Introductory Reading

[Purephysics]

Hey all,

 

Some of you may have read my previous posts about attaining an education in physics.

 

I had to put things on hold for a bit; moving, new baby, new job, you know the deal.

 

I'm back and looking for some good introductory reading in physics to get the brain box buzzing again.

 

I'm currently reading "The Elegant Universe" and "A Brief History of Time", supplementing with "Explaining Physics" by Stephen Pople.

 

I've been recommended the "Feynman Lectures" as a start and good grounding and feelings on that would be much appreciated, as would any other suggestions.

 

(nothing too academic or advanced as I am still learning and found such works as "The Road to Reality" by Roger Penrose to be very math heavy and poorly explained)

[Genecks]

Start studying academic books and punching out equations.

[ajb]

I recommend something like Halliday, Resnick, Walker: Fundamentals of Physics, 6th Edition. It is aimed at first year undergraduate students and so some familiarity with high school physics, akin to UK A-levels, would be useful.

 

"The Elegant Universe" and "A Brief History of Time" are popular science books. You will get something out of them and they help give you a wider picture, but you won't really learn physics from them.

 

"The Road to Reality" is a strange book, I am not sure if it is a specialised monograph or a popular text. It lies somewhere in between, but for sure it is not the place to start your journey into physics.

[JohnStu]

Hey all,

 

Some of you may have read my previous posts about attaining an education in physics.

 

I had to put things on hold for a bit; moving, new baby, new job, you know the deal.

 

I'm back and looking for some good introductory reading in physics to get the brain box buzzing again.

 

I'm currently reading "The Elegant Universe" and "A Brief History of Time", supplementing with "Explaining Physics" by Stephen Pople.

 

I've been recommended the "Feynman Lectures" as a start and good grounding and feelings on that would be much appreciated, as would any other suggestions.

 

(nothing too academic or advanced as I am still learning and found such works as "The Road to Reality" by Roger Penrose to be very math heavy and poorly explained)

 

 

Check out books by Neil Degrasse Tyson and Michio Kaku, also Brain Cox. I've read them, they are great.