#physics textbooks

[physics-dirtbag]

I am selling some stuff (books, textbooks, clothes) on Mercari to help fund my impending move to Chicago! I am happy to negotiate on price, talk about doing a bundle for a discount or about a swap!

[nemfrog]

How the object appears on camera film. Interpreting Science - Book Three: Understanding the Universe. 1943.

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[lost-rxverie]

saturday | march 2

days until finals: 8

got a decent chunk of homework done this evening so i can spend tomorrow reviewing for my final exams. i struggled with my physics readings on four-momentum so i'll also need to spend some time going through all the worked problems in the textbook until it makes more sense.

[theburninggalaxy]

I HAVE MADE A DISCOVERY. MY PHYSICS TEXTBOOK IS THE FUCKING THROCKMORTON ONE

AND THE CRIME IS THAT THERE ARE 8 MENTIONS OF HIM AND PEOPLE ONLY EVER MENTION ONE

[hartlesshart]

8/14

how we got here -> Page 1

and now for a jolly good time -> Page 9

I am pleased to announced this madness will have an end. It just might be mad until the very end.

On a serious note: A really huge warm thank you to everyone who has been following along and reacting (there's been fanart even?!!? *cries*) This silly thing has been so fun to work on and I can't wait to work on the next part.

[kryptickrow]

"In quantum mechanics, Schrödinger's cat is a thought experiment concerning quantum superposition. In the thought experiment, a hypothetical cat may be considered simultaneously both alive and dead, while it is unobserved in a closed box, as a result of its fate being linked to a random subatomic event that may or may not occur. This experiment viewed this way is described as a paradox." - Wikipedia

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[physicsgoblin]

Physics and Mathematics Resources (plus some Chemistry):

I will update this because I know I have more recommend textbooks somewhere in my files, I'm just too tired to look right now. Latest update: 5/13/25

Physics:

The Science Spot--Mostly lesson plans for teaching kids

The Physics Classroom Tutorial--Has interactive online activities and models. Some videos and also some chemistry stuff.

HyperPhysics--Quite possibly the best resource I've ever seen because it shows how all concepts are linked together. The site isn't loading for me but it says it's up. There is a downloadable version on the Internet Archive (though it doesn't look as nice and clean). EDIT: I found a GitHub that lets you clone and download the html so you can click through it offline and it works! If people are interested I can make a tutorial, it was very easy.

PhET--A ton of demonstrations and tutorials. Also has some for mathematics and chemistry.

Paradigms Physics Notes--this was the curriculum that was used in my junior and senior classes. A lot of stuff here. If you are interest about teaching physics using this method, you can read more here.

Quantum Mathamatica Add-on--Useful for calculations.

The Hypertextbook--uhh lots here. Problems, solutions, explanations, etc.

oPhysics--interactive physics software.

MiniPhysics--more demonstrations and interactive software.

Michel van Biezen--really clear work-throughs of many subjects (algebra, calculus, chemistry, physics). He actually has a tumblr but has been active in like a decade @ilectureonline

Mathematics:

Paul's Online Math Notes--Got my whole class through junior and senior year

Calculator Soup--a lot of different kinds of calculators

3Blue1Brown--Very interesting youtube channel that shows a lot of calculus and linear algebraic principals visually or in intuitive ways.

Mathologer--more interesting advanced mathematical concepts.

General:

OpenStax--Free textbooks, legally

[aevris]

No idea if this person follows me BUT while the industry standard for GIS software (ArcGIS pro) is incredibly expensive, there are open source alternatives like QGIS. A lot of governments and organizations also have open data portals that you can grab data from (shapefiles, CSVs, rasters, whatever).

I've kind of been taught ground-up in person so I don't have recommendations on video tutorials for teaching basic concepts sadly. Bolstadt GIS fundamentals is good and was dirt cheap by textbook standards though (was like $40 iirc).

"Learning GIS" I guess also depends on what you want to do with it? If you want to mess around with cartography and data visualization you could probably just give yourself some pet projects.

[senku-ishigami-official]

Halu! It's me again:

How does gravity affects light?

Yo!! I'll try to make this as simple as possible.

Photons (light particles) are massless, so you'd think that gravity doesn't affect them -- and this is actually kind of true, because when you plug the number 0 for m into the formula for gravitational force, you get 0. So it's not really the gravity itself that interacts with the photons, but it's actually the effect of gravity on space-time that causes the light to look like it's moving around.

When you have an object with a lot of mass like a star or a planet or something, the space-time around it is bending, kind of like when you sit on a trampoline and it sinks under your butt. This is because of the gravitational force of the object. Now, photons always travel along specific paths called geodesics (explained in old man Einstein's theory of general relativity), aka the shortest possible path between point A and point B. Sometimes, because of the warped space-time around large objects, the shortest path is a curve. So when photons take this path, the light warps. You can see how light is affected by black holes, too, but the light isn't sucked in because it's affected by gravitational force -- it's the space-time that's being warped by the black hole, and the photons are just following along.

[idontmindifuforgetme]

How the fuck do I think more like a physicist

[thenightshadowqueen]

So my psychology textbook mentions that if people are unable to register the physical reaction to emotions—such as a racing heart—their actual emotional reactions—the feeling of fear, in this example—can be less intense.

Anyways, totally unrelated, but I’m thinking about Victor Vale.

[nemfrog]

Radiation won't penetrate a lead wall. Biophysics. 1962.

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[gorgynei]

college is trying to get me to pay $50 for "online course materials" and its a term-by-term subscription service so its not even like i get them forever. youre kidding. youre fucking kidding. is this hell? where am i. someone save me

[xxplastic-cubexx]

gonna read all of House of M this weekend i think

[gayestcowboy]

i hate when you buy a textbook and you get like six months of access to an online copy instead of a physical book you can own forever. if i’m spending $70 on a textbook i’d better be able to put my dick in it

[lemongogo]

college … wasted on the youth (me)