How Can a Navy Seaman Pursue a Passion for Physics?

[Joshua Humphreys]

I am currently serving in the US Navy. I am right now pursuing physics as my grandpa did. I am fascinated by the world around and I want to understand it. I have always loved watching those shows about physics and astronomy. I do not have a strong background in my education since I did not care at the time. I am currently revisiting classes on Kahn Academy. I am especially revisiting math classes and taking calculus right now(Thomas Calculus, 13th edition). I plan on enrolling in college when I receive my first orders to where ever the Navy decides to place me. So I am just doing self-study right now. If there is any book or classes anyone would recommend me taking. I am open-minded.

 

[Wrichik Basu]

A warm welcome to PF.

In order to help you start out here, the following are the three main sections in PF. You should explore them well:

1. The main forums, that you see in the first page.
2. Insights Blog, available at the top row (header section). In short, they have been described as a "wonder of the web". It contains articles that help in learning topics to a great extent.
3. The Videos, also available in the header section. The media gallery now has some great videos in almost every aspect in science, and they provide an audio-visual learning experience.

The last two will help you in studying topics; use the first one for clarifying your doubts. A lot of lectures are available in the medal gallery. Check them out.

With regards,
Wrichik.

 

[Joshua Humphreys]

Thank you! Any specific lectures you would recommend me to watch?

 

[Wrichik Basu]

Thank you! Any specific lectures you would recommend me to watch?

For basic physics, you can refer to Ramamurti Shankar's lectures Fundamentals of Physics part 1 and part 2. These are present in the media gallery as well, but they're scattered in different categories.

Regarding the other topics, I will not recommend anything in particular. You can use the media search option to search for topics you need. Since you are studying calculus, there are a lot of videos in the calculus category, but I have not uploaded any lecture course yet. If you want lectures on any specific topic, send me a private message (click on my user name and you'll see the option), and I will be happy to help you.

 

[Joshua Humphreys]

Thank you so much. I will look into it.

 

[berkeman]

Welcome to the PF @Joshua Humphreys and thank you for your service!

 

[Joshua Humphreys]

Thank you for your support!