Some good books

This is only an indicative list. Students are advised to use the books according to their choice and requirements. Some of thes books are at the B.Sc. level and some are at the M.Sc. level.

The books themselves contain very good references that should be referred to by the students.

Electrodynamics
David J. Griffiths 3rd ed.
J D Jackson 3rd ed.
Panofsky and Philips
Purcell

Classical Mechanics
Herbert Goldstein
Simon
Greenwood
Landau and Lifschitz
Takwale and Puranik
Rana and Joag


Solid State Physics
Dekker
Kittel
Ashcroft and Mermin

Mathematical Physics
Arfken and Weber
M. L. Boas
Dass and Sharma
P. K. Chottopadhyay
Potter and Goldberg
Charlie Harper

Mathew and Walker


Quantum Mechanics
E. Merzbacher
Schiff
Venkatesan & Mathews
D. J. Griffith
Ghatak and Thyagrajan
Townsend
Powell and Craseman

Electronics
Millman & Halkias (This is a comprehensive course on analog, digital, networks
and integrated circuits.)
A. Mottershead
Malvino and Leach- Digital Electronics
Malvino-Electronics


Plasma Physics
F. F. Chen
S.N. Goswami (This book takes an approach that is different from Chen, but
gives a good understanding)

Modern Physics
A. Beiser

Nuclear Physics
I. Kaplan

S.B. Patel (The book is good for a first reading)

Krane

Satatistical Mechanics
E.S.R. Gopal
R K Patharia

Thermodynamics
Zeemansky and Dittman.

Optics
Ghatak

Eugen Hecht

Ghatak & Thyagrajan (Fiber Optics)

Spectroscopy
Banwell

General Physics

H C Verma part I, II

Feynman's lecture series in Physics-parts I to III

Resnick Haliday Walker

This list is not complete and will be updated. Suggestions are welcome here.