I'd be very surprised if the notes could teach these subjects to anyone who didn't have significant prior exposure.
I'm self-taught, and these notes are probably the most useful resource I've yet come across.
It's hard not having anyone to work through physics problems with. Learning in-person is much higher bandwidth. But thus far OCW has done a fair job in supplementing this.
The problem is that there isn't a unifying thread across courses. Each course is isolated from every other course. That's a good way to build a toolkit, but it makes it rather difficult to understand how and why certain knowledge will be useful later on, and how to apply that knowledge.
So these notes are the unifying thread I've wanted.
But it's true that notes aren't a substitute for courses. Perhaps books are, though. These have served me well so far: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/315/books/list.html and recommendations would be great.
I'm self-taught, and these notes are probably the most useful resource I've yet come across.
It's hard not having anyone to work through physics problems with. Learning in-person is much higher bandwidth. But thus far OCW has done a fair job in supplementing this.
The problem is that there isn't a unifying thread across courses. Each course is isolated from every other course. That's a good way to build a toolkit, but it makes it rather difficult to understand how and why certain knowledge will be useful later on, and how to apply that knowledge.
So these notes are the unifying thread I've wanted.
But it's true that notes aren't a substitute for courses. Perhaps books are, though. These have served me well so far: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/315/books/list.html and recommendations would be great.