Recent content by FatalTragedy

Not sure what section to put this in, so I'll put it here. Are there any good books on string theory that are good for someone who is a bit more than a layman (i.e. no extremely superficial, dumbed-down stuff), but still doesn't know more than single variable calculus and Newtonian mechanics?

Thank you for the answers. I did not realize undergraduate loans do not need to be payed off until after graduate school. That's nice. I do have a followup question now, which is, what types of jobs do physics majors and graduate students typically end up with if they don't become professors?

I am currently a 17 year old high school senior. When I was younger it was my goal to become a physicist. Then I realized I would likely have to take out student loans to complete undergrad, and so would not be able to go to graduate school. So I gave up on that and eventually decided to go...

What would a typical day consist of for, say, a theoretical physicist at a University?