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Luke101
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Hey guys and girls, i really need a bit of guidance and all input would be welcome.
I'm 21 and from the UK and a sucker for physics, I've read a lot of books including 'Quantum', 'a brief history of time', 'The grand design' to name a few and watched every documentary going pretty much. In other words, i have a real passion for physics, especially quantum mechanics. The only problem is you can only learn so much from these... It doesn't really go into technical sides.
I'd love to do a degree in Physics, the only problem is I have no confidence in my abilities. I've been out of school now for 6 years and upon leaving went straight into a apprenticeship. I have briefly looked into local Uni's and sent a couple e-mails to physics tutors. I think the 'Mature student' route would be best for me, with a foundation year. But to actually get on the course it would take another year, which works out pretty well. My plan is to study independently for a year, hopefully learning everything in the foundation year so i fly through it.
This is where i hope you people can help me Like i said, my maths and physics went as far as GCSE level, so ill be starting from scratch. I need to textbooks with problems etc that i can work from, Both mathematics and physics... EVERYTHING :p. I've got a year to work hard and get it under my belt, this will also help my assess my abilities although I am fairly confident i can take to it, i just need a firm foundation to build on. Theres nothing worse that been under prepaired, especially at the prices it costs to study in uni'
Thanks for taking the time to read thing,
Luke
I'm 21 and from the UK and a sucker for physics, I've read a lot of books including 'Quantum', 'a brief history of time', 'The grand design' to name a few and watched every documentary going pretty much. In other words, i have a real passion for physics, especially quantum mechanics. The only problem is you can only learn so much from these... It doesn't really go into technical sides.
I'd love to do a degree in Physics, the only problem is I have no confidence in my abilities. I've been out of school now for 6 years and upon leaving went straight into a apprenticeship. I have briefly looked into local Uni's and sent a couple e-mails to physics tutors. I think the 'Mature student' route would be best for me, with a foundation year. But to actually get on the course it would take another year, which works out pretty well. My plan is to study independently for a year, hopefully learning everything in the foundation year so i fly through it.
This is where i hope you people can help me Like i said, my maths and physics went as far as GCSE level, so ill be starting from scratch. I need to textbooks with problems etc that i can work from, Both mathematics and physics... EVERYTHING :p. I've got a year to work hard and get it under my belt, this will also help my assess my abilities although I am fairly confident i can take to it, i just need a firm foundation to build on. Theres nothing worse that been under prepaired, especially at the prices it costs to study in uni'
Thanks for taking the time to read thing,
Luke