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By STEM I mean science, technology, engineering and math. By a bible, I mean a book which is comprehensive, big and heavy (both physically and intellectually), authoritative, and generally highly respected in the community as the standard book that contains more-or-less everything one needs to know about the subject.
The examples in physics are:
- general physics:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (3 volumes)
- classical mechanics:
H. Goldstein et al, Classical Mechanics
- classical electromagnetism:
J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics
- general relativity:
C.W Misner, K.S. Thorne and J.A. Wheeler, Gravitation
- quantum mechanics:
Surprisingly, I don't know which of the standard QM textbooks would deserve this title.
- quantum information and computation:
M.A. Nielsen and I.L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
- quantum field theory:
the old testament: S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields Volume I
the new testament: S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields Volume II
(There is also the Volume III on supersymmetry, but it does not have such a high reputation.)
What are your examples?
The examples in physics are:
- general physics:
The Feynman Lectures on Physics (3 volumes)
- classical mechanics:
H. Goldstein et al, Classical Mechanics
- classical electromagnetism:
J.D. Jackson, Classical Electrodynamics
- general relativity:
C.W Misner, K.S. Thorne and J.A. Wheeler, Gravitation
- quantum mechanics:
Surprisingly, I don't know which of the standard QM textbooks would deserve this title.
- quantum information and computation:
M.A. Nielsen and I.L. Chuang, Quantum Computation and Quantum Information
- quantum field theory:
the old testament: S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields Volume I
the new testament: S. Weinberg, The Quantum Theory of Fields Volume II
(There is also the Volume III on supersymmetry, but it does not have such a high reputation.)
What are your examples?
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