University Physics (Young and Freedman)

i ntroduction to Classical Mechanics (David Morin)

Electrictity and Magnetism Third Edition (E.M Purcell and David Morin)

Thermal Physics (Schroeder)

1. Introduction to Electrodynamics (Griffith)

 Paul A. Tipler. Physics for Scientists and Engineers. Vol 1,2.

 Paul A. Tipler. Modern Physics.

Intermediate:

 Nussenzveig, Hersh Moyses. Curso de Física Básica (Unfortunately, this one is in Portuguese).

Exercises:

 I.E. Irodov. Problems in General Physics.

 Past APhO problems.

 Past IPhO problems.

Ncert 11 & 12th

●Concepts of physics

Intermediate level

●Physics by resnick ,Halliday, krane Volume 1

●Physics by resnick Halliday krane volume 2

●Physics Priciples with application D C .Giancoli

●Genral methods for solving physics problems .. B S Belikow

Advanced level:

●An Introduction to Mechanics (2nd Ed.), D. Kleppner & R. J. Kolenkow

●Introduction to Statics and Dynamics, A. Ruina & R. Pratap

●Electricity and Magnetism (3rd Ed.), E. M. Purcell & D. J. Morin

●Vibrations and Waves, A. P. French

●Introduction to Optics, F. L. Pedrotti & L. S. Pedrotti

●Concepts in Thermal Physics, Stephen Blundell & Katherine Blundell

●Spacetime Physics: Introduction to Special Relativity (2nd Ed.), E. F.

Taylor & J. A. Wheeler

Experimental:

** Practical Physics, G. L. Squires

Problem books:

●Problems in General Physics, I. E. Irodov

●Aptitude Test Problems in Physics, S. S. Krotov

● A Collection of Questions and Problems in Physics, L. A. Sena

●Int’l Physics Olympiad: Problems and Solutions from 1967-19

ENERAL PHYSICS :

1. University Physics by Young and Freedman.

2. Physics - Resnick, Halliday and Walker

3. Problems in general physics - IE IRODOV

4. Feynman lectures (volume 1,2,3)

MECHANICS : Classical Mechanics - David Morin.

ELECTROMAGNETISM :

1. Electricity and Magnetism - E.M Purecell

2. Introduction to Electrodynamics - David J Griffith. (I'd prefer this more)

THERMODYNAMICS - Thermodynamics by Herbert Callen.

STATISTICAL PHYSICS - Statistical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz

OPTICS - Optics by Hecht

OSCILLATION - Physics of Vibration by HJ Pain

MODERN PHYSICS - Modern Physics by Paul A Trippier.

Along with these solve past paper of APhO and IPhO.

All the best !

Google Drive Download Link

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Book-Recommendations - Google Drive

Few more books- I V Savelyev- Physics-General Course, Matveev, French- Newtonian Mechanics,
Symon- Mechanics

You can find more by searching for topics on websites like https://archive.org

Also check Visual Physics (nlytn). Explains every concept through 2-D and 3-D animations.

http://www.nlytn.in

Visual Physics by Nlytn

hese are some books which are used by the Indonesia Physics Olympiad team every year.

1. 'Introduction to Mechanics' by David Morin

2. 'Introduction to Electrodynamics' by David J. Griffiths

3. 'Optics' by Eugene Hecht

4. 'Physics of Vibration' by H. J. Pain

I think if you can solve the problems in APhO (Asian Physics Olympiad), you'll be quite adequate to
get a medal on IPhO.

Aptitude Test Problems in Physics' by S.S.Krotov

2.'Problems in General Physics ' by I.E. Irodov

3.'200 Puzzling Physics Problems' by P.Gnadig

In addition to this previous year papers of APhO and IPhO give you a hell
lot of practice for the same.

One can list hundreds of really good books, indeed. It's up to you to pick up the one that you think is
the best book. I will list the ones that were the best for me.

From the very beginning, I started with Serway’s Physics for Scientists and Engineers. Really very
clear introductive book. Then Thornton’s Classical Dynamics, that you can find the PDF of book if you
Google. After all these, I started Irodov’s Problems in General Physics, very helpful one. And get help
from the solutions manual. These three books helped me win a medal from IPhO. Of course I didn't
spend my whole time just studying on them, there were other alternative books too, but I mainly
focused on those three.
Don't forget to train yourself with past IPhO problems, it's very essential.

P.S. I do it regularly, if you have a trouble in finding the PDFs of those books, leave your email in the
comment and I will send very amazing books to your email address (at least good one for me :) )

The Feynman Lectures on Physics:Volume 1,2 and 3 is the Bible for theory.

Introductory Book:

University Physics(13th edition)

Problem Books:

Problems in General Physics(I.E. Irodov)

Solutions to I.E. Irodov’s Problems in Physics(Volume I)

Solutions to I.E. Irodov’s Problems in Physics(volume II)

Aptitude Test Problems in Physics(S.S. Krotov)

200 Puzzling Physics Problems

Error Analysis:

An Introduction to Error Analysis(John R. Taylor)

Past Physics Olympiad Problems and Solutions:

Past IPhO Problems and Solutions

Past APhO Problems and Solutions

Advanced Books(recommended if you have a lot of time for preparation):

Introduction to Classical Mechanics(David Morin)

Introduction to Electrodynamics(David J. Griffiths)

Furthermore, USAPhO is one of few National Olympiads the problems of which are accessible
online: 2018 U.S. Physics Team . To my knowledge, these are not the final problems of US team
selection and thus are easier than IPhO.

