Fundamentals of Physics
Fundamentals of Physics by Halliday, Resnick, Walkerby Halliday, Resnick, Walker
Shares rank 9 of 13 physics textbooks by recommenders
People recommend it as a college physics textbook with many problems in each chapter and a broad overview of physics from atoms to matter.
People recommend it as a college physics textbook with many problems in each chapter and a broad overview of physics from atoms to matter.
3 people gave an opinion
- recommend it
- 3
- criticize it
- 0
- approval share
- 100%
Recommended in 2 of 13 months
- November 2025: not recommended
- December 2025: not recommended
- January 2026: recommended
- February 2026: not recommended
- March 2026: not recommended
- April 2026: not recommended
- May 2026: not recommended
- June 2026: not recommended
- July 2026: recommended
- August 2026: not recommended
- September 2026: not recommended
- October 2026: not recommended
- November 2026: not recommended (month in progress)
Why it doesn’t carry the badge
- 3 people recommend itNeeds 10 or more, not met.
- Nobody criticizes itNeeds 2 to 1 or better, met.
- Recommended in 2 of 13 monthsNeeds 4 or more, not met.
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What people say about it
The reasons people give, with the number of comments that give each one. Open a reason to read what they said.
Why people recommend it
Each mark is one comment
Many problems in each chapter
“I used in college, and it's really good. There are a lot of problems for each chapter”
Comment from 4 Jan 2026 in “Ask HN: Expository/Succinct Books on Modern Physics” Broad overview from atoms to matter
“Nice overview which approaches physics "from atoms to matter".”
Comment from 13 Jul 2026 in “So you want to learn physics (second edition, 2021)”
Other physics textbooks people recommend
The four most recommended other physics textbooks, with the same counts for each, so you can compare like for like. The tick on each bar marks the 2 to 1 line the badge needs.
| Product | Recommend | Criticize | Approval | Months | Owned | Badge |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Feynman Lectures on Physicsby Feynman, Leighton and Sands | 34 | 3 | 92% | 10 | — | Approved |
| Course of Theoretical Physicsby Landau and Lifshitz | 8 | 1 | 89% | 6 | — | — |
| Computational Physics (2nd Edition)by Giordano and Nakanishi | 7 | 1 | 88% | 1 | — | — |
| General Relativityby Robert Wald | 6 | 0 | 100% | 3 | — | — |
| Fundamentals of Physicsby Halliday, Resnick, WalkerThis page | 3 | 0 | 100% | 2 | — | — |
What people said
All 3 comments that mention it, newest first. Each links to the original comment.
“Nice overview which approaches physics "from atoms to matter".”
“I used in college, and it's really good. There are a lot of problems for each chapter”
“Two of the most popular are:”
Counts come from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026. How we count. Report a mistake.