Become a Physicist: Zapper's Guide to Learning and Being in Physics

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Zapper's guide to learning physics is fondly remembered for its valuable insights and continues to be relevant for newcomers to the subject. The guide remains a source of enjoyment for those who revisit it. The discussion also touches on the strategy employed by Disney, which keeps interest alive in their content by periodically removing and later re-releasing their best videos. There is curiosity about the current status of Zapper's guide, with a mention that it was posted on a blog linked to physicsandphysicists.blogspot.com.
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I miss Zapper's wonderful guide to learning and being in physics. Although it has been around a while, I think there are always new people needing this information, and I still enjoy re - reading parts of it from time to time.

Of course Disney too keeps interest high in their best videos by removing them periodically from the market! But eventually they do give them back to us.:smile:
 
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Uh, so what happened to it?
 
afaik, mr. z posted the series on a blog, linked to from his physicsandphysicists.blogspot.com blog.
 
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