Uk Definition and 377 Threads

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...

hi all ... i don't know if here ie the right forum to post my thread ... but i am really confused and need help ... my question is : whare is better to study at university uk or usa , please mention reasons hope get ur help as soon as possible cheers abc

I am a bit curious about why most of the books published especially about Artificial Life and Artificial Intelligence are mainly from UK...Does that mean they are a little upper than other countries in these fields? Anyone has any ideas ? Thank you, Me-Motifs

http://www.cnn.com/2004/WORLD/europe/09/29/uk.hostage/index.html Look like the terrorists are getting smarter everyday; using innocent people to pressure democratic countries to meet their demand...

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

From; http://www.spacedaily.com/news/spacemedicine-04zb.html

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...

I always wonder how to properly distinguise between the United Kingdom, Great Britain, and England?

http://news.ft.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=FT.com/StoryFT/FullStory&c=StoryFT&cid=1054965885855&p=1012571727085 Gordon Brown once again delays the decision whether to join the Euro and falters over decisions to allow a referendum on the subject. For me, the flexibility allowed by...