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    Music Musical Chills: Do You Experience Them?

    I get them from Ratatat-Cherry too. Such a great song, and it's so simple too! I get them a lot actually, but this video I saw recently gives me really strong ones all over my body. probably cause I'm a huge Bob Marley fan
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    Can You Truly Become the Best Physicist of All Time?

    Yo OP I'm really happy for you, and I'll let you finish, but Einstein was the best physicist of all time!
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    How Can I Best Prepare for a Proof-Based Linear Algebra Course?

    Hi. I'm going to be taking my Linear Algebra course in about a month. We had a kind of intro to proof-based math course that was a prereq to it that I took a semester ago. Honestly I really struggled in that class because I got behind and lacked a lot of motivation to do well. And it was just...
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    Programs Can I Pursue an IB Diploma Without IB Biology at JFK High School?

    If they do end up offering IB HL Physics, great. Before you start the program though you should really think about it and ask yourself if you can handle this kind of workload. Do you really have the motivation and the smarts for it? You're going to be working non-stop constantly and endure lots...
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    Need help figuring out my future (keep doing physics?)

    thanks Micromass. Well, freshman year I studied A LOT, and that's why getting those Bs were very disheartening. I literally read the book over and over and did practice problems until I thought I understood everything, but I'd always get thrown curveballs and not know how to handle them or I...
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    Programs Can I Pursue an IB Diploma Without IB Biology at JFK High School?

    hey there. I was in a similar situation to you in high school. I'm an IB diploma graduate and I'd just like to say I REALLY regret ever doing that terrible program. Like you, they didn't offer any physics at the IB level for me either. Instead I took chemistry. There were only 8 people in the...
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    Need help figuring out my future (keep doing physics?)

    Need help figuring out my future (keep doing physics??) Hello. I'm an undergrad finishing up my sophomore year, and I really need help figuring out what I should do with my life. I think I'd just like to tell you how my college career has gone so far and then ask for advice. I started out...
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    Good spare time reading books, not textbooks

    Sync: The Emerging Science of Spontaneous Order by Steven Strogatz is really good. Very informative as well as entertaining. and of course the classic The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene. The second half of it is all just string theory though. If you haven't seen the PBS documentary based on...
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    Math Physics: Lagrange Multiplier question

    bump. I've solved out the algebra and have r, l, and s in terms of lambda but I don't know how to get the proportions. also I noticed something...I can get s in terms of r and l in terms of r and s. Dunno if that could help or anything though...
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    Math Physics: Lagrange Multiplier question

    Homework Statement Hello. I've been stuck on a Lagrange Multiplier problem. It's from Mathematical Methods in the Physical Sciences by Mary Boas 3rd edition pg. 222. The question is: What proportions will maximize the volume of a projectile in the form of a circular cylinder with one conical...
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