#  Books 

 



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Click the links below (or use the menu) for more information on each book. A common theme in all of the books (except the book of rhymes!) is the large number of worked-out examples and problems.

Note: The (very inexpensive) KINDLE versions of the self-published books are PRINT REPLICA, which maintains the formatting. The pages look exactly the same as the paperback pages; the files are essentially pdfs in kindle form. You can read them on your computer with the free kindle app. (But strangely the files might not be compatible with actual kindle readers.)



 

  [### Algebra: For the Enthusiastic Beginner

 ](/books/algebra) 

   ![cover illustration of the Algebra: For the Enthusiastic Beginner book](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-24%20at%2011.21.56%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=dBgGNEsu) 

 

 

 

  [### The Green-Eyed Dragons and Other Mathematical Monsters

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   ![a dragon reading books](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-24%20at%2011.23.46%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=vUuHGcxs) 

 

 

 

  [### Probability: For the Enthusiastic Beginner

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   ![a multi-sided die](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-24%20at%2011.25.34%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=sHxTTf2U) 

 

 

 

  [### Special Relativity: For the Enthusiastic Beginner

 ](/books/special-relativity) 

   ![two clocks](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-24%20at%2011.26.46%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=6rc2JJHY) 

 

 

 

  [### Problems and Solutions in Introductory Mechanics

 ](/books/problems-mechanics) 

   ![two people climbing a rock face](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-24%20at%2011.28.02%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=po1H4AN_) 

 

 

 

  [### Introduction to Classical Mechanics

 ](/books/classical-mechanics) 

   ![a machine with cogs and gears](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-24%20at%2011.30.29%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=-s6IvPnp) 

 

 

 

  [### Electricity and Magnetism

 ](/books/electricity-magnetism) 

   ![Electricity and Magnetism](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-24%20at%2011.31.48%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=B_Fmtxma) 

 

 

 

  [### Waves

 ](/books/waves) 

   ![waves](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-24%20at%2011.33.38%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=08_q7mly) 

 

 

 

  [### Book of Rhymes

 ](/books/rhymes) 

   ![Cartoon of a group of people laughing](/sites/g/files/omnuum12331/files/styles/hwp_16_9__480x270/public/2025-10/Screenshot%202025-10-24%20at%2011.34.51%E2%80%AFAM.png?itok=YljU_eX0) 

 

 

 

  

 

 

 

##  Additional Material 

- [**Problem of the week**](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/undergrad/problems)**:** A set of very hefty problems, many of which appear in *Introduction to Classical Mechanics* or *The Green-Eyed Dragons*.
- [**Limericks**](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/undergrad/limericks)**:** This page contains many of the limericks in *Introduction to Classical Mechanics*, along with a few on other topics.
- [**More humor**](https://www.physics.harvard.edu/undergrad/humor)**:** If you like the limericks, this page has some more physics humor.



 

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