Not sure what section to put this in, so I'll put it here. Are there any good books on string theory that are good for someone who is a bit more than a layman (i.e. no extremely superficial, dumbed-down stuff), but still doesn't know more than single variable calculus and Newtonian mechanics?
Thank you for the answers. I did not realize undergraduate loans do not need to be payed off until after graduate school. That's nice.
I do have a followup question now, which is, what types of jobs do physics majors and graduate students typically end up with if they don't become professors?
I am currently a 17 year old high school senior.
When I was younger it was my goal to become a physicist. Then I realized I would likely have to take out student loans to complete undergrad, and so would not be able to go to graduate school. So I gave up on that and eventually decided to go...