Recent content by Incognito310

For me, khanacademy.org has been a lifesaver.

Thanks. I actually came across the program you linked about a year ago. I'm working my way through it (to some extent) already, but have come to understand that completing it alone is most likely beyond my capability and probably won't end in the result I'm looking for. Following his program...

Thanks for your response. I saw Essential Mathematics I as an elective for BSc Natural Science (actually it's required for Physics in stages 2 and 4), so I assumed we could at least take that? If it is off the table and we can't do a concentration on Physics, then it really doesn't seem worth...

Thank you!

Thank you! This is very useful information. I run my own business, and right now I can carve out the time needed to do the OU distance learning. But attending a local University in person is a larger time commitment (just driving to the campus would eat several hours a week) with less...

Thank you for your reply and your concerns. I've been very fortunate in my career thus far and have achieved a level of financial freedom and flexibility that makes my aspirations as I've outlined in the original post well within my reach. It will take me 10-15 years to reach my academic...

I've heard time and again on this forum that in order to understand Physics, wannabes and newbies need to bite the bullet, learn math, and go to University. I've taken it to heart and am in the process of doing just that. Since I'm in my 40's and I'm entrenched in an existing career and...

If you want to be self-educated in physics via the internet here is your tool… Gerard 't Hooft's How to become a GOOD Theoretical Physicist: http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/~Gadda001/goodtheorist/optics.html If you can finish the curriculum as outlined, it will not lead to funding, it will not...

In an equation like E=mc^2, what are the units? Like, I know c is a constant, but in the equation is it meters-per-second, kilometers per hour, or what? In this, and other equations how do you know what is meant by the letters in terms of their computational value? If E is 500 joules...

I'm a middle-aged man with a job and family, so I'm no longer in school, but I'm hungry to learn about Physics as I possibly can. Of course that means I need to learn the maths involved, but there's a problem—I'm severely dyslexic. I've been doing the courses at Khan Academy, which is great...

"Does not work." Got it. I don't disagree—I really don't. But I still don't know why so I'm back to square one. I've read a bit (not enough) about the Le Sage theory and it seems pretty close to what I'm trying to debunk for myself. I can't follow what most of the objections to it are. I don't...

Thank you Simon. I'm working on the maths (started doing the courses at khanacademy.org about a year ago). And I do hope to get serious about physics at some point. I won't be able to go back to school for it in the immediate future, but I'll do as much studying as I can in the meantime. I can...

Thanks again for all the help. I think the question I was trying to ask was less about orbits (although that is very useful & helpful so I'm glad for all of the info), and more about how the density of planets is achieved. I have to reiterate that I have no background in Astronomy or Physics, so...

Thank you for this! It's almost exactly what I was looking for. I was hoping for a system with huge gas giant and a tiny neutron star, but this will give me something to chew on for a while. Thank you!

Thank you for the replays. I really appreciate the distinction about bodies orbiting a common center of mass. It makes sense that the orbits of the masses would remain the same regardless of the bodies' volumes.