Some useful links for physics students
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Some useful links for physics students
This page brings together some of the resources I have found most useful. The list is personal, but I hope it can also be useful to other students and researchers.
1. Foundations & Lecture Notes
These are some of the best resources I know for learning or revisiting the essentials:
- David Tong - Lecture Notes: The definitive standard for clear, rigorous introductions to everything from Classical Dynamics to Quantum Field Theory.
- The Feynman Lectures on Physics: Old but gold.
- Paul’s Online Math Notes: High school level.
- MIT OpenCourseWare: Check out the course on general relativity, it’s fantastic.
- LibreTexts Physics: Peer-authored, open-access textbook content.
2. Advanced Lectures & Seminars
If like me the reviews on arXiv make you a bit anxious, these are a great way to get a more digestible overview of the latest developments in various topics:
- Perimeter Institute (PIRSA): A massive archive of recorded seminars and specialized courses.
- Collège de France - Physique et Chimie: High-level academic seminars and colloquia.
- General Relativity II (Piotr Chruściel): All about black holes.
- Les Samedis de la Physique (Bruxelles): High-quality lectures from ULB professors.
3. Career Growth: Internships & Research
If you’re looking to do early research or find internships, check out these resources:
- CERN Summer Student Programme: Particle physics stuff in Geneva.
- DESY Summer Student Programme: Particle physics stuff in Hamburg.
- ESA Student Internships: Space science at the European Space Agency.
- PSI Start (Perimeter Institute): Theoretical physics research at Perimeter Institute in Canada.
4. Free books
All the nice textbooks for free, because knowledge should be free:
- Sci-Hub: For academic papers.
- Library Genesis and Z-Library: For books.