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Thanks for the suggestions. I'll be looking at getting copies of these shortly.

That looks like a good start. I'll definitely look into that set. Any other suggestions?

Hey folks. I've been interested in physics for awhile and would like to expand my knowledge. I'm not looking to enroll in college courses, but I would like some good readings to gain more knowledge specifically in the areas of particle physics, dark matter and energy, and string theory. I've...

Good advice, I think I'll just hold off for now and substitute teach in the meantime so I can get by until I figure something out.

Alright, I know a master's isn't a PhD, but due to my background I'd likely have to go into a master's program first with the intent of getting a PhD afterwards since I got my bachelor's degree in theoretical math. You do ask good question though, bcb. I guess I don't have much in the way of a...

I'm considering applying to get into a master's program in physics, and I'm under the impression that I will be able to get into such a program. My question is should I bother? Will I be able to land a career, or will I just eventually end up with a nice looking PhD on the wall in my cardboard...

You just need to take the derivative of the natural log function. Some things you might want to keep in mind when doing this are that you can split this function into two natural logs, and also the chain rule.

I'm guessing they were talking about the students in their college. If not I could get down with that. Snort some blow then get jiggy with some vector calculus. Hell yeah!

A lot of schools around my area give college credit for algebra and pre-calculus, and they offer non-credit remedial math courses down through pre-algebra to get people up to speed. Taking one of these courses as well as some gen eds might be a feasible option as well. I don't think you need...

You can find the line that is both perpendicular to the given line and passes through the origin and see where these two lines intersect. This will be the point you're looking for.

I'm currently working on my second bachelor's degree. I got my first one in theoretical math and decided that I didn't want to go into that field. I entered the workforce only to find myself working 60 hours a week in a gun factory and decided that I should probably go back to school. Right now...

2n is obviously an even number, so your greatest coefficient occurs at the nth term. Use the binomial expansion to also find your (n-1)th and (n+1)th terms (their coefficients will be equal), plug in your given boundaries for x, and do a little algebra to show that at one of the boundaries the...