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    Graduate Does anyone know what Pilot wave theory is?

    Does anyone know what Pilot wave theory is? The little I could gather is that it explains behavior at the quantum level without requiring the uncertainty so necessary in quantum physics, thus making the universe more deterministic than we thought. Anyone here who can offer an approachable...
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    What inspired a medical doctor to pursue theoretical physics?

    Ha! Sure do Imperial Thinker! Thanks for the warm welcome.
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    Undergrad Math & Relativity: Understand Einstein's Theories

    Thank you for all your suggestions everyone. Now to dig into all of those!
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    Undergrad Math & Relativity: Understand Einstein's Theories

    Hello everyone, I was wondering if someone could offer an opinion on this...I have a high school math background sans calculus, but would love to understand Einstein's theories mathematically. Richard Feynman said that to truly appreciate nature you have to speak the language of math. What...
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    Other Should I Become a Mathematician?

    I have a somewhat tangential but related question vis-a-vis the title of this thread. Is there an age limit when it comes to learning math. For instance, is the brain less mathematical, say after 40 or 50, such that mathematical concepts and computations become much harder and perhaps higher...
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    What inspired a medical doctor to pursue theoretical physics?

    Hi everyone, I'm excited to have found this site. I'm an ex want to be theoretical physicist, inspired primarily by Einstein's stratospheric genius. I found biology along the way and then medicine. So now I'm a medical doctor super-interested in physics especially the kind that challenges the...