Recent content by Jery

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    Unsure about software internship

    I would hazard a guess that an established company would have a very specific role or project for an internship. They may be little flexibility involved in this role, and thus less of an actual learning experience. The start up company may offer a less defined role, allowing you greater...
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    Graduate Comprehensive Supernova Catalog: Redshift, DM, DM Err & Position Data

    You might try SIMBAD or NED but I'm not sure if they will have exactly what you need.
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    High School How many degrees of view is cosmic microwave background?

    The WMAP image of the CMB is an image which encompasses the full sky image. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WMAP
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    Undergrad Question about the fabric of space

    Without a deeper understanding and knowledge of cosmology one must be very careful in the use of analogies. You may benefit from reading the balloon analogy sticky in the cosmology forum (the first thread, top of the page).
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    Graduate Nikola Tesla's Dynamic Theory of Gravity

    As you have never seen the theory itself, it may seem a bit unfair to claim that there is a theory. Since there is little evidence supporting either side of these claims regarding Tesla's theory, all we have are unsubstantiated opinions.
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    Physics Physicists - A Few Issues to be Addressed

    :smile: I almost spilled my coffee over this!
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    Understanding Honor Degrees and Their Significance

    Yes a thesis as well here. Most universities are fairly similar in North America from what I can tell. As far as undergraduate courses and requirements are concerned.
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    Understanding Honor Degrees and Their Significance

    In Canada there would be more required courses and less elective courses to complete the degree as well as a higher GPA.
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    Physics What is a Theoretical Physicist?

    A simple google search can answer most of these questions quicker than waiting on this forum for an answer. If you had a specific inquiry into a certain aspect someone could answer it. Also these questions seem to be homework or a report.
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    Which Course Should I Take for My Physics Major?

    I would take the Intro to Astronomy. The following course, Observational Astronomy, will probably be quite useful if its anything like the one I took. It wasn't the actual material that was most useful (although interesting) so much as the hands on work, projects, and presentations involved. I...
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    Medical Secondhand Smoke Debunked: 40 Years and Over 100,000 People

    If cigarette is lit and left to burn, is the smoke given off not just as carcinogenic as what would have been inhaled through the cigarette? It seems that this same smoke would fall under 'secondhand'. So a percentage of secondhand smoke is the same (or worse if you think a filter somehow...
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    Engineering What people think of Civil, strucuture engineers and architects ?

    A lot of people seem to link Architecture and Engineering. However, these are two very different fields to study. Remember that Architecture is about art. I know many students who thought they wanted to study architecture but after a year or two switched to engineering because architecture was...