Hi, I am Clément, early-career physicist. I teach physics at the University of York, study to obtain my Postgraduate Certificate in Academic Practice, and when my glorious little daughter is in bed, I read books.
The art of learning physics
Idea 5 – Use your imagination
I believe that the main difference between reading about physics and reading good fiction is that the work of fiction somehow helps you create a mental image of what is described. The presence of this mental image is what allows subsequent information to land, as the mental image expands and gets refined.
Mental images could help when studying physics too.
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Idea 4 – Rereading lecture notes?
Do not reread lecture notes. Retrieve them as if you were trying to explain things in a few minutes to a panicking classmate before an exam.
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Idea 3 – Listen to what formulas are telling you
Formulas are beautiful relationships between physical things and spending time with them can be a pleasant and deep experience. If you pay attention.
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