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Hi all!
I'm doing my bachelor in physics (have presumably one more year left) and I already started concerning about which area of physics I want to specialise in, since I have to do a Bachelor Thesis in a semester from now.
I also don't know if I want to stay at the university after finishing my entire education (I'd maybe try a PhD) or try working elsewhere (of course, I don't have the slightest clue where and what). Unfortunately, both issues turn out to be at least as tough a choice as an important one, so I'd be glad to hear some advices from you :)
Here's my situation:
I like the subject and very much like solving puzzles so I'm ready to do what it takes to get an answer to a problem. I'm also doing lots of math courses parallel to physics, to help understanding the underlying technical details :) but maths is also interesting enough on its own. What I like most is applying mathematics to physics providing new insights and a deeper understanding. I wouldn't bet on theories that cannot be proven experimentally in, say, my lifetime either. [I'm aware this sounds egoistic but otherwise I would try doing pure maths]Although I don't have any deep contact with condensed matter theory and plasma physics yet, I find effects like superfluidity, superconductivity, Bose-Einstein condensates and similar very interesting and would consider trying to go into these areas. Recently I have heard that research in these fields consists primarily of doing computer-based simulations or some other numerics which was kind of embarrassing since it's not what I actually like most.
So what do you say? Does theoretical research in most areas of physics today consist of simulating stuff and doing programming or are there sufficiently many (in order to find a job/position, to publish regularly etc.) areas (which?), where one can try improving the given theories? How does this look like for the areas I mentioned above?I'll be glad to welcome anyone opinion :)
Thanks a lot
I'm doing my bachelor in physics (have presumably one more year left) and I already started concerning about which area of physics I want to specialise in, since I have to do a Bachelor Thesis in a semester from now.
I also don't know if I want to stay at the university after finishing my entire education (I'd maybe try a PhD) or try working elsewhere (of course, I don't have the slightest clue where and what). Unfortunately, both issues turn out to be at least as tough a choice as an important one, so I'd be glad to hear some advices from you :)
Here's my situation:
I like the subject and very much like solving puzzles so I'm ready to do what it takes to get an answer to a problem. I'm also doing lots of math courses parallel to physics, to help understanding the underlying technical details :) but maths is also interesting enough on its own. What I like most is applying mathematics to physics providing new insights and a deeper understanding. I wouldn't bet on theories that cannot be proven experimentally in, say, my lifetime either. [I'm aware this sounds egoistic but otherwise I would try doing pure maths]Although I don't have any deep contact with condensed matter theory and plasma physics yet, I find effects like superfluidity, superconductivity, Bose-Einstein condensates and similar very interesting and would consider trying to go into these areas. Recently I have heard that research in these fields consists primarily of doing computer-based simulations or some other numerics which was kind of embarrassing since it's not what I actually like most.
So what do you say? Does theoretical research in most areas of physics today consist of simulating stuff and doing programming or are there sufficiently many (in order to find a job/position, to publish regularly etc.) areas (which?), where one can try improving the given theories? How does this look like for the areas I mentioned above?I'll be glad to welcome anyone opinion :)
Thanks a lot
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