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[Phys-L] Late Physics Learner - Background of Learner



Hi all,
- Many thanks for your guidance as to useful books and videos.
- And, yes, I understand, it would be more helpful if one were to know the
educational and work background of the person for whom physics learning
media would be recommended.
- When I asked her in an email she responded this way, in case that would
be helpful.
Best, Bill Norwood

Hi Bill. Physics in drumming sounds very Iinteresting. We will talk more
about that I hope

I did not like science in high schooh and always chose math over science in
college. I was an amateur radio operator in the 80's but I memorized the
answers to the test. I also easily passed the code portion which was a
requirement at the time

I really have zero knowledge with science so I probably need a creative
perhaps programmed self study book with excellent examples. I just
don't get common concepts. I'm more a people person. Very perceptive
about human nature but not good with facts.

Also have an interest in leaning the basics of AC/DC circuits



On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 7:00 PM, Bernard Cleyet <bernardcleyet@redshift.com>
wrote:


On 2015, Jan 02, , at 14:50, Bill Norwood <bnorwood111@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi all,
- I just encountered a retiree who got an advanced degree, but "forgot"
to
include any physics course, and now she regrets it.
- Can anyone recommend a book that might help her to get launched,
perhaps
including experiments doable using practical objects such as one might
findPrinciples
at home, at the gym, at the stove, at the beach, at the amusement park
etc.
Thanks,
Bill Norwood, U of MD at College Park
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Here’s another too demanding, and I believe similar to Feynman et alii.
It failed because too complete and demanding, IIUC.

I post it, because one of the authors was my MA thesis advisor.

Eisberg and Lerner. Physics / Foundations and Applications. It includes
extensive use of numericals using the Leapfrog algorithm. [Newton-Feynman?]

bc remembers his saying, “A wave is a wave is a wave.” when commenting on
the similarity of Alpha emission and transmission in optical total
reflection.
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