Exactly. And I want to be in charge of doing that for myself, so I suppose I’ll continue to read original sources.
In that case, it will take you much longer to learn physics than it would if you’d just read a standard textbook. You will come out with extra knowledge, but it will be knowledge of history, not physics.
That’s too strong a claim; working it out for oneself from the intuitions available at the time probably makes good experience for a scientist, and it’s too bad we lack it. That being said, it will in fact take a lot more effort for that one benefit, and we should see if there’s a Third Alternative between being spoon-fed conclusions with tidy derivations, and trying to recapitulate the entire history of physics.
In that case, it will take you much longer to learn physics than it would if you’d just read a standard textbook. You will come out with extra knowledge, but it will be knowledge of history, not physics.
That’s too strong a claim; working it out for oneself from the intuitions available at the time probably makes good experience for a scientist, and it’s too bad we lack it. That being said, it will in fact take a lot more effort for that one benefit, and we should see if there’s a Third Alternative between being spoon-fed conclusions with tidy derivations, and trying to recapitulate the entire history of physics.