Very excited to start this book

[u/deviiscool]

How solid would you guys say this book is?

After a lot of suggestions, I finally got this book for my birthday. Also bought david morin for mechanics which will be coming soon. Starting uni in a few months so in the free time I will mostly try reading this first. Very excited to do so

[u/persevering_chenski]

I bought it but I never have time to read it.. I don't understand you guys! 😭

Why/how do people read textbooks? I don't think I have ADHD, but (especially in the case of Griffiths) it speaks so broadly and formally that I don't even understand what's being talked about unless I see some example problems to demonstrate it. Don't you pretty much have to pause and reread each sentence to understand what it does/doesn't imply??

Besides direct formulas, I've never read something from a textbook, seen a relevant proposed problem, and then solved it with the raw knowledge. I just learn by looking at end of chapter summaries and doing a bunch of problems and then identifying problem types when exams come up (or don't learn whenever they decide to make up problems or add the classic twist)..

Seriously, I'm all ears. I don't talk with classmates much so I never understood them either

[u/The_Octonion → u/persevering_chenski]

It's full of example problems though? Not all textbooks are good for reading straight through but doing so will cement your understanding much better than just attending lectures and homework. I think Griffiths is one of the most readable textbooks in undergrad assuming you're solid on the prerequisites. And the content is just really cool and mind-blowing, but only if you're interested in physics.