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[Anonymous No.5474129]

I'm about to read this book.
I'm an A-Level further mathematician, not a scientist, but it interests me.
Are there some key concepts or ideas that I need to know before reading this?

[Anonymous No.5474153]

>I'm an A-Level further mathematician

mein sides!

[Anonymous No.5474176]

>>5474153
Would you rather I lie?

[Anonymous No.5474485]

>>5474176
the point is nobody gives a shit, and telling us this just makes you look like a douchebag

[Anonymous No.5474524]

>>5474485
Dude, we need to know what level this guy's on so we don't drop a huge pile of stuff he doesn't know a damned thing about on him.

Also, Hamiltonian and Lagrangian mechanics would be a pretty good place to start, from what little I know of string theory (3rd year undergrad in pure maths, dabbled in some solitons last term). Specifically applied to waves, since waves are pretty much the way things go down in string theory afaik.

[Anonymous No.5474548]

>>5474176
>>5474129

You need more than A-level further maths to do string tehroy

[Anonymous No.5475302]

>>5474524
I'll look into them, thank you.
>>5474548
I'm not looking to 'do string tehroy', It just interests me, so I'm reading into it. The book is relatively accessible too.

[Anonymous No.5475304]

book is pop science, any idiot can read it

if you want to do some real extra curricular physics, teach yourself special relativity or some shit. easy for A level student

[Anonymous No.5475310]

>>5474129
>hurr durr I'm going to read a pop-sci book
>hey /sci/ what do I need to know to read this

[Anonymous No.5477023]

>>5474485
The education level someone has is pretty important information with these kinds of things though isn't it...

[Anonymous No.5477338]

>>5477023
With pop science?