Re: A few questions for you guys...

Sorcerer wrote:
<antonioetayo@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Hello there, guys. I was wondering if you could answer a couple of
| questions for me. First, a little background: I've always been
| interested in physics but lets just say my highschool experience with
| every teacher I ever had was less than stellar. So, like many folks out
| there, I had a profound distaste for actual studying. I breezed through
| it all figuring out the path of least resistance (High school physics
| was ridiculously easy since it was all about pointless excercises that
| were really all the same. Just apply the formula.) And math, well math
| I just ignored completely. Ofcourse, now that I'm in college I see the
| error of my ways. What I want is to go through all that highschool
| material again to freshen up so I can start with college level stuff.
| Both math and physics. I plan on taking physics as a second major
| (Thats what you call them, right, majors? Sorry, not my native tongue)
| Anyway, this is what I need:
|
| Could you recommend some books that go through the entire material in a
| more reasonable way than your regular highschool books? Physics and
| mathematics. I dont need it to repeat stuff for me or take it slow like
| they normally would. I do need them to go into detail so none of those
| lite physics books with little math. This is important because I need
| to familiarize myself with the proper vocabulary and symbology in the
| english language mathematics (yes, its supposed to be universal but it
| really isnt all that much) Recommend a few if you can because I might
| not be able to find some.
|
| Also, if you can point me to any valuable online resources on the
| subject and communities dedicated to the learning of physics (besides
| this one, ofcourse) it would be great.
|
| Thanks a bunch

Go to good bookstore and spend a day browsing until you find what
you are comfortable with, then buy it. There are many online resources,
google for what you like. If I have to tell you how to use a search
engine then online is not for you anyway, go to your local library instead.
Androcles.

No good bookstores in my area. Its all about fiction and lame self help
books around here. Libraries dont exist since its a third world country
(they do but, yknow, its not quite the same, if you catch my drift) I
also need the books in english, which rules out the previous options
completely (Pretty much limitted to the ebooks I can find but hey,
scientific knowledge should be free anyway)

Heh, online is not for me he says. I do know how to use a search
engine. I just like to also ask the opinion of people with studies in
the area since their insights are far more valuable. Usually when they
know their stuff they have a few resources they can name off the top of
their head. If not, well, they can always tell me to use a search
engine.

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