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by wikiwatchme 3342 days ago
Modern Physics by Paul Tipler and the Feynman lectures by Richard Feynman.
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ummm no. I can name many Bibles in physics and neither of those are in the set.
I agree. Feynman lectures aren't in anyway comprehensive or bible-like, but they're nonetheless very fun. As for Tipler, I'd stay far away from it haha (take it as an example of how badly a physics textbook can be written).

As for bible-like/comprehensive (I don't know if anyone has written such a thing in such a vast subject), but many consider the Landau/Lifshitz "Course in Theoretical Physics" series to be an elegant summary of important results in physics. Check out the Chicago Undergraduate Physics Bibliography if you're interested in what books to study to become a physicist.

There is a series by Walter Greiner... english translations are also available.
the greiner books are great - especially the qft book
Please name them.
gravitation by wheeler misner thorne, qm by sakurai, mechanics by goldstein, e&m by jackson, qft by peskin and shroeder, etc.