PhysicsEtc.com Book References

• G. Arfken and H. Weber, Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 1st copyright: 1966, 4th ed. copyright: 1995. 4th Edition, Academic Press. This is the professional-grade version of Boas's book. Both the college level book and Arfken cover a lot of the same material; where Boas uses words to assist the association of articulated meaning in functions, etc, Arfken gives deeper understanding, sometimes in very dense sections.
• M. Boas, Mathematical Methods In the Physical Sciences, 2nd ed. copyright 1983, 1st ed. copyright 1966, John Wiley & Sons. Requires a year of calculus.
• W. Dunham, Euler: The Master of Us All, 1999, The Mathematical Association of America. Great treatment of exponentials.
• R. Fitzpatrick, Introduction to Celestial Mechanics, Link to html book, 2014. Requires Goldstein. Including it for the treatment of lunar motion.
• H. Goldstein, Classical Mechanics, 2nd Edition, Addison Wesley, 1st copyright: 1950, 2nd: 1980. The third edition had many errors introduced (by the new editors Woe ), along with the end-of-chapter references removed. The pro version of Kleppner/Kolenkow.
• D. Kleppner and R. Kolenkow, An Introduction to Mechanics , 1st ed. copyright 1973, McGraw-Hill. Calculus is the only requiremet for this. It introduces rigid body motion, field and conservation theory, has a frustrating hiccup here and there but is an eminent first course in college mechanics.
• I. Newton The Principia: mathematical principles of natural philosophy; transl. I. B. Cohen and A. Whitman, 1st ed. copyright 1999, University of California Press.

Additional References

• H. Anton, Elementary Linear Algebra, 7th Edition, John Wiley & Sons, 1994. A good math book for people new to college math, is used in advanced college physics.