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Smolin's book has been top physics bestseller for several weeks in the US. By a nice coincidence, Woit's book is also currently top physics bestseller, in the UK. For instance, as of this morning 8 AM pacific Saturday 7 October the US amazon all-physics list...

UK amazon just started direct sales of Smolin's book today. In the morning it had sales rank round 50,000 this jumped to 12,659 some time in the middle of the day (pacific time) and just now as of 4:30 PM pacific it had risen to 4328 the book made its first appearance on the "physics"...

http://www.amazon.com/gp/bestsellers/books/278434/ref=pd_ts_b_nav/026-8303087-5718006&tag= The UK edition of Not Even Wrong is running ahead of Lisa Randall's Warped Passages, and Brian Greene's two most popular books: The Elegant Universe and The Fabric of the Cosmos, at least according to...

http://politics.guardian.co.uk/terrorism/story/0,,1841149,00.html im shour the good old US of A is also going to feel the stress, with no coffee on planes (no liquids) and flights into or out of UK Biged up Security at airports my boss was going out today, he aint in a good mood! ps...

Its 23:20 over here in the UK and I'm sat at my laptop studying for my exams, by typing up bullet pointed notes, trying to condense my notes into as little space as possible. I've got my exam a week on monday and I'm depressed. :frown: . I just felt like I needed to tell someone, let off a bit...

are these books any good for physics degree in the UK do you think or has anyone got any of them and would recommend them ? >1. Physics (Collins Advanced Science S.) [Paperback] by Dobson, Ken; >Grace, David 2000 - excellent condition - £22 > >2. Problems for Physics Students: With Hints...

Just heard on the radio that the schools inspector OFSTED has criticised UK maths teachers for teaching kids how to pass exams, ie. not teaching them the basic theory behind the maths they're doing. This is a major problem in education these days, especially in exam based subjects. Kids are...

First "Designer Baby" in UK ===quote=== May 13, 2006 A British woman has become the first in the country to conceive a "designer baby" selected specifically to avoid an inherited cancer, The Times said Saturday. The woman, who was not identified, used controversial genetic screening...

I would just like to share some wisdom gained by experience. If you are considering doing a degree in physics in the UK, job wise it won't be a good idea to pursue that path unless you achieve a first class degree from a good university. If you get a 2:1 or less you'll most likely have to...

Why is it that the wild life of the UK gathers by the road side in the early mornning, i am sure the whole rabbit population, with a smattering of badgers, muntjacs, phesants, come to try and get them selfs killed, i am also sure that a lot of drivers do not take any evasive action to avoid...

Did anyone in the uk see the moon last night ? it was so bright, and seemed to have a three lobed halo surrounding it, is this just atmospherics ?

Hi I've recently got offers for chemical engineering in Manchester university and for chemistry at university of Warwick. I've got a dilemma situation; I don't which of these university I have preference to. Although in terms of ranking in the recent 'times university guide', Manchester...

Hi! I am choosing between Theoretical physics at UCL (University College of London) and Durham University. In the future I am hoping to do research in theoretical physics such as string theory. Research at UCL is mostly focused on astronomy and experimental physics while at Durham it is...

Can electricity be sent back into the UK national grid via a normal household plug socket?

[SOLVED] Physics in the UK seeing as I'm being discouraged from going to Oxford, can anyone give me their opinions/experiences on which are the best universities for physics? I'm looking for a university with a strong research emphasis too, especially high energy perticle physics. cheers

I want to do master research in UK abuot cell biology, which school rank between 5th~10th( to 12th is also ok) about cell biology in UK. thanks

This is a UK show about an IT department that will be airing this coming friday. Here is the pilot: http://edge.channel4.com/theitcrowd/episode1_c4web.wmv

Is this something going on in the UK? http://eclectech.co.uk/swizz.php

Hi there, Was wondering if anybody could direct me to universities or companies that take on physics students for summer projects. I would ideally like to get a place in the US somewhere but so many places state US residents only. Can anyone help or suggest good places to go in the...

Hi I'm currently trying to order some materials for my DT project in school for manufacturing a music stand. I'm looking for a good place where I could purchase some timber boards. B&Q would be the first plac to look for it, however, i'd like to keep my choices broad. I am particularly...

Could somebody tell what Durham and York are like for theoretical physics. Both of them have rank quite high on the RAE and Teaching Quality, but what are people's opinions of them. They're basically my first two choices for postgrad, so I'm looking for impressions of them. Even information on...

The Times October 28, 2005 [FONT="Arial Black"][SIZE="4"]Rely on the State and you will die poor, figures show BY NICOLA WOOLCOCK … half of working age people will rely solely on the State in their old age, according to government figures published yesterday that reveal the full...

The daily express on its front page is predicting the coldest winter in the uk since 1968, it states that gas ond other reserverves will not last and that a 3 day working week may be enforced. Where do they get these long range forcasts from ?

Hi, I'm a Dutch Physics student, and I'm organising, with some other people, a trip to the UK next year ( somewhere in May ). Ofcourse study-oriented :) I have, ofcourse, already looked at the internet for some interesting must-see's for physicists, like universities , companies etc. Though I am...

