Posted on 07/10/2008 6:51:50 PM PDT by free me
My wife just took up an interest in physics. What would be a good book for her to start with?
I've never posted a vanity thread before, but I'm sure there is no better people to ask than my fine freeper friends.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks!!
Physics is so huge and broad. But if I wanted to take a first step I would go to a “Dummie” book first:
http://www.amazon.com/Physics-Dummies-Math-Science/dp/0764554336/ref=pd_sim_b_2
It’s a personal persuit.
Ok, that’s good to know. I will study relative motion.
Thank you!
“pop physics”
Could I have substituted that for Physics 101?
The “Feynman Lectures on Physics” is the all-time classic. Caltec owns rights to his books, probably available through Amazon, but much can be found on-line through a search on the quotes. Einstein’s books require too much knowledge in mathematics like the Taylor Series Transform for most to begin to understand. The Feynmann Lectures were more of a classical physics for the non-physics PHD.
Buy low, sell high.
Whoops, wrong thread, but it’s still good advice.
The Complete Idiot's Guide to Physics
This my sound silly, but they provide a good overview of the topics, and are at the beginner's level
Thanks everyone. I knew I would get the best and most exhaustive advice here.
I now must read about 15 books to keep ahead of the MRS.
After almost ten years on Free Republic and just posting your first vanity post, I’d say you’ve overcome the law of inertia.:-0
Yeah, they do require some math skills. =o)
I think someone who is at least good at algebra would be OK with Newtonian physics, and classical mechanics. Electricity and Magnetism are going to need some calculus, especially when dealing with flux thorough a curved surfaces in 3D space. After that, Quantum Mechanics needs strong math skills. The wave equations deal with complex numbers, and the math gets very difficult.
Great, now I have to look up the “law of intertia”!!
JK/thanks!
I agree with the Feynman lectures.
How about “Physics in a Male Patriarchal Society from a Feminine Perspective in a Modernistic Sustainable Environment”?
Find a good book on Newtonian mechanics. If one starts any higher it’s like trying to run a marathon before you can run a mile.
Find a good book on Newtonian mechanics. If one starts any higher it’s like trying to run a marathon before you can run a mile.
I was referring to books like “The Universe in a Nutshell” and others like that.
Oh MY!
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