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Hi everybody! I would like to know if anybody know "how to become a quantum pharmacologist". I am at the first year of the BSc in Biotechnology and i am studying quantum physics by my own: i found out that with quantum chemistry we can determine the interaction and the properties of all the...

Greetings everyone, I'm new to physics forum. From what I have seen thus far in a swift perusing of the site, there seems to be an ample number of enthusiasts, students, professors, etc. that have a good handle on learning physics and mathematics. My question to you is this: How do you do it...

I need to understand What should i stady so i can have knowledge of making electronic and program it I need help so i can choose college to goSomeone says ELECTRONICS AND TELECOMUNICATION ENGINEERING

In October of this year i will start with math major and i decided to prepare myself in spear time. In my faculty there is no such thing as Calculus but rather you go strait to the analysis and you pick up calculus along. (There is singe variable calculus in high school). In first two years...

Hi all, sorry if this thread already exists. I am just wondering if going through a University Physics text cover to cover and doing all of the exercises is a good way to prepare for the physics GRE? I know I should also do many practice tests of course. I'm pretty worried about this test...

Hello hope someone can help me to understand more about what I need to study at uni to become an astronomer. Is it maths and physics ? Or just maths and astronomy? And what's the difference between an astronomer and an astrophysicist ?help!

please first state your subject and current point in your career (undergrade, grad, scientist...etc) then, state your favorite recreational hobbies. basketball, soccer, playing the guitar, rock and roll, acting, etc... if you could become a professional athlete, singer, or actor...etc...

I have completed my high school in India. I want to study physics(bsc phy). My parents want me to do engineering. But I want to question nature. Iam interested in mathematics too. When I was 11 years, I was introduced algebra. Most of my friends would just apply the formulae without knowing how...

Hello, I am a Spanish student and I don't know what I have to study... On the one hand i like seriously know how to make planes (Aeronautical engeeniering)... but on the other hand I love the physics! I wait for you can help me, I have to choose my career in a month because I already have Awals...

I'll be taking an Elementary Abstract algebra class in Summer B (six week session) at my University. It will likely be pretty intense. (I actually requested/petitioned the class and got it). I want to do what I can so that me and my classmates will survive do well in the class, so I'm...

Hi guys! First post :) I`m a 3rd year high school student. Going to college in 2 years. I am planning to study mechanical engineering. How hard is it? I am not very good in math but I really really really want to be a mechanical engineer. Should i still take mechanical engineering even if i`m...

Anyone find themselves going more organic these days? http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/25/roundup-herbicide-health-issues-disease_n_3156575.html Glyphosate’s Suppression of Cytochrome P450 Enzymes and Amino Acid Biosynthesis by the Gut Microbiome: Pathways to Modern Diseases...

Centrum multivitamin has been running a series of commercials that run something like this: Sooo... Why don't you tell us what the study found? Was there a benefit? :rolleyes:

This is a long one, but here's the short and sweet version: I'm an exceptionally good and enthusiastic physics student in high school and despite being friendly, welcoming, understanding and helpful toward my classmates, I feel like I intimidate them with my intellectual capacity for physics...

Greetings Physicists, I've been accepted to study at my state University for my Ph.D in Physics. I reticent to accept however for two reasons; 1. They are not offering me a TA'ship immediately. This means I would have to finance at least my first year with student loans and work study...

I'm about to finish my high school and since I'm really interested in stuffs like mathematics, physics and computing I want get into electronics or computer engineering. I live in a third world country and I really want to go to U.S to have a engineering degree so if I go there I'll have to...

Does anyone here know much about going into geophysics from a physics BS? I'm trying to figure out what extra prerequisites would be needed - different schools are giving different answers :/ I've also heard it's less competitive than physics graduate school, but I'm not sure what sort of GPA...

So I got into one of those big brand name physics schools coming from a small department with not many resources. At first I was really excited, then I remembered the time I had preparing for the Physics GRE. I studied really hard for months and all I got was a "good" score. Now I'm doubting...

Hi I’m a second year Electronic and Electrical Engineering student, just about to sit my first set of exams for this year. I’ve been thinking a lot about what I want to do after I graduate, and unfortunately I do not think I want to go into EE engineering. I do however definitely want to be an...

Hello! I, like many others, am interested in studying physics on my own as my school doesn't offer any kind of physics for ninth graders. (The tenth grade physics class isn't very in depth either; I took part of it in 8th grade). I have exhausted what Khan Academy has to offer, and I am...

Hi! I'm in a master course in theoretical physics and enjoying a lot to learn about Quantum Field Theory (QFT)! So I was thinking doing a PhD related do QFT. What are the best places to work on QFT? Thanks a lot!

I'm almost done with my first year of maths and physics at university and I'm thinking of doing a bit of studying in my free time. What are some good books or subjects to look into (either maths or physics)? So far I've covered: Maths: Intro to proofs (short sections on sets, functions...

I'm planning on doing a BSc in applied physics next year, but my real passion has always been history and archeology. The reason I chose for applied physics and not history or archeology is because the odds of getting a good job after the study is much greater. Now I was wondering, what are...

Homework Statement I've never had an exam before in this format. It's 50-min long for Quantum I. It will be mostly short answer with small computations. It's supposed to test our conceptual understanding. I've been reviewing my notes, making sure I harp on the central ideas of quantum...

Amount of Set Theory "Required" to Study Logic Hello, I have been self-studying set theory to try and get into logic. The book I bought is published by Dover (I love how cheap their books are) entitled Set Theory and Logic by Robert Stoll. I have gone over the basic set theory section...

