Best Way To Learn Physics #physics

[erthx]

Great question Sorcerer.
1) How? Be obsessed with learning physics!
2) Best books? Personal favorite, Mathematical Methods in physics 3rd & 7th Ed. You can even get the PDF free online. This book covers all areas of modern physics, been using it for 27 years. As for any others, texts that don't have answers in the back, nor a solution manual. I do prefer hints in the exercises. Believe this builds confidence in the research mind. Also,
looking at the material in the chapters and challenging yourself to create additional problems can build insight.
3) When to? Any damn time you can! Take Einstein's advice, consider study a privilege, not a chore.

[BennettAustin]

I had really great professors, to me that is the best way. Just asking them questions. Very different from math I’d say, which was much more independent and isolated by just reading a book alone at a desk

[edwardsmith-rowland]

One of the first things my first year physics professor said was "Students worry about 'Physical Intuition' - what is it, how do you get it, etc. Physical Intuition is what you get after you work a bunch of problems."

[xirsixussien]

1. Physics for scientists and engineers by Douglas Giancoli. 2. Mathematical methods for the physical sciences by Mary Boas. 2. Classical mechanics by Taylor. 3 Introduction to electrodynamics by Griffiths. 4. Principles of Quantum mechanics by Shankar. 5. Introduction to Thermal Physics by Daniel V. Shroeder.

[energyeve]

Something that has helped me tremendously, is solving easier problems close to the problem at hand.

[LaughingManRa]

The best way to learn physics is similar to the best way to learn math: use lots of sources, and drill lots of problems!

[douglasstrother]

Learn to draw diagrams well, and construct a solution based on physical principles. This can be applied to "block on an inclined plane" problems to more complex ones in electromagnetism, quantum mechanics, etc.

[willpotter]

Switching from electrician to electrical engineer and want to teach myself all the math and science with a bunch if textbooks and such before starting the degree in a couple years! We CAN DO IT

[jbbentley]

If Lebinz and Newton invented Calculus to explain natural phenomena is it conjecture to say that their is maths that need to be created to explain cosmological phenomena?

[OrdenJust]

I have heard it said that the only way to truly learn a subject is ...to teach it! (Obviously, one must study it first, but only after having to teach it to someone else does one truly learn it.)

[charlesbaoumar]

So helpful. Thank you for this amazing video!

[rittickkumar]

The best way to learn physics is simple be honest to yourself continuously Ask questions too relate your question in real practical world don't believe to someone, satisfy yourself.

[MichaelWaisJr]

I saw a meme cover to a fake math book once. It was pretty funny. It said, “Math: Way More Fun on Acid”! 😂

[chad_dogedoge]

Can you review, Wolfgang Nolting - Theoretical Physice, what is the difference between the books by Greiner?

[manaoharsam]

Let me tell you my background first. I have a degree in Engineering Mechanics with background in solid Mechanics. I worked for ten years at Boeing as loads and dynamics Engineer, did lots of finite element analysis. Worked on space shuttle program. Saw lots of application, made the job really interesting when less paper work was involved . Did lot of flight flutter testing, flow induced vibration loads.

But in 2009 my wife passed away. Sold my big house and bought a very small house and said I want to really learn other things like physics.


I picked up book by Hussein Yilmaz, I got lost reading this book. The relativity part was OK. But when started talking about Dirac Spinors, Stress Energy Tensors, I was completely lost.

So I must have picked up the wrong book. Besides it was not like Engineering where you can put a physical meaning.


Then I picked up Ashoke Das on Quantum Field Theory. Understood the Math this time, and all about spinors etc, only to the mathematical extent.

Became very sad, read all the math, understood all of it mathwise, but really could not put some sense into it.

Maybe I was just a beginner here. Because my encounter with Michio Kakus book was disappointing. It did not have step by step approach like Ashoke Das book.


So long story short, I see there are lots of physics books written without consideration to walk you through it. If you are on your own, and if nobody tells you the correct book to read first you will feel it is very hard.

No nothing is really hard. I used to teach undergraduate students who got nothing above a C, and after teaching most got A or B s. Even the Dean got a letter from the students saying that he is a best teacher you will find in 100 yrs.


Nothing is hard, if you want to cook a dish, you use certain ingredients, and follow step by step procedure.

Unfortunately in physics books mostly are written not in a way like Engineering books.

If we don't make these books interesting we will make some very curious minds run away from physics. You don't make string theory look like it is from other world.

Actually you should write the Book by

[dyzphoriia]

i love math and physics but i hate reading. the problem is physics is a lot of reading and trying to understand text so.. yay

[hassnainayub]

Can anyone suggest me i want become researcher in physics but i did graduation in computer science

[TheInterestingInformer]

So many questions, not enough answers 😩 😩

[manaoharsam]

So Actually you should write a book on string theory written by Barton Zweibach. In fact his Quantum Mechanics lectures are great offered in MIT open coursework, free for all. Just Google you find them. Yes we need teachers like Barton Zweibach.

[Neo-Reloaded]

The best book is introduction to string theory by Barton Zwiebach