11 Sep '08 22:19>
Let's not kid ourselves: physics is the greatest science and theoretical physics is just the next best thing after sliced bread. Some say it is even better than sliced bread. I kid you not guys and girls. (I just said it haven't I? ) Anywhoo I've come across this page on the internet and I am cursing myself for not stumbling upon it way sooner but that's just how things go.
This are some advices of a Nobel prize for people that want to make it big in physics and have no problem in working through a lot of some very useful and hopefully fun stuff. I've seen some of the books and resources he indicates and I can tell you that some of them are really good and some of them I didn't like that much. But the bottom line here is that a Nobel prize is willing to give us a few secrets of his craft and from what I've see on this site a lot of people are truly interested in physics. So this is a chance for you to actually mess around with some real physics and not the toned down wishy-washy stuff they try to pull down our throats with pop-science.
So enjoy yourselves: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html
And two more links with some more free resources that I've seen: http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html
http://www.theassayer.org/cgi-bin/asbrowsesubject.cgi?
http://www.theassayer.org/cgi-bin/asbrowsesubject.cgi?class=Q
I'm thinking about renaming my club to something related to the 't Hooft page and have some people interested in science (strong emphasis on physics and math but of course all other branches included too) to join it. Do you think this might be a good idea?
This are some advices of a Nobel prize for people that want to make it big in physics and have no problem in working through a lot of some very useful and hopefully fun stuff. I've seen some of the books and resources he indicates and I can tell you that some of them are really good and some of them I didn't like that much. But the bottom line here is that a Nobel prize is willing to give us a few secrets of his craft and from what I've see on this site a lot of people are truly interested in physics. So this is a chance for you to actually mess around with some real physics and not the toned down wishy-washy stuff they try to pull down our throats with pop-science.
So enjoy yourselves: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html
And two more links with some more free resources that I've seen: http://www.geocities.com/alex_stef/mylist.html
http://www.theassayer.org/cgi-bin/asbrowsesubject.cgi?
http://www.theassayer.org/cgi-bin/asbrowsesubject.cgi?class=Q
I'm thinking about renaming my club to something related to the 't Hooft page and have some people interested in science (strong emphasis on physics and math but of course all other branches included too) to join it. Do you think this might be a good idea?