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haloshade
Sep2-09, 10:55 PM
Are there any good websites out there that are good at explaining various physics concepts and theories, from Newtonian physics to string theory, in a form that a high school physics student like myself can understand?

I need to know this since I am currently fascinated with physics and thinking pf majoring in it. I've tried Wikipedia but I can't trust everything on there plus some articles are hard to understand due to the author's lack of explaining the subject correctly.

Thank you for any help you can provide!

mikelepore
Sep4-09, 06:10 AM
http://scienceworld.wolfram.com/physics/
http://www.lightandmatter.com/books.html
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/index.htm
http://farside.ph.utexas.edu/teaching.html
http://theory.uwinnipeg.ca/physics/
http://physics.webplasma.com/physicstoc.html

zgozvrm
Sep22-10, 03:15 PM
Also, try http://www.physicsclassroom.com

seouldavid
Sep26-10, 09:19 PM
http://www.learner.org/resources/series42.html

This contains introductory physics lectures explaining various physics concepts from classical mechanics to quantum mechanics. The lectures are viewed in the US and Canada. If you are living in other countries, you can access to the lectures via the following link.

http://documentaries-plus.blogspot.com/2010/08/mechanical-universe.html

John Mario
Dec1-10, 11:27 AM
I know you are looking for a web site. But here is a book that might satisfy your needs:

http://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Physics-Volumes-One-Electricity/dp/0880292512