What are the best undergraduate physics textbooks abroad? I m looking for some English readings.

I recommend this one: Sears and Zemansky's university physics.by Hugh & Roger, all in the UK, available in the mainland, I read it when I was reading, the examples are rich, the explanations are clear, and the language is not sad (the biggest problem for science students), good.

As for a brief history of time, forget it. It's not bad for ordinary people to popularize the theory of relativity and quantum physics, but for people who really study physics, especially those who want to take the path of theoretical physics, it's equivalent to a comic book.

Finally, I would like to give you a piece of advice, if you want to learn physics well, you should learn mathematics well before you talk about it anyway. Especially in theoretical physics, you must learn mathematics well (first differential equations, complex functions, probability, Riemannian geometry for graduate students, and topology if you can). I was very moved to see those who are interested in physics, especially theoretical physics, come on!

I am studying foreign A-level textbooks, which are very difficult, suitable for Chinese students in high school, the full name is A Level Physics, there are several books, enough for you to read for a year. **Yes, it is not sold in China, it is available in Singapore, it is produced by the OCR examination center in the UK, and many British students use it, and other countries also have it. Specifically, search for A Level Physics.

The intention of this course is to reflect as much as possible the great progress of physics in the past 100 years, and to introduce physics in the way that current physicists use in various frontier fields. This course introduces the concepts of special relativity, quantum physics and statistical physics, and clarifies the basic principles of physics from a relatively new unified point of view, so as to meet the requirements of modern science and technology development for physics teaching. The authors of the Berkeley Physics Course did an outstanding job with great courage and solid knowledge, and to this day, we can still get many very useful inspirations from the Berkeley Physics Course.

Zhao Kaihua (Professor and former Head of the Department of Physics, Peking University) Today, whether it is for teaching, learning or application of basic physics, as well as for engaging in related research work, the "Berkeley Physics Course" is still an excellent set of excellent courses with great reading and reference value.

Jiang Ping (Professor, Department of Physics, Fudan University, Head of the Theoretical Teaching Supervision Group of the Department of Physics) I am pleased to preface this "Berkeley Physics Course", which is a major project to reflect the great changes in physics over the past 100 years. This tutorial has benefited from the efforts of many physicists working in cutting-edge research fields and has also been fortunate to receive funding from the National Academy of Sciences. The tutorial has been successfully piloted for several semesters in the lower grade physics classes at UC Berkeley, and it represents a significant step forward in education that I hope will be widely adopted in the future.

Background when the series was first published).

Clark Kerr (former president of the University of California, Berkeley).

There are too many excellent foreign textbooks, and the fields covered by physics are too wide, so it seems that the length of listing them one by one will be very large. In addition, many textbooks are aimed at different levels of readers, and the selection should take into account their own knowledge reserves and professional interests.

For the general physics stage, in fact, there are many good textbooks in China, such as Zhao Kaihua's new concept series, and the basic booklet edited by Zhang Sanhui of Tsinghua University. Personally, I think that ordinary physics textbooks are just a leading role, and there are similar textbooks, with enough exercises and corresponding experiments to achieve the learning purpose. The later slightly deeper professional courses, such as the so-called four major mechanics and solid state physics, have classic textbooks that are recognized by everyone, and you can just take them.

In addition, I highly recommend the "Berkeley Physics Tutorial" series, there is a Chinese translation, although I am a little old, but it is not necessarily good to always seek new and fast in ordinary physics.