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[Itry]

How did you find PF?

Google search looking for basics of learning about what constitutes matter. Still can't figure based on illustrations. I am obviously a beginner but am in the senior age category.

I started reading a book about electricity and even though it's written clearly I still can't go on reading it because I don't understand how the author knows what he knows. It starts by describing matter and gives illustrations of gas, solid, and liquid. With little circles of what is said to constitute matter. I'd like to know how they figured these illustrations out with space in between the 'matter' circles.

 

[berkeman]

Welcome to PF; you've come to a great place for understanding science.

For general technical questions, post them in the appropriate technical forum (start the thread by filling out the form at the top of that forum) and include links to your reading that you've been doing and ask questions about that reading. In some of the technical forums the thread title will include a "prefix" that you can set to B/I/A for Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced for the level that you would like the replies to be. I is undergraduate university level, and A is graduate school level and above.

It sounds like it would be good for you to start a thread in the Classical Physics forum, marked with a B or I for the thread level. Post a couple screenshots of the reading (use the Attach Files link below the Edit window to upload the screenshots), and add a link to the book or article that it is from. Ask about what is confusing you in that reading, and you should get very good tutorial replies.

Enjoy PF!

 

[berkeman]

I started reading a book about electricity and even though it's written clearly I still can't go on reading it because I don't understand how the author knows what he knows.

Also, if you would like advice on better learning resources for various subjects, you can start a thread in our Academic Advising forum and ask for recommendations on books/articles/websites that can help you in learning some subject that you are interested in.

 

[Itry]

Welcome to PF; you've come to a great place for understanding science.

For general technical questions, post them in the appropriate technical forum (start the thread by filling out the form at the top of that forum) and include links to your reading that you've been doing and ask questions about that reading. In some of the technical forums the thread title will include a "prefix" that you can set to B/I/A for Beginner/Intermediate/Advanced for the level that you would like the replies to be. I is undergraduate university level, and A is graduate school level and above.

It sounds like it would be good for you to start a thread in the Classical Physics forum, marked with a B or I for the thread level. Post a couple screenshots of the reading (use the Attach Files link below the Edit window to upload the screenshots), and add a link to the book or article that it is from. Ask about what is confusing you in that reading, and you should get very good tutorial replies.

Enjoy PF!

Thank you, I will certainly try to follow. :-)