Uk Definition and 377 Threads

Hi all, I have a friend who wants to get a PhD in Physics, and ultimately wants to be a tenured professor at a university or smaller college in the USA. He is considering going to graduate school in the UK or Canada. He wants to know if this will make it harder for him to find a tenure...

I have a small area that i would like to have as a sort of minimalist garden with slow growing plants, i plan to cover most of it with stone chippings, i thought cacti might look good, will they grow in the UK? it is not as cold and wet as it used to be of late.

A journalist in the UK today said that UK citizens should not feel that the USA is a sicker place than the UK,despite the Virginia Tech massacre,because we have recently heard of some women in the UK getting 2 year old children to kick the s*** out of each other and videoing the proceedings and...

http://historyhuntersinternational.org/index.php?page=18 There has been several of these found in the UK, 3 or 4 i remember, i have two detectors, and have found some good stuff, the best find a posy ring about 300yrs old, i must dust off my detector.

Hey, First off, I am new, so if this is in the wrong place I am sorry. I'm applying to university this year to study physics (hopefully going to Oxford or Imperial, though i don't think I am good enough for that). I've always wanted to lecture the subject at univeristy, I am incredibly...

The dates are already set June 30 - July 4, 2008 This time it will be correctly called the Conference on Quantum Geometry and Quantum Gravity---more accurate than just saying "Loops"--- and will be hosted at the University of Nottingham. http://www.maths.nottingham.ac.uk/qg/Meetings.html...

Does anyone watch it? I mean the UK version. It was really good yesterday, I was surprised to see two people get fired. Anyway I enjoyed last season's shows. I thought Syed was the best.

my question is what it means to get a first class honours in britain? is it that your average will stand above 95 percent, above 90 percent? what does it mean?

Messing with the Royal Navy... :eek: Did nobody tell the Iranians you don't do that! http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/6484279.stm

Hi, I am new to this forum. I am from UK as well. Studying A2 Maths Chem Physics and AS Further Maths. Hows it going everyone? Heres my university choices for MATHS AND PHYSICS joint honours. Note, all UK Uni's. Imperial - rejected Warwick - AAA - FIRM KCL - AAB and a pass in AS FM Bath -...

I just looked at the UK amazon physics bestseller list and Smolin "The Trouble with Physics...and What Comes Next" was number one. that is maybe not so surprising. It was the number one physics bestseller in the US for a couple of months or so in fall 2006 when it came out, and the UK...

i want to know, is the restriction on choosing nine lecture courses obligatory? i mean if you want to take more than the nine, is it possible, or very unlikely

I had to do this past paper from the uk maths challenge and could do all of them bar 23 and 25. Any help or starting points would be great :D Homework Statement numbers 23 and 25 http://www.wpr3.co.uk/UKMT/imc.html Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution 23. I did...

I was reading in the Guardian today a report that UK university heads want to increas fees at UK universities from 3,000GBP to 5,000GBP, with an expectation that really 7,500 -10,000GBP is what is required. Well, if you're a UK student, start a campaign against this. Get some support from your...

Anyone can help with this question (about UK parliament)! I've a seminar question “Parliament’s constitutional status is no longer aptly described by the theory of legislative supremacy”. Could anyone please give me some tips to discuss this? Thanks a lot!

Hi, my name is jimbodude and i like in UK:devil:

I have no idea if this is the right forum for this, but I'd genuinely like to hear what real scientists think of this question which is taken from a GCSE Physics test paper. Frances claims she can read people's minds. She asks them to think of a number. She says she can tell whether they are...

I made a thread about swtiching from computer engineering to physics. I have decided on nanotechnology. I found some degree programs in the UK. Like at the University College London and Imperial College. What are your opinions on this? :)

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/5277090.stm Cows have regional accents like humans, language specialists have suggested. They decided to examine the issue after dairy farmers noticed their cows had slightly different moos, depending on which herd they came from. So can you please make a...

Before anyone els sends money or a photo too the people who run this site in uk i would think twice as i sent them 50 pounds and a picture of my dead mother special deivery and never got a reading or my money or my mothers photo back.

Hi, I am currently 12th grade in India. I am planning to go to USA or UK to study Physics and Maths (undergraduate.) I need some help with deciding which universities to apply to. I've taken the SAT and my (highest out of two tests) scores are critical reading : 730 (97th Percentile) math...

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 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 extent of the pensions crisis. .

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...