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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Thank you for the detailed response. I am not planning on sitting the A-level physics exam due to the complicated and convoluted nature of it as someone who is not in school, however all I wanted was to have or exceed the knoweldge of a physics A-level through these textbooks, such that I could...
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Hi, I am back again. So I believe that University Physics( https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321973615/?tag=pfamazon01-20 )might be a better book to use for self study. Many have said it is better for self study and is more in depth than Halliday and Resnick. My question is, does the book require...
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Sorry I wasn’t sure if I should post it or not. https://www.qub.ac.uk/courses/undergraduate/mathematics-msci-g103/#course
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    I’ve got a valid university cirriculum that I am reading from their website. It’s a mathematics degree, msci, so I believe it has a masters included which is 4 years long. I maybe should have just said mathematics degree rather than pure mathematics, as I had thought there was 2 variants, pure...
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Also, if it is of any help, I plan to study mathematics at university, but want to at least have a good understanding of physics for when I start my degree in mathematics. Would fundamental physics be enough physics knowledge for a pure mathematics major to prepare for any physics he may...
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Thanks for the reply. I think I’ll use it as my introductory physics text then. Would you say once I’ve read and studied through the conceptual physics book, I would be well equipped and well versed for learning fundamentals of physics without much struggle(I.e, I would then know all the basic...
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    I think it might be best that I use only the conceptual physics book initially, or until I complete it, because I had a look at the Halliday book, and even on the first few questions, I could ]not answer the majority of questions, partly due to the fact they ask about physics things and...
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Would the best approach to learning physics be, first reading conceptual physics by Hewitt, then reading fundamentals of physics by Halliday? Would conceptual physics give me a good grounding and base in physics, which would help once I start reading fundamentals of physics...
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Is it a good textbook for learning physics(Is it recommended or has anyone on the forums used it)? Is it all online too? I think I like physical books to learn from(I can annotate and highlight etc), but I could try to use this.
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Would conceptual physics be a good introduction to physics for me? https://www.amazon.com/dp/0321909100/?tag=pfamazon01-20
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    I have looked at the first pages of questions in the book of fundamental physics. It seems that even at the start of the book there are things I still don’t know and questions I can’t answer. It asks questions of physics things I don’t know, like moles of atoms and protons, electrons etc. I...
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Thanks for the reply. So calculus based physics books, at least introductory ones, don’t assume prior exposure to physics? In that case, would you recommend that I read "Fundamentals of physics extended" by David Halliday? https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118230612/?tag=pfamazon01-20 I would then...
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Should I use this book maybe? https://www.amazon.com/dp/1118230612/?tag=pfamazon01-20
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Okay thank you! So do you think I should start with college physics as it uses mathematics which I have learned. Then later, once I have learned calculus and linear algebra should I then read the university 3 volumes of openstax physics?
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    Studying Should I start with a basic physics book without calculus?

    Okay so mathematics is the only pre-requisite for studying classical mechanics really?
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