Hello scienceforums.net,
This is my first time posting on this website, for I have only discovered it today.
I am 16 years old, and I wish to teach myself Physics and understand the basic principles, along with more complex theories and such in the near future. Due to the fact that my school doesn't teach Physics until senior year, and that I want to be ahead of the game because I'm genuinely fascinated by science, I've ordered a "Holt Physics" textbook. I plan on reading and studying out of it, but because I'm completely new to studying Physics, I don't know which actual topics will be paramount to learn if I wish to delve into the deeper areas of Physics such as Quantum Mechanics and String Theory. I understand that I have to learn Calculus, but I don't know how I'll be able to learn that on my own. Any ideas to where I can start hopefully learning Calculus with ease? I'm pretty sure I could handle it if given the right tools to excel.
To summarize, I would love it if you guys helped me by enumerating any helpful formulas, topics, books, websites, etc. to aid me in getting a head-start on Physics and Calculus(I know this isn't a Calculus forum but I decided to add it in there because I presume Physics and Calculus go hand-and-hand)
Thanks!
