Physicist Definition and 654 Threads

The greatest "greatest physicist poll" poll. Which is your favorite.

Who do you think is your favourite physicist and why? Mine is Albert Einstein simply because of how different his approach to physics was as conpared to others. He relied more on thought experiments to find new results rather than explaining results based on available data. (I hope my...

Do you call someone a physicist who merely finished undergraduate course in physics? Someone who did told me he considered himself a physicist. But I think I remember that someone is only considered a physicist when he at least finished Ph.D. Is it true? What is the true definition of a...

actually i need to know about more pertaining physics course .is it just taking 3 years to graduate in degree ? suppose to 4 years right?!and how about the time taken MASTER courses?then phd...all this i have not much understanding .hope u guys can tell me .. and somemore,i can have sponsor...

Are there any physicist alive today who you believe should have a nobel prize already?

Physics seems to catch my attention. I took a class in my Freshman and Sophomore years of high school called Principles of Technology, even though I hadn't even completed the recommended math courses prior, and I loved all of the problem solving. It wasn't the easiest course, but I loved the...

An engineer, a physicist, and a mathematician are each asked to compute the volume of a little red rubber ball. The mathematician find the equation of the surface, performs a triple integral, and computes the volume. The physicist dunks the ball in a pool of water, and measures the volume of the...

It's really a question of whether research is for me or not. I don't know the answer because I haven't had a chance to research full time. I hope Physics forum may give me some guidance and advice. I am a sophomore in college majoring in Computational Physics, because I love Physics and I like...

I've been seeing a lot about people not making much as physicists, but it seems to mainly be centered around academia. Don't get me wrong, I love physics in enough ways to be perfectly happy entering a wide variety of fields. I'm a first year undergrad studying physics, which leaves me open to a...

do you need to know much more than the rudimentary basics, such as the distinction between idealism and materialism?

I'm currently in a dilemma on which career I should pursue. I am a college undergraduate with an undecided major. I'm pretty proficient in math and science, so academics is not the problem. The problem is, I come from a pretty poor family, and I want to get a career as soon as I can to help...

It's my first post on this forum and I salute you all! I'm writing here because i have some questions. First up , my native language isn't english , and I would like to study physics at a university from UK.Speaking ,writing and reading in english is not a problem , i have a CPE exam in...

Okay, I am a 17 year old African American Male, i have had many changes in what i want to major in when i get to college, First i started with being a scientist, then a chemist but then i actually took the class chemistry (Regents Course) and it blew my mind and frankly i hated it. Then i...

some advice to become a physicist hey all i am from england so some of the posts here don't really apply to me as things are quite a bit different over here in terms of education, i am currently at college which is equivalent to high school in america i believe. i plan on doing physics maths...

Hello all, I am new to this site and first let me say how wonderful this is. I have question for any physicists and any aspiring physicists out there. I am currently 27 years old and I have a huge interest in physics i even study a little in my spare time. I have 3 years of college in...

Like are we talking about just as well as a mathematician or does he have to know the properties of structure in math that he's studying. Not really the rigour but more like what properties it has and what it can do.

I don't want to name him explicitly, in fear of blemishing his name in case he is not a fraud. Just google (including the ""-symbols) and the relevant wikipedia page should be the first hit. Apparently the scientist first went to a group established in 1975, and afterwards he went to work...

Hello! I'm currently a Junior, undergraduate Nuclear and Radiology Engineering major at Georgia Tech, and I'm wondering about what comes after graduation~ I was originally thinking about going into grad school and doing Fusion research, but the past few months I've been more and more...

I have got this puzzel - who do you connect with these equations? I know the answers to a, b, v, w, y

Apart from the obvious that one has a PHD and spent more time in school. When it comes to skillsets and capabilities, can one do more than the other? What about an engineer with a phd? Perhaps my idea of what a physicist does is that they just do very abstract work, can an...

I am a first year Electronics Engineering major but desperately wanted to do a Physics major(my parents said no because of less money in Physics). My mind works theoretically and is averse to technology. I wanted guidance on hohw can I preserve my 'Physics spark'?Especially how to study Physics...

Hey I am a junior and high school and I love physics. I can't take a physics class till sr.; year tho. I am concerned imma do bad next in physics. I idk if I am good I am math. I am in an advanced alg2 with Trig class and I am getting a c. I am also taking an applied chem class getting a b-. Are...

Hello all, I am currently a sophomore in college, with two declared majors; Astrophysics and Applied Mathematics. Next quarter I'll be taking Contemporary Physics, Fundamentals of Astrophysics, Calculus 4 and an Electronics lab. Thus far I have barely passed each Physics class I've taken...

I would like to apologize in advance if this is posted in the wrong category. I am currently participating in NaNoWriMo with a story that I hope to finish and submit for publishing. It is of the Science Fiction genre, however, and I do not have the working knowledge of certain things that I...

Thought some people here might enjoy a little video we made: For context: Everybody involved in this project, in front of and behind the camera, is actually a theoretical physicist. This should obviously be taken as tongue in cheek, and it is not directed against string theory in...

http://www.tuhep.phys.tohoku.ac.jp/~hotta/extended-version-qet-review.pdf In the link above and by searching net with "Masahiro Hotta", anyone can find papers written by him on energy teleportation. As per Hotta, energy can certainly be transported from Point A to Point by entanglement and at...

