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I am wondering: I don't know much (if anything) about physics and I want to do a more basic/fundamental approach.

As far as I am aware there are two ways to approach physics: basic algebra based (simplified) as its typically taught in high school and calculus based (the proper way).

Since I do have a solid grasp on linear algebra and calculus, are there good calculus based physics books that don't assume any previous exposure to high school type physics and are suited for self learning?



They aren't exactly pretty but undergraduates are usually prescribed a "university physics" book or something with along the lines of that title.

You aren't missing anything by not doing calculus based physics, you have to "learn" it again from scratch.


Feynman Lectures are incredible and available for free!

I actually first learned about calculus from this chapter :)

https://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_08.html




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