Recent content by Varnick

If I may add to Zz's incredulity, that method of "Time travel" is based on a superman comic, if I recall correctly. The international date line and time zones on Earth are human methods to make long-distance travel easier to timetable, crossing one does not actually change what time it is. You...

Surely discussing a paradigm shift is mostly futile, as any shift in scientific paradigm will be largely both unexpected and unpredictable. If we use Newton as an example again, could anyone really have predicted and discussed his work on gravity before it happened?

It probably wasn't noticeable, but as far as I know the "Leaning Tower of Pisa Stories" are entirely fictitious, and the experiments were actually performed using angled ramps to the same effect, but reducing the impact of air resistance.

Purely on Academics, I'd put Manchester first for Physics, although Nottingham has an excellent mathematics department. However, what do you think about the two universities? They're both quite different places.

Despite its last sentence, I find the first paragraph a total waste of space, filled with fairly generic anecdotes and metaphors that are all too common in this type of statement. I would replace it with some relatively recent real-life experience that shows an interest and dedication, rather...

As many people have said, there are fine institutions in the UK for you. If everything is as it seems, just take a look down the list of Russell Group universities and pick a few to apply to.

If you know your computers, you can set up a pendulum and use an old roller-ball mouse to measure the oscillations. This can demonstrate SHM, damping, and resonance. http://arxiv.org/abs/0901.4319

As a 16 year old with few to zero qualifications, I would estimate better employment opportunities being slim. Is there a particular reason you need a better job? I think you mentioned family support. (About the sub-argument that developed, the OP does come off as rather arrogant, and you...

Learning everything is indeed impossible, but if you want to self-teach yourself some physics, starting with the real basics, I shall recommend: http://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html

To those who asked, I'm looking at AAAB or AAAA (Maths, Further Maths, Physics, Chemistry) for my grades this summer, providing I get my revision done. I do like Southampton, but I couldn't help but feel that in some ways it wasn't for me. Those who mentioned postgraduate degrees make an...

So you would recommend taking a year out and reapplying, assuming exams go well?

The YINI will most likely be spent at a design and engineering firm, such as Qinetic that do gapyear placements for pre-undergrad students. Enhancing my chances should be taken care of with good exams, more extra-curricular reading, and previous experience of the interview process.

I'm a student in the UK, and have already applied, been rejected/accepted by various universities, and accepted a firm and insurance offer. I was accepted at Southampton, after rejections from Oxford and Imperial. I was happy with my decision, but after talking to my head of physics, I'm...

As Vanadium said, there is no force. As they are analagous, consider a hollow charged sphere. What is the E-field inside? By Gauss' law we can determine it to be 0.

The first applies to a hollow sphere, the second to a non-hollow sphere, such as the earth.