Jonathan Gardner's Physics Notebook jonathh0_mdw4 http://jonathangardner.net/physics/wiki/Main_Page MediaWiki 1.30.0 first-letter Media Special Talk User User talk jgphys jgphys talk File File talk MediaWiki MediaWiki talk Template Template talk Help Help talk Category Category talk 0 1 459 328 2013-01-15T18:55:56Z Jgardner 1 wikitext text/x-wiki This is my notebook for physics stuff. I earned by BS in Physics from the University of Washington in 2000. Although I haven't been able to keep up my math, I have been following the general news in the Physics community. As of 2012, I've decided to get serious about learning the math and theories at a graduate level, even though I am not pursuing my MS or PhD. Maybe if I make a million dollars that will be the first thing I do. My day job is software development. I love doing it more than I love doing physics. Hopefully, one day I'll find a way to marry the two in a conducive way so I can get the best of both worlds. In that hope, I spend a little more attention than I should to computational physics, preferably in Python. If you have comments or suggestions, or you find something wrong, email me at [mailto:jgardner@jonathangardner.net?subject=Physics jgardner@jonathangardner.net]. == Topics == * [[Math]]: ** [[On Math]]: These are some of my thoughts on math, from my perspective as a physicist. ** [[Basic Math]]: By basic, I mean everything you should learn before you take the introductory course to "real" physics, namely, everything up to an including basic calculus. ** [[Advanced Math]]: All the advanced theories of math from a physicists' perspective. (Note: Mathematicians will probably vomit at the way physicists like to treat these subjects. Torture or mutilation is a good description.) * [[Physics]]: How the world actually works. ** [[Pre-Basic Physics]]: I try to describe some of the things you can know before you even approach physics mathematically. ** [[Basic Physics]]: Here are some of the topics you'd expect a first or second-year physics undergrad student to learn, for example: Newtonian Mechanics, Basic Thermodynamics, special relativity, etc... ** [[Advanced Physics]]: Here are some of the topics you'd expect a third or fourth-year physics undergrad to learn. ** [[Graduate Physics]]: Here are some of the topics you'd expect a masters student to know. * [[Religion]]: Some people think you must be a humanist or atheist to enjoy physics. I believe the religious can find even greater joy in the subject. * [[Philosophy]]: Philosophists are physicists who never did any experiments, and are unwilling to accept reality the way it is. * [[Tools]]: I prefer open-source tools since you can modify them to suit your needs. Plus, they tend to work on more platforms and are good for your bottom line. * [[GRE]] * [[Theoretical vs. Experimental]] == Misc. == * [[Unveiling the Higgs mechanism to students]] dmb9btys2emmy0zllttcmvudkflos7x