MIT Science Textbook Collections

The textbooks are being listed which are advised in the science departments of MIT. The information is gathered from OCW.

Physics
Graduate Level

8.31 Electromagnetic Theory

• Schwinger, Julian, L. L. DeRaad Jr., K. A. Milton, W-Y Tsai. Classical Electrodynamics. Reading, Massachusetts: Perseus Book Group, 1998. SU IC: QC631 .C53
• B) Jackson, J. D. Classical Electrodynamics. New York: Wiley, 1998. SU IC: QC631 .J33
• C) Landau, L. D., and E. M. Lifshitz. Classical Theory of Fields. Oxford: Pergamon Press, 1975. SU IC: QC665.E4 L36

8.32 Quantum Theory

• Sakurai, Jun John, and Jim Napolitano. Modern Quantum Mechanics. Cambridge University Press, 2017. SU IC: QC174.12 .S25
• Cohen-Tannoudji, C., et al. Quantum Mechanics. Vols. 1 and 2. SU IC: QC174.12 .C64 v.1&2

8.35 Classical Mechanics

• Sussman, Gerald Jay, and Jack Wisdom. Structure and Interpretation of Classical Mechanics. Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 2001.

8.5 Theory of solids

• Marder, Michael P. Condensed Matter Physics. New York: Wiley, 2000. SU IC: QC173.454 .M37

Undergraduate
8.01 Physics I

• Young, Hugh, Lewis Ford and Roger Freedman. University Physics. Reading, MA: Addison-Wesley, 2003. SU IC: QC21.2 .Y68

8.02 Physics II

• Purcell, Edward M., and David J. Morin. Electricity and magnetism. Cambridge University Press, 2013. QC21.2 .B47

8.03 Physics III

• Bekefi, George, and Alan Hildreth Barrett. Electromagnetic vibrations, waves, and radiation. MIT Press, 1977.
• French, Anthony Philip. Vibrations and waves. CRC Press, 1971. SU IC: QC235 .F74
• Hecht, Eugene. "Optics 4th edition." Optics, 4th Edition, Addison Wesley Longman Inc, 1998 (1998). SU IC: QC355.2 .H43

8.04 Quantum Physics I

• Griffiths, David J. Introduction to quantum mechanics. Cambridge University Press, 2016. SU IC: QC174.12 .G752
• French, Anthony Philip. An introduction to quantum physics. Routledge, 2018. QC174.12 .F74

8.04 Statistical Physics

• Griffiths, David J. "Introduction to electrodynamics." (2005) SU IC: QC680 .G75

8.09 Classical Mechanics

• Goldstein, Herbert, Charles P. Poole, and John Safko. Classical Mechanics. Pearson, 2013. SU IC: QA805 .G65

8.23 Physics of Solid

• Kittel, Charles. Introduction to Solid State Physics. 8th ed. New York, NY: John Wiley & Sons, 2004. SU IC: QC176 .K58
• Ashcroft, Neil W., and N. David Mermin. Solid State Physics. New York, NY: Holt, Rinehart and Winston, 1976. SU IC: QC176 .A84