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Resources

Here are some of the resources and links that I find useful, and some of my own recommendations.

Books I have read so far in High School
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Physics
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  • Concepts of Physics by H.C. Verma
  • Physics by Resnick, Halliday, and Krane
  • Competitive Physics by J. Wang and B. Ricardo
  • Thermal Physics by S. J. Blundell and K. M. Blundell
  • An Introduction to Mechanics by D. Kleppner and R. Kolenkow
  • Introduction to Electrodynamics by D. J. Griffiths
  • The Feynman Lectures on Physics by R. P. Feynman, R. B. Leighton, and M. Sands
  • Celestial Mechanics by R. Fitzpatrick
  • Introduction to Elementary Particles by D. J. Griffiths
  • A First Course in General Relativity by B. Schutz

Astronomy
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  • Foundations of Astrophysics by B. Ryden and B. M. Peterson
  • An Introduction to Modern Astrophysics by D. J. Carroll and D. A. Ostlie
  • Introduction to Cosmology by B. Ryden
  • Fundamentals of Astrodynamics by Flavio Salvati
  • Astronomy: Principles and Practice by A. E. Roy and D. Clarke
  • Fundamental Astronomy by H. Karttunen and et al.
  • Spherical Astronomy by W. M. Smart
  • Schaum’s Outline of Astronomy by S. E. Palen

Others
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  • Modern Olympiad Number Theory by Aditya Khurmi
  • Proofs by J. Cummings
  • Linguistics Olympiad Training Guide by V. A. NeacÈ™u
  • Competitive Programmer’s Handbook by A. Laaksonen
  • Statistics and Analysis of Scientific Data by M. Bonamente