Undergrad Definition and 909 Threads

Well it's time for me to start Collage searching and I was wondering If wanyone knew what the best Undergrad schools for Cosmology and Astronomy are. Thanks Ahead of time

Which is the best undergrad school for one who wants to take research in physics as his carrer? MIT?Princeton?I.I.T? :confused:

I know, I know, I am irritating. I am between physics and CS. So, does anyone know if UAH has a good undergraduate computer science program?

Can anyone tell me when they start teaching you fun physics. Because the first of the three intro courses was sooo boaring...i mean compared to what i see in the other textbooks.

Hello all, I have to decide between UCLA and berkeley for undergrad physics. I would rather go to UCLA for social reasons, but i know berkeley is a great school for physics(im sure UCLA isn't half bad either). My question is how important is the school for undergrad. i know for grad school...

Hey guys, this is my first time posting here (so if there's already a thread about lasers, please direct me there) Does anyone know a good source for the theory of lasers (specifically semiconductor lasers) at a second year undergrad level? I've looked at a number of books including Laser...

Chapter 3 #17 (Krane) The spin-parity of 9Be and 9B are both 3/2-. Assuming in both cases that the spin and parity are characteristic only of the odd nucleon, show how it is possible to obtain the observed spin-parity of 10B(3+). What other spin-parity combinations could also appear? (These...

Can anybody recommend any *interesting* lab experiments suitable for an undergraduate nuclear physics course? Thank you.

I am constructing an undergraduate course that deals with ethics in science, particularly in the field of chemistry. Does anybody have any suggestions on material I should