How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
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How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
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Re: How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
#2>Unfortunately, I still have to recommend to buy text books as well
Why?
EDIT: Why buy textbooks, rather than read online resources and online textbooks?
Re: How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
#3http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gadda001/goodtheorist/primar...
I wonder, for someone like me that got a pretty terrible math education, how these free courses stack up against just using khan academy or similar.
Re: How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
#4http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gadda001/goodtheorist/primar... I wonder, for someone like me that got a pretty terrible math education, how these free courses stack up against just using khan academy or similar.
Some of the basics - Khan academy is easy to understand and gives a good foundation. Don't even try to compare the advanced stuff. Just don't. Takes a lot of work and takes years. Even grad students run away from some of the stuff.
Re: How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
#5I would love to see similiar sites set up in other disciplines of various knowledge bodies: Politcal science, economics, philosophy, computer science, etc
Re: How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
#6This is exactly like what I've been looking for -- a bit of a roadmap leading up to [hopefully] returning to school. I've started, but have meandered a little. And maybe less on the theoretical side, but who knows.
Thanks for this.
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#7Nice comprehensive list. Scares the heck out of me. The only stuff I recognize are the ones I learnt in college (math and some basic physics like EM and stuff). The rest is just plain scary. Makes me really respect Physicists. If this is just to get started then being a physicist is a lot of hard work.
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#8http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gadda001/goodtheorist/primar... I wonder, for someone like me that got a pretty terrible math education, how these free courses stack up against just using khan academy or similar.
Some of the basics - Khan academy is easy to understand and gives a good foundation. Don't even try to compare the advanced stuff. Just don't. Takes a lot of work and takes years. Even grad students run away from some of the stuff.
indeed. here is an article that was posted here not so long ago : http://m.nautil.us/issue/43/heroes/what-does-any-of-this-hav...
Re: How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
#9http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~gadda001/goodtheorist/primar... I wonder, for someone like me that got a pretty terrible math education, how these free courses stack up against just using khan academy or similar.
Some of the basics - Khan academy is easy to understand and gives a good foundation. Don't even try to compare the advanced stuff. Just don't. Takes a lot of work and takes years. Even grad students run away from some of the stuff.
The stuff linked on the page is stuff you'll learn as an undergrad or before.
Re: How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
#10Don't try, most of them go into QUANT Finance.