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I'm going to start a Natural Sciences course in Cambridge this year in October. I will be doing chemistry, maths, computer science and physics.

I have a lot of maths books and enough chemistry and computer science books.

However I don't have a lot on physics.

I was wondering if any of you could recommend me some physics websites that I could learn something from.

I am most interested in astrophysics and particle physics.

Thanks.

All my bookmarks are on my laptop, which recently became out of service. Hopefully I can remember to get on here and post them when its back, otherwise PM me in about a week or so.

I actually find wikipedia a pretty good source for quick reference on what it is I'm doing. Just make sure you double check what it is your prof. wants and the way they want you to do it. There are multiple ways to solve every problem (as I'm sure you know), but sometimes they only want some definite proof that you understand the underlying theory of why a certain method is used. I also suggest getting to know peers in your classes (I know this is hard ), as working on some of the harder problems by yourself can take hours. Finding a study lounge where all the physics people hang is pretty helpful when you need someone to check over your math (it sucks being in a dorm and no one two floors above or below you understands partial diff. eq's).

http://www.psyclops.com/hawking/
http://www.physicsforums.com/index.php
http://www.physorg.com/
http://www.newscientist.com/home.ns

Thanks for this. I'll loook at the websites. I haven't started uni yet. I found some mechanics textbooks in my house which should help.

go to Itunes. select Itunes U and download video lecture from MIT and Stanford about theoretical physics and black holes and regular physics. Also you can go here

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/index.htm

and download free lecture notes from MIT (which is the US version of Cambridge). I posted links to a few that you might like.

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-701 ... /index.htm

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-811 ... /index.htm

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-952 ... /index.htm

also you can go here

http://www.betterworld.com/

to get relatively cheap used books including physics books. Most used are 3.98 and worldwide shipping is 3.97 cents. So you can stock up on physics textbooks, reference books and professional technical books for pretty cheap.

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