I plan to major in physics next semester, but I want to get a head start. I was wondering if anyone could tell me the best way to go about teaching physics to myself from the ground up; perhaps a suggestion of the best physics textbook(s), video lessons, full courses, etc. (I tried looking at the MIT free courses on youtube but they seemed to use notations that the classes I plan to take will not use, and it seemed like they bounced all over the place. I also would prefer not to use Khan Academy because the material provided is extremely limited (only 1-3 10min videos on a single subject then onto the next subject. I need in-depth explanations and many examples).

Thank you in advance.

P.S. I am currently employed as a mathematics tutor, just so you understand that the mathematical portion of any problem will not pose an issue. Extracting and constructing the logic from the problem(s) would be the main focus.

Somebody told me to read this book when i asked a physics related question somewhere .

Sears and Zemansky's University Physics with Modern Physics

Currently I have University Physics with Modern Physics by Young and Freedman 13th Edition.

Any video courses you or someone else could suggest?

11 hours ago, TestTube said:

P.S. I am currently employed as a mathematics tutor, just so you understand that the mathematical portion of any problem will not pose an issue. Extracting and constructing the logic from the problem(s) would be the main focus.

Get hold of this book

http://press.princeton.edu/titles/8861.html

 

It exactly fits your bill.

 

BTW Sears and Zemansky have various books that are streets ahead of the Resnick & Halliday, even as edited by  Young and Freedman.

Edited September 16, 20178 yr by studiot