Skills Definition and 211 Threads

OK, ever since I was young I was well aware of my inability to draw. I had a friend who really could draw, and he did it so effortlessly. When I tried to draw, I had to erase erase and erase! I am asking this because I am a math major, and I would like to know if drawing is a talent that...

I really like mathematics, physics, and programming/simulation/computer modeling. I want to try my hand at physics research. However, I don't want to build sensors or spend most of my time building experiments. I really like coding and data analysis. I am thinking that astrophysics research...

Wildcats are getting more and more endangered every day. The ones suffering the most are the cheetahs with only 10% of cheetah cubs on average surviving to adulthood and then who knows what % of adult cheetahs die from non-human predation. The least endangered are the smaller wildcats like...

Hello, I apologize for the ambiguous thread title. I am in the process of choosing electives and was wondering what sort of CSE/statistics skills (outside of what is required in a typical EE program) would prove useful to me after I graduate. Aside from core requirements, I have completed...

Dear Physics Forum advisers, My name is Phoenix Kim, a rising junior with major in mathematics and an aspiring applied mathematician & algebraist. I wrote this email to seek your recommendation on great books for problem-solving skills (techniques, strategies, etc.) in the mathematical...

Sir I have completed my 12th I have joined Btech course in Aeronautical engineering. My Course is starting on next month. So Sir I want to which skills are required to get highest paying job in reputed companies as aeronautical engineer, So I can develop this skills in my course.

Hi All, I am currently a Masters Student in a Biomedical Engineering program and have a B.S. in applied physics. In the majority of the research I have and am doing has been computational and I have been taking engineering classes more on the computational side besides the bio based courses I...

I am trying to do well in this year's National Physics Olympiad here to qualify for the APhO and IPhO team. So I need to increase my skill of solving physics problems. What books are the best for physics problems and also teaches the problem solving skills? I am already studying University...

Just being very curious, what do graduates of Cosmology, Astrophysics, or Astronomy do for careers? Do some or many employers wonder if these graduates have practical or sell-able skills? These people must have had other courses and have dealt with technical, equipment, engineering skills...

Rotate an array hi everyone I'm hoping someone maybe able to help me/ point me in the right direction with the rotation of data from an array. I'll try to keep it short but my maths skills are seriously not good due to my old age and inexperience. I maybe approaching it from the wrong angle and...

Particularly, I mean trained skills rather than traits. For example, for a blank student/graduate who knows only physics theory, learning LaTeX would put them a little bit ahead. Then maybe some programming, learning simulation software etc. I'm finishing up my 2nd year in undergraduate right...

Dear P.F. friends, What is the best way to learn and sharpen the proof methodologies and logic in mathematics, reading the proof books or attempting the proof problems in analysis texts without the proof basics?

Ahoy there. I am twenty years old, and have (as a result of my interest in cosmology and astronomy, and the natural sciences) developed a keen appreciation for mathematics (in physics, primarily). I have always had an interest in the sciences, but lackluster teachers and personal disinterest...

I am currently pursuing a Master's degree in physics with optics as my major and my interests are fiber optics and biosensors. I have also worked on a couple of projects in the past that dealt with a lot of image processing. I will soon begin working on my Master's thesis and want to decide a...

Hello, I am working on my resume, and I was wondering when listing my skills, should I use abbreviated versions for the skills. For example, in my field of study HPLC is an acronym forhigh performance liquid chromatography, but when I list it on my resume "skills" section, should I say HPLC or...

[FONT=Arial]Hello, I am currently an undergrad physics major at a US university, and I am planning on going to grad school to get my phd in astronomy or astrophysics. However, I am very interested in theoretical astrophysics and GR and the like, but I feel as though my university doesn't give us...

Question: If I can spare one or two hours daily for my own, what would you suggest to improve my math maturity? I am referring to higher math, not computational math. Here is my little background: I am a HS calculus teacher by profession. Since I picked up graduate math study one year ago, I...

First of all I read a lot info from post by twofish-quant but I am not sure if its outdated already. So I am currently in the second year of my grad school (PhD program) in physics, specialized in observation cosmology (galaxy survey aiming at Dark Energy/inflation/BAO/...). As much as I like...

Hello, I was hoping for some input from anyone with any advice. I'm happily studying for my masters degree in medical physics at a campep accredited university, but I have a reasonable stress when it comes to the future. Can anyone comment on other avenues one could pursue with a masters...

Hello, I am currently 18 years of age and I will be attending my last year of high school (well, "gymnasium" since I am from Sweden) and I have some questions. I am completely in love with math and physics. I just find the idea that these two subjects can describe reality fascinating, to say...

What would you do in my situation? I'm almost 30 with no career or professional experience. I finished my BS degree in Mathematics a year ago, but I don't know what to do with it. I had planned on pursuing a MS right after, but changed my mind and decided to look for entry level positions. I...

Well many people in this forum suggested me to improve my English in many of my threads. So I am looking forward to do that. Should i read the whole dictionary? Which books should i start reading? I am also weak in grammar. One more thing I am also bad in my English handwriting. Well I have 2...

A problem i made up for some of my friends who need help with discrete distributions tables. Can you do it? Dice Generator Part I: 1. Construct a discrete probability distribution table for a fair six-sided dice. (Round according to example) 2. Calculate the mean, variance, and standard...

Hi. I am here once again for another question. As I read more and more about engineering I get a bit daunted for the following reasons. Most people who are schooling for the field have built a thing or two using adruino or some other tools. Heck some even took part in actual projects that...

As a way of practicing my Latex skills and asking about antiderivatives. Suppose we have \int\frac{1}{x^2 + a}dx a is just a constant Now I recognize this to be \int\frac{dx}{x} whose antiderivative is \frac{\ln{|x|}}{dx} + C The question is: In the first function, I could make a...

