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To get an idea of the amount of work required to gain "depth" consider these famous lists: HOW to BECOME a GOOD THEORETICAL PHYSICIST by Gerard 't Hooft This
by kurtosis 17y ago
To get an idea of the amount of work required to gain "depth" consider these famous lists:
HOW to BECOME a GOOD THEORETICAL PHYSICIST
by Gerard 't Hooft
This is a web site (still under construction) for young students - and anyone else - who are (like me) thrilled by the challenges posed by real science, and who are - like me - determined to use their brains to discover new things about the physical world that we are living in. In short, it is for all those who decided to study theoretical physics, in their own time.
http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html
See also:
Herring Brain Box
http://large.stanford.edu/herring/brain/ http://large.stanford.edu/herring/brain/
- Rod 17y agoI knew Hooft's page already. Thanks for the other URL. I did some work on Experimental Physics years ago, then discovered that I was more into Applied Math. No plans to become a theoretical physicist, but I still read some stuff on it once in a while, just for kicks...
- kurtosis 17y agoI'm not sure if the t'Hooft page is a joke or not. Looking over the Herring Box is a humbling experience. A common hope that a lot of children have is that even though there was no way that anyone could read every book in the library it might still be possible learn everything by choosing only the good books. The herring box makes me feel like even this goal is impossible. People really are discovering valuable knowledge at a faster rate than any one individual could learn and comprehend it all.
- tokenadult 17y agoI'm not sure if the t'Hooft page is a joke or not. It is no joke. Nobel laureate in physics t'Hooft wrote the page to give serious advice to people who aspire to understand theoretical physics.