Self Definition and 561 Threads

Hi, I'm a junior at my high school taking physics B and I planned to take physics C next year but then I found out its not offered at my school. So now I want to self study it and take the AP test during May of senior year, but would this be worth it, since neither the class nor the score on the...

Does anyone know how I should go about self teaching myself chemistry, physics and math for the goals of the respective high school olympiads for each one? I'm thinking of using Atkins Chemistry, Halliday and Resnick, and Problem Solving Strategies. Any other ideas or advice from people who...

i am medical doctor who wants to self study mathematics , the last mathematics course i took was 6 years ago at the pre-medical college .. worth mentioning that i am from a country where the educational system is different from USA at high school i studied algebra , calculus , trigonometry...

I'll take a quantum mechanics course this semester. I am a so-called advanced undergraduate (3rd year). This is the second course of quantum mechanics for me. The first was "the basics" (no bra and kets, a bit of linear algebra). I have read a couple of reviews of books on advanced...

yes i know there's one right beneath me, and i actually posted in it but my question is a little different than that poster's. I'm actually a physics student at a university at around the junior level and i want to pursue theoretical physics. now i know everyone says this because it sounds so...

Let me explain. I have bachelors in pure math (as opposed to applied math) and a bachelors and masters in nuclear engineering. I am employed as a nuclear engineer and I am happy. Before completing my masters, I did one semester of graduate work in math (I might still be there had I not taken...

Seems to me i do this more and more often, the result is given two options neither win, which can be both annoying and boring. Do you have inner battles what tips the balance?

I am a sophomore in high school and became interested in physics, particularly quantum mechanics, about a year ago. However, I will not be able to take a physics or calculus course in school until I am a junior. I have been trying to learn physics by myself, but without a background in calculus...

I wanted to teach myself computer science, but I don't know any great beginning books that give a solid introduction. I am a complete novice. Could someone provide some names? I am trying to learn C. And is windows good for doing C or is another operating system more preferrable? Appreciate...

I am interested in self-studying analysis and was trying to purchase a textbook, but I am not sure of the appropriate level to start at. I have come across: Intro to Analysis: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0486650383/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Intro to Real Analysis...

I would like to write a C program that writes itself to the screen (without reading from disk). My idea is to assign text to a string S, split it into two parts S1 and S2 and then write each part twice. If S1 is made equal to program part before text definition and S2 equal to program part...

I have long been interested in cosmology, and I took a course with the same title in undergrad. We used Liddle's book An Introduction to Modern Cosmology which I thought was pretty good, but it was relatively short. I have knowledge of mathematics and physics up to early graduate level (got my...

Hello all. I'm going to be entering my second year of college in the fall. I have a deep love for math and physics and I have decided to major in Mathematics. However I have a very limited background in mathematics. I will be starting Pre-Calc this upcoming semester and I am trying to hit the...

Hello there, Does anyone know some good sources (preferably on the Internet) for Monte Carlo and Inverse Monte Caro methods (especially the latter)? There is plenty of stuff to find on Monte Carlo, I am particulary pleased with Stefan Weinzierl's 'Introduction to Monte Carlo methods'...

Alright, I'll need some help formulating this, since my writing tends to be... well... just not very eloquent and representative of my thoughts. I don't believe in soul, afterlife, or other nonsense. I think our self, our consciousness, is a function of our complex brains. For what...

I don't have much experience in this, and hopefully someone can recommend the right type of book that I need to look thru in order to solve future problems like this. I have to have a formula for the nth derivative. I have like in the numerator, but Idk how to express it properly. 5 5 x 10...

Greetings. What would be the easiest way to generate random math problems for me to practice with? For example, I might want to have five questions that are just basic algebra, five that are polynomial long division, maybe some straight arithmetic thrown in, and perhaps later I could add...

Hi, I am reading conflicting things about self Capacitance when Shielding a Coil, can someone help.. IE: I have a coil of wire --say 25 turns, 250mm dia formed from looping in my hands & bound together with a non conductive thread. I have read on some sites that there is no affect on...

Which degree electrical engineering or computer science (programming) would be a better choice for a freelancer?

I'm a chemical engineering major and I noticed that my second semester I'll be taking chemical engineering computations, which entails "basic programming language." I don't know the first thing about programming, so what books could I study this summer as a good intro? Sorry if I'm being a...

Hey everyone. I've just gone back to university after a number of years off, and I'm looking to take Calculus in the fall of 2008. My problem is that it's been 9 years since I did Precalculus, so I was thinking of self studying through the summer. I've picked up Precalculus by James Stewart...

I went to walmart and found these self heating drinks/soups. All you have to do is twist a knob and wait a couple minutes and its ready. After looking online i wasn't able to get a straight answer. Is there a difference between the warming chemicals in the soups vs. hand warmers. I'm looking...

hi, am a s/w engineer with a lot of interest in physics in general. have studied it till about the high school level(Newtonian mechanics, no relativity, thermodynamics, no modern physics). i want to start studying the subject afresh, ground up. could you suggest some good texts i can start off...

I was reading through a chapter on Justice and Morality according to Rawls and Nozick and have come stumped at one of the questions which states: "Is it always possible to balance the interests of self with the interests of others?" What are your thoughts? I have surcome to a total mind blank.

peaec upon u .. i've read an article about this topic "physics of far from equilibrium systems and self organization" written by Gregoire Nicolis but it was truly a tough article it was talking about chaotic system but the vocabulary used was very hard for me to understand and translate...

