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By top job, I guess I mean someone who's well known in their field. Not so much as someone like Stephen Hawking of course! Also, researchers in general seem to be quite idiosyncratic and not spend much time on any hobbies outside of their work. Is this true to a certain extent? Besides, I...

Is it true that only the most talented Physicists will get the top positions in physics research, or are there other factors that are more important than talent? Also for those who went into academia, how did you guys decide that it was for you? I'm considering of going into research for...

It depends how good a uni you want to go to. The top unis expect you to have done further maths to A2 (even if it isn't a requirement - practically everyone has done it and if you haven't, you WILL struggle. Hard).

I hear that Imperial is even better for PhDs that it is for undergrad, especially for theoretical physics. Definitely worth a try there.

I've had an introduction into programming in C++ in labs and I enjoyed that quite a bit. The 2 main reasons why I want to learn Java is because I've been advised that it's easier to learn than C++ (so it'd make learning C++ easier later on), and I'd like to design an android app. I won't be...

I have a 3 month holiday which I want to put to good use, after finishing my first year in the UK. But, I'm not entirely sure what I should do. I study physics at uni and I think I want to go into either research or engineering. Aside from programming, and finding out what I want to do as...

I've heard that Oxbridge are not as good for postgrad as they are for undergrad. Imperial, from what I've been told, is hardly too geeky. Also, because Imperial's in London, they have very strong links with major engineering companies all over. Imperial's the best in the UK for engineering...

For Imperial, I know that a lot of people pay on average around £120 per week for rent in London to be 30 minutes away from Imperial's main campus. How about getting a company to sponsor you? Ask if Imperial will give you a bursary. London has a reputation for being extremely expensive. If you...

Manchester offer £3000 per year, and similar for Oxford and Cambridge. Imperial offers £3,500 per year which is the largest that I know of.

Thanks for the feedback. However, I will obviously have questions to ask when I can't see where I have gone wrong in my method. So, where can I discuss this apart from physics forums?

The vast majority of those were student solutions which only have answers to some of the questions in Y+F or HRW. The instructors manuals said that they're out of print. Anyway, does anybody know of a good tutoring program that I could get into during the summer?

Also, does anybody know where to buy the instructors manual of university physics OR fundamentals of physics? That would be a great help too.

Thanks for the advice. I will do hopefully.

I was thinking of going through a book like "Mathematical methods for physics and engineering" Riley et al, which has a bunch of maths topics in the book. My main aim really is to develop my insight and intuition of physics and my problem solving skills. However, what I have found at university...

I'm thinking of teaching myself some topics in maths and physics for fun over the summer. However, I've found that I usually need a teacher/lecturer to explain some concepts to me when the books go all sketchy in those areas. I need this especially when I can't see where I've gone wrong in my...