Physics
Important Physics Problem Solved I Cooked A Chicken By Slapping It
12/13/22 Hypothesis: Maybe if you are great at cooking and learn how to be really good at math, you can therefore become great at physics. There's a pretty similar amount of memorization and finesse involved in both of these disciplines. Six kinds of quarks, with three basic colors? It's like the mother sauces.
Books
- HELPFUL FOR HOMESCHOOLING (Algebra based): Must Know High School Physics by Chris Bruhn - a great introduction if the whole thing mystifies you; highly recommended
- HELPFUL FOR HOMESCHOOLING (Algebra based): Conceptual Physics by Paul Hewitt
- HELPFUL FOR HOMESCHOOLING (Algebra based): Problem Solving for Conceptual Physics by Hewitt and Wolf
- Second step (Calculus based): University Physics with Modern Physics by Young and Freedman, ANY EDITION, or Physics for Scientists and Engineers by Raymond A. Serway and Robert J. Beichner
Advanced books
- Physics for Scientists and Engineers: A Strategic Approach, by Knight
- Principia by Newton
- Classical Dynamics of Particles and Systems by Thornton
- Introductory Electricity and Magnetism by Ed Taylor
- Introduction to Electrodynamics by Griffiths
- Griffith’s Electricity and Magnetism
- Griffith’s Quantum Mechanics
- Griffith’s Particle Physics
- Introduction to Quantum Physics by Griffiths
- Introduction to Elementary Particles by Griffiths
- QED by Feynman
- Quantum Mechanics: 3 volumes by Cohen – Tannoudji
- Jackson’s Advanced Electromagnetics
- Taylor’s Classical Mechanics
- The Meaning of Relativity by Albert Einstein
- Gravitation and Spacetime by Hans Ohanian
- Encyclopedic Gravitations by Misner, Thorne & Wheeler
- Taylor’s Introductory Error Analysis
- The Feynman Lectures by Richard Feynman
- Statistical Physics by Richard Feynman
- Thermodynamics by Yunus Cengel
- Thermodynamics: Thermal Physics by Kittel
- Fluids by Yunus Cengel
- Fluid Mechanics by Landau & Lifshitz
Internet Resources
Why bother learning it?
Physics: Do you like to understand how the world works without the new age psychobabble? Try this. Also for avoiding constructing abominations like Action Park. 
If you aren't sure if it's something you're into, you might want to read A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking. It got me hooked. Next section added 10/9/24, additional reasons why Physics can help you:
- Whatever you're building, if you want it to not be a death trap, Physics is your best friend.
- For the same reason, wherever you go and whatever you're doing, if you know Physics, it can prevent you from making several profoundly dumb errors in judgment, like that one time I decided to... ah, never mind
- More fun in everything you do in life. Not kidding. That additional understanding of how things work makes the mundane interesting because you know it's not mundane at all
- Would you like to build your own home, outbuildings or any other dwelling places? Would you like it to not fall down or have serious problems crop up over time? Physics will help so much it's not even funny.
- Do you want to go into any of the trades? Want to get promoted faster or own your own business in said trades where OSHA doesn't come in every other Tuesday and question why you are creating a hazard? Physics is one of the answers.
- Pretty much every time someone asks "why is this physical process not working?" or "how come this physical process is so inefficient?" knowing Physics can help you either fix it or improve it.
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