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The theoretical physicist Freeman Dyson, wrote an essay entitled "Manchester and Athens", in which he makes the claim, that these two cities were the most important to have ever existed in terms of contributions to civilization as a whole.

Have you looked into the Open University? They are probably your best bet, and they will go out of their way to provide help for people in special circumstances.

Apparently the scales start tipping in the wrong direction at about 30 years old and onward. But, at 30 years old what is the average person doing? It's been quite a few years since the average 30 year old person has graduated from high school/college and become settled in employment, probably...

I did this obsessively during my teen years, but I seemed to have shut it out now :confused:

There most certainly are such degrees, but they tend to just auto fill your electives with more mathematically rigorous versions of classes you're already taking. They also replace undergrad lab sessions with these classes. The thing is, these degrees won't really give you any advantage when it...

That sort of money isn't enough to live/study anywhere in Europe, even the cheapest of locations. I doubt you would get through customs at the airport with that much on a student visa.

The Open University has a scheme where if you successfully complete the first year of your physics studies via distance, after that you can transfer to a red brick university to complete your degree. There are no entry prerequisites required but the OP would have to decide if he's ready for the...

I think your asking the wrong question here, and also enchroaching on territory which some might find offensive. I think what you mean to say is, what fields of physics have greater opportunity? The answer to that question is generally those which have more immediate applications and potential...

George Osbourne just announced an additional £195 million in science funding for research into graphene and super computing.

I think you're shooting yourself in the foot here. If graphene is really to have the impact on technology that many are predicting, surely you would be doing yourself a great favour by setting yourself up as an expert in a field where there could potentially, be great opportunity for interesting...

Ummm, you do realize that Kaku was a co-founder of string field theory?

Fair enough, I was just going by the knee jerk reactions I often see from Americans in regards to distance learning as featured earlier in this thread. I guess that people who are in the know would think quite differently. Although, it wasn't so long ago that the OU failed quite badly trying to...

Just be aware that there will be massive fee increases next year due to government spending cuts. It will cost a UK resident over £15,000 to complete an OU degree from scratch, although student loans will be available. I have no idea how that will affect overseas students, but when considering...

I know of several people personally who completed their undergraduate studies with the OU, and are now professional physicists who are certainly not starving. One of whom is now a working astrophysicist with a PhD, a university lecturer and incidently did all of this in his fifties. Another is a...

I'll just leave this here... :) http://www8.open.ac.uk/choose/openplus/