Glad you enjoyed the video! I will be making another one soon that builds up on this video, talking about all the courses I took and textbooks that go along with them). So stay tuned for that. Have a great start of the new year!
Thank you for your insights, they are very good and sound advice for beginners! I am a mathematician, but now that I have been out of university for a long time, I am learning some physics on the side. For me, Taylor's mechanics book is also the best at the undergraduate level. He has a very motivational and friendly writing style, the book has very good explanations and does no handwaving, which I like due to my background. The exercises are also very good and in fact 2020 a student solutions manual came out which is very helpful for self-study! I did a mechanics MOOC some years ago and wanted to continue with the topic, so I formed a little reading circle with other people from the MOOC and we went through Taylor's book with all exercises up to chapter 11. Then everyone dropped out besides me, so sadly my motivation decreased and I got distracted by other things. A very good and inexpensive book series for getting the essentials of main areas of physics, is the one by Jakob Schwichtenberg, there is a small introductory book called "Teach Yourself Physics" and then there are several others like "No-Nonsense Classical Mechanics". They assume just a bit of mathematical maturity. I read these two books and while reading the book on mechanics I grasped for the first time the relations between the different formulations of mechanics (mainly the Newtonian, Lagrangian, Hamiltonian ones). So I can highly recommend this series, too. Since it does not have exercises, it needs to be complemented by other sources, but their focus on the essential concepts is very useful. Looking forward to your next videos, thanks again!
Thank you so much for the comment! I’m glad you found the video useful and I enjoy your comments on my videos (so it’s a lot of fun reading these)! Firstly, thank you for the heads up on the 2020 solution manual for Taylor. I’m going to check that out immediately. As even though I did exercises in Taylor, I didn’t check them oftentimes unfortunately. I usually did exercises which were checked afterwards from the Gregory book. Secondly, I heavily second the Jakob Schwichtenberg recommendation. I didn’t know about the teach yourself physics book. So it’s a great find for other people going through the comments. But I did know about some of the no-nonsense books. I was very curious to buy the Quantum Field Theory one. As it seemed pretty student-friendly and I’d like to get a sense of the subject eventually. But I decided to get it as an ebook and buy a physical copy of Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur by Lancaster & Blundell. Which also seems very good. So I can imagine that his Classical Mechanics book is also pretty good. His books are very under appreciated at the moment.
@@thecaribbeanbookworm5066 Thank you for your kind remarks! I tend to buy too many books although I am not done with the old ones, so I already bought the whole No-Nonsense series, but I really plan to work through it, the first two books have been a really good investment... Regarding QFT I am nowhere near to tackling that subject, I want to focus on classical physics for now. I heard good things about the book by Lancaster & Blundell, but the "... for the Gifted Amateur" part seems to be a bit tongue in cheek, it is considered to be quite advanced. I wish you a wonderful weekend!
@@j1d7s I can share the same sentiment in regards to book buying. It tends to be a somewhat expensive hobby (that I really enjoy). I’m also really scared for QFT. And because I haven’t done much related to classical field theory, quantum mechanics and relativity yet, I’m holding it off for now. But I really want to get into it as soon as possible out of curiosity for its uses.
Thanks for this video! I am wanting to broaden my understanding of subjects I didn’t pay much attention to in secondary school and university so your tips were very helpful, especially your book recommendations. Keep up the great work!
This is definitely true. I tend to notice that classical mechanics book that treat orbital dynamics (or specialized books regarding astrodynamics) tend to nicely delve into this. However this would indeed be a caveat I would’ve like to add to the video. Thank you for the feedback and nice comment!
@thecaribbeanbookworm5066 , yeah, you make a fair point too. The books that need it probably teach it. I'm relearning the stuff I should have learned as a lazy student 30 years ago, starting with a level maths. Your video was useful.
@@MeM_UK I’m glad the video was of use! Also, do not stress yourself over having to catch up! I have the feeling that learning outside of a university environment can be much more fruitful honestly. Less stressful and more space for open questioning & curiosity-driven pursuits. The one tough aspect might be to discipline yourself to be consistent. But I am confident that you have your ways. Best of luck!
@thecaribbeanbookworm5066 , yes, found an interesting tactic to combat that. I do a tutor session once a week with a masters student. Accountability, someone to discuss problems with and if there's nothing we study Ukrainian language with the time instead. Working well so far.
@@MeM_UK that sounds perfect! Ukrainian is also a beautiful language from what I have heard from my friends. So I wish you the best of luck on both endeavors!
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Glad you enjoyed the video! I will be making another one soon that builds up on this video, talking about all the courses I took and textbooks that go along with them). So stay tuned for that. Have a great start of the new year!
