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I want to study phsyics and plan to start by working through my old textbook back from high school. The book is almost 10 years old by now, so I'm worried that some things are outdated by now. Do I need to buy a new book?

>> No.10117124

>>10117121
All of physics undergrad teaches physics from 1400 up to about 1900. 10 years won't mean shit.

>> No.10117125

>>10117121
The physics learned in high school have stayed the same for hundreds of years, so no.

>> No.10117164

>>10117121
This level of physics has been completely the same for literally centuries. Anything that might have changed in the past decade would be graduate/professional level material.

>> No.10117184

>>10117121
Are you 28?

>> No.10117249

>>10117121
Physics isn't biology that's constantly being proved wrong.

>my old textbook back from high school

Does it use calculus? If not, get a textbook that does like
https://www.amazon.com/University-Physics-Modern-12th/dp/0321501217
or
https://www.amazon.com/Physics-1-Robert-Resnick/dp/0471320579
https://www.amazon.com/Physics-2-David-Halliday/dp/0471401943/

>>10117164
>This level of physics has been completely the same for literally centuries

No, most of EM and Thermo was done in the 19th century. Modern Physics in the first quarter of 20th.

>> No.10117276

>>10117121
my literal favorite college physics textbook (Feynman lectures on physics) is from the 1960s.