Motion Mountain - The free physics textbook

 

1  Introduction

1.  You see that the book is, as stated, for 16 year olds.  
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3. It was thought that some of the relevant and interesting items are included now.  Only the text below was able to be copied. One attempt here.
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5. The book is referenced for ease of reading and quoting. Smaller text added. Some text other than headings are now in bold.
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7. Read Chapter 1 if that's all you have time for.  I enjoy much of the remainder.  The maths can be quite heavy.

 

2  Advice for learners

1. Learning allows us to discover what kind of person we can be. Learning widens knowledge, improves intelligence and provides a sense of achievement. Therefore, learning from a book, especially one about nature, should be efficient and enjoyable.  
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3. Avoid bad learning methods like the plague! Do not use a marker, a pen or a pencil to highlight or underline text on paper. It is a waste of time, provides false comfort and makes the text unreadable. Add notes and comments instead! And do not learn from a screen. 
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5. In particular, do not learn from videos, from games or from a smartphone. All games and almost all videos are drugs for the brain. Smartphones are drug dispensers that make people addicted and prevent learning. Learn from paper – at your speed, and allow your mind to wander! Nobody marking paper or looking at a screen is learning efficiently. No proof offered.
   
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7. In my not the blog author experience as a pupil and teacher, one learning method never failed to transform unsuccessful pupils into successful ones: if you read a text for study, summarize every section you read, in your own words and images, aloud and then on a page. 
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9. If you are unable to do so, read the section again. Repeat this until you can clearly summarize what you read in your own words and images, aloud and then on a page And enjoy the telling aloud! 
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11. You can do this alone or with friends, in a room or while walking. If you do this with everything you read, you
    will reduce your learning and reading time significantly; you will enjoy learning from good texts much more and hate bad texts much less. Masters of the method can use it even while listening to a lecture, in a low voice, thus avoiding to ever take notes not advised.

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