Introduction to Classical Mechanics With Problems and Solutions David Morin Cambridge University Press

Electricity and Magnetism Third edition Edward Purcell David Morin Cambridge University Press

Introduction to Classical Mechanics

Description of the book
Corrections/typos/errata/clarifications (pdf)
Sample chapters (pdf draft versions):
   Contents/Preface
   Chap1 (Strategies for solving problems)
   Chap6 (The Lagrangian method)
   Chap11 (Relativity - kinematics)
Index to limericks, by first line
Instructor support via Cambridge University Press website (solutions, exam/desk copies, etc.)
Google books
Buy online (Amazon)
Additional material:   Version 2 of Chapter 15 on Hamiltonian Mechanics is now posted. (Section titles: Energy, Hamilton's equations, Legendre transforms, Three more derivations, Phase space and Liouville's theorem.) It has the same text as Version 1 but contains some new problems and exercises.
If you like the limericks, here's some more physics humor (not related to the book) that you might enjoy.

Electricity and Magnetism

The third edition of Edward Purcell's Electricity and Magnetism textbook is now available.
Preface (describes the changes and additions I have made)
Corrections/typos/errata/clarifications (pdf)
Instructor support
Google books
Buy online (Amazon)

Other works in progress:

Probability: On the math side of things, an introduction to combinatorics and probability is located here (Version 4, August 30, 2009). This file contains the first three chapters (plus some appendices) of a potential book on Probability and Statistics. It does not assume knowledge of calculus. The first three chapters are titled ``Combinatorics,'' ``Probability,'' and ``Distributions.'' And Appendix B gives a nice little introduction to the natural logarithm, e.

Waves: The following files are a beginning draft of a Waves book designed for college sophomores. The Fourier and Interference chapters are a little more polished than the others. There will certainly be typos and things that I will change, but there's a lot of nice material here as it stands.
   1. Oscillations
   2. Normal modes
   3. Fourier analysis
   4. Transverse waves
   5. Longitudinal waves
   6. Dispersion
   7. 2D waves and other topics
   8. Electromagnetic waves
   9. Interference and diffraction
   10. Intro to Quantum Mechanics

Problem of the week: A set of (very hefty) problems, some of which appear in my mechanics book, is located here.

Contact: morin@physics.harvard.edu