I'm currently trying to apply for chemical engineering, but is afraid that the personal statement done might be too towards the theoretical side of sciences, with not much practicality shown upon the statement. I want to study chemical engineering because of interest in calculus along with...

Hey, can anyone describe what physics is like at university in the uk. What are the exams like, what is the format? Is there time to stop studying and go out and have fun at night? Is physics a lot of brain work and extensive thinking? etc.

hello all, I'm new here...an A-level student in the UK taking physics and looking to study aero eng. that's my profile atm. to topic...obviously when a supersonic flow travels through a normal shock it reduces to subsonic, but which is the cause and which is the effect? apparently the shock...

Hello all I've just read today's BBC main news story: This is barbarism.

I guess I'm the new kid on the boards and was wondering how difficult it would be to be taught by stephen hawking or roger penrose. I'm interested in theoretical physics and mathematics so damtp at cambridge seemed like a good choice. I am pretty sure that neither of them teaches an undergrad...

Hi, Could anyone recommend any study guides worth purchasing in preparation for the general and physics subject tests. I'm a 4th yea MPhys student (UK). Thanks

Hello, please could someone help me? I need to confirm that a physics/maths formula will provide me with the correct data to combat a speeding problem in my road that the local police will do nothing about... I need to prove that vehicles can accelerate and achieve high speeds within...

Sisters pregnant at 12, 14 and 16. So what does their mother do? She blames the school! Three sisters have each had children while still at school, the youngest at the age of 12. Jemma, Jade and Natasha Williams, who receive benefits totalling more than £31,000 a year, are raising their...

Hey guys We are making a trip to the UK later this Summer, and I'm trying to get a list of places worth seeing. So far I have: - White Cliffs of Dover - Westminster Abbey (among the people buried there, I want to see Darwin's grave, Newton's grave, and Shakespear's grave) - Stonehenge...

What's everyone's hopes/fears/predictions etc about the coming election in the UK? I hope that Labour don't get in, but I fear and predict that they will :mad: . Tony Blair looks suspiciously like Satan to me. It looks like there'll be a pretty big swing to the Lib Dems. I just read about this...

hey all ... i have just received a scholarship from my country ( arabian country ) :smile: this scholarship is either to uk or to us ... and now ... i am confused :confused: to pick one ... i will be sent there to a boarding school for 2 years and then i will be sent to a university ( top...

I guess the title of the thread sums up what I'm asking. Anyone wanting to study Physics at Oxford or Cambridge? :smile:

hey all i heard that in most american universities ... they have the credit system in their studies ... is that true ... what is exactly this system ... what r the advantages of it ...?? is this system also applied in the uk universities ?? cheeeeeeeeerz

More than 20 UK internet users pay a total of £50,000 out of court for illegally sharing songs on the web. http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/click/rss/0.91/public/-/1/hi/entertainment/music/4318765.stm"

I am considering going in for summer at my university before my graduation year but being a first year i do not have any insight as to what it entails. Could anyone who has had such an experience advise me what its like. I'm doing a masters degree in physics so it will either be physics or...

Do any of you have experience with UK Universities? I'm looking particularly at Sheffield and St. Andrews. If so, what did you think about the school and the community? My interests are in Finance, Chemistry and Math. Thank you for any insight into these schools and surrounding areas...

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/environment/story.jsp?story=546138

do ghosts have a time limit, in the uk i think ghosts have been sighted back to the roman era, but as far as i know no stone, bronze or iron age ghosts have been sighted, is the same true for species ,horses ,dogs have been reported, but again as far as i know no cows, sheep, Dino's etc...

The new Spanish Minister of Defense called Blair an imbecile, but 50 former British diplomats do that also, but in a more (unprecedented) diplomatic way. Diplomats slam Blair on Mid-East More than 50 former British diplomats have signed a letter to Tony Blair criticising his Middle East...

I am currently researching into universities that offer physics, either as a single subject, as theoretical physics, or with astronomy (astrophysics) or maths. Many of the university prospectuses i have looked at say that they have 'the best physics department', and i am finding it hard to...

In the UK recently,a toilet unlawfully detained a woman in a harrowing two hour ordeal: The Register Address:http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/18312.html

UK Man "Foils" Ghosts http://www.findarticles.com Current Science, Jan 19, 2001 Ghosts Busted in Haunted Rooms "Vic Tandy, a computer expert, was working late one night in a laboratory in Warwick, England, which had a history of being haunted. At one point, a cold sweat and a feeling of...

Ok, maybe I am rather peeved over the government's 316-311 voting in of "top up fees" for university entry, but... In the UK, there is an agent known as a parliamentary whip in each party. His role is to enforce solidarity when the party votes in parliament, threatening dissenters with...

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2003/10/27/natlan27.xml&sSheet=/news/2003/10/27/ixnewstop.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/3100024.stm

"The explorer who discovered the Titanic beneath the Atlantic in 1985 is setting out on another underwater expedition to document Noah's flood. The Black Sea was originally a freshwater lake that in ancient times became inundated by the salty Mediterranean. Robert Ballard believes that this was...