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So I've ordered Taylor's book in classical mechanics and I need some advice. My plan is to solve as many problems as I can in classical mechanics, since it seems that the type of logical thinking that is needed in classical mechanics will surface time and time again in following physics...

Hullo chaps. Sorry to bother you with this, but I need some help. Is it possible to, having taken up to Algebra II (yes I'm underage, yes it's pathetic), quickly review everything you learned during the High School Algebra courses and then use a Calculus text like Apostol I to review what is...

studying mech engineering but want to be landscape architect or agriculture engineer Next year I will graduate with a bs. in mechanical engineering, what advice can you give me if i want to become a landscape architect or an agricultural engineer( courses i can take ,or ways i can squeeze into...

Hey, I'm just curious if anyone is studying/ has studied CFD and combustion. I'm going to be entering graduate school soon in this field and would like to hear about others experiences. Thanks.

Hi, I'm in my second year (out of 5) of Systems Engineering. I would love to study Astronomy (which is also a 5 year career) after I get my degree, but I don't know how useful it would be to finish studying that late, and I'm not sure how useful it would be to have both degrees. Obviously I'd...

No, you didn't read the title wrong. I am really self studying a physics class. I just finished Mechanics (Physics I) and since I want to go to college to study physics to become an engineer or physicist. I need to take the next class, E&M (Physics II, Electricity and Magnetism). However, I...

How/Where to begin studying Quantum Physics? Please Help! Hello, (Very sorry for the length, but please help!) I'm currently a grad student studying transnational security. Problem is, I'm worried that I've chosen the wrong field to study! Like all of you, I find quantum theory absolutely...

When you study math what % of the material do you try to understand before moving on? I suppose there are big differences between mathematicians and physicists. I would imagine that if you're a mm then you would probably want to understand more than 95% before moving onto the next chapter. As...

How can I possibly correct this?? Grades, studying, understanding.. The last two semesters for me have been extremely frustrating, grade wise. I start off every class great, 95%+ tests, quizzes, homework. Then after a month I get slugged down to C's with literally everything. This trend...

Homework Statement Suppose 5 cards are dealt at random from a well shuffled, 52 card deck. The hand can be thought of as a random sample size 5 from 52, with no replacement. What is: (a) P (4 aces) (b) P (3 aces and 2 kings) (c) P (4 of a kind) Homework Equations I know the...

I currently have with me the book by philosopher W V O Quine - 'From a Logical point of view - 9 logico-philosophical essays'. It contains his famous essays such as 'On what there is' , 'Two Dogmas of Empiricism', etc. I am having trouble understanding the language of it which includes logical...

Who has a tip on how to remember compounds and their valencies when studying?? urm, i suck at remembering the compounds and their valencies etc. any ideas on how i can remember them more efficiently? any notes or links welcome, i need to know how to tell the difference in phates, phites...

Okay so I have a parallel-plate capactior k=5.5 Area= .034m^2 Plate Separation= 2mm If the Electric Field falls short, the capacitor will burn up if exceeding 200kN/C. It's asking for the max energy stored by the capacitor. My attempt was lame. I tried using C= (ε0)A/d and...

I don't have much of a scientific background, but I am interested in learning about geology. More specifically I would like to study the nature of igneous rocks, particularly their formation through volcanic processes. I'm also very much interested in understanding how the process of...

I'm taking a second-year chemical engineering course online with BYU (link: http://is.byu.edu/site/courses/description.cfm?title=CHEN-273-200#). It uses the Felder textbook (link: https://www.amazon.com/dp/047168757X/?tag=pfamazon01-20), which I reckon is popular for most ChE programs. What...

Hello guys, I am currently in my first year of studying maths and well... I thought I enjoyed it in the first term... but I really don't see the point of learning it anymore. I want to help other people and I am not sure how I am going to do this with a Math degree. I don't have any...

That's my first year in college and I'm studying Biology. I'm pretty happy with everything (classmates, teachers) but the fact is, my favorite subjects so far have been maths and statistics (and my favorite teachers were from the math department). I study biology because, since I'm not sure in...

I'm in an introductory analysis course, and next quarter we're doing multi-dimensional analysis. So far, we've done single variables and I've done well with Spivak's Calculus. However, next quarter, we're using this book: [1] https://www.amazon.com/dp/0130652652/?tag=pfamazon01-20 Based on...

Hello, I have recently been looking for new ways to try and study, at the momment I tend to read and try to understand what I've read and figure how this is used practically but have decided to try new techniques to see which I like better. What are your favorites? p.s Sorry if this is...

I am studying Witten's papers on AdS/CFT. But I don't have any CFT or SUSY background. Can anyone suggest me some lecture notes or books where I can have illustrative ideas on Ads/CFT correspondence? I do have Nastase's notes.It is really good but too short for introduction!

I've been studying waves and diffraction has come up, I'd just like to know, why is it that diffraction is most significant when the size of a gap a wave passes through is similar to the wave length?

Has anyone tried it? Do you feel that it helps you relax and focus or does it get in the way? For others who may not know, red wine has many health benefits and it is recommended to drink a glass or two a day.

I have heard multiple times that where you study and get you bachelor is not that important, at least relative to the importance of where you do your graduate studies. How much influence should the factor of a university having some prestige in the field of physics have on the decision making of...

This is not about cramming the night before. This is about continuing to study something you have been reading for weeks, in one final night of "preparation" before an exam. I honestly think it does me much more harm than good. Does anyone agree? I feel like if I get a good night's...