I started having an interest in physics when I was in grade 10 (or Year 11 for the UK). Back then, I considered myself "gifted" in physics. I spent time reading books on popular physics, and spent very little time studying at all for the school's physics materials, but I would always get top...

Hi everybody. Can you talk some about dealy life of an experimental high energy physicist who work in CERN, FERMILAB e.t.c as full time worker. What does he or she do? I think only a few people do real things. A few people prepare experiments to research and decide which variables will be used...

How important is it for a physicist have an understanding of analysis?

If i currently study in Secondary School and will soon graduate to PreUniversity level, which way should i choose?

For several years, particle physics has always been a fascination to me. I'm only 15, so that doesn't say much... But I'm 100% positive that that is what I would like to study for the rest of my life. If anyone out there on this site could offer any advice or help about how I can reach this goal...

I'm a sophomore in high school. I'm taking pre-cal right now. I really enjoy theorizing about both math and physics, but what I don't like is endlessly repeating simple math that I already know how to do. I'd enjoy using some of that to help solve complex problems, but I do not enjoy doing...

I was having this discussion with some friends of mine the other day, and I thought it'd be interesting to see what you all think. When does one transition from being a physicist-in-training to being an actual physicist? Some possible benchmarks that come to mind would be when one earns a...

Hi guys so I'm told that theoretical physicist can go into investment banking. How true is this still? I have an offer to do the Quantum fields and fundamental forces (QFFF) Msc course at imperial its suppose to be very good - however it contains no computational modules. I do have the option to...

Hi all, long time reader, 2nd time poster. The long story: I'm a physics major in my senior year, and I've recently developed an interest in computational physics/chemistry and I'm considering pursuing it in graduate school. I became interested in computational science when I took a basic...

Homework Statement I was shown a formula by a physicist I met through a friend when I asked for help with a homework problem. I needed to find y final for a motion in 2 dimensions problem. He showed me this: Y1 = X1 * tan(Theta) + (Ay * X1^2) /( 2 * V0^2 * cos^2(Theta)) Y1 = Y final X1...

the title says everything. I'm studying pure-mathematics as a freshman but I also like to understand subjects like GR and QM. I have a good understanding of Newtonian mechanics and the classic theory of electrodynamics but I have found quantum mechanics and general relativity so confusing and...

So I want to be a physicist! Hi there... So, here is my problem..I didn't think my way through and got enrolled in an electrical engineering program.I am in my 2nd yr now.It's not like I don't like Electrical Engineering..It's okay but I am finding my interest getting always hooked up with...

I am pursuing a career in Medical physics. I have heard that starting 2012, people who earn MS or Phd in medical physics are required to go through 2 year medical residency for board certification. I was wondering how much can we expect to get paid during medical residency? With masters degree...

i was wondering if anyone knew any liquids that light up when they cross a magnetic field... or any other setup where a light would light up when it crosses a magnetic field, the more sensitive the better.

one more (thought) experiment in wannabe physicist syndrome Hi, Here is my situation: graduation: 10 + 2 + 3 graduation year: 1994 Subjects: Chemistry (major), Botany, Zoology - 55% graduation till now: working in software (11 years) Age: 37 I have read "How to be a theoretical...

I've just acquired a copy of Principles of Mathematical Analysis by Ruden (3e) and, I must say, it is unlike any text I've ever read. Indeed, the level of abstraction and the amount of 'blanks' in the proofs have caused me to invest more time than usual into a book. Reading this has caused...

i need some help to know how to become a theorotical physicist,i am very young(14)so i basically want to know what all is required,degrees and all.:smile:

From what I've observed, there are several skills that many people with a physics background tend to have. Many of them can program in languages such as; c/c++, python, fortran, idl, matlab, maple, or mathematica, maybe MPI or OpenMP. Most of them can find their way from one end of a...

Hello everyone. I was just reading Ian Stewart's "Concepts of Modern Mathematics". In the end of the first chapter he writes A certain theoretical physicist secured himself a mighty reputation on the basis of his deduction, on very general mathematical grounds, of a formula for the radius...

My favorite things to learn about or read about is astronomy, physics, and cosmology. Until school starts up again, which i will be taking Pre Calc and AP physics and aerospace engineering, I was wondering if there's anything i can do now while i have nothing to do and am really bored?? I am...

Currently I have no programming skills at all. I am considering mastering in Theoretical Physics and was wondering how strongly I would be recommended to learn some basic programming skills. Also if it is inconvenient to follow any programming classes at my university at the moment what would be...

I would really like to become a physicist and would obviously like a Ph.D in physics. So I was wondering if somebody could tell me how to receive a Ph.D in physics? (particle physics to be more precise), what are excellent schools for physics? and how or where do I receive a job for physics...

Being a theoretical physicist... Do i need to be that talented or genius to be theoretical physicist...?

Hi, I am not even in grad school yet. But I have been reading a lot about the "post doc trap" lately. I have also read some of two-fish quant's posts talking about jobs outside of academia. I'd want to know the landscape of employment opportunities for Physics Ph.D's outside of...