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HarrySutcliffe
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 Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:36 pm Post subject: Where can I learn more - Physics and Computers. |
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I was just wondering where I could learn more about physics (my science teacher wont tell me any more it's "too complicated" and I really can't work out where all you "computer pepole" get all your knowledge.
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Phagocyte
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Check out some books by Carl Sagan, he makes physics (among other sciences) very accessible and enjoyable to the general audience.
I do admit, however, that I'm a little perturbed by your teacher's attitude.
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Kalister1
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Carl Sagan is awesome 
I also like Michio Kaku
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| Posted: Thu Mar 27, 2008 4:58 pm Post subject: |
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| Phagocyte wrote: | | I do admit, however, that I'm a little perturbed by your teacher's attitude. |
Me too, sounds like he has issues.
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Do you actually want to solve problems or just want a novel to read? What grade are you and what are you interested in?
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megarat
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Physics: "Six Easy Pieces" and "Six Not-So-Easy Pieces" by Richard Feynman.
Computers: It depends. Do you just want to program, or get deep into computer science, or computer/electrical engineering? Or are you most interested in system administration/networking? I would recommend learning how to program first (I'm assuming that this is new to you), with a ubiquitous, loosely typed interpreted language like Perl or Python (Perl would be easier to get into, since it's not object-oriented); if that works for you, then you might want to take a look at Java/C#/C/C++ -- which are compiled and strongly typed. |
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HarrySutcliffe
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year 8. I mean too complicated like sixth form+ stuff.
On computers, I mean just a bit more than ICT (stuff like [i]how to make a powerpoint presentation[i] is all I get taught really. |
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abstrusemortal
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year 8 as in 8th grade...?
if you really want to know more about physics... go to the library. If there's nothing in a local library, pm me an address where I can send you one of my physics books. I have a university one that I've already read and so I don't need anymore.
What type of computer stuff are you trying to learn about?
Software languages? Hardware languages? Assembly? etc...
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abstrusemortal
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| Phagocyte wrote: | Check out some books by Carl Sagan, he makes physics (among other sciences) very accessible and enjoyable to the general audience.
I do admit, however, that I'm a little perturbed by your teacher's attitude. |
I agree.
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LostInEmulation
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| Posted: Sun Mar 30, 2008 1:41 pm Post subject: |
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| abstrusemortal wrote: | | Phagocyte wrote: | Check out some books by Carl Sagan, he makes physics (among other sciences) very accessible and enjoyable to the general audience.
I do admit, however, that I'm a little perturbed by your teacher's attitude. |
I agree. |
me too!
I also recommend local libraries as source of knowledge -- even though their material might be dated.
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| How about this thing called the internet? It's a very useful tool when learning ANY subject. Libraries are cool too. Your teacher seems to not care about your apparent thirst for learning. I find that disturbing. |
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We are all born with all this knowledge
just kidding, just try picking up a book
and read it, very simple, then after a
few years maybe you will know something |
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So middle school? I was going to recommend finding a secondhand copy of University Physics, but that might be a little too advanced at this point. There are plenty of resources on the internet; Yale and MIT post lectures on their websites for anyone to view.
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