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Motion 2 problems -- Tossing hay bales and baseballs Homework Statement 1. A hay-baling machine throws each finished bundle of hay 2.0 m up in the air so it can land on a trailer waiting 4.7 m behind the machine. (a) What must be the speed with which the bundles are launched? 2. A...

Projectile Motion -- baseball popup Homework Statement A baseball is popped up, remaining aloft for 6.3 s before being caught at a horizontal distance of 83 m from the starting point. What was the launch angle? Homework Equations vx = vcostheta vy = vcostheta The Attempt at a...

What is a good graduate school for physics?

What is the sexism in physics field like? I heard there's a lot of sexism in the field.

I am just curious as to why people drop out of graduate school.

I'm thinking about transferring to UIC's Physics Program, but I would like to know if that is a good school for Physics. I mean University of Illinois at Chicago. By the way, I'm a she.

Do they only look at gpa and transcripts? Would there be anything else they look at?

I currently am a physics major in college and I really want to fly. What are some career options?

I read this article: http://www.sciencenews.org/view/generic/id/338500/title/Crystals_may_be_possible_in_time_as_well_as_space What dimensions is the article talking about? Doesn't everything have a fourth dimension, time?

If someone wants to go and (not just build), but market a flying car and make it for everyday use just like a regular car,you have to go to an Ivy League School. It seems depressing because for some people just being practical is annoying and sad itself. (Notice I said some people because...