Homework Statement A long, solonoidal coil with 2000 turns produces a B field pf 3mT at its center when a current of 1A flows through the coil. If the cross sectional area of the coil is: 2*10^-3 m^-2, and the field is uniform throghout the solonoid, determine the self inductance of the oil...

well, not exactly. I'm working on a little project for school (art school, ironically) and I think I'm a bit in over my rudimentary physics education. Basically, my idea is to create a wide, hollow wheel with a motor hidden inside of it, so that to the casual observer the wheel appears to...

The self is not physical, but symbolic What are symbols and why are symbols meaningful to me? One answer might be “the self is not physical, it is symbolic”—Becker. Mathematics is, I think, a useful means to start an effort for comprehending the nature of symbols. Mathematical concepts...

hi I have encountered this... . . X X X X = 3 I tried...

Can a self adjoint operator have a continuous spectrum ?? If we have a self adjoint operator Ly_{n} = \lambda _{n} can n take arbitrary real values (n >0 ) in the sense that the spectrum will be continuous ? and in that case, what is the orthonormality condition for eigenfunctions...

So, for engineering, I am in collge and studying calc II, will go onto III, diff eq. ,linear Algebra, and eventually Analysis . However I really want a good knowledge in all mathematics. So I am stuck what I should study on my own. Should I start with number theory?

Ahoy, I'm trying to do a calculation of the electron-electron self energy of a Fermi Liquid, which is supposed to exhibit a dependence on the square of the temperature of the system. I've read through the first six chapters of "Green's Functions for Solid State Physicists" by Doniach and...

Hello! I am thirteen and self studying real analysis... I'm wondering where to go after this; kinda looking for a general outline of what to do from here on out. Any help is greatly appreciated. Thank you.

Can two loudspeakers one next to other, damage them self? I think the question is very clear, and if you know please answer. Thank you.

Greetings everyone. I’m interested in spending some of my free time this summer trying to teach myself Calculus in preparation for college this fall. I spent a great deal of time searching for used textbooks on amazon.com and decided to go with “Calculus” 7th edition by Larson Hostetler and...

I am a older student that would like to go back to college and take higher level mathematics. I want to teach myself geometry, trig, and Pre-calc before i go back. Could anyboby recommend a book, tutoring software, or website that can help accomplisc this task.

This year I am a sophomore in High School taking Algebra II. Since I got a B this year in honors English, I decided to self teach myself Precalcus(Math Analysis) with the hopes of taking AP Calculus BC my Junior year. I want to impress the colleges,chiefly The Wharton School of Finance, with...

Hello, I will be a junior next school year, going into the honors level precalculus courses available at my school. Both precalc functions and precalc trig are required to get into ap calc. There is only one honors level precalc teacher who is a very tough grader and is known for having...

I’m an ME major and like studying certain math topics outside my curriculum in my spare time. I’m having a hard time deciding what books to get and I’m guessing that a good start would be finding a good book on writing proofs. I've bought one but there are no solutions for the exercises. This...

Hello, I am a physics major and just transferred to UC Davis from a community college. My multivariable calculus course did not for some reason include vector analysis even though it tranferred as such. In other words, the requirement is met, but I don't have the knowledge. I did audit a...

Hello, i wanted to know if there was any difference between self inductance and self flux? thanks

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/article2311307.ece Edit: Please do not post entire articles, it is a copyright violation. I think the article speaks for itself, its certainly something that has been voiced alot, ie is fighting terror aggressively the best way to reduce...

I've learned that you cannot deal with the interaction of a charge with its own field in classical electromagnetism. It is said, that this is simply the case with classical theory, and you have to deal with it. But how can this be? If accelerating charge is giving energy to the field, then it...

I'm currently in high school and studying physics, 2 maths ("normal" and the most advanced course, the normal is required for the advanced one by the way) as well as a few other subjects. I'm planning to study Electrical or Mechanical engineering or science. Maybe both. But that's...

Homework Statement Griffiths problem 7.23 Copute the self inducatnce of the hairpin loop shown in the figure. (neglect contribution from ends since mosto f the flux comes form the straight section) To get a definite answer , assume the wire has a tiny radius epsilon, and ignore any flux...

I was just wonder what force keep protons from "merging" into each other. As I understand, the reason I can't put my hand through a wall is due to the electromagnetic repulusion of electron. Protons on the other hand, repeal each other, but after a certian distance the strong nuclear force...

My book says self pollination maintains the parental characters or purity of the race indefinitely and is used to maintain pure lines for hybridization experiments. How can that be true. Coz, meiosis takes place in micro & mega spore mother cells. So there is crossing over which will lead to...

I was wondering if there would really be any major difference in studying a subject by yourself, than learning it in a class. Basically, the class just regurgitates information that is in a textbook, right? So, would it be feasible to self study Calculus 3, provided that one has a syllabus at...

I'm taking a college physics course which is calculus based, I am doing awful in it can anybody recommend a good book that can break the topics down for me. any help would be appreciated.

How do you guys think the first self arose in nature, conceptually and physically? Also what is a good definition of a self? How about this one: A self is the feeling that some things are part of that which experiences them ánd that other things are not part of that which experiences them. In...