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I am doing a bit if a career shift and am looking to study physics at university. My initial feeling is astrophysics or theoretical physics. I am also planning to take this to Phd if I can. I am presently working on the high school pre-requisites that I need but I've encountered a bit of a...

Please take the time to read all of this. I would really appreciate if you could fully understand my situation and help me. I am a freshman in college and need to decide very soon what I want to major in. I have always had a difficult time making decisions. One week I'll feel one way and the...

the calculations given in a specific paper. I'm attempting to understand Eberleins calculations in her paper "sonoluminescence as quantum vacuum radiation". Would someone who is familiar with quantum mechanics have a quick look at the paper and tell me a good place to start? Ive only done...

Hello! I'm a college student entering my second year. Last year I studied at Clemson. I'm somewhat set on getting a physics bachelors and then an architecture masters. This is a tentative plan made because of what I want to learn and not because I know it will get me a good job (I don't know...

Hi physics forums, I'm in a bit of a situation and I was wondering if anyone could offer some advice. I'll start out describing the problem. I am currently a senior in high school but there is this program where I can take two classes at the local university. My original plan was to take calc...

Hello, this is my first time posting. I'm seeking some advice and would like to hear from other people who are in the same boat. I'll try and keep this post as brief as possible and stick to the main points, so sorry in advance if I get carried away. So basically this is my story...

Hello Physics Forums :), My name is Justin. So I am looking for some honest advice and some direction. I am going to give a run down of myself so that way giving advice will be easier maybe? I am a veteran on the GI bill if that matters at all. Also being from Texas, when my 36 months of GI...

Hi, I'm not sure if this is the correct sub-forum to post this question, so I apologize in advance if this post is misplaced. Anyways, a little about my self: I'm a Junior in high school, My passion is in physics and mathematics and I plan to major in physics and preferably get a PHD in it...

Im applying to several universities(in korea) and in i have to declare my major at the time of application. There is no doubt i want to pursue my career as an astrophysicist and i want to take up physics, but just incase I am not able to get physics major, it is required to select 2 more...

So, I'm coming up to the last year of undergrad physics at Oxford Uni, and am starting to think about PhDs. I'm really interested in medical physics, particularly MRI, so I figured this would be a great thing to apply for PhDs in. Problem is, MRI tends not to fall within the department of...

i notice i have much problem solving questions regarding surface areas and volumes of rotation. it's not so much the setting up of the integration but i can't do the computing. can you guys suggest online practice problems to do integration required in these kinds of problems?? thanks :)

I have an amino carboxylic acid that is practically insoluble in most alcohols and in water, but supposedly soluble in an 20% NaOH solution. A basic reaction is run with an organic solvent/reactant, and the amino carboxylic acid dissolved in the NaOH solution. After the reaction the layers...

Hi, I recently got some money and I wanted to pick up some textbooks that are worth the ridiculous prices that they go for. So I was thinking of getting; Mechanics - Landau (Debated Goldstein but the reviews for Landau won me over and I find that even though Goldstein is more dense, it...

I need to do math 11 & 12, ENG 12, CHEM 11 and a GED in 5 months to apply to an engineering transitions program for april 30th. Do you have any advice for me? should I get a tutor?

This thread is geared towards biology professionals who have only attained a Bachelors degree in the biology/science related field and who have had a minimum work experience of 5+ years. Long story short, I'm an average sophomore pursing a BS in Biology, age 28 and have already been thinking...

Hi guys hope all of you are doing well. I am a 24 year old guy, I recently graduated with my Bachelors in civil engineering. I have been working in Construction logistics and as a building permit reviewer for the local municipality for about 2 years. I find civil engineering a nice field to work...

Good evening, My name is Zach, I am 22. I am currently interested in an astrophysical degree and I'm not sure exactly what to do. I recently separated from the military to pursue an education. I didn't do too well in high school so my plan is to go to community college for two years, so I can...

I know it sounds like a big decision (which it is) but I've been considering it for a few weeks now and found that I'm really interested in astronomy and the physics that it is based on (I also really like theories, so maybe a theoretical physicist position too). I'd spend 3+ hours a day just...

Hi guys, I'm thinking to take double major but not sure which major should i take. I want to take electrical engineering as the first one but not so sure for the second one. Might mechanical engineering would be a good one? Or computer science is better? Thanks guys! PS : I'm...

I am looking to find a way to monitor a mechanical objects noise frequency. The end result would be the ability to see when the sound changes. Here's my thought process: A mechanical object that is making repetitious movements, would generate a particular 'sound' or 'frequency' within a...

Somehow I missed my registration notification for Fall and the E&M and Mathematical Physics classes are full. I am an astrophysics major. I wanted to take nuclear physics, but it will not be offered again until Fall 2014. I will be taking thermodynamics in the fall, but I am wondering if I...

Hey, I've just graduated with a degree in mechanical engineering and I'm planning to go for masters. But now, I've to choose between Applied mechanics, Machine design, Thermal sciences (Thermodyn and fluid mech) and Aerospace (Aerodyn in particular); all of which I like very much. I'm...

Hello everyone, I am currently in high school and now I am completely sure about what I want to study at university level. The only problem is that I love both Physics and Pure Mathematics... So now I'm not really sure which program I'll have to apply for. Should I study either physics or pure...

To try and make it as short as possible, I'm an adult (25) who will be going back to university in Sept to study what has always been my passion, physics. I say "sort of" in the title because it's a 3 year BSc degree, but there's an extra year at the beginning, which is a foundation year, which...

Hi all, I have been in touch with a very well know faculty member at a big institute (top 10 school) and we talked about me doing an internship with him. The only issue is that he has no funding at this point. He said that if I can arrange for my funding then it could work out. I am...

