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Need Help Deciding: "From xrays to quarks" or "the unconscious quantum"
so I never would have expected myself to wind up here for most of my existence, but I recently had an epiphany on my life. I held out for awhile to see if it was just a fad my brain had gone into, but i become more and more intrigued and interested in it day by day, I am even dreaming about it.
I want to do astro/particle physics. I spent the greater part of today in the library picking up (and blowing the dust off of) biographies of Einstein, carl sagan, etc. Flipped through and it wasnt really cutting it for me, I am not so much interested on the full spectrum of their lives and other issues, I am interested in the physics and mathematics themselves. But i know it is so complicated that I need to construct an timeline and evolution of primarily physics in my head.
I found a bunch of quantum physics type books, and managed to grab these 2.
("From xrays to quarks" or "the unconscious quantum")
Just wonder what you would recommend to someone who is just getting into it. I don't have a large physics background at all, and slight calculus. But this is only out of disinterest in the past. I generally tend to comprehend pretty fast and can look out of the box quiet well. Math just seems to work in my head.
Also how would you break it down from start to beginning say, college course wise. I am finishing up a business degree but I find business to be pretty easy aswell, and would love to start working on basic stuff I can just teach myself with some textbooks. This would not all go to waste either as I do want a 2nd degree in the content.
Thank you so much :)
so I never would have expected myself to wind up here for most of my existence, but I recently had an epiphany on my life. I held out for awhile to see if it was just a fad my brain had gone into, but i become more and more intrigued and interested in it day by day, I am even dreaming about it.
I want to do astro/particle physics. I spent the greater part of today in the library picking up (and blowing the dust off of) biographies of Einstein, carl sagan, etc. Flipped through and it wasnt really cutting it for me, I am not so much interested on the full spectrum of their lives and other issues, I am interested in the physics and mathematics themselves. But i know it is so complicated that I need to construct an timeline and evolution of primarily physics in my head.
I found a bunch of quantum physics type books, and managed to grab these 2.
("From xrays to quarks" or "the unconscious quantum")
Just wonder what you would recommend to someone who is just getting into it. I don't have a large physics background at all, and slight calculus. But this is only out of disinterest in the past. I generally tend to comprehend pretty fast and can look out of the box quiet well. Math just seems to work in my head.
Also how would you break it down from start to beginning say, college course wise. I am finishing up a business degree but I find business to be pretty easy aswell, and would love to start working on basic stuff I can just teach myself with some textbooks. This would not all go to waste either as I do want a 2nd degree in the content.
Thank you so much :)