Reddit mentions of Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics

I'm 2 years into a part time physics degree, I'm in my 40s, dropped out of schooling earlier in life.

As I'm doing this for fun whilst I also have a full time job, I thought I would list what I'm did to supplement my study preparation.

I started working through these videos - Essence of Calculus as a start over the summer study whilst I had some down time. https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDMsr9K-rj53DwVRMYO3t5Yr

Ive bought the following books in preparation for my journey and to start working through some of these during the summer prior to start

Elements of Style - A nice small cheap reference to improve my writing skills
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/020530902X/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o02_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The Humongous Book of Trigonometry Problems https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1615641823/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Calculus: An Intuitive and Physical Approach
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0486404536/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Trigonometry Essentials Practice Workbook
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1477497781/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Systems of Equations: Substitution, Simultaneous, Cramer's Rule
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1941691048/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o05_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Feynman's Tips on Physics
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0465027970/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o07_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0465060714/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o08_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

Calculus for the Practical Man
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/1406756725/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The Feynman Lectures on Physics (all volumes)
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/product/0465024939/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o09_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

I found PatrickJMT helpful, more so than Khan academy, not saying is better, just that you have to find the person and resource that best suits the way your brain works.

Now I'm deep in calculus and quantum mechanics, I would say the important things are:

Algebra - practice practice practice, get good, make it smooth.

Trig - again, practice practice practice.

Try not to learn by rote, try understand the why, play with things, draw triangles and get to know the unit circle well.

Good luck, it's going to cause frustrating moments, times of doubt, long nights and early mornings, confusion, sweat and tears, but power through, keep on trucking, and you will start to see that calculus and trig are some of the most beautiful things in the world.

There actually are exercises to go along with Feynman's Lectures now. I think it was released just this August. The problems are actually problems that were assigned in his class at CalTech.

http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/0465060714?pc_redir=1410491393&robot_redir=1

Only $16 too.

1. Maths HL: If the testing was fair (balanced paper, and you weren't panicking when writing) then a 5 should indicate that you have a fairly good grasp of the theory. You might not be comfortable with everything, but on the whole, you're understanding what's going on, you just don't always know what you have to do. I don't think it's necessary for you to bother with notes - you should be able to pick up questions and struggle your way through them until you start "seeing" what you have to do more easily. The Cambridge Math HL textbook has some really good questions, and they're colour-coded by difficulty so that could help you keep track of your improvement. Work your way up though - don't just jump into the deep end or you'll be discouraged! You'll get there:)
   
   
2. Physics HL: Pretty much the same thing as math. I'd skip notes in favour of practice, since a 6 should indicate a solid understanding of the basics. The Tsokos textbook is my favourite, so I'll recommend working through that one. If your main issue is that you don't always have the right "intuition" as to how to tackle problems, then you might find it helpful to look at Exercises for the Feynman Lectures on Physics. It's obviously not designed for the DP (and a bunch of questions will require stuff you won't have learned yet), but the problems in there will train you to think about physics properly (and they're really fun!).
   
   
3. Chemistry HL: The combination of Richard Thornley's videos and the Pearson textbook is golden. Go through all of the material again until you really understand what's happening before bothering with questions. I'd recommend grabbing a friend and teaching each other the material since that usually helps highlight weaknesses in your understanding.
   
   
4. Tips in general: "Sleep. Self-care. Study. Socialize." In that order. You need all four of these to remain sane.
   
   
5. Time management: It's easier to plan around the way you are than to change the way you are. Pay attention to the times when you tend to feel most productive and schedule the bulk of your work for those times, and take a proper break when you're not fully engaged in your work.

There exists now a new separate exercise book based on some of the original homework problems to accompany the lectures.

The Harvard physics problems are a great place to start: https://www.physics.harvard.edu/academics/undergrad/problems

You can buy the exercises from the Feynmann Lectures in their own book now: https://www.amazon.com/Exercises-Feynman-Lectures-Physics-Richard/dp/0465060714

The Putnam exam problems are also great and in-depth, though they're pure math rather than physics, but physics and CS majors will probably find many of them enjoyable: http://kskedlaya.org/putnam-archive/ Careful, they're extravagantly difficult.