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Thank you for your insights, they are very good and sound advice for beginners!
I am a mathematician, but now that I have been out of university for a long time, I am learning some physics on the side. For me, Taylor's mechanics book is also the best at the undergraduate level. He has a very motivational and friendly writing style, the book has very good explanations and does no handwaving, which I like due to my background. The exercises are also very good and in fact 2020 a student solutions manual came out which is very helpful for self-study! I did a mechanics MOOC some years ago and wanted to continue with the topic, so I formed a little reading circle with other people from the MOOC and we went through Taylor's book with all exercises up to chapter 11. Then everyone dropped out besides me, so sadly my motivation decreased and I got distracted by other things.
A very good and inexpensive book series for getting the essentials of main areas of physics, is the one by Jakob Schwichtenberg, there is a small introductory book called "Teach Yourself Physics" and then there are several others like "No-Nonsense Classical Mechanics". They assume just a bit of mathematical maturity. I read these two books and while reading the book on mechanics I grasped for the first time the relations between the different formulations of mechanics (mainly the Newtonian, Lagrangian, Hamiltonian ones). So I can highly recommend this series, too. Since it does not have exercises, it needs to be complemented by other sources, but their focus on the essential concepts is very useful.
Looking forward to your next videos, thanks again!
Thank you so much for the comment! I’m glad you found the video useful and I enjoy your comments on my videos (so it’s a lot of fun reading these)! Firstly, thank you for the heads up on the 2020 solution manual for Taylor. I’m going to check that out immediately. As even though I did exercises in Taylor, I didn’t check them oftentimes unfortunately. I usually did exercises which were checked afterwards from the Gregory book. Secondly, I heavily second the Jakob Schwichtenberg recommendation. I didn’t know about the teach yourself physics book. So it’s a great find for other people going through the comments. But I did know about some of the no-nonsense books. I was very curious to buy the Quantum Field Theory one. As it seemed pretty student-friendly and I’d like to get a sense of the subject eventually. But I decided to get it as an ebook and buy a physical copy of Quantum Field Theory for the Gifted Amateur by Lancaster & Blundell. Which also seems very good. So I can imagine that his Classical Mechanics book is also pretty good. His books are very under appreciated at the moment.
@@thecaribbeanbookworm5066 Thank you for your kind remarks! I tend to buy too many books although I am not done with the old ones, so I already bought the whole No-Nonsense series, but I really plan to work through it, the first two books have been a really good investment...
Regarding QFT I am nowhere near to tackling that subject, I want to focus on classical physics for now. I heard good things about the book by Lancaster & Blundell, but the "... for the Gifted Amateur" part seems to be a bit tongue in cheek, it is considered to be quite advanced.
I wish you a wonderful weekend!
@@j1d7s I can share the same sentiment in regards to book buying. It tends to be a somewhat expensive hobby (that I really enjoy). I’m also really scared for QFT. And because I haven’t done much related to classical field theory, quantum mechanics and relativity yet, I’m holding it off for now. But I really want to get into it as soon as possible out of curiosity for its uses.
Thanks for this video! I am wanting to broaden my understanding of subjects I didn’t pay much attention to in secondary school and university so your tips were very helpful, especially your book recommendations. Keep up the great work!
Hi Amanda. I’m happy that you found the video to be useful! Hope it goes well with your studying of the subject.
Conic sections are important if you want to learn astronomy. Nice video otherwise.
This is definitely true. I tend to notice that classical mechanics book that treat orbital dynamics (or specialized books regarding astrodynamics) tend to nicely delve into this. However this would indeed be a caveat I would’ve like to add to the video. Thank you for the feedback and nice comment!
@thecaribbeanbookworm5066 , yeah, you make a fair point too. The books that need it probably teach it. I'm relearning the stuff I should have learned as a lazy student 30 years ago, starting with a level maths. Your video was useful.
@@MeM_UK I’m glad the video was of use! Also, do not stress yourself over having to catch up! I have the feeling that learning outside of a university environment can be much more fruitful honestly. Less stressful and more space for open questioning & curiosity-driven pursuits. The one tough aspect might be to discipline yourself to be consistent. But I am confident that you have your ways. Best of luck!
@thecaribbeanbookworm5066 , yes, found an interesting tactic to combat that. I do a tutor session once a week with a masters student. Accountability, someone to discuss problems with and if there's nothing we study Ukrainian language with the time instead. Working well so far.
@@MeM_UK that sounds perfect! Ukrainian is also a beautiful language from what I have heard from my friends. So I wish you the best of luck on both endeavors!