Relearning It All

[MDS1005]

Hey all. Lets make a long story short here. Im a highschool drop out. However, an intelligent high school drop out. I've decided to go back to community college, and the hopefully, if possible, to a University. Interested in physics. I've decided to reteach myself as much math in science as possible, starting from very basic levels, to compensate for the fact that I have forgotten quite a bit, and so that I may test out of a few courses in community college.

 

-Can anyone recommend good websites for learning math from as basic a level as pre-algebra?

 

-Any specific text books that anyone could recommend, in any subject?

 

-Is it even possible to go from a highschool drop out to a graduate with a PhD in something as complicated as physics? (Im not worried about how long it takes)

[Mr Skeptic]

It's definitely possible, especially if you are intelligent and interested. If you want to self-learn, you will need some good web-searching skills. A site I liked for physics was hyperphysics.

 

Dunno about math, but you could try mathworld or sosmath

[DJBruce]

Im not to sure on the math but here is what I have found that might help.

 

http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/showthread.php?t=27211&highlight=teaching+physics

http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html

http://www.math.com/http://www1.esc.edu/personalfac/numberwhiz/newmath/toolbox/basictutor/basictutor.html

http://tutorial.math.lamar.edu/