Recent content by kikko

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    Physics Medical Physics: What's important to get a residency?

    Graduate grades, undergraduate grades, abr physics, abr clinical, letters of recommendation, abstracts in conferences, papers published, thesis vs. non-thesis, clinical experience, school-name, ability to bs your way through an interview, etc. What's the order of importance?
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    Best books that combine physics and animals?

    Like this: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0674048547/?tag=pfamazon01-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0393337979/?tag=pfamazon01-20 https://www.amazon.com/dp/0226014703/?tag=pfamazon01-20 There seem to be a lot of books about bio-inspiration to engineering and explaining wildlife through physics, so...
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    Could I treat this as a closed loop?

    An infinitely long bent wire. Actually, I believe the answer is I can't treat it as a closed loop.
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    Could I treat this as a closed loop?

    Could I treat this picture as a closed loop? This is part of a much larger problem, so this is all I need to know. I think I can because the ends go off to infinity, but I'm not sure. http://i.imgur.com/RFCsrqH.jpg
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    Is this Spring schedule too difficult?

    It's the second half of Griffith's Electrodynamics mixed with French's Vibrations & Waves.
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    Is this Spring schedule too difficult?

    Atomic & Nuclear Physics - 3 Advanced Physics Lab - 2 Mechanical and Electromagnetic Waves - 3 Intermediate Microbiology - 4 Intermediate Microbiology Lab - 0 Research in Physics - 1 Fencing - 1 That's 14 credits. I need at least 12 for my scholarships.
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    Calculus 1 Integration Problem

    That seems to be the answer I got. Forgot all those constants on my answers >_<. When I take the derivative of that I get: (x+1)^12 - 2(x+1)^11 =/= (x-1)(x+1)^11 I might be missing something here.
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    How much should I charge for physics tutoring?

    Well I got it. Six hours a week at $20 an hour. They want three sessions a week. I am unsure if they want trig or calc based physics, but I'm assuming trig. They want it to be intensive, me giving him lots of homework and even tests. Do you think I should have labs to do with him? I could...
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    How much should I charge for physics tutoring?

    I messaged the person inquiring with my resume, and I said $20/hr. I am slightly worried he won't take it if another student offers lower, but I don't believe I'd want to tutor for less than $15, since I can get $23 taxable as a physics intern.
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    Calculus 1 Integration Problem

    Homework Statement Calc I problem, so need to solve by calc 1 methods. ∫ (x-1)(x+1)^11 dx Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution ∫ (x-1)(x+1)^11 dx U = x+1 dU = dx x-1 = x+1-2 = U-2 =∫ (U-2)U^11 dU =∫ U^12 dU - 2∫ U^11 dU =(1/13)U^13 - (1/6)U^12 =(1/13)(x+1)^13 - (1/6)(X+1)^12 ∫...
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    How much should I charge for physics tutoring?

    I'd be tutoring a high school graduate in high school physics. His parents want 6-8 hours a week. What should I charge? I'm a physics major/math minor/chemistry minor in college. This is my 3rd year of physics, though I'm a senior. I would think $15 an hour, but I don't know if that's low or not.
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    Where did you get your appreciation of/respect for, math?

    I never got why we had to show our work in math during high school, especially when I could easily do it all in my head. Gave me a disrespect for it. Then I started taking a course in linear algebra at the college, and I completely understand why we need to show our work. Maybe while just...
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    What do you think of The Universe series?

    I've seen a bit and thought it was overly simplified, and disappointed with there being so many interviews and little animation. I think I learned just as much through my intro astronomy class in college. I'm wondering if Hawking's Into the Universe is much better. I actually don't know much...
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    A ranking of college majors by IQ score

    I saw a similar study by Yale psychologists, the results were roughly the same (they were mostly 1 or 2 points higher in most categories). http://www.statisticbrain.com/iq-estimates-by-intended-college-major/ Legally "mentally handicapped" person's IQ < 70 Average IQ = 100 by definition...
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    Is {V1, V2, V3} Linearly Independent or Dependant?

    So I tried this out. In R^1 the vectors are Linearly dependent due to a 0 vector. In R^2 I can see them being both LI or LD depending on the choices for the arbitrary vectors. For R^3 I see the same. It is possible to choose an option where V1=V3, or another where they are completely...