I'm looking for some appropriate 1st year, or possibly 2nd year, level grad texts on galaxies and cosmology. The grad course at my university requires Cosmological Physics by Peacock and Galaxy Formation by Longair. I've noticed many old cosmology course websites require Weinberg or Dodelson or...
LOL @ "Something to do with the 1950's and the hydrogen bomb." Well to be honest, I'm not even sure what I could do with a physics and astronomy degree other than teaching. I know my quantum mechanics professor has told my class that people in finance like to hire physics people but I definitely...
Thanks for the reply! And yes, I just need to take one more course next semester to have the minor completed. The only difference between the specialist and the minor is taking a research course. And I don't even like research! So I guess continuing with my degree just to get the specialist...
Thanks for your reply! Well I should point out that my degree is a Physics and Astronomy specialist so I take a lot of 3rd and 4th year physics courses. I actually take more physics courses than a physics major! See and this also concerns me. If you thought that my degree was astrophysics and I...
Hi all! So I am currently half way through my third year of university. I am studying in a Physics and Astronomy Specialist program at the University of Toronto. I would like to continue on in this degree and finish it, however, I have considered transferring into engineering. This thought...