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An anonymous reader writes "I am in my third year as a PhD math student at Someplace University. I am currently taking Partial Differential Equations. I am working hard to understand all the math being thrown at us in that class, and that is okay. The problem is, I have never taken any physics anywhere. Most of the problems in PDEs model some sort of physical situation. It would be nice to be able to have in the back of my mind where this is all coming from. We constantly hear about the heat equation, wave equation, gravitational potential, etc. I am told I should not worry about what the equations describe and just learn how to work with them. I would rather not follow that advice. Can anyone recommend physics books for someone in my position. I know little about the subject, but I think I could learn quickly. I did not want to just pick up a book for undergrads. Perhaps there are things out there geared towards mathematicians? Nobody I know seems to have any solid recommendations. Perhaps Slashdot could render assistance."
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