I am done with the lower level introductory courses. There are four core upper level courses on mechanics, electromagnetism, statistical mechanics, and quantum mechanics. I am taking the mechanics course, and have not taken any of the 3 other core courses.
Thanks a lot for that. I actually wanted that kind of response, something that would change my state of mind and allow me to approach the book differently. I guess I got mired down in details too often. I will make sure I keep the big picture in my mind all the time and to give less importance...
My definition of a section/chapter that is "too technical" is anything that takes much longer to work through than normal, compared to the rest of the book. For example, a derivation that has many steps and spans many pages. I have not had any problem with courses I took. The courses at my...
We all know that you can't read most physics textbooks like a novel and expect to master their material, and that you have to study them and have paper and pencil nearby to go through the things that the author leaves out and to do exercises. But I found that it is very difficult to have enough...