Recent content by Plunck

Hello Pablo, thank you for your advice. I have already started learning some Python and a while ago I taught myself the basis of C ++. Again, as above, I don't love computers, but being aware of their importance I do brush up my lousy programming skills from time to time. This isn't meant as a...

I don't think of myself as a particulary brilliant person, but it is not my intention to completely avoid computers. I am ready to learn to like them if it's necessary, I simply don't want to spend the majority of my time behind a screen. As radium suggests, though, it looks like it will depend...

Looks like the job is far more social than I thought. I like people and working in group, so I'm glad to hear that. Also, everyone here seems to stress the importance of computers, and since I'm not that much into programming, that's not good news for me. I wouldn't mind using the computers...

Hello radium, thanks for your answer. What is your field of study exactly?

I agree with mfb, but appreciate your effort. Thank you for your answer, mfb.

Thank you for your answers, micromass, they have been extremely helpful. Hello mfb! Nice to hear in Germany you do research for MSc degree. I'm not too far away, and my knowledge of German is decent; it's not impossible that I'll go studying there in the future! sounds fun, but I hope it's...

Do you mind if I ask you whether you are still involved in research, or changed job? If so, was it a voluntary choice, or the only possible one?

(don't mind the attached file, I did it by mistake :P)

May I ask you why this is your opinion, if being involved in actual research is so much rarer here than in the States? And one last thing I forgot to ask : typically, does theoretical research tend to be social, with multiple people discussing ideas on the same project, or does it tend to be...

Thank you micromass for your great answer! Yes, maybe I didn't express myself clearly, but that's what I meant. Anyway, thanks for pointing it out! I expected this to be a huge part of research... I heard of people desperately trying to make some sense out of poorly written German papers...

Hello micromass, I am specifically interested in physics, but the more I know about the topic, the better it is. If you want to share your experience in theoretical mathematics, please go ahead, I'll appreciate it very much. Could you also point out the similarities between the two fields, if...

Hello Delong, thanks for your reply, but I don't think it asnwers much of my question. Of course I agree with you that physics, being a natural science, needs experiments, and that's why we have experimentalists; theorists must be aware of what is happening in the labs, and base their research...

Hello everyone, I am a high schooler from a European country with a deep interest in physics. I like studying the subject and reading about it both from a technical and a popular point of view. However, I've been wondering what actual theoretical research - the pen-paper kind, if anything like...