Well, can't really tell much but I'm guessing you're looking for a Calculus-based introductory Physics book?
If you're more worried about the physics of it, imo, I found University Physics a really good book, explains everything with tons and tons of detail without much waste surprisingly, and...
I'm currently going over Algebra again since I seem to struggle quite a bit once heavy algebra comes in so I picked up "Algebra for the Practical Man". It's quite an old book so it might be hard to find but I'm enjoying it, especially some of the problems. Most are trivial but some can get quite...
For y=f(x)+b, the effect of changes in b is to translate the graph of y=f(x) vertically through b units, so now you know what the +1 at the end does.
For y=f(kx), k>0, the effect of changes in k is to horizontally stretch or compress the graph of y=f(x) by a factor of 1/k , so that takes care...
Well I'm in high school right now, grade 11 to be exact and I've started looking around for any interesting universities. I might change but I'm thinking of doing Astrophysics or major in Physics then move onto Astrophysics. I also know that I want to study in Canada so enough background, I just...
Thanks for the reply but I think I might have worded my question wrongly... I know how to use logs and I know they're the inverse of exponential functions but was wondering how exactly would one go about computing logarithms without using the log function. Like if I wanted to figure out x in $...
I was just wondering what's the "magic" behind logarithms. Just took them in school, and I get the part that they're just the reverse of exponents but it still feels sort of like a mystery every time I solve a logarithm using a calculator. Just like how addition is the slow way of...
Yeah well I want to learn it so I can apply it to Physics but at the same time I don't want to breeze by it and only know how to use it, I also want to understand it deeply.
Thanks for the book suggestion, more the reason to check it out!
Hmmm, sounds interesting, especially since I want to learn Calculus to understand Physics, will check it out. Just hope it proves challenging! Thanks.
Well, I didn't want to study from a watered down or easy book fearing that it might ruin the experience. I want to learn it correctly the first...
I've been trying to start teaching myself Calculus recently out of interest and the amount of useful info on PF is awesome but I can't seem to find a good way to actually start it off. As far as books are concerned, it seems that Stewart's is the standard but supposedly it's too watered down...
Hmmm the site does look interesting but I'm more interested in actually understanding calculus instead of just being able to solve the problems. By reading around it seems Spivak's book and Apostol's are highly recommended if you want to understand Calculus, and they're challenging, which is...
Well I hate Electro anything in Physics so I guess I'll be avoiding that chapter for now :P Thanks for the info though!
Thanks for the site and info, but yeah I guess those topics fall under Single Variable Calculus, or so I'm assuming, but I'll be sure to include them in my preparation...
Thanks for the insight Choppy ;)
And yeah, just hope my interests don't change too much in the next 2 years or so, already went through a few transformations recently so it's been a little worrying xD
I guess I can leave this on the back burner for now, seeing as I got a couple more years, was...
I'm still in high school but I was wondering if there are any fields or industries that make intensive use of Astronomy, Physics and Computer Science. I'm really interested in all three but I can't think of any job that makes extensive use of all three. The closest I got was thinking about...
I recently found myself interested in Physics, especially solving physics problems, looked up a few books and stumbled upon Irodov's Problems in General Physics. I'm enthusiastic about starting to solve stuff in it but most of the problems are quite math intensive it seems and since I've only...