So I'm trying to career change over to the actuarial field and I'm trying to prepare myself as best as I can to get that entry level job. I know about the exams and am already working on that. If all goes well, I hope to pass my first exam in January. As I know the actuarial profession is...

Hi, I'm currently a second year mechanical engineering student. As part of my course, there is an opportunity to go on a year long placement to an engineering company next year. I have to start applying to companies now, so began to brush up my CV. The problem is, I have next to no practical...

Hi guys:Just wondering, are there ways that you can improve your thinking skills hence enhancing your problem solving and learning speed and ability? I would love to become more intelligent, I don't know how much natural talent I have but I would like to (and I am doing) my best to become a more...

I am looking to strengthen my resume recruitment power and I am looking for some skills/trades which may contribute to this goal. Please, do not tell me useless things like "creativity" or "ambitiousness" because the fact of the matter is that those skills will not get your resume noticed in...

I am going to be entering college as a freshman this fall and planning on majoring in mechanical engineering, but I have plenty of free time until then (~two months) and want to acquire some skills that are essential (or just useful) to the field. I'm interesting in things that would be to my...

This Fall I will be joining my university for MS Nuclear Engineering. My undergraduate major is Mechanical Engineering. I have a few questions. 1. How important is computational physics in Nuclear Engineering? 2. How to go about learning and practicing it in the context of nuclear engineering...

Hello PF, I've been doing some programming problems on Project Euler and Hacker Rank and I find that I struggle with them (not necessarily with the coding/implementation, but rather formulating a solution). I've been able to solve ~50 PE problems (mostly all the easier problems) and only 1-2...

I'm going to be a sophomore next year. I'm taking Honors Geometry with many other honors classes. I need help to expand my math skills. I've never been great in math. I'm okay in math, so it takes lots of studying for me to get the grade I got. Is there anything I could do to get better in math...

I've often been plagued by the thought of being unintelligent and slow compared to others. I seem to take much longer to understand concepts and work out problems. With that said, I do really well at school (but also put in much more time than others). I'm also quite obsessive when it comes to...

Hello everyone! This is my first post on PF, but I've been reading the forums for some time now. My question is rather a simple one, but since I'm an Electronics Engineer, I think it would be polite to say a few words about my education and work experiences. I've finished 4 years of...

Now, I'm aware that the best time to learn a new language it during your toddler years. This got me thinking. What if the best time to learn logical thinking is also during this time? I know for a fact that kids are not taught critical thinking skills. I tutored many kids and only see them do...

I've always loved learning about Astronomy and many of the amazing discoveries brought on by it as well as Physics. My dream job would probably be working in the field of Theoretical Physics. But there's one horrible problem: I'm terrible at math. I've only completed high school and I had...

hello all, i am a second year computer systems engineering student, after my first year i have done well in the theory. but i find i learn so much more when a unit has practical backing. i have decided to build an electronics lab so that i may practice various topics in engineering that i learn...

Hello, I have been in the IT industry for a few years, and I have been gaining decent skills in networking, general IT, server administration, etc. I eventually plan on going back to physics and/or engineering, so I was wondering if someone has any ideas on what skills are valuable in a...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uIjMIo8Lsrw Do I have this right? It sounds like the people who didn't do so well on the PSAT, who used their right brain, "overthought" the simple arithmetic problems, by using the (subjective?) quantity-related part of their brain. the students who did...

My Question is 1.What are the things one [Physics, Mathematics or Engineering Major] must have to know except their Academics. Some commonly are English & Russian. Typing. C or C++. 2.When one are completely able to Research Papers/Journals.and understand them. or, What are the things to...

Hi everyone, I'm going to be finishing the end of my third year in electrical / electronic engineering (my school doesn't have specialization until fourth year), and I am starting to realize that I am lacking in a lot of practical skills! (ie. soldering, hardware design, programming, general...

Homework Statement Assume a relation P that is negatively transitive on a set X that is not empty. Define the binary relation R on X by xRy iff y P x is false. Prove that R is transitive.Homework Equations Negative Transitivity: xPz \rightarrow xPy \vee yPz Like in the previous thread...

Up until recently I've always gotten high A:s in my math exams. The first test this semester I scored a perfect 100 % and then the second test plummeted to a 51 and just recently I got a 72. I'm studying the same way I always do. I feel confident about the material I even teach it to other...

Hi everyone, I recently taught myself Microsoft Excel, and I have no problem putting that on my cv because Excel is simple, and anyone can teach themselves Excel up to an intermediate level at least. But, I also want to learn some programming languages, like Java, C, etc. I suppose I can get...

Homework Statement This is an introductory programming class for Engineering majors. So I am making a simple game. It requires that you enter say, 3 numbers, then test to see if the sum of the numbers is even or odd. If it is even you win, odd, you lose. The game repeats several times, and...

I know that taking notes, whether they be lecture or from a textbook, is an elementary skill to some. However, I have found that I am having a terrible time taking notes. For example, I will start taking notes using the Cornell method, using an outline format for the note taking column, and...

Hi I've recently decided to become a math major, as it's the subject that I've enjoyed the most and had the most exposure to during high school. During high school, the AP Calc classes and a Calc III course I took at a local CC came to me quite naturally. I just followed along to the...

I just enrolled in a physics MS program at a smaller state school. I am fascinated with physics and all other areas of science, but I want to get some really practical skills while I'm in this program. What are the most employable skills that one can acquire while studying physics?

I've never been good with labs and often have bad luck with them as well because what usually happens is equipments do funny things that only happens to me. My old TA tells me he purposely checked my equipments before the lab and sometimes, funny thing still happens and it frustrates him. But...