Exploring the Universe: A 14-Year-Old's Journey

[Stodaire]

Hello my friends!

I'm a freshman(14 years old) and i want to be an aerospace engineer or an astrophysicist or an energy researcher...actually, i love the space...-maybe some of you guys have this feeling, i can't explain it...(bazinga!*)-. I don't really know what i want to do, because i want to make the new propellants for ships, explore the universe and find its misetries(like the formation of stars etc...) and find a new type on energy...(these are dreams, some of you will understand me !) You understood me, I'm really in love with the space/physics so i really want to know everythings about ! The problem is that, i don't know what to do...i know there are books etc...but there are a thousands and thousands of them...i don't know which ones choose, so i am wondering if you can help me for my beginning...

Thank you !

*Reference to Sheldon, the scientist !

PS: Sorry for my english, I'm french...
PS2: Sorry if it's the wrong forum...

 

[Danger]

Welcome to PF, Sheldon.
No one here cares about your ethnicity, as long as there is no unconquerable language barrier. Even if such exists, there are interpreters available.
You are sort of in the same situation as I am, except that you have unlimited potential. You have time to hang out here and get a degree of some sort in a post-secondary school, which are denied to me.
Keep at it, man... you're in the right place.

 

[Stodaire]

Thank you dude, it's really nice !

I'm going to buy a book named " le destin de l'univers " by J-P Luminet, according to my physics teacher, it's the bible of astrophysics ! But i still need some advices of you guys !

 

[Oscuro93]

Hey.

I was a bit in your spot a few years ago, you know? I just knew I loved the mysterious things that the universe holds far from us, such as black holes, the Big Bang, all that.
There are 2 books that made me make an incredibly important decision on my life, which is to study Theoretical Physics. They are:

''Theory of Everything'' - Stephen Hawking (It's not actually his, but it's labelled as such)

''The universe in a nutshell'' - Stephen Hawking

Also, I recommend you to go to your local library, and ask for books about physics, you might find something.

Hope this helped.

 

[Stodaire]

Thanks !

But first, i prefer to study astronautical engineering because i have been reading astrophysics things for a while ...

 

[AIR&SPACE]

Well, for me, when I was about your age... I asked for-and got http://ppi2pass.com/ppi/PPIShop?ct=FEEXAM&idx=0&pr=EIT8" for Christmas. I feel as though it did a good job of "just giving me the equations" with a little background information. It didn't confuse me with all the mathematical derivations which I was not mathematically mature enough to understand. (I still have this book)


For Aero books, try http://books.google.com/books/about/Introduction_to_flight.html?id=Hd_AR0CAmsoC" for a good introduction.

 

[Stodaire]

Thank you, AIR&SPACE !
Sorry for my late response, I've been busy...
Do you think that a freshman(14 years old) can understand the second book?

 

[AIR&SPACE]

Yes. It's about as non-textbooky as a textbook can be; everything is explained very well and doesn't assume the reader knows everything. Plus, Anderson is one of the premier aero professors out there.