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I've already chosen so it's too late, can someone please provide a direct answer to this question?

Basically the extended essay is a piece of independent research done during the course of IB. I'm planning to do a physics EE, but now it's mid April and I still failed to find a simple yet specific topic to do reasearch on. My last few ideas were too complex or not specific enough. My...

Oh I see, thanks a lot and sorry if you found my lack of knowledge annoying :P

Well, excluding string theorists then, is there actually any large differences between a theorist and an experimentalist, since a physicist needs both theory and experiment anyway right?

Then isn't theoretical physics just physics which hasn't been verified through the use of experimental methods? Oh, and I might be wrong about "Applied physics" as well, can anyone run over that for me?

By experimental physics, I actually meant APPLIED physics, and by theoretical, I was thinking about quantum mechanics (gosh...), sorry :P. But, basically speaking, I want to be able to apply the things that I have discovered or learned into real life. So, let me rephrase my question. Is it...

What are the perks and cons to being an experimental or theoretical physicist? and Is it possible to work on both areas? Thanks in advance Charonic

Hi can anyone tell me about he different pros and cons about pursuing different types of physics for a career? E.g. Quantum, Nuclear, String Theory, etc?

Guys thanks for all these comments and I'd say they really helped me erase my worries about becoming a physicist!

Yea it's true that some physicists might like their jobs writing papers up and stuff, but the original purpose of the physicist when he first took it for university is probably not to write papers right? Perhaps a more accurate question is, aren't the physicists who spend their lives publishing...

Can Engineering be considered as "A Lot Funner than Physics"? I started my IB diploma at September this year, and Physics is simply my most favorite subject. I liked the abstract ideas of how and why things worked the way they do in the universe. However, from ZapperZ articles, it seems that...

That wouldn't make sense, since a gain medium can only amplify information, I don't think it can actually write info in... Anyway, even though I read about the double slit experiment, I don't fully understand it, so I'll leave this to the experts :)