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Physics Books for the Novice?

Posted by Cliff on from the text-books-recommended dept.

cornjchob asks: "I've been a Slashdot reader for quite sometime now, and I've seen alot of Physics articles posted. I've got a good understanding of alot of it, but that doesn't mean there's no room to improve. So what's some good reading material for Physics that will give you a good, solid foundation if you've missed something, and then give you some additional stuff? What about online articles or PDF's for us cheap folk? Quantum Mechanics is another subject area that--judging by alot of posts underneath the articles, at least--many of us could use some brushing up on. Any suggestions for books/articles/PDF's on that? Suggestions on anything pertinent to any of those would be great."

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  1. Re:"a lot" is two words, damnit! by jsonmez · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Lets end this! Alot is one word. Why? Because it has become one word through it's use by many people as one word. This happens with many words and is how language evolves. A good number of words come about from their improper use, once again it is how language evolves.

  2. Re:"a lot" is two words, damnit! by Valiss · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Well if you're going to get snooty about it, then see:

    http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=alot

    versus

    http://www.dictionary.com/search?q=a%20lot

    Blah. But I do see your point about how it has worked it way into our language. Even so, it doesn't mean that it's correct (or official for that matter).

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    -Valiss
  3. Re:"a lot" is two words, damnit! by ottothecow · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    my english teacher just the other day said "dont even think about using alot and I dont want to see a lot on your papers either" something about neither one being good blah blah blah...back to my post

    If you *REALLY* want to learn more about physics, all you have to do is hack Stephen Hawkings wheelchair

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    Bottles.
  4. Re:"a lot" is two words, damnit! by Squarewav · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    its called common tongue dumbass just as dumbass is a word as in aint and y'all depending on ware you live common tongue changes for example y'all is a word in Texas but not in new York. another example is for computer types , words like CPU,MB,UNIX,RAM are commonly used, ware as computer illiterates will rarely say such things