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I can only recommend what are the most reputed source in Physics nothing more. These are as following: Physical Review (http://journals.aps.org/ http://journa

by aq3cn 10y ago

I can only recommend what are the most reputed source in Physics nothing more. These are as following: Physical Review (http://journals.aps.org/ http://journals.aps.org/) Nature (http://www.nature.com/ http://www.nature.com/) IOP Journal of Physics (http://iopscience.iop.org/ http://iopscience.iop.org/) Physics Today (www.physicstoday.org) First step should be to read review articles and see the trend by looking at number of citations of linked articles before you go in more depth. Google Scholar can be of great help in this regard. Anyway, if you are in the physics community you will who deserve your attention. To find the books, you can follow Nature. They review new books every week. For example this week's book recommendation can be found here. http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v537/n7618/full/537033a.html http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v537/n7618/full/537033a... I hope it helps.

BOOSTERHIDROGEN 10y ago
actually my background is engineering physics, those links of course are great sources. But I think my question aren't being clear to you. I asked what is your strategy to avoid media bias and fallacy. In addition to this strategy, do you have any recommended books.
- aq3cn 10y ago
  The sources I mentioned are the place where people get published. So first strategy is go to skip media and reach out for original sources. I know reading a paper can be a nightmare, so you can read a featured review articles in those journal. For example these articles. https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.151301 https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117... https://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/111 https://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/111 If you have hard time picking up which one to read, then you can use number of citations as a measure to decide what deserve your attention. If you stick to your own area of expertise, then you if it is correct or not. You can check educational background and previous work to decide the validity of their present work. Research done in physics are not personal opinions. Mathematics speaks for itself. So I don't think that you will ever encounter media bias if you stick to reputed people from reputed journal. As per finding book recommendations, you can refer back to your current or favorite textbooks to find what those author ask you to read further. You can watch public lectures of your favorite physicist or visit their website to find out their recommendations. Feynman Lectures is the most popular book among new comers of physics students. So I am assuming you know about it. He has given several book recommendation in between the book. http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu Another approach for validity of article it to refer to comment section and evaluate how heated or constructive is the debate following the article. Look for previous article by same author to see if he just expresses controversial to have more clicks. For long time, I have been following this list for book recommendation. Inside these books have recommendation for my next book. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Administrivia/booklist.html http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Administrivia/booklist... Since you ask for my personal opinion, so I would recommend reading this book. And you know what it is freely hosted on MIT website. It is What is life by Erwin Schrödinger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_Life%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_Life%3F http://web.mit.edu/philosophy/religionandscience/mindandmatter.pdf http://web.mit.edu/philosophy/religionandscience/mindandmatt...

by aq3cn 10y ago

BOOSTERHIDROGEN 10y ago

actually my background is engineering physics, those links of course are great sources. But I think my question aren't being clear to you. I asked what is your strategy to avoid media bias and fallacy. In addition to this strategy, do you have any recommended books.

aq3cn 10y ago
The sources I mentioned are the place where people get published. So first strategy is go to skip media and reach out for original sources. I know reading a paper can be a nightmare, so you can read a featured review articles in those journal. For example these articles. https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117.151301 https://physics.aps.org/synopsis-for/10.1103/PhysRevLett.117... https://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/111 https://physics.aps.org/articles/v9/111 If you have hard time picking up which one to read, then you can use number of citations as a measure to decide what deserve your attention. If you stick to your own area of expertise, then you if it is correct or not. You can check educational background and previous work to decide the validity of their present work. Research done in physics are not personal opinions. Mathematics speaks for itself. So I don't think that you will ever encounter media bias if you stick to reputed people from reputed journal. As per finding book recommendations, you can refer back to your current or favorite textbooks to find what those author ask you to read further. You can watch public lectures of your favorite physicist or visit their website to find out their recommendations. Feynman Lectures is the most popular book among new comers of physics students. So I am assuming you know about it. He has given several book recommendation in between the book. http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu Another approach for validity of article it to refer to comment section and evaluate how heated or constructive is the debate following the article. Look for previous article by same author to see if he just expresses controversial to have more clicks. For long time, I have been following this list for book recommendation. Inside these books have recommendation for my next book. http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Administrivia/booklist.html http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/physics/Administrivia/booklist... Since you ask for my personal opinion, so I would recommend reading this book. And you know what it is freely hosted on MIT website. It is What is life by Erwin Schrödinger. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_Life%3F https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/What_Is_Life%3F http://web.mit.edu/philosophy/religionandscience/mindandmatter.pdf http://web.mit.edu/philosophy/religionandscience/mindandmatt...