Recent content by Andrew Munzer

I agree PeroK... my use of the word "hard" was from Penrose's preface, where he worries that his readership won't want to work through the equations in full. I should say, I do - I absolutely want to teach myself the physics, not a watered-down version. Hence I'm starting with Halliday &...

Awesome hsdrop... I'll check out those YouTube channels right away... and yes, I'm starting slow: keeping the 'fun' content alongside the stuff that might be a bit more dry (textbooks). I picked up Roger Penrose's 'Road to Reality' book recently, and he prefaced by talking about this very issue...

Thanks for these PeroK... I haven't studied maths since school, so I'm sure I'll have to brush up my skills.

Hi all! I was referred to this forum through a google search about how to teach myself the basics of Astrophysics... this Quora page in particular. You guys must be doing something right, as it seemed like an informed response. I'm beginning, as that post suggests, with Halliday & Resnick. I...