How long does it take to learn physics?

[jduster]

I am a layman who knows nothing of physics and wants to have a good understanding of physics. I plan to each myself. Of course, learning is different for everybody, but generally, how long should it take to understand physics well, but not at a professional level.

50 hours?
100 hours?
250 hours?
500 hours?
1000 hours?

 

[Vanadium 50]

About as long as it takes to learn to play the piano well, but not at a professional level.

 

[jduster]

Can you be more specific? :)

 

[inflector]

About as long as it takes to learn to play the piano well, but not at a professional level.

Actually, that's a really great answer and is about as specific as he can get without his knowing too many variables which you have not specified.

It depends on:

1) Your aptitude
2) Your dedication
3) Your prior knowledge of math and general science/electronics
4) What "proficient" means to you
5) How spread out your hours will be

etc.

 

[jduster]

i don't want an exact number of hours, i'd rather have a very general estimate, so i can put things into scale?

generally, would it take less than 100 hours, in the hundreds, over 1000, or in the thousands?

 

[NeedsHelp1212]

Probably around 140 hours. Generally a basic high school physics course is around 45 minutes. The year has 182 school days, so i just multiplied 45 times 182= 8190 minutes/60= 136.5 hours

You can learn a great deal over that time obviously