Recent content by drewb

In my naive opinion, 'proper' researchers retire as early as possible to spend all day every day investigating a curiosity. That's a rare thing to be, and an unrealistic expectation to have. Everything else is mildly interesting, mostly tedious work. Try to think about what makes you happy, and...

Here's the best list I've found as of yet: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Engineering_physics Generally, if you're not interested in staying in academia, but you do like physics, you can go for an applied physics degree. I've also found that certain engineering courses incorporate a decent...

If you haven't already, do read through the required courses and the research pages. http://phys.colorado.edu/ http://www.pas.rochester.edu/ Colorado is a lot bigger, which has its advantages. I have to say though, small class size *really* benefited me (I didn't attend either of these places)...

Thanks! :P ... I hope I didn't come off as braggie! I may have overestimated my ability to get into top 50 schools as well (I hope not! >.<).I was browsing through some threads. Here's some relevant advice I found: https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=371810Here's another one that was...

Well, I'm 23 years old and just finishing up my B.S. in Physics (w/ a concentration in Astrophysics), and I need some help evaluating my options. I delayed applying to graduate school last semester, electing for more 'finding stuff out' time. I have a lot to say, but I'd rather be brief than...

Wow! This thread is really comprehensive... and humbling. I have a long way to go if I want to become a mathematician. I'm just finishing up my BS in Astrophysics. I'm thinking about making a thread asking for advice on what to do next. :P Thanks for all this!

So to you then, there can be no existence of a multiverse? ie, our observable universe and the space in which it is contained is the only space that can possibly exist I think the 'freedom' to choose parameters comes from the belief that there exists something beyond our self consistent laws of...

It does not seem all that puzzling to me that, for the moment, our Universe supports life. The exact conditions under which our World supports life may be extremely 'unlikely', but it is easy to imagine some scenarios where life would eventually pop out into 'existence'. I have the word...

Oh, ok then, I didn't understand. ^^ Thank you

So the curvature of spacetime from gravity is different than the "curving of space and time"? I'll give you the scenario the book gives -- and some quotes (I know, it's not a textbook, and I'm no physicist). "And so Einstein realized that the familiar geometrical spatial relationships codified...

I'm not sure that is relevant to the question (correct me if I'm wrong). I'll rephrase my question. We know that Δt' = Δt / (root[1 - (v/c)^2]) ... so, if you were in a rocket accelerating at 9.8 m/s^2 for 50 years... you'd be going extremely fast. 99.999% speed of light (I'm just...

Like many of these forum dwellers, I've been reading the Elegant Universe and I've hit a fit of confusion. So I've got a couple of questions. In the book, it is explained that accelerated motion results in the warping of space and time (I'm thinking specifically of his example of the rigidly...