My plan is to study PhB at ANU (science research-focused degree) and major is probably physics and chemistry or physiology or neuroscience and once I complete the degree after 3 years I can do MBBS/PhD which is 4 years of post grad medicine and then 3 years of PhD doing 'cutting edge medical...

This is a direct spinoff to the thread I started about which class general relativity is offered in. That question was answered and now I would like to align my math classes to prepare for tensor calculus. Here are the classes I am thinking of taking Linear Algebra Abstract Algebra I and...

As the title explains, I am soon going to attend college and I would like some advice one can give for an upcoming physics/mathematics major. 1)What are some things/extracurricular activities/programs/etc. that you recommend a physics student do in his undergraduate years to maximize both...

Hey guys, I just finished my first semester at a community college. I want to major in Applied Mathematics because that's really my passion, but they don't offer that program of study so as of right now I'm majoring in Computer Science and plan on switching majors once I transfer after receiving...

Hi guys, I've started a programming internship about a month ago and i have some concerns and I'm hoping to hear some of your programming internship (or any internship for that matter) experiences. My biggest concern is that i feel that i am doing too much rummaging. I am always searching on...

Hi, you guys. I am going to take Calculus 2 next semester... And I would not say I am a math genius or anything... :/ So do you know of anything helpful to understand Calculus 2 very well? I want to study some over the break to have a head-start. Thank you! :)

Really confused, need advice :( Hi, Most of you have much more experience than me, you went through the decision making process before uni so I really hope that you can help me here. I am in my final year of high school, got about 10 month left before my final exams. I am doing extremely well...

I am having a difficult time with this subject. There are so many things to rote memorize here and that's way too difficult for me to rote learn the things. There are loads of reactions, so many reactions for each group, different types of periodic trends, how one can learn or rather, rote...

I am an undergraduate student that started working in a research lab this semester and started out as a volunteer. It's my first research experience in a lab outside of the classroom and at this point, I have no idea how things are going. I work for the postdoc in the lab and have so far been...

hi there I am new here!.. i just want to ask question about getting started with calculus (differential/integral).. ive started algebra and trigonometry a year ago and i love doing math exercises they say that calculus is hard but i don't believe them.. i want to start doing calculus, but...

Hi all, I have a doubt regarding the connection between physics and math. I'm studying physics at college but I'm a little confused. My main area of interest is general relativity, so what I really want to do is to work on that area, however I prefer (and I have more hability) to atack problems...

I am a high schooler, I have studied a fair amount of calculus probably up to about calc i level, I then skipped some stuff and did the vector calculus chapters in my calc book because it seemed interesting, I did grasp all the concepts, but I'll admit my integration techniques were not yet calc...

I'm an engineer student and I'm trying to build such a solar heating system that it is drum with two layers, inner one is a metal (aluminium alloy I'm thinking) water container and outer layer is made of polymer, with air gap in-between. When suns come out, it radiates through the polymer and on...

I am out of high school now at the age 16 (took the California High school proficience exam) and now I will be going to the local community college next semester. I hope to major in physics+mathematics when I transfer. I have taken up to alegebra 2 (failed a semester of it though) so I will...

Hi, My name is Veronica and I am in middle school. I love math and like doing random math problems. (I think I am quite good and learned a lot from doing random problems but I do have to admit there are huge gaps in what I know) Now the teachers are advising my parents to have me stop doing the...

Switching Career to Physics-- Desperately Need Advice I have to make a fairly critical decision in the coming days, and though I have tried to read up as much as possible on the relevant material, I am in desperate need of some guidance. Please, any help at all is extremely appreciated...

I need advice! After graduating college in 2007, I've been in the Army fighting wars and the like, instead of touching anything mechanical engineering. I recently left the service, and was lucky enough to land a job in manufacturing/automations that I'm extremely happy with. We essentially...

I am currently on Active Duty but getting out this year. I have a job offer with a very big NDT company as a Level III. I have looked into this extensively and found that ME seems to be the best route but I am not totally sure. My job is to literally find cracks in various materials from...

Hi, I'm 14 and am currently in Secondary Education. I excel in maths and science as a whole and am the best at both in my year group. From an early age I've been interested in Theoretical Physics. How should I pursue this, what branches of Theoretical Physics are there and will it be a good...

I need some advice on proofs in my calculus/analysis course. I just wrote a test and it didn't go anywhere near according to plan. My problem keeps on revolving around how to do proofs of certain claims. Now the proofs for these claims on the test at least were proofs for the most part straight...

Hi, I will be writing my bechelors thesis on the application of renormalization groups and p-adic analysis on stock markets. The problem is that I don't understand it yet. I need advice on the best path how to learn it. What I know already: - I've read most of Mac Lanes Algebra, so I know...

My professor gave me data points representing living cells on a rectangular plane and was told to analyze their spatial pattern, i.e., do the date points on the finite plane have a tendency to be clustered, random, or dispersed. I successfully accomplished this for points on a continuous plane...

I graduated with a BSEE, I'm not sure if I should go get some experience or continue with grad school (BSEE). I was offer a TA position with my grad school but on the other hand my phone has been blowing with different companies trying to hire me. (none around my school so i can only choose...

I am going to graduate soon of a 5 year long major. The major was a general engineering with specialization in nuclear engineering. Now I have to look for a job, but I don't know exactly what to look for. Should I look for jobs in the nuclear field, or try to broaden the search and look for...

Hello everyone, I'm Eric and I'm looking at Ph.D programs. Looking at MITs page (my dream school) I jotted down the classes I'd want. My questions are: 1.Is my list thorough enough?too thorough? 2.How many years will they take? 3.Dissertation ideas? The classes: Quantum Theory I+II...