Like some people have said, learning physics is mostly learning how to think like a physicist. You can probably get the basic ideas from Wikipedia articles and

Like some people have said, learning physics is mostly learning how to think like a physicist. You can probably get the basic ideas from Wikipedia articles and popular books, but you won't really "get it" without some work. I have a bias (a traditional physics education). But my advice to to supplement the popular stuff: - Choose a career / hobby that is heavy in mathematical modeling. I find it much easier to explain physics to people who have built the intuition for applied math. - Ask some questions on the Physics Stack Exchange. - If you can, talk to a physicist.