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http://www.staff.science.uu.nl/∼Gadda001/goodtheorist/index.html

http://www.phys-l.org/cgi-bin/namazu.cgi?query=good+theoretical+physicist

http://www.feynmanlectures.info

This collection of about 70 URLs (of unusual terroir) was drawn to my attention by a colleague's post to the PHYS-L LISTERV. Professor ’t Hooft's website is dedicated to those who choose “…to study theoretical physics in their own time,” and includes preparatory topics (primary mathematics, electronics) as well as works of his own (Quantum Field Theory, Lie groups in Physics). While often disagreeing, I quite enjoyed ’t Hooft's strong opinions and colorful language—his list is “set up only for … the very best … who are determined to earn their own Nobel Prize” and eschews school science as full of “childish anecdotes.” An extensive discussion on the PHYs-L LISTSERV followed. I did submit the URL for the Feynman lectures to the keeper of the goodtheorist website.

Submitted to the PHYS-L LISTSERV by Antti Savinainen of University of Jyväskylä Physics

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