Essay Definition and 201 Threads

I am in my second year of an undergrad degree in physics and we have to write a 2000-3000 word essay on a topic of our choice. This can be any aspect of physics or anything related to physics with sufficient physics content and should be written in a popular science style. My problem is I...

Hey everyone! Need some help on this Financial aid appeal letter to the committee at my community college. I was going to post this to academic guidance thread, but physics is not involved. I went over 150% of program hours and they will not pay for my class that is actually towards my A.A...

New FQXI essay contest "Is Reality Digital or Analog?" It's been a long wait but it's here at last http://www.fqxi.org/community/essay (It was actually launched 4 days ago - they seem to keep it pretty quiet)

As a first generation immigrant I had to face many setbacks. Without immediate family to lean on, I joined the work force at an early age. For several years, I worked as a janitor: washing floors of chain stores during the third shift. The work required me not to have any day offs except for...

Hi all, I'm writing a sci-fi story for a competition, are there any more realistic ideas of what accident can LHC cause that has massive impact on the whole earth? currently, my idea is the formation of massive black holes from quantum ones which led to the Earth being swallowed. How...

Now to be fair, this teacher isn't advocating such essay in all high school physics classes. In fact, he doesn't think it is practical. Still, he asked his honors physics class students to enter the DuPont essay contest...

Hello, I'm not sure if this is the right section for this. I am going to be writing an extended essay in physics for the International Baccalaureate and am in the process of trying to decide upon a topic. In an earlier post I was wandering about quantum theory general relativity and string...

Firstly I'm not entirely sure as to where this belongs on this sight, but I figured that it was related to coursework. It's coming up to that time were I have to do an extended essay on an area of interested. For those of you who don't know an extended essay is it's an essay required by the...

Homework Statement At the moment, I am planning my I.B extended essay (last 2 years at school), and have chosen to do my EE on physics. I've done loads of background research about Reynolds Number and how it affects the type of flow present. There is an experiment I can recreate (Reynolds...

hello, I am an IB student and i am suppose to write a 4000 word own researched essay. I have decided to do it on experimental physics. In this essay our first objective into make a very specific research question on which my essay will be build. My favorite choice of topics are mechanics and...

Hi! I am in Grade 11 in high school, and we have this big project coming up which is called Extended essay. Basically, it is a research essay 3000-4000 words, and I chose to do mine in physics. The thing is I have trouble finalizing my topic. I decided to do something in acoustics, such as...

Hi all. I am planning to do an IB extended essay on physics but unfortunately I am having some problems with coming up with a good research question that will allow me to conduct an experiment with high school equipment but involve theory and maths at the IB level. Originally, I intended to do...

I am not sure if this is the right place for this, but I am doing IB in my high school, and we have a so called Extended Essay, which means that we have to research a topic of our choice and write a 3000-4000 word essay. I chose to do physics, however I am having trouble deciding on my topic...

Hi, I am a physics undergrad and this term I have to write a 3000 word essay on one of about 10 possible topics. One topic which caught my eye was laser fusion. Whichever topic I choose, I will need to find information from a variety of proper sources (not just trawling google). This is what I...

My linear algebra teacher is strange. This is proof, he wants us to write a 4 page essay about the strengths and weaknesses of the Gaussian Elimination method to solve systems of equations covering these four areas: accuracy, student understanding, preparation for higher-level mathematics...

This topic is not the first of its kind and for that I apologise. I am currently doing the first year of my IB program and I am in the progress of chosing my subject for the Extended Essay. I read few threads on this topic which were here earlier and apparently physics is not the easiest way how...

About the contractions... I'm not taking it lightly. Thanks to your recommendation, in the future, I will try to avoid them entirely, however, I believe that it's not worth the trouble of fixing on this paper. Thanks for the criticism, both of you. I really didn't noticed that I overused...

IB extended essay... Hello everybody.. I'm an IB Diploma student. and i need to write an extended essay to graduate from IB. This essay is supposed to be 4000 words, needs a specific topic (I'd prefer mechanics but i also need other suggestions..). and the problem is the topic! i have been...

Hi, sorry if this is the wrong place to post this..im just a noob ok i want to start my EE for physics.. can someone pls give me a topic to write on. I wanted to do sumthing on electric circuits or Simple Harmonic Motion its sumthing that shuld be possible to do in a school any suggestions...

Homework Statement Im writing an essay titled Maxwell and his equations. I want to talk about his electrodynamic theory and how his equations showed that light is an electromagnetic wave. I then want to include his involvement in aether theory since he had devised a theory to explain...

I've found this fantastic essay (with a very apt title) by Paul Lockhart on the (sad, sad) state of mathematics education in North America. Here is the link: http://www.maa.org/devlin/LockhartsLament.pdf It's definitely worth reading for all educators out there.

Im writing my first college essay, an analysis. I chose the large hadron collider because everyone else was doing healthcare reform and Iran testing warheads, thought this would be interesting. The only problem is I can't come up with a badass thesis statement for my essay, the thesis is due...

Hi guys I'm planning to write my 4000 word extended essay based on physics, is there any topic that's easy to conduct a experiment with home-materials? I'm think something in electromagnetism would be great. please help

Hi everyone I’m doing an engineering course at school and we need to write a 2000 word essay on why engineers have failed society (you can choose to agree or disagree) The description for the essay is: Engineers have failed society by designing products that have high energy consumption and...

Homework Statement I have started my extended essay for the IB, My REsearch Question is "How does air resistance affect the projectile motion of sports balls?" i am collecting data by video taping the throws and measuring where the ball is in every frame. My supervisor tells me that i have to...

