What Are the Best Online Physics Learning Tools and Resources?

Greg Bernhardt · Jul 27, 2015

Feel free to use this thread to post online learning resources for physics. This may include PDFs, free online books, web apps, problem sets, calculators, tutorials, guides, lessons etc etc.

First stop should be our very our PF Insights blog which hosts many physics tutorials
https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/postindex/

Please don't just post a link, include a description and why it is worthwhile for people to check out.

Thanks!

Greg Bernhardt · Aug 3, 2015

Here is a nice list of video lessons that cover basic classical physics
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL998613A92710000C

Mordred · Aug 11, 2015

This site is handy for the novice in regards to particle point like and wavelike properties, he also does an excellent job on the Higgs field for the laymen. Both math and non math.

http://profmattstrassler.com/

Mordred · Aug 11, 2015

Brian Koperleine has an excellent site for various physics topics I particularly liked his four horseman series on the 4 forces.

https://briankoberle...-four-horsemen/

https://briankoberle...nce-of-the-hag/

https://briankoberle...orge-of-heaven/

https://briankoberle...-of-other-days/

https://briankoberle...radle-to-grave/

Mordred · Aug 11, 2015

Here is a collection of several articles, and reprints of some historical articles, handy for the student to gain perspective on some key moments in Physics history.

http://www.astrosurf.com/luxorion/hubble-law-redshift1929.htm
Reprint of one of Hubbles papers.
http://www.marxists.org/reference/archive/einstein/works/1910s/relative/relativity.pdf
An authorized reprint of Einsteins Special relativity paper.
http://apod.nasa.gov/diamond_jubilee/debate20.html
The "Great debate of the 20's" jubilee reprint article available
http://www.drchinese.com/Bells_Theorem.htm
Good reference site covering Bells theorem.
http://www.intechopen.com/download/pdf/41230
good historical coverage of many of the key figures in Cosmology history
http://arxiv.org/abs/1302.1498 " “The Waters I am Entering No One yet Has Crossed”: Alexander Friedman and the Origins of Modern Cosmology" written by Ari Belenkiy
http://arxiv.org/pdf/1212.5499.pdf "The Contribution of V. M. Slipher to the Discovery of the
Expanding Universe" by C. O’Raifeartaigh
http://www.gutenberg.org/files/17384/17384-pdf.pdf "foundations of geometry" David Hilbert

axmls · Sep 7, 2015

I'm surprised that I haven't seen this mentioned on these forums yet! [/PLAIN]

http://www.worldscienceu.com/

This is a site created by Brian Greene. It has hundreds of quick Q&As which offer explanations for physics phenomenon (without math), but it also currently features a ~10-week course for free in special relativity, taught by Brian Greene, including the math behind it (simple enough to be done with a high school math background).

When the site was first launched, Greene was working on (mathematical) courses in quantum mechanics and general relativity, but it's been a while and they're yet to appear, but maybe some day those will be there too.

Hercuflea · Sep 13, 2015

"A Brief Introduction to Physics for Mathematicians"

I found this set of notes while browsing the web. This was given as a graduate mathematics course at the University of Michigan. It contains lot's of differential geometry and functional analysis, but the main topics are the derivation of Lagrangian and Hamiltonian mechanics and how that leads into Yang-Mills theory.http://www.math.lsa.umich.edu/~idolga/physicsbook.pdf

a.sklyarov · Oct 5, 2015

Check out http://www.phykings.com/ . You can have online physics competitions with other users. It seems promising.

fightingforgd · Oct 22, 2015

Thanks for all you sharings !

seouldavid · Nov 24, 2015

Here is a collection of open lectures in physics from colleges and universities, covering various topics in astronomy, classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, quantum mechanics, statistical mechanics, and particle physics.

http://www.infocobuild.com/education/audio-video-courses/physics/physics.html

mountainnature · Dec 9, 2015

http://nptel.ac.in/

This site offers courses on many different university fields including physics and mathematics. There are so many video lectures and Web based courses.

Greg Bernhardt · Jan 18, 2016

Please feel free to add your video links to
https://www.physicsforums.com/media/

ahmed habala · Feb 4, 2016

Greg Bernhardt said:

Please feel free to add your video links to
https://www.physicsforums.com/media/

great videos

Moazin Khatri · May 11, 2016

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF56602BAC693237E
This is a link to a YouTube Channel Viascience.
Most of the time you'll see that there are two types of videos about Relativity and Quantum Mechanics on YouTube.
1. Math free and completely animated ones
2. University level lectures.