I want to start selfstudying such subjects. I don't know where to start. I don't know any calculus or precalculus. I've taken a basic algebra and geometry class that went a tiny bit into trig. I have taken a basic physics class in 10th grade. I'm 16 years old in 11th grade as an exchange...

Hello all, Firstly, sorry for the long post, I was just wondering if someone is in a similar position and would like to hear their thoughts and how they deal with certain things. If it is too long, just skip to the questions I have under each paragraph. I was never spending much time...

I started college majoring in electrical engineering. I realized that engineering was boring and lacked beauty, so I decided to change to the elegant study of physics. This is after I had taken AP physics in high school, so I knew it was something I liked a lot. I'm now halfway through my...

Hello, I'm pondering going back into education to study physics. Having left school at 13, there are naturally some areas of science and maths that I'm a little shakey on, some areas of science completely elude me. Why do I want to study physics? Well it's something that has interested me...

Hi, I was wondering if anyone has ever died from studying to much. Like if some people become really obsessed with studying that they study for like 50 hours straight and forget to eat, drink, and sleep. I heard of people like playing video games for 50 hours nonstop were they get so...

Hi. I'm wondering if you leave your computer or any electronic devices near you operating when you are doing your homework or are studying. If so, do you find that it distracts you?

I cuurently have Larsons Calculus alternative 6th edition and was woundering what would be some other good calculus books to purchase, how about calculus for dummys too? I'm self studying so what sort of books would be best for this

Could anyone give me some tips on self studying? I have a Calculus book from my high school ( I am alloud to use it for the remainder of the year...but I am NOT in calculus) So could anyone give me some tips on selfstudying skills, it would be extreemly helpfull, I just started on chapter 1 and...

One day I borrowed a book published by Springer (For learning Mechanics). I find it very difficult to follow. Later, I discover that it is in fact Lecture Notes. I am only a yr 1 physics student, but I want to explore as many area in physics as I can. My question is, are Lecture Notes such as...

Hello guys, I have a physics midterm coming up on 11/29, and I am studying all day, everyday during this thanksgiving break. The reason why I am studying so hard is because I have never taken physics in high school, and now in freshman year of college, I am struggling with General Physics...

Hello everyone. I'm currently working towards a D&D degree, and afterwards I'm going into an engineering program. I'm definitely going to be getting my BS in ME and Physics also. And afterwards I would like to get my MS in ME as well. But alas, I have always loved electrical engineering. I'm a...

Hey guys, need a bit of help. I want to start studying Astronomy and build it up to a degree. At the moment I am doing a Honors Degree in Web Design...I am doing that as a definite way to make money after I graduate. But my true passion is physics and I want to start studying in any way I...

Accidently Posted this in the career guidance section earlier. Thought I should put it where its supposed to go. I am currently a physics major in my sophomore year of college. I have found that my interest really lies in Space, specifically Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Talking to a couple...

well, as always, I initially took a look at what wikipedia says. the idea of talking about general mathematical objects and arrows between them sounds pretty impressive and quite exciting to me, but just like any other math stuff, the idea looks quite simple and the examples that wikipedia gives...

hi guys, i was studying on transformers losses, i need help in some problems. why open-circuit test show only excitation losses and not i2R losses.. thanks...

Hi all! I hope this is the right place to post this. I am trying to do a study abroad in Great Britain this spring, but none of my home institution scholarships transfer over, meaning I will have to pay a pretty hefty sum. I'm trying to find some scholarships specifically for studying...

Wanting to study theoretical physics, I have heard that Warwick has a strong maths department ...:). I'm stuck on choosing between the joint honours course - maths & physics - or the physics course. By doing the joint honours, would I miss out on any valuable physics? You are able to...

I'm currently a 2nd physics major at UC Santa Barbara. I have the option of studying abroad my third year. However, I'm not quite sure if it would be the best idea, since many people have told me that the third year is when most physics undergrads get recommendations and research with the...

Hello guys. I have a test in a couple of days, so I am hoping to get some practice. I'll post any questions I have here, I would appreciate if you guys can help me clear up any confusions. 1. A 400-N block is dragged along a horizontal surface by an applied force F as shown. The coefficient of...

Is anybody else here getting back pain from studying? I don't really know what I'm doing wrong.

I just feel that if I don't study that much I will not amount to anything. I used to study 10 hours a day two years ago and my grades jumped up a lot. Like I was getting 85-90% in subjects. However, friends on another forum and friends at uni said that I needed to balance life and I started to...

We all are likely familiar with the notion of mathematical maturity, you sort of get an intuition for how to put mathematical ideas into context and make sense out of them as you do/read more and more math. I've noticed that it's much easier for me to pick up a graduate level math text and...

Hi, I know there are some very intelligent people that have some very high degrees that come to these forums who have probably studied for 15+ hours a day after day after day... My question is if it's really bad for your health to study to much, similar to exercising to much. I can't seem to...

What is the point of studying real analysis? I find it not to be very useful...

So my comprehensive exams (aka qualifying exams) are coming up, and I've been studying my rear off to be ready for them. Anyway, today I switched from character theory to functional analysis, and came to the sudden and horrifying realization that my brain has stopped working. Essentially, I...

Hi, I'm currently self studying "Principles of Quantum Mechanics" by R. Shankar. (Its prep for research, a Prof. recommended the book.) I have only done 2nd year of intro to QM which only covers 1st few chapters of griffiths. (Know multical) I find myself having a hard time going to...