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You've misinterpreted what I've said; I did not say that people in the past believing that the universe was Earth centered was ridiculous. Maybe I should have added to my original post: "If you told someone years ago that the sun was the center of the solar system they'd think that was...

Leopold, Listen, there is nothing wrong with asking for help. I am no math wiz myself but I'm doing the same thing as you so I think I can help. I'm going back to school this fall for physics, and I haven't been doing really any math other than everyday kind of stuff since my first year...

Unfortunately, not all college's/professors are happy with the the AP classes taken in high school, or will allow you to use them for college credit. I can't say for sure the way things are now (I graduated from high school in '94 -things may be completely different-), but my sister and I both...

If you want a nice understandable but pretty in depth explanation for string theory and extra dimensions I would suggest reading "Parallel Worlds" & "Hyperspace" both by Michio Kaku, and "The Elegant Universe" by Brian Greene. These three books, besides being wonderful reading, and being written...

Wow! I'm blown away that someone so young could understand spacetime and gravity so thoroughly; that's great! I hope you have plans to go on to college in this area after high school. I agree with what the others said; do your homework. There have been thousands of papers published in this...

There would be an awful lot to take into account to even try to figure out exactly with a number if the universe and existence could have happened randomly (actually I shouldn't say randomly; let's say because of the laws of physics), and even if someone did try to take this on from a purely...

I believe almost any person Physicist or not with an interest in ST knows that Gross is probably the most vocal opponent of ST. It seems that his passion to see research in String Theory abandoned is equal to the passion several other Physicist have to see String Theory proven. I do see some...

Nanoengineering sounds very interesting, and it sounds as though you're extremely interested in it, and that you really enjoy it as well. It also sounds like you have a strong work ethic and do indeed work very hard. You should keep up your hard work, but I definitely don't think you should...

I wanted to thank everyone so much thus far for your suggestions and advice. It seems like it's pretty much what I thought: math. I've studied numerous Physics textbooks, read published research papers, mountains of information on the web, and countless books on Physics, but it seems like I...

Gaining knowledge is never a waste of time! Educating yourself is not always so you can show something for it, sometimes it's just to learn; pure and simple. Actually gaining knowledge of anything will always give you something to show for it: more knowledge. In my opinion a person can never...

[FONT="Palatino Linotype"] I am 29 years old, and I've decided to go back to college for Physics. I actually own my own business right now, but the beauty of Physics and knowing about everything going on in the universe and how it works has been a passion of mine since I was three. As I've...