Recent content by Phivar

Your intelligence will most likely only determinine how well you understand physics, and it's not enough to just understand it. As a theoretical physicist you need to know everything by heart as well as understanding it, and that is only a matter of practicing. Do physics/math exercises...

A good teach can do wonders. I hope you got a good one ;)

How long did it take for you to write this, ZapperZ? It's clearly tons of valuable info here. I'm totally reading this!

Hehe, that may be true since I'm still in high school :P So far it has worked well, but I know I'll probably have to do a lot more work in higher education.

I often just stare at stuff until I understand it, if that's a way to put it. Even though math and physics can be kinda abstract sometimes, I just try to imagine the concepts and put them into situations. Take your time, look at examples in the book and do not be in a hurry!

Whenever you learn something new or when you start a new "chapter" in your book, take some time to focus on understanding the core principles of the formulas/theorems etc. When you have fully understood the principles behind a formula you will much easier know when to use it, and be able to...