I am starting this thread in the hopes that newcomers, like me, may benefit from this thread to improve their study habits. I notice there are similar threads that already exist, however, they are old and not as comprehensive as I'd like such threads to be. Currently, I study by doing a good...

Hi, I'm a Physics undergraduate, and this semester I have the option to choose between Geometry (Axiomatic Euclidean Geometry) and other disciplines. In the next year I want to be ready to study Differential Geometry, but I don't know if I need to study Euclidean Geometry first. The teacher of...

I'm in tenth grade and am interested in studying physics. I've heard that the best way to get started is to have an understanding of elementary physics, so can anyone recommend some books and websites to get started? I have practically no background at the moment, so a general overview would be...

I Can't Study in My Room Please Help! I hate it. My university is pathetic! There are professors with like double phds and I can get a good education here. It's just that something like 80 percent of the the student populations drinks on a weekly basis, it's a fact (they did like a study on...

I'm in the final year of my bs. in mechanical engineering.For my senior project , I would like to conduct a study on the feasibility of harnessing wind energy for electricity in my country (I don't think it has been done here before and we have a power problem and a pollution problem). My...

First of all, let me preface by saying if anyone reads this and has links/further reading on learning that I would benefit from consulting, please post them. It would be appreciated. Now, I do pretty well in physics/maths. My issue isn't so much that I don't know HOW do study, but more than I...

Hello, I would like to inquire the minds of this forum about a situation. Given that you have access to free education in one of the EU countries and also could study in the US, where would you study? If I finish higher education in the states I wold get out of college with a student loan. I...

Physicall Entity or "object of study" for physics Not including candelas, there are 7 unit in Physics (6 dimensions unit, 1 dimensionless) which means Physics studying 7 basic properties as its "object of studies", that is; mass, length, space, time, electrical current, temperature, amount of...

I wasn't really sure where to post this, but I am currently taking a second year Electricity and Magnetism course this term. I want to be able to do well in this course in order to keep my GPA up, but I don't have a particular interest in this class and the prof flies through the material at a...

I'm about to take a trig class and it's been a while since my last math class. I was wondering if you guys knew of any websites that have good trig study guides and study sheets? anything is appreciated! Thanks!

I'm not sure if this is the correct sub-forum to post in, but I am in need of some advice on what to do. I am 24 years old and I live with my mom and my half-sister. I started my undergraduate career recently after a long feud with my mother. My mom says that a physics degree is useless, and...

So yeah, while I was at high school, I considered math as one of my career choices, but I was invited to the national math olympiads by my school and, even though I enjoyed them, I found them way too hard and looked on those who win it and most of them finish studying math and doing great on it...

I've come to these forums a lot, but I don't think I've ever really posted--so here goes number one. I am a freshman in a large public university, and I just recently switched over to mathematics/economics as my majors. I was originally an engineering major, but I abandoned ship because it...

I was able to solve most of excercise questions in textbook when I was in high school, but as I expected, university level mathematics is really difficult. I have been studying baby Rudin but I cannot solve most of excercise questions unless I see the solution first. But I am really worried...

I want to study algebraic geometry and differential geometry, what should I learn beforehand what is the relation between abstract algebra and homological algebra:confused:

This semester I am enrolled in two independent study courses, one based on Spivak's Calculus and the other on Artin's Algebra. Since I'll be going at them alone (with some help from my supervising instructor), I'd like to see if anyone would like to work through either of them with me. I'm going...

Homework Statement Study the continuity of the function defined by: ## \lim n \to \infty \frac{n^x-n^{-x}}{n^x+n^{-x}}## 3. The Attempt at a Solution I've never seen a limit like this before. The only thing I have thought of is inserting random values of x to see it the limit...

Hey I am a math major looking to do an REU (and later a masters/PhD.) in nuclear engineering and I am interested in the field of reactor physics. I hear it tossed around a lot but I don't really know the definition of it. I'm taking a radiation physics class next semester at a separate...

I'm going into a career that is heavily based in physics and I'd like to be able to read the original source material for the physics involved. However, calculus was many, many years ago for me. So, to understand and learn radiation physics, and eventually quantum mechanics, my understanding...

I am a Materials Science undergraduate, and love it! But I'm looking for something to get passionate about. Nothing fulfilling enough has caught my attention, although I have some promising leads. I've currently hit a wall in my search. Can you help me? My leads: -Thin films. A study-for-fun on...

So I'm currently in my last year of high school and I just completed my biology exam and I did quite poorly in it.. But the thing is I studied really hard for it, spent like an hour and a half every day before the exam (2 weeks). The way that I studied for that test however was by writing out...

I'm a senior in high school currently taking AP Physics BC (mechanics) without having taken a physics course previously. I normally do well in my classes as I'm 10th in my class and am taking the most difficult level of classes I can. I can't say this for my AP physics class, which I currently...

Homework Statement f(x) = [x^2]sinπx, x ∈ R, being [x] the integer part of x Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution I'd say it's trivially continuos on all R, because it's the product of two continuos functions: y: = [x^2] and g: = sinπx. However, being part of my...

Hello, I am Indian, final year undergrad. I wish to study & pursue research in Physics and as part of my academic curricula, I plan to pursue Master in Physics and PhD further. I am looking ahead to continue my master in following countries: Germany, Canada, Australia/New Zealand. Looking at...

Hey, I was wondering if you guys could offer any course guidance on independent studies I could try to take my senior year. I have some ideas, but I was wondering whether you guys could give me any recommendations/book recommendations. My background: I initially wanted to go into a more...