Physicists/Mathematicians: Night Owls or Morning Larks?

[DrSuage]

Which are you? Which do you think is better suited to physics/maths?

Night owl and proud here. My best work is all done post 11pm...

 

[phyzguy]

Not me. I'm best first thing in the morning ( I get up 5:30-6:00 AM) and I'm done doing useful work by 5:00 PM or so. I'm usually in bed by 9:30 PM.

 

[dipole]

I know professors who get to work at 7:00 am, and some who work until midnight. I like a normal schedule - get to work between 9:00-10:00, leave around 6:00.

 

[down to earth]

If it weren't for school I'd probably have a pretty messed up schedule (wake up late, sleep late) with all my work being done at night.
Though, because I hope to be an astronomer some day, perhaps that isn't such a bad thing

 

[DrSuage]

I find I struggle to focus and concentrate during the day, but come the night I can work solidly without losing concentration.

 

[OrangeDog]

To tell you the truth I can be either. I generally feel most alert when I wake up at 9 am and go to bed at 11pm, but the times I have woken up around 5 I've been able to get things done too. I think the common denominator is that there is nobody around to distract me.

 

[Dr Transport]

Graduate school (first stint): night owl, didn't start until 9 pm or so, finished up when my apartment mate was getting up for his 8 am med school classes. Second stint (PhD work, post marriage), 9-5, with the occasional get up at 2 am to work until ? (I'd really get a lot done during those early morning stints).
Real world (after graduate school): I'd get to work between 6:30 and 7 in the morning. Now that I am unemployed and looking for employment, my most productive time is still between 8 and 10 am.