This channel has something in between. He focuses on concepts but also includes necessary maths to make it rigorous.

Check it out!

Bake · Jul 9, 2016

There is also MIT opencourseware, with a recording of an MIT class, with online tests and often textbooks as well.
http://search.mit.edu/search?site=o...ter=0&courseName=&q=Physics&btnG.x=0&btnG.y=0

sukalp · Oct 19, 2016

well if you want to learn physics number website is
www.physicsclassroom.com it has animations,exercises,explanations of concepts nicely and chronological manner.

another to master complete physics is you can learn from youtube from very famous author:-
1)high school physics by dale fullerton
2)ap physics by dale fullerton
3)physics by khan academy
4)physics by thenewboston
5)physics by bozmen science

these are best tutorials for learning physics in youtube.

sukalp · Oct 19, 2016

Greg Bernhardt said:

s for physics. This may include PDFs, free online books, web apps, problem sets, calculators, tutorials, guides, lessons etc etc.

Greg Bernhardt said:

Feel free to use this thread to post online learning resources for physics. This may include PDFs, free online books, web apps, problem sets, calculators, tutorials, guides, lessons etc etc.

First stop should be our very our PF Insights blog which hosts many physics tutorials
https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/category/physics/

Please don't just post a link, include a description and why it is worthwhile for people to check out.

Thanks!

i wanted to post name of good websites for learning physics www.physicsclassroom.com
best tutorials for learning physics are
physics by bozmen science
physics by thenewboston
high school physics by dale fullerton
ap physics by dale fullerton

i posted here thank you sir

arian_kh · Oct 23, 2016

thanks a lot for guide

physicsgrasshopper · Jan 7, 2017

Here's my personal favourites:

The Classical Mechanics and EM course by Walter Lewin.
He has very good explanations without a lot of math. The demonstrations and experiments are the best.

For people who don't know calculus, here's a good short introduction that's very fun to read.

Calculus Made Easy F.R.S

My favourite Classical Mechanics book

Classical Mechanics Morin

My favourite EM book

https://www.amazon.com/dp/1107014026/?tag=pfamazon01-20

My favourite quantum mechanics book
Principles of Quantum Mechanics by Shankar.

Another good Quantum Mechanics intro is OCW. 8.04.

My favourite Thermal book

Thermal Physics Schroeder

A good intro to General Relativity.
POPTOR Problem Sets

For relativity, one of my favourite problem books (and it's available for free legally!) is

http://www.nrbook.com/relativity/ by Alan P. Lightman, William H. Press, Richard H. Price, and Saul A. Teukolsky

A good site with tutorials and a problem solving community is

Brilliant. It's mainly math problems, but there are some good physics problems out there.

This website contains the best classical mechanics problems ever.

https://www.physics.harvard.edu/academics/undergrad/problems

This youtube channel has tons of problems and solutions

Physics Galaxy
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Check out this website for past high school physics contests and solutions.

IPhO problems

F=ma and USAPhO problems

Finally, if you found this post useful, check out my website

physicsgrasshopper.com

I just started out but it's going to include cool problems, resources, high school contest advice and more!

Preetica · Jan 14, 2017

Greg Bernhardt said:

Feel free to use this thread to post online learning resources for physics. This may include PDFs, free online books, web apps, problem sets, calculators, tutorials, guides, lessons etc etc.

First stop should be our very our PF Insights blog which hosts many physics tutorials
https://www.physicsforums.com/insights/category/physics/

Please don't just post a link, include a description and why it is worthwhile for people to check out.

Thanks!

So nice of u..

Rex Williams · Feb 17, 2017

Thank you for sharing the links.

david2 · Jul 16, 2017

sk8ermeb · Jul 27, 2017

Hello,
I wanted to post a link to software that I wrote for another project. It is a 3D rendered lense ray tracing program, which quickly allows you to visualize a system of lenses and lights.
https://github.com/sk8ermeb/LenseRayTracer
I created the program because I was working on a project at home and wanted a way to try out a bunch of different setups without having to do the math every time, and because with too many lenses and lights I kept getting confused. It uses numerical approximation. The code is ugly because it was just me, but it works fairly well. You can run it with the free version of visual studio on windows. I wanted a way to share it in case anyone finds it helpful. If your not sure how to download source code from git hub let me know and I can help you out.