HARD PART

If someone manages to solve most of the problems above and their National Olympiad problems,
remembers the main ideas, and performs well enough in the experiment, they could hope to win
bronze, or even silver. However, in order to win gold, much more problems are waiting to be solved.

1. Asian Physics Olympiad (APhO): APhO -Past APhO Problems and Solutions This
competition is hard, i.e. some of its problems are way more difficult than average IPhO
problems. However, if gold medal is your goal, it is useful to at least read and try
understanding the solutions of harder problems.
 2. Study guides for IPhO: https://www.ioc.ee/~kalda/ipho/ by Prof. Jaan Kalda. I cannot
emphasize enough how useful they were in my preparation. Theory is provided together
with related ideas and examples how we can apply those problem-solving ideas. The range
of problem difficulties is from National Olympiad level up to hardest IPhO problem level. I
especially recommend to go through Electrical circuits and Mechanics. You will not regret.

3. Estonian-Finnish (currently, Northern Baltic) Physics

Olympiad problems: https://www.ioc.ee/~kalda/ipho/E... . Style is completely different from
IPhO of APhO, so they aren’t useful for pre-IPhO practice. However, just like „200 Puzzling
…“, these problems teach a lot of new ideas.

4. Romanian Master in Physics: Romanian Master of Physics 2017 . If you need even more
problems, this competition can be helpful. I found some of the problems useless in IPhO
preparation, but there are still a few good ones out there.

5. Savchenko’s „Zadachi po fizike“. This can be a very useful book, although I did not spend
much time on it. However, there are a few disadvantages: it does not have solutions and I
doubt if it is available in English. I would not recommend solving everything, so just have a
look at starred questions and choose the most interesting ones.

A FEW WORDS ON I. IRODOV’S „PROBLEMS IN GENERAL PHYSICS“

This exceptionally large problem collection is recommended by many and I agree that you can learn
a lot from those problems. However, when the number of problems is so large, it is hard to see
which ones are useful. Also, their style differs from IPhO problem style, so these problems won’t
help to get used to IPhO-style problems. Therefore, I would say that this book can help, but it is not
necessary to solve from here (personally, I have solved only 10–20 out of ≈2000 problems).

MORE PROBLEMS?

The list above is long enough to have lots and lots of practice in problem solving. If you want more,
here it is. These are for those who would like to aim at a very high (say, 28/30 or more) score in
theory, or even Best Theoretical special prize. At this level, you should just solve everything, even if
Physics required to solve the problem is not in the IPhO syllabus. To my mind, the main criterion
when choosing what to solve should be the difficulty of mathematics required. If you need much
more maths than it is in the Syllabus, then skip it.

Not many students know that there is a new book „200 More Puzzling Physics Problems“ by Gyula
Honyek et. al. I haven’t spent much time on these problems, so cannot comment a lot. But they are
noticeably more difficult than those in the predecessor of this problem collection.

Additionally, there were some interesting (and hard) problems in Physics Cup:
Competition “Physics Cup - IPhO2012” (2012);
https://www.ioc.ee/~kalda/ipho/P... (2017).

CONCLUSION

The more problems you so

Problems In Physics, by V. Zubov, V. Shalnov.

Problems In Physics, by A. A. Pinsky.

200 More Puzzling Physics Problems, by Gnadig, Honyek and Vigh.

Problems in General Physics, by I. E. Irodov.

Problems In General Physics, by V. S. Wolkenstein.

Some additional relevant books include the following ones:

300 Creative Physics Problems with Solutions, by Adrian Dingle, László Holics.

Selected Problems in Physics with Answers, by M.P. Shaskol'skaya, I.A. El'tsin, W.J.F. Reynolds.

Schaum's Outline of College Physics, 11th Edition, by Frederick J. Bueche, Eugene Hecht

Physics by Example: 200 Problems and Solutions, by W. G. Rees.

British physics Olympiad past papers

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I have heard of some competitions in Physics like Plankcshttp://2016.plancks.org but they are not as
prestigious and famous as IPhO.

Another one which is pretty challenging is Rudolf Ortvay Competition in Physics and usually takes
place in October or November Rudolf Ortvay Competition in Physics. In this one, there are total 30
problems given and you can choose max. 10 questions to give solutions. The competition lasts 10
days and after a couple of months the best solutions are being announced.

Finally, The University Physics Competition, The University Physics Competition Home. Very similar
to the previous one.

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There is one in Canada: Lloyd G. Elliott University Prize Exam

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up through high school, many of them sponsored by the National Science Foundation and the
Whitehouse there are very few of those opportunities for college science students. But, all is not
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Undergraduate students cannot participate in Physics Olympiad or similar events. For Physics
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