I am not entirely sure where to post this, please tell me if anything needs to be changed This is my first post so i'll introduce myself... My name is Joe, currently aged 17 and in year 13 in school in Kent, Uk doing the International Baccalaureate (Not sure how well known this is? Quite...

Hey all, I'm applying to grad school this fall, and I'm starting to think about my application essay. I'm going for biomedical engineering (specifically imaging), and most of the essay topics are similar (Why is this program right for you? Why do you want to study it? etc.) I just bought...

Realizing that there are several other threads with similar inquiries, I need help choosing an appropriate topic for my I.B. mathematics extended essay. The extended essay is written on a topic of the (high school) student's choice and must be between 2000 and 4000 words. For some background...

Homework Statement I'm currently attending an IB school and as a part in our curriculum we have to write a college level essay in one of our subjects. I’ve chosen to do mine in physics. However I don’t have any ideas for what my physics topic would be. The topic must be: 1. specific 2...

hi guys! I'm doing my Extended Essay in Physics for IB diploma. Im thinking of relating robotics with physics. Physics must be the main theme for the essay and i should relate robotics into physics. Please help me guys. What are the topics that i can do? Please give me some ideas!

Hi guys! I'm new here. I'm here to ask you guys for your opinions. I'm planning to do my Extended essay in physics. I want to relate my E.E with robotics. Can you guys please give me some ideas??

This year's gravity essay contest results are in: http://www.gravityresearchfoundation.org/announcements.html The five winning papers are published in the International Journal of Modern Physics D: http://www.worldscinet.com/cgi-bin/details.cgi?id=jsname:ijmpd&type=all along with...

hello physics forums! it is my first time here so please excuse me for any mistakes :) i have to write a 4000 word physics essay and i wanted to write an experimental one, something preferably related to aerodynamics (since it is my topic of interest) does anyone have any ideas of specific...

So, I've browsed PF and found it to be awesome in terms of advice. I've already read some of the threads that about the IB Physics extended essay. Some basic information: Education level is Grade 11/12 I can handle quite advanced physics. The actual Extended Essay is a 4000 word in depth...

I have an essay on radioactive decay, here is the title 'Explore the nature of radioactive decay and Discuss it's applications' Does anyone know any good reference material for this kind of thing? Equivilence of mass and energy Alpha, Beta, Gamma Nuclear power Med Physics Carbon...

I am an IB student and in grade 11 and I really need some suggestions for my extended essay on physics. I want to do something that is relevant to 'communications' or something to do with Electrical Engineering, because that is what i want to do when I go into University, so it will help a lot...

Ok i need to know this for an essay I'm doign can someone explain to me the effect that changes in altitude pressure and temperature effect the gas inside the airship?

im not sure if this is the right place to ask but.. im currently taking the International Baccalaureate and I've decided to write my extended essay on physics the extended essay is basically a 3000-4000 word essay we write on one of the subjects we learn i've decided to write an...

Homework Statement Hi, I am a IB G11 student in International School in Vietnam, I have chose aero engine as my extended essay topic. Though I know what I am going to research, I am stuck in choosing the experiment for this topic. Could anyone here help me and give some advices for what I am...

http://fqxi.org/community/vote Summer 2008 FQXi started an essay contest, about the nature of time. They say they will announce the winners (first prize, second prize, etc...) in February 2008. Which is half thru already. Here's the essay context FAQ http://fqxi.org/community/essay/faq Does...

Hey everybody, I'm doing my International Baccalaureate extended essay (2500 to 4000 words) in Biology. please give list of resources for biology ee. Any suggestions for a research question welcome! thanks bi03

Hey everybody, I'm doing my International Baccalaureate extended essay (2500 to 4000 words) in Astrophysics, which means basically i need to come up with a research question and hypothesis, then design and procede with a lab to answer this question. Any suggestions for a research question...

Hi all, I was wondering if you would have to write an essay on the following topic: In not more than 500 words, please describe below how your interests and achievements, both academic and extra-curricular, demonstrate a capacity for leadership, commitment to using your knowledge to serve...

Homework Statement Hi, I have chosen direct current measurement techniques as my extended essay subject. I've written only 2000 words, but I am completely out of anything to write. I can't do alternative current, because I don't have the necessary apparatus. How can I expand my subject so I...

For one of my semester finals, my teacher wanted us to write a paper on the New Deal. He did not specify any sort of topic except to be very analytical. We were required to read several texts and incorporate it into our writing. the first text is FDR's speech in October 31, 1936 in Madison...

hi their its me munadi I am a new person in the forum, i av to write an essay, and i wanted a few answers. i looked around the forum, to see if i could find a link which specified my question. but i found nothing of that sort, so ended up in the largest forum thinkng ill get several people...

hey there! its my first post, and quite an urgent one. i am into my last year of high school, and i am required to write a 4000 word maths essay. i chose to write on maths, because i like maths! but i am quite stucked at this stage... i decided to writing on the mathematical relationship on...

Is there anyone here qualified to submit an essay? Do you want to do a joint essay? http://fqxi.org/community/essay The FQXi Inaugural Essay Contest (Summer 2008): “THE NATURE OF TIME” I already got my part written … It could be fixed up and re-titled. “Did the Clock Tick?”...

i hate writing in class essays and have never been really good at them but i always some how pull off a good grade. but i have a really critical in-class essay tomorrow that i need a really good grade on. does anyone have any tips to prepare for one of these ? oh and its in english...

Hi all, I'm currently in the works of experimenting and writing up my Extended Essay on Chemistry for the IB (it is basically a very long lab report). I have chosen to do the sub-topic of electrochemistry, within which I am interested to do something on the Lithium-ion battery. However, this...