Study Definition and 1000 Threads

Hi, It's my last year at secondary scool and I don't know what to study I have to select the field now because I want to apply for a scolarship. Parents want me to study medicine and it's okay for me, but I want to study a thing that makes me a useful person . I want to study physics in order to...

This year I made a resolution to by the end of summer build an Android app for my Uncle’s bussiness (Rent-a-Car) which would help him organise the dates of booking a car. I have previous programming experience with C and C++ but not with app creating. The idea for the app is really simple but...

When drilling a thick peace of steel I noticed the drill bit would cut through much faster when it was cool. The difference was minutes versus seconds! Is this a known phenomena in machining or was my drill bit simply contaminated with something or maybe other factors played a role? I've heard...

Hello, currently I am a high school senior who will be going to college in the fall and since my school ends in may and college starts in mid-August. I am planning on self-studying calculus 3, so I can test out of it and go straight into partial differential equations. The textbooks that the...

In my final year of high school (2017) I finished with a mark of 74/100 for advanced maths (NSW, Australia. It's a calculus-based course and introduces differentiation, integration, series, optimisation, trig). This means I don't directly qualify for enrolment in the maths courses for the...

I really want to study physics and math, but my family is pressuring me towards engineering. They say that physics job market is nonexistent, that I'll be homeless, that studying engineering is more lucrative, and that you can transfer to physics more easily. And that job employers will always...

I find it strange that astrophysics is not a pre-requisite to study cosmology in my university, students are only required to have taken general relativity. Is this a trend? How important would you say is astrophysics to learn cosmology?

I was fascinated with physics since i was 14, when i actually began my learning journey, i got into Newtonian mechanics and eventually learned some electronics and programming. Noticing the math that was involved, i decided to first get started with math before i proceed into learning physics...

A new paper is proposing a new alternative to the Big Bang. His model includes a concept known as bouncing cosmology. https://www.space.com/38982-no-big-bang-bouncing-cosmology-theory.html

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I'm usually entirely autonomous in planning out my curriculum (and have read much great advice here in aid); but my physics curriculum is proving more difficult to plan out than my math curriculum. I was thinking as a start: Kleppner & Kolenkow Mechanics, Purcell Electricity and Magnetism, and...

Hello everyone, I plan to return back to school in the spring from a small break that i took in order to move out. I was going to school for Engineering Science (associates). I'm basically done with all my general studies and as far as quantitative and natural sciences go I completed Algebra 1...

Regarding a recent article from phys.org , Chilean researchers have conducted a study of an old, metal-rich cluster, NGC 5927. Interesting results are the abundance of many metals, which include sodium, aluminium, iron, oxygen and some heavy metals such as yttrium and zirconium. Thank you.

So, I'm well into my career. I have an AAS in Mechatronics and used it to do controls work for a couple years. I've been an avid "computer guy" since I was about 10. Worked a paper route to buy my first computer, then a dishwasher on weekends for about four months to buy components and build my...

Hello, I have derived the matrix form of one ODE, and found a complex matrix, whose phase portrait is a spiral source. The matrix indicates further that the ODE has diffeomorphic flow and requires stringent initial conditions. I have thought about including limits for the matrix, however the...

What to do if you get distracted by video games every time I have free unlimited wifi and a laptop with me? Advice - thank you.

Dear All, I am looking for tools and even online platform able to host a study group in physics. My goal would be the creation of a general relativity group. It will be a study group for graduated in physics (then not for amateurs) that for the simple pleasure of science would like to...

Hi, I have been upset lately due to getting a low mark in one of the most important courses in my life. I am a fourth year nuclear engineering student. I have been an average student since high school. my uni gpa is average too. I don't know if it's the way I study is what I am doing wrong or...

... you drank too much caffeine and can't take a nap? Carry on regardless? Or sit around and wait it out? Go to the gym or listen to music? Take some melatonin?

I began to study mathematics in college because I was fascinated by the subject and have a naturally high degree of curiosity for it along with the rest of the sciences--but stress, depression and other factors take away that curiosity as I progress through each semester, leaving me bored...

Hello I’m 21 years old and recently got accepted to start a bachelor of science degree in physics. This will be starting next February. I had left school at 17 due serious health issues so since school I’ve worked and also traveled to multiple countries, which for me was amazing. In school I...

Hello, I'm new here, i just really want to know, how do i study to become one? I'm at the middle of high school and i live in Mexico, where i live there are good universities but they just offer physics engineering degree, but i want to be a mathematical physicist, so do i plan to get an...

Hello reader, I am trying to learn electrical engineering circuit analysis from Irwin. I am wondering which assignments would help me really understand the learned subjects. I am not a student and I am not going to any university so I cannot ask a teacher. My method for now is doing 3...

I'm 15 years old boy, and I have pure interest in physics , and I really love to study things like Quantum Field Theory, but my dad won't let me! so how I deal with him?

So I'm currently in the process of getting a bachelor degree on physics, in a quite respected university of my country. But I have an interest in living in a country like the US. I read that it's very difficult to live in there. It seems that only tourists and workers are allowed to stay in the...

I'm currently doing an MSc in Space Science and Technology. I've done engineering, celestial dynamics, astronomy and planetary science at postgrad level. I need to choose a thesis topic, and I'm a little short of ideas. I'm interested in theoretical physics and cosmology, but need inspiration...