Preston Leggett · Jul 31, 2017

The Feynman Lectures
Landau & Lifshitz
Griffiths
Binney & Tremaine
these are the best physics resources.

Wanting to Learn · Oct 14, 2017

Preston Leggett said:

The Feynman Lectures
Landau & Lifshitz
Griffiths
Binney & Tremaine

Could you possibly include some links as to where we could find those and descriptions of what they have?

GAURAV DADWAL · Oct 19, 2017

david2 said:

Stanford University LecturesAdvanced Quantum Mechanics
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpGHT1n4-mAsmMxmSX0LCaXIXT2PmU85m

Cosmology
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpGHT1n4-mAuVGJ2E1uF9GSwLsx7p1xtm

General Relativity
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpGHT1n4-mAvcXwzOIz3dHnGZaQP1LEibString Theory and M theory
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL3E633552E58EB230

Particle Physics Standard Model
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL8BCB4981DD1A0108

Special Relativity
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLD9DDFBDC338226CA

Particle Physics Basic Concepts
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLF363FFF951EC0673

Classical Mechanics
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL47F408D36D4CF129

Modern Physics Cosmology
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL888811AA667C942F

Modern Physics Einstein´s Theory
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6C8BDEEBA6BDC78D

Modern Physics Special Relativity
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCCD6C043FEC59772

Modern Physics Quantum Mechanics
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL84C10A9CB1D13841

Modern Physics Classical Mechanics
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL189C0DCE90CB6D81

Modern Physics Statistical Mechanics
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLB72416C707D85AB0

Quantum Mechanics The Theoretical Minimum
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL701CD168D02FF56F

Quantum Entanglement
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLA27CEA1B8B27EB67
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL5F9D6DB4231291BE

Thanks for sharing :)

mr1batman · Nov 16, 2017

here is a calculator which you can translate the heat numbers from F to C to K
http://www.allmeasures.com/temperature.html
here is a good place for articles
https://www.nature.com/nphys/
here is a good site to understand the GR and the SR
http://www.emc2-explained.info/

phyzguy · Nov 16, 2017

Wanting to Learn said:

Could you possibly include some links as to where we could find those and descriptions of what they have?

The Feynman Lectures are at the site below. Still one of the best resources for learning physics, in my opinion.

http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/

Curiosity 1 · Dec 21, 2017

As I'm learning physics on my own, this link is very useful as it shows in what order we can study physics, along with book recommendations.
https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2016/8/13/so-you-want-to-learn-physics

Emir Shark · Sep 27, 2018

Hi all,

I am a PhD student in stats and I want to learn physics on the side, as I have always always have a deep passion and interest in this subject since I was an undergraduate student. When I study alone, I need some structure. I do not like youtube videos here or there and click on this link and that website. I was wondering if someone can help me understand how I can learn physics (is there some online credit or certificate program?). My interest is learning the following (taken from: https://www.susanjfowler.com/blog/2016/8/13/so-you-want-to-learn-physics)

Introductory Mechanics
Electrostatics
Waves and Vibrations
Modern Physics
Classical Mechanics
Electrodynamics
Quantum Mechanics
Thermodynamics and Statistical Mechanics
Advanced Electives in Physics

What is a good place to learn these subjects? I have 3 years left in my PhD, so I can pace it accordingly. I also not a huge fan of reading, I would rather be presented with the material with some supplemental reading on the side and practice problems.

Leonard Susskind's Theoretical Minimum is an excellent website but lacks having a self-contained problem set.

I know that physics has a substantial practical component, but is there a way I can get an online degree in this subject part-time?

Thanks!

ES

berkeman · Sep 28, 2018

Emir Shark said:

What is a good place to learn these subjects?

Have you looked at the MIT OpenCourseWare presentations on Physics?

https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/physics/

Bystander · Dec 9, 2018

https://thespectrumofriemannium.wordpress.com/2012/11/10/log053-derivatives-of-position/
As the title of the link suggests, these are accepted AND suggested names for "position derivatives" (and integrals) through an absurdly large range. I've probably missed previous compilations/posts, being a "third derivative of position" myself. I really have examined the "pinned posts" at the beginnings of the sub-fora.

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