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Thanks for your answer! Could you enlighten me with a couple of examples in computational geochemistry?

Dear fellows, I was wondering about what lies inbetween the fields of geology, chemistry and mathematics. I mean, is there a branch of study that uses the three areas? Thanks in advance. JGSeg.

Thanks for the answers. They start to convince myself of what I did suspect. Dear anorlunda, thanks a lot for the book recommendation and, most of all, for the quote. Very true! I am, by principle, interested in all physics and mathematics and, why not, engineering. However, graduate school...

Dear all, I'd like to know what is the place/use of complex variables (and complex analysis) in classical mechanics. By the way, is there any? Thanks for your help. Best regards!

Dear Choppy, thanks for your answer. I think you are right: just look forward and be cool, although in my case we are talking about third year. Best regards!

Dear fellows, I wonder about what is the difference between general physics (i.e. Halliday and the like) and the classical mechanics/electromagnetic theory/etc sequence (i.e. Fowles, Purcell, etc). Someone told me that it is only about the mathematics required, but in that case, is general...

Dear Dave, this is new to me! What is this unit used for? Best regards!

Dear Dave, is the 1/2 exponent correct? Isn't it -2? Best regards!

Dear ZapperZ, thanks for your advice. But I want to rephrase my post. Because I have an undergrad in music, no physics/astrophysics graduate department is open to receive my application. I'm quite confident in my background, to include maths, physics and astrophysics. However, I'm convinced...

Hi people! My long-time goal is to pursue a PhD in astrophysics. Since an undergraduate in astrophysics is not available to me, I'm looking for alternatives. There are two cool engineering programs at hand: one in civil engineering, the other one in informatics engineering. Both are...

Dear Bonana, could you tell a bit about the setup of the experiment? How did the spring get compressed: by an external force or by its own weight?

Dear Levi, analytical mechanics (aka theoretical mechanics, classical mechanics, vectorial mechanics, and so on) is the description of non-relativistic and non-quantum mechanics through the tools of mathematical analysis. It has three main formulations: Newtonian, Hamiltonian, and Lagrangian...

Dear Levi, the undergraduate most standard reference seems to be Marion and Thornton's Classical dynamics of particles and systems. At a more advanced level, I think we have Landau's book from the Course of theoretical physics. Then (I can only suppose since it is far beyond my skills) you can...

I can recommend two books I did read and, most important, did learn a lot from them: - An introduction to modern astrophysics (Carroll and Ostlie), very expensive; - Fundamental astronomy (Karttunen et alli), almost budget A third choice, perhaps the best one and for free, happens to be written...

Dear folks, I decided to prepare myself for taking the GRE on mathematics and physics next year, and coming from a non-traditional path (undergrad in music, basically self-taught in scientific matters), I'd like to ask you about some reference books and, thus, about the actual level of each...