The First List

The first list, List 1, is a pretty neat tour of the basics of physics. One of the most striking problems of a new comer to physics, is that to understand one topic, you need to know another. Fortunately you can learn the physics in ways that will avoid that unfortunate catch 22. The following list has been carefully constructed to make sense, and be interesting (which, honestly, it is!). This list...

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The MIT Online Lectures

"First in my class at MIT" - A line that we may be familiar with Weird Al Yankovic rapping in White and Nerdy. If you don't know Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), it's a very successful American university, and as the name suggests, it is good with it's technology. The best demonstration of MIT making good use of technology is with it's "Open Course Ware" website (OCW)....

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Impressing with Physics (Misconceptions about the Higgs)

The Higgs boson has been cycled through the media a lot recently. And, as is common with the media, a dark cloud follows has been following it around. Physics Professor, Mike Kruse, has explained some of the major parts of the dark cloud, in a little article from Duke University: "Top 5 common misconceptions about the Higgs particle" The first misconception is, at first sight, just being a little bit pedantic about the wording: Misconception: The Higgs particle gives other particles...

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Skull Toolbox - Hyper Physics

As with any toolbox, you want to see a good range of tools. In the Skull toolbox, we also see a good range, and a nice place too see this is on the Hyper Physics webpage. Hyper Physics is a physics info. page, hosted be Georgia State University perhaps as an effort to make sure their students are at a similar level to our Skull Scholars. The best part about Hyper Physics is it's layout. As you can...

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The Gerard t'Hooft Theoretical Physicist Guide

There's a guide on the internet for how to become a good theoretical physicist without going to university. It's written by a rather famous physicist which, to me, says it's a pretty valid source. The author is Gerard 't Hooft, who won the 1999 Nobel prize in physics for his work as a theoretical physicist. It outlines some of the main subjects that will lead you to being a good theoretical physicist,...

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Lists and Levels (Skull, Bones and Jaw)

Saying "curriculum" sounds rather dry. Unfortunately, to learn new physics, or even to revise old physics, a system is needed to bring sense to the chaos.To avoid the dryness of the word curriculum, the MMXI Academy will be calling it a simple "list" instead. Each of the levels - Skull, Bones and Jaw - will have lists, perhaps more that one if necessary. Based upon where you are as a physicist,...

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Let the fans begin

Learn physics for free. Be a curious mind or a researcher, it should be accessible to everyone everywhere, for fr...

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