In describing yourself you have described lots of people including me. If textbooks are too intimidating and for most of us they are, satisfy your curiosity by reading more general science books including history books on science and math. There are a lot of truths already out there...
There are four fundamental forces in nature: strong and weak nuclear, electromagnetic and gravity. They all share one thing in common and that is at a lower energy level time goes slower. If a large cloud condenses into a star,even though the atoms in the star are the same as the ones in the...
F= ma is Newton's most famous equation but he never used it! Instead he used m=F/a to define mass. F/a is a ratio (fraction) so you have to use multiplication or division. Suppose you buy a pie and cut it into 8 slices. Being a pig you ate 3 of the pieces then decided to be a hog and have...
My son and I made a mini-radio telescope. Surprisingly, the sun does not radiate in the radio wavelength unless there is a flare or sunspot. Transformers along electrical wires will be very bright. Passing cars will also produce radio waves.