I was just wondering how college degrees work. Let's say I got a degree in general physics but also have knowledge of electrical engineering. If I wanted to obtain a degree in electrical engineering on top of a degree in general physics would I have to do the whole 4 year electrical engineering...
Sometimes a concept that I'd been trying to understand for about half an hour I grasp in about 5 seconds by watching an animation of it in action. Videos are a rapid way to learn in my opinion. Heres a really good site I've found
http://videos.howstuffworks.com/
Anyone know any other good sites...
Sorry I am in Ireland. Id say they have similar nightschools here. If not I could always move to another country.
Thanks for all the replies I was getting worked up yesterday about the idea of not being able to get into college and ultimately getting into the science industry.
I'm not geared specifically towards anyone field in physics or even geared solely towards physics for that matter. I am interested in a wide range of areas in science but I suppose my main interest is elecronic and electromagnetic phenomena. I am also highly interesting in nanotechnology...
Cool. This is an example of the fact that the current system i.e high school degree to get into college, college degree to get certain jobs is flawed. Instead of judging by what's on your record they should test peoples aptitude to judge whether they meet the requirements to succeed in the...
Like I said I'm doing a pre university science course which is kinda like a stepping stone between high school and college. I'm doing well but I don't know if the college will let me in without a high school degree. I left school when I was 15 but a few years later when I was about 19 I realized...
Thats the most reassuring thing I've heard on the matter so far. Thanks. As long as there's no dead ends on the track I've nothing to worry about. I study all this stuff in my spare time for fun so I have no trouble keeping up with classes and passing tests and all that so once I'm in I'm set.
I'm not looking for a shortcut I love the idea of studying physics for the next 5 years I'm just a little worried that if I don't get into college I might hit a dead end and have to pursue this passion of mine in my spare time which I will do if that's what it comes to but I would rather be able...
I just want to get into something involving physics or other science related fields because I love it and if I'm not doing it professionally I'm going to be learning all this stuff on my own because that's what I do anyway.
Thanks for the recommendation if that can be done then I have no...
I'm doing a pre university science course at the moment and I'm doing really well because I love this stuff. At this point I've realized that I belong in the science industry and since I have a natural talent for physics I think I can make my contribution to the knowledge of mankind. I never...
I did a lab experiment were we measured the latent heat of fusion of ice but I am not quite sure what that is. I read that latent heat of fusion is the energy(heat) it takes to change liquid to solid. Is that true? Why would it take heat to freeze something?
I'm learning about radios at the moment but there's a few things I'm not clear about concerning modulation. I'll use audio amplitude modulation as an example. Let's say I have a device which I speak into and this device converts the variations of the sounds waves coming outta my mouth into an...
Thanks for the concise answers. I didn't even think about fiber optic cables. What I had in mind was messages conveyed on laser beams through the air but if it can be done through fiber optic cables then I assume it can be done through the air.
I assume its hard a difficult task intercepting...
This is purely a question I know little or nothing about light and the whole EM spectrum for that matter I was just wondering something. Why are visible light waves so puny compared to other frequencies on the EM spectrum. What I mean is that I can send a pulse to an antenna and emit let's say...
Haha yeah time the main limiting factor. Then again its surprising the amount of knowledge you can accumulate in just one day when your in the right mindset. I decided to start learning about neurochemistry a couple of days ago and I managed to grasp a good chunk of the basics (I'd say about 40%...