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Read "introduction to flight" by John Anderson to get a sense of what aerospace engineering is about. -
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Having worked for the Child Support Agency for 15 years, take my word for it: marriage is a lottery fraught with danger. I would only... -
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Welcome to PF. Easily, when an electron hits a target it may be absorbed, produce a photon of light, or another electron with a similar... -
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I don’t know that it actually “requires” it, but the nice thing about the Lagrangian approach is how easy it makes certain things. So I... -
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Check carefully. Many engineering majors require some physics courses, either offered by the physics department or a "physics for... -
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I'm skeptical of this program It may work for certain majors, but I see it as a challenge for physics/engineering majors. As... -
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OK. This gets even more murky. Some general advice and comments. (1) Look at potential 4-yr universities that you would be interested...

