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I am trying to find a book that may be related to biology and has some sort of academic underpinning (perhaps something mathematical). This is for a high school student with little background. So I am looking for a very inspiring sort of book. If anything comes to mind, please respond.

Suppose we already have access to significant webspace (in addition to a million free services like Google Groups). What sort of software might be most conducive to this idea? There is a lot to choose from.

All right, it seems there is a good deal of interest in "Classical Mechanics" and various maths. Very soon, we should be sure to expand into other mentioned topics as well. I am not exactly sure of what you mean, but I too hope that the study group lasts (and more so out of our common...

I think we might be ready to choose a pilot subject. Which of the following previously suggested (or suggest more) do all of you prefer? 1. Classical mechanics 2. Electrodynamics 3. Quantum mechanics 4. Math topics? ... I will be sure to soon get in contact with all those who...

Not good enough. Is "dominance" ordered for a set of alleles? Are there different levels of dominance? The term dominance itself is too vague. (sure gain of function mutations are "usually" dominant; however, silent mutations of dominant alleles also retain dominance... in fact...

This is a question of semantics(?). Biologists are not known to be gods of well-definedness, but if there actually exists an argument over the following question (even a possibility), then I might get some credit back on some classwork. What is the definition of a dominant mutation (of a...

All right, we can refine what specifically people are interested in within mathematics... unless we would like to resolve the mathematical machinery as we go along in each of the physics subjects.

Of course, everyone will be very busy during the school terms. Perhaps we can make a curriculum built on snippets during the semester and a hard core one for summer breaks.

Perhaps if we recruit a few more members, we can decide on a syllabus an get started. Right now, we have interest in Classical Mechanics, (Electrodynamics?), Quantum Mechanics, and some math.

As dx mentioned, I must clarify that this project is meant to be more 'in depth' (mathematically, conceptually, etc.) than an "introductory" class. This requires a significant amount of mathematical maturity (filling in the blanks on paper vs. "seeing" all the steps) and motivation - both of...

I hear Landau/Lifschitz is a great option of course. They in fact wrote an entire series in Russian, which was translated into English. (vol 2 or was it vol 3 which was quantum?).

You are right in that many resources exist for independent study. But a group of similar minded students have these added benefits: 1. Pace... the curriculum we would adhere to. This is extremely useful for those who just don't have the "time." 2. Common problem sets... comprehensive simple...

There are a wealth of resources... videos, texts, libraries, etc. that are available to us in our studies in physics. Even Physics Forums sections devoted to compiling lists of such resources! For the sake of pacing, discipline, and other reasons (guidance?), who else would be interested in...

Hmm... the analogies seemed very interesting, but I'm still confused. 1. Does every particle (wave or whatever it is) have properties like momentum and position at every instance regardless of human "measurability"? (is this the question which is up to debate according to jtbell's reply?) 2...

HUP states that "certain physical quantities, like the position and momentum, cannot both have precise values at the same time. The narrower the probability distribution for one, the wider it is for the other." (Wikipedia) I am not a physicist, but I have been pondering this question: In this...