About
In this page you can read why I created this page and which are its purpose.
Why this page exists
In the introduction to Physics from Symmetry, Jakob Schwichtenberg writes: “A good teacher is someone who helps you to learn in a few weeks what took him years to understand.”
Unfortunately, throughout my academic journey, I haven't always met professors who fit this description. Too often, finding decent study material required far more effort than it should have. I truly believe that when we aren't provided with the best conditions to learn, peer-to-peer collaboration becomes our greatest asset.
That is exactly why I created this page. It is a space where I collect not only my lecture notes—which currently cover a couple of Bachelor's courses and all my Theoretical Physics Master's exams—but also useful documents and templates that might come in handy during a physics student's university career.
Indeed, during my university studies, I prepared for exams by rewriting my lecture notes, turning them into what eventually became "almost-books." Over time, I realized these summaries were also helpful to others, so I decided to make them public and available to anyone who wants them.
I hope you find this material helpful!
Why everything free
The following thoughts are shared by many people.
I believe that knowledge should be free; everyone deserves an equal footing in facing the university challenge. In the end, the real difference comes down to effort, attitude, determination, and—unfortunately—luck. I see no reason to sell something when I can easily make it freely accessible. First of all, I feel rewarded enough having passed most of these exams with good grades; second, I don't consider it ethical to profit off material that isn't original, but simply rewritten, reorganized, or slightly reworked from other people's notes, lectures, or textbooks.
Disclaimer: how to use
These summaries were written by a student for personal use; no professor has reviewed them, and the only proof of their validity is that my exams always went well (and whenever I didn't get exceptional grades, it was due to my own flawed studying). They may contain errors and are in no way a substitute for attending lectures, even though I have made every effort to ensure they are accurate, complete, precise, and easy to understand. For these reasons don't take them as gospel, but rather as a starting point to write your own notes. Furthermore, given the field of study, the information in these notes will inevitably become outdated over time.
My advice is to always use this material for comparison—whether you haven't been provided with resources, can't find any, or simply want a backup to make sure you've understood and written things down correctly.
You can see below a license section, you are interest in bureaucracy.
A small request
Just like the rules in other student channels sharing study resources, I kindly ask that you do not share this material with professors or teaching assistants. I want this to remain something passed from student to student, without anyone from the academic staff knowing these exist. Not because the content belongs to them, but because none of it has been reviewed by them. Plus, there are occasional silly tangents, and you never know how someone might take those.
How to create a page
This website is powered by the [Academic Pages template](https://github.com/academicpages/academicpages.github.io) and hosted on GitHub pages. [GitHub pages](https://pages.github.com) is a free service in which websites are built and hosted from code and data stored in a GitHub repository, automatically updating when a new commit is made to the repository. This template was forked from the [Minimal Mistakes Jekyll Theme](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/) created by Michael Rose, and then extended to support the kinds of content that academics have: publications, talks, teaching, a portfolio, blog posts, and a CV. Incidentally, these same features make it a great template for anyone that needs to show off a professional template!
You can fork [this template](https://github.com/academicpages/academicpages.github.io) right now, modify the configuration and Markdown files, add your own PDFs and other content, and have your own site for free, with no ads!
More info about configuring Academic Pages can be found in [the guide](https://academicpages.github.io/markdown/), the [growing wiki](https://github.com/academicpages/academicpages.github.io/wiki), and you can always [ask a question on GitHub](https://github.com/academicpages/academicpages.github.io/discussions). The [guides for the Minimal Mistakes theme](https://mmistakes.github.io/minimal-mistakes/docs/configuration/) (which this theme was forked from) might also be helpful.
License
Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International
CC BY-NC 4.0
The contents of this repository are licensed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution - NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0) license.
You are free to:
- Share — copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format
- Adapt — remix, transform, and build upon the material
Under the following terms:
- Attribution — You must give appropriate credit, provide a link to the license, and indicate if changes were made. You may do so in any reasonable manner, but not in any way that suggests the licensor endorses you or your use.
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- No additional restrictions — You may not apply legal terms or technological measures that legally restrict others from doing anything the license permits.
No warranties are given. The license may not give you all of the permissions necessary for your intended use. For example, other rights such as publicity, privacy, or moral rights may limit how you use the material.
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