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G'day from Australia! I loved physics and maths in high school and I have been trying to teach myself some physics on the side whilst doing another course at university.
So far, I have read and done problems from "Introduction to Thermal Physics (Schroeder)" [I got up to around 7.4] and currently I am up to chapter 7 in "Vibrations and Waves (French, 1971)." I started off studying Vibrations and Waves alongside the Walter Lewin MIT lecture series (8.03), however I eventually stopped watching the lectures, because the textbook was of quite a high quality and the lectures were a bit fast for me (although the demonstrations were useful even if infrequent).
One of the annoying things about self-teaching is the lack of discussion with others, so I'm really excited to start chatting about aspects of physics and problems that I found interesting or satisfying or challenging with other people. So, if you've studied either of the textbooks that I have, please don't hesitate to write a huge paragraph detailing your views and opinions or favourite problems! I'd love to hear them! Partnering up or forming a study group with people studying the same content would also be great.
When I finish Vibrations and Waves, I intend to do a bit more maths (maybe some vector calculus), before either doing some more classical physics (Hamiltonian and Lagrangian) or electromagnetism.
Yours truly
normalmode25
So far, I have read and done problems from "Introduction to Thermal Physics (Schroeder)" [I got up to around 7.4] and currently I am up to chapter 7 in "Vibrations and Waves (French, 1971)." I started off studying Vibrations and Waves alongside the Walter Lewin MIT lecture series (8.03), however I eventually stopped watching the lectures, because the textbook was of quite a high quality and the lectures were a bit fast for me (although the demonstrations were useful even if infrequent).
One of the annoying things about self-teaching is the lack of discussion with others, so I'm really excited to start chatting about aspects of physics and problems that I found interesting or satisfying or challenging with other people. So, if you've studied either of the textbooks that I have, please don't hesitate to write a huge paragraph detailing your views and opinions or favourite problems! I'd love to hear them! Partnering up or forming a study group with people studying the same content would also be great.
When I finish Vibrations and Waves, I intend to do a bit more maths (maybe some vector calculus), before either doing some more classical physics (Hamiltonian and Lagrangian) or electromagnetism.
Yours truly
normalmode25
