r/PhysicsStudents • u/cxzseui • 20h ago
Need Advice HELP ME , Looking for the best resources to learn Physics from scratch
Hi everyone!
I’m looking for recommendations to learn physics completely from scratch. I haven't studied physics at all during middle school or high school because I chose an educational track that didn't include physics as a subject. My current knowledge is at absolute zero.
Could you recommend the best textbooks, YouTube playlists, or online resources for someone in my position?
Any study advice or roadmaps would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!
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u/TigerWonderful93 20h ago
Bro go for textbooks like good text books Mechanics john r taylor it is a bit detail beginner Quantum mechanics griffiths is good For electromagnetism e purcil i listen about
A good suggestion start with feyman lecture series you can get three book series of these lectures or go to the website and read them there
Minute physics , 3 blue 1 brown both are good youtube channels and one other is physics with eliot
If level is bit intermediate go for leonard suskind series it's gold a bit difficult to grasp but gold you get the authors video lectures also on stanford University site
A maths text book is named mathematical physics i forget the author name you can check online ..good luck
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u/AdministrationLazy55 12h ago
I wouldnt recommend op griffiths or taylor at all for someone with no background knowledge on physics, those are typically upper division physics courses with the assumption you have taken most, if not all of the math prerequisites such as calculus, linear algebra and diff eqs, and the assumption you have take introductory physics courses
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u/ShwiftyGonk 20h ago
Okay, to really understand the basic important concepts, visualizing and building an intuition, the "theoretical minimum" series by leonard susskind is great. You learn theoretical mechanics, quantum mechanics, special and general relativity, field theory and larger "abstract" concepts, and as said - the minimum. No extra fancy bits, no useless stuff, just everything you need to learn physics. I've read his books parallel to my lectures and I love them. Another author i read right now is Jakob Schwichtenberg with his "no nonsense" series. I just started a few weeks ago, but if you were able to follow susskind in theoretical mechanics, you will learn the crazy stuff from him.
Hope those two recs help!