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Becoming a theoretical physicist was one of my aspirations after reading Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time (understood half of it, give or take) and bei
by tyng 16y ago
Becoming a theoretical physicist was one of my aspirations after reading Stephen Hawking's A Brief History of Time (understood half of it, give or take) and being good at Physics in high school. Really appreciate the effort to categorise every steps and resources necessary to attempt this field.
But at the same time this is starting to seem daunting... how long would it take to go through all this material on a part-time basis? Well, my original plan was to do it after I semi-retire.
- shogunmike 16y agoIt's an amazing goal and you should definitely give it a try. My advice is start at the beginning and see how you get on. After a while you'll probably be further along than you realise. Also, it depends on how much you really want to understand. If you want to be at the level of taking exam papers in all the material, then you would need to study a lot. If you just want a broad (but mathematical) introduction to the topics, you can go much faster. To make things ultra-exciting, you can try and generate computer experiments around the material you're reading. Build a differential equation solver, use some Python libraries to visualise a pendulum swing, etc. It really makes it come alive and gives you a far better understanding of what is really happening.
- tyng 16y agoGood advice, cheers!