graduate Texts in Mathematics), United Kingdom (2010). ISBN 978-1-84628-969-9 (Hardcover) (English) (651 pages)
  A very nice, comprehensive, and detailed book on graph theory.
• Bransden, B.H.; Joachain, C.J. (1989, 2000). Quantum Mechanics (Second Edition). Prentice Hall, United Kingdom (2000). ISBN 0582-35691-1 (Paperback) (English) (803 pages)
  You need a very solid mathematical background fully to enjoy this book.
• Burcham, W.E.; Jobes, M (1995). Nuclear and Particle Physics. Pearson Education, Eastbourne. ISBN 0-582-45088-8 (Paperback) (English) (752 pages)
  Could probably be more clear at some points during the development of the theory.
• Chen, Raymond (2006). The Old New Thing—Practical Development Throughout the Evolution of Windows. Addision-Wesley, United States of America (2006). ISBN 978-0-321-44030-3 (Paperback) (English) (517 pages)
  Such an enjoyment to read!
• Conlon, Lawrence (2001). Differentiable Manifolds (Second Edition). Birkhäuser, United States of America (2008). ISBN 978-0-8176-4766-7 (Paperback) (English) (418 pages)
  This is a rigorous and pleasant text on differentiable manifolds.
• Darling, R.W.R. (1994). Differential Forms and Connections. Cambridge University Press, United States of America (2009). ISBN 978-0-521-46800-8 (Paperback) (English) (250 pages)
  This is an accessible text on exterior algebra and differential forms. It might be seen as somewhat "too" formal at times, though.
• D'Inverno, Ray (1992). Introducing Einstein's Relativity. Oxford University Press, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-0-19-859686-8 (Paperback) (English) (383 pages)
  A rather decent introduction to general relativity, but the introduction given to differential geometry and tensor calculus is pretty useless. If you don't know any of the mathematical background, you might want to read e.g. the first half of Frankel prior to d'Inverno.
• Engström, Lars Alfred (2000). Elektromagnetism—Från bärnsten till fältteori. Studentlitteratur, Lund (2000). ISBN 91-44-01510-0 (Paperback) (Swedish) (180 pages)
  Engström is the best.
• Fecko, Marián (2006). Differential Geometry and Lie Groups for Physicists. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 0-521-84507-6 (Hardcover) (English) (697 pages)
  [Haven't read yet.]
• Flewitt, P.E.J.; Wild, R.K. (2003). Physical Methods for Materials Characterisation (Second Edition). Institute of Physics Publishing, United Kingdom. ISBN 0-7503-0808-7 (Paperback) (English) (601 pages)
• Folland, Gerald B. (1999). Real Analysis—Modern Techniques and Their Applications (Second Edition). Wiley-Interscience (Pure and Applied Mathematics), United States of America. ISBN 978-0-471-31716-6 (Hardcover) (English) (386 pages)
  Nice and very detailed.
• Forsling, Göran; Neymark, Mats (2004). Matematisk analys—En variabel. Liber, China (2010). ISBN 978-91-47-05188-5 (Hardcover) (Swedish) (536 pages)
• Frankel, Theodore (1997, 2004). The Geometry of Physics—An Introduction (Second Edition). Cambridge University Press, United States of America (2009). ISBN 978-0-521-53927-2 (Paperback) (English) (694 pages)
  This is a (the?) bible of (introductory, but rather far-reaching) mathematical physics. Know all this, and you know most of it! Beware, however, that it is a tough endeavour to read the entire book as self-study.
• Freedman, Roger A.; Kaufmann III, William J. (2007). Universe (Eighth Edition). W. H. Freeman and Company, United States of America (2007). ISBN 978-0-7167-8584-2 (Paperback) (English) (759 pages)
  Very comprehensive and includes a lot of beautiful images and illustrations.
• Gasquet, C.; Witomski, P. (1995-1996). Fourier Analysis and Applications—Filtering, Numerical Computation, Wavelets. Springer (1999). ISBN 0-387-98485-2 (Hardcover) (English) (442 pages) Translated from French by R. Ryan. Original title: Analyse de Fourier et applications: Filtrage, Calcul numérique, Ondelettes; Fourier et applications: Exercices corrigés
  This is a very pleasant read. The text is conveniently organised in 42 small lessons. This is a rigorous and careful treatment of Fourier analysis.
• Heald, Mark A.; Marion, Jerry B. (1995). Classical Electromagnetic Radiation (Third Edition). Thomson Learning, United States of America. ISBN 0-03-097277-9 (Hardcover) (English) (572 pages)
  Could probably be more clear at some points in the development of the theory.
• Janfalk, Ulf. Linjär algebra. Matematiska institutionen, Linköpings universitet, Linköping (2006) (Swedish) (225 pages)
• Jönsson, Göran; Nilsson, Elisabeth (2007). Våglära och optik. Teach Support, Lund (2007). ISBN 978-91-972499-6-3 (Paperback) (Swedish) (476 pages)
• Jönsson, Uno (2002). Stjärnhimlen—en vägvisare i natten. Liber, Falköping (2002). ISBN 91-47-01748-1 (Paperback) (Swedish) (70 pages)
• Kernighan, Brian W.; Ritchie, Dennis M. (1988). The C Programming Language—Ansi C (Second Edition). Prentice Hall, United States of America (2010). ISBN 0-13-110362-8 (Paperback) (English) (272 pages)
  [Haven't read yet.]
• Kittel, Charles (2005). Introduction to Solid State Physics (Eighth Edition). John Wiley & Sons, Inc., United States of America. ISBN 978-0-471-41526-8 (Hardcover) (English) (680 pages)
  Not a very clear text; some parts are very difficult to follow, because the author 'forgets' to explain the concepts used.
• Kittel, Charles; Kroemer, Herbert (1980). Thermal Physics (Second Edition). W. H. Freeman and Company, United States of America. ISBN 978-0-7167-1088-2 (Hardcover) (English) (473 pages)
  Good, but not perfectly clear all the time.
• Kreyszig, Erwin (1978). Introductory Functional Analysis with Applications. Wiley (Wiley Classics Library), United States of America. ISBN 978-0-471-50459-7 (Paperback) (English) (688 pages)
  A very pleasant read.
• Lagerkvist, Claes-Ingvar; Lodén, Kerstin (1994). Planeter, Stjärnor, Galaxer—Grundläggande astronomi. Liber, Falköping (2002). ISBN 91-47-00405-3 (Paperback) (Swedish) (224 pages)
• Lax, Peter D. (2002). Functional Analysis. Wiley Interscience (Pure and Applied Mathematics), Mexico (2002). ISBN 978-0-471-55604-6 (Hardcover) (English) (580 pages)
• Ludvigsen, Malcolm (1999). General Relativity—A Geometric Approach. Cambrigde University Press, United States of America (2000). ISBN 0-521-63976-X (Paperback) (English) (217 pages)
  This is a great book to read after you have learned the basics of general relativity. It is very concise and gives a clear mathematical treatment of special and general relativity, but makes some sacrifices when it comes to readability and, to some extent, physical intuition. For instance, you'd better have access to pen and paper while reading this book. If you have only read d'Inverno, this is a particularly good book, since it fills some of the very important gaps left out in d'Inverno's book, most notably the general definition of the energy-momentum tensor T_ab, and the justification for the particular forms of it, e.g. dust and the purfect fluid.
• Ohlén, Gunnar; Åberg, Sven; Östborn, Per (2003). Chaos. Division of Mathematical Physics, LTH, Lund (2007) (English) (247 pages)
  A pretty nice read.
• Persson, Arne; Böiers, Lars-Christer (1988, 2005). Analys i flera variabler. Studentlitteratur, Lund (2009). ISBN 91-44-03869-0 (Hardcover) (Swedish) (439 pages)
• Persson, Arne; Böiers, Lars-Christer (1990, 2001). Analys i en variabel. Studentlitteratur, Lund (2005). ISBN 91-44-02056-2 (Hardcover) (Swedish) (496 pages)
• Pinkus, Allan; Zafrany, Samy (1997). Fourier Series and Integral Transforms. Cambridge University Press, United Kingdom. ISBN 0-521-59771-4 (Paperback) (English) (189 pages)
• Pressley, Andrew (2001). Elementary Differential Geometry. Springer, United Kingdom (2008). ISBN 1-85233-152-6 (Paperback) (English) (332 pages)
  A very easy-to-read introduction to the geometry of curves and surfaces in R^3.
• Ramgard, Anders (2000). Vektoranalys. Teknisk högskolelitteratur i Stockholm AB (THS AB), Stockholm (2000). ISBN 91-85484350 (Paperback) (Swedish) (292 pages)
• Ratner, Mark; Ratner Daniel (2003). Nanotechnology—A Gentle Introduction to the Next Big Idea. Prentice Hall, United States of America (2007). ISBN 0-13-101400-5 (Paperback) (English) (188 pages)
• Rosen, Kenneth H. (2011). Elementary Number Theory—& its applications (Sixth Edition). Addison-Wesley (2011). ISBN 978-0-321-50031-1 (Hardcover) (English) (753 pages)
• Saff, E. B.; Snider, A. D. (2003). Fundamentals of Complex Analysis—with Applications to Engineering and Science (Third Edition). Pearson Education, United States of America (2003). ISBN 0-13-017968-X (Paperback) (English) (511 pages)
• Sand, Olav; Sjaastad, Øystein V.; Haug, Egil (2004). Människans fysiologi. Liber, Finland (2009). ISBN 978-91-47-05195-3 (Hardcover) (Swedish) (600 pages) Translated from Norwegian by Bolinder-Palmér, Inger; Grönwall, Karin; Olsson, Kristina. Original title: Menneskets fysiologi
  Generally an excellent book. A very easy-to-read and clear introduction to human physiology. Perhaps some parts could be exanded slightly. A small number of misprints do not affect the overall reading experience. [And, yes, of course I found pages 562-565 rather disturbing.]
• Spivak, Michael (1965). Calculus on Manifolds—A Modern Approach to Classical Theorems of Advanced Calculus. Westview Press (1998). ISBN 978-0-8053-9021-6 (Paperback) (English) (146 pages)
  This is a great and concise introduction to differential forms and the modern formulation of Stokes' theorem, written by no other than Michael Spivak. A highly accessible text that is a great complement to Frankel.
• Storey, Neil (2006). Electronics—A Systems Approach (Third Edition). Prentice Hall, Hampshire, United Kingdom. ISBN 0-13-129396-6 (Paperback) (English) (645 pages)
• Strauss, Walter A. (2008). Partial Differential Equations—An Introduction. Wiley, United States of America. ISBN 978-0470-054456-7 (Hardcover) (English) (454 pages)
  A very pleasant and easy-to-follow treatment of PDEs with physical applications.
• Svensson, Per-Anders (2001). Abstrakt algebra. Studentlitteratur, Lund (2005). ISBN 91-44-01262-4 (Paperback) (Swedish) (629 pages)
• Synge, J.L.; Schild, A. (1949). Tensor Calculus. Dover Publications, United States of America. ISBN 978-0-486-63612-2 (Paperback) (English) (324 pages)
  Differential geometry and tensor calculus in a purely classical language. Although it is a nice read, I do prefer the modern setting of this subject, and a coordinate-free approach to tensors.
• Taylor, John R. (2005). Classical Mechanics. University Science Books, United States of America. ISBN 1-891389-22-X (Hardcover) (English) (786 pages)
  Possibly the best physics book I have ever read.
• Tipler, Paul A.; Llewellyn, Ralph A. (2008). Modern Physics (Fifth Edition). W. H. Freeman and Company, United States of America. ISBN 978-0-7167-7550-8 (Hardcover) (English) (680 pages)
• Treil, Sergei (2009). Linear Algebra Done Wrong (English) (254 pages)
• Wald, Robert M. (1984). General Relativity. The University of Chicago Press, United States of America. ISBN 978-0-266-87033-5 (Paperback) (English) (491 pages)
  The modern standard book on general relativity. A rather great text.
• Weinberg, Steven (2008). Cosmology. Oxford University Press, United Kingdom. ISBN 978-0-19-852682-7 (Hardcover) (English) (593 pages)
  This is a highly detailed treatment of modern cosmology, and a great reference. Beautiful binding, too.
• Weintraub, Steven H. (1997). Differential Forms—A Complement to Vector Calculus. Academic Press, United Kingdom (2011). ISBN 0-12-742510-1 (Hardcover) (English) (256 pages)
  A highly readble, intuitive, and easy-to-grasp introduction to the basic ideas of differential forms in R^3.
• Young; Freedman (2004). University Physics—with Modern Physics (Eleventh Edition). Addison-Wesley. ISBN 0-321-20469-7 (Paperback) (English) (1714 pages)
  Comprehensive. I guess it is a good book to read for the first-term physics student. Of course, the book should be read from the very first to the very last page, as all books should be read. (m = 2.92 kg)
• Zangwill, Andrew (1988). Physics at Surfaces. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 0-521-34752-1 (Paperback) (English) (454 pages)

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