What field of study in physics (PhD) should I take if I want to study about Lie Groups?

I've started self-studying quantum mechanics. It's clear from google searching and online Q.Mech lectures, I'll need to understand linear algebra first. I'm starting with finite-dimensional linear algebra and Hoffman, Kunze is one of the widely recommended textbooks for that. I need help...

Usually textbooks on QM deals with systems with a single feature. For example, we could analyse electron spin. In such case the state vector is a (function?) only of the corresponding "spin variable" for spin, etc... But suppose I'm interested in say, study about electron spin and also its...

Hello everyone! So I made a study program and it's 10 hours studying per day. I will have it everyday till May. After 30 min of studying I take a 5 min break and after 2 hours, 15 min break. Is that sound bad? Plus, till now due to different factors I have studied around 4 hours per day. How...

What do you like to snack on when you study? I have to have something to eat whenever I study. I usually go for nuts like almonds or peanuts, but I also got a sweet tooth for chocolate. But I can't eat a bag of M&Ms every study session. That's not good. What about you guys?

Hi all, I have completed a Bachelor of Science (Biological Sciences) and Graduate Diploma of Science (Applied Data Science). I have always loved Maths and Physics, but never really pursued it as I thought there were not many jobs for them (but I have taken first year Maths courses as electives...

I've seen a little bit about the gravity light. I think it works in a simple way, a weight at a certain height has gravitational potential energy depending on how far the weight will fall, this quantity represents the total energy we have at our disposal to power a light. Now we normally think...

I love physics. Well, modern physics mostly, still physics though. It's amazing seeing how much there is we don't know and how we got to understand what we do know today. I think the concepts are crazy, cool and fun. If I didn't know better, I'd say modern physics truly sounds like pure fiction...

Hello, I am at my second year of my physics bachelor degree, and even now I still have to deal with difficulties about how to study well and bad grades. Every beginning of semester I make a plan of study, but it never works. And past two months I am already full of tests and homeworks and I...

http://www.nejm.org/doi/full/10.1056/NEJMoa1707914#t=article Canakinumab, a human monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin-1β, has anti-inflammatory effects. These effects were used to establish a new venue for interventions against second heart attacks ( cardiovascular events): controlling...

Hi all, I've been out of school for about 2 years, I got my degree in physics and have been working in the semiconductor industry since, as an engineer in an R&D group. I am interested in going back to get my PhD now, simply since I was mainly doing theory (computational semiconductor stuff)...

I'm a senior in high school and I'm in AP Physics C: Mechanics and AP Calculus AB. I am conflicted in deciding what to study in physics. I want to study relativity or quantum mechanics. If there is a course of action, textbook, website, or any other recommendations please leave a comment. Thank you.

So here is a problem (more of a dilemma) I encountered in my mandatory physics class [(high school level) i say mandatory since I take an other optional calculus based one], many students are often mislead for example in kinematics the equations are very clunkily derived and when you finish...

Any Ideas about which is better? Attending Monash (Clayton) Open Day tomorrow, and RMIT(CBD) Next week. [Not sure if attending 10 to 4 Tour(Mechanical, Aerospace and Mechatronics) or Half Hr Info Section(Aerospace)] In terms of: Manufacture rather than become an Astronaut Degree-related work...

First,a bit of context... I've just finished high school in Malaysia, and I'm a bit torn on which country I should go to further my studies. I have a deep interest in theoretical physics and I'm hoping I can get a physics degree. My current first choice is to attend a community college in the...

Hello Physics Forums! I'm in a little bit of an interesting situation. I've completed the classes offered at my school, but have been told that if I can directed-study these four courses they will provide me with a credit bearing exam for college undergraduate credit. Do you have any...

Dear All I am trying to study Topological superconductors but i have no idea about it. Can anyone suggest me an introductory book to start with.

Hello, I want to learn Physics, starting from mechanics to quantum mechanics and such. My brother is a physics student and he uses the University Physics text. This seems to be extremely popular- all my friends have also studied with this text. Is this a good book to get and start from page 1...

Hi everyone, For many years I have been planning to become a theoretical physicist. If everything goes well, next year I will be graduating with a MMath, having studied QFT, GR, cosmology, particle physics, black holes, differential geometry, etc. This fall I am going to apply for a PhD in...

I've recently completed Calc 1 and 2 on my own, with little guidance outside (which I feel hurt my final exam scores), but I attribute this primarily to the lack of a good textbook. I decided to hold off on Linear Algebra and Multivariable until I've graduated, and now that I have I'm looking to...

By the above question, I mean how would one effectively study synthetic geometry (geometry that makes no reference to explicit formulas or coordinate systems, like described in Euclid's Elements)? Do you just read through the propositions, try to reconstruct them later and perhaps more or are...

I was admitted to a very good undergraduate physics program (Columbia University), but I think I would like to take a gap year (defer my admission) to prepare my self better. I do feel a bit intimidated as I come from Colombia and I would prefer it if I could further my studies before going to...

Hi everybody, I am thinking of applying to the grad school at UCSB. I am interested in the theoretical studies of black holes and I’ve heard UCSB is very active in that area. Could someone give me an advice of how it is like? Also, I am a bit worried because of the rumour that it's extremely...

What're the best strategies or techniques you've used in order to get at least an A- in any given class?