Locrian,
I wasn't being sarcastic. I'm an undergrad and I've never spent anytime within the physics department.
I saw a documentary on Einstein last night and they described how he secluded himself in his apartment in order to perfect his theory of relativity. He would sit in his chair in deep...
I've always wondered what a day in the life of an academic is like, particularly mathematicians, philosophers, and most of all theoretical physicists.
So what's an average day like for a theoretical physicist?
Do you sit in your thinking chairs, lost deep in thought, trying to unwind...