Posted: 7/29/2010 7:38:36 AM EDT
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okkk so i am in a blue collar job right now and honestly have not the time nor the stable internet connection to go back to school at this time, however i was gonna try to self teach myself in hopes to get a "jump" start when the time comes. I would like to get a degree in engineering, so i know two subjects to start brushing up on are math/trig and physics. Now for all of you outhere please some reccomondations on where to start? Textbooks, non fiction books from professors, or accredited web pages would be nice! Thanks guys!!!
ps. in high school I had two years of algibra one year of geom. and one of pre calc..... and two years of physics one of wich was an AP class. thansk again all! rod |
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Go to the library. Check out books on Math an Physics.
It's free, and our libraries have very good math books for all ages - not just textbooks, but books for what you are doing. eta: did you have any trigonometry? edit again: you can find textbooks for $5 at some used book stores. Most Math hasn't changed much in the last 100 years. Teach yourself the foundations, and you'll be ahead of nearly everyone. |
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Could swing by Half-Price Books and see if they got any old math textbooks. If you know anyone in college you could probably take their used books that the bookstore wouldn't buy back for real cheap too, they might even give them to you for free (I got a couple digital circuits books this way). I also wouldn't go crazy with collecting physics books. It wouldn't hurt to refresh your memory, but the physics classes you will be taking in engineering will be calculus based, and a little bit different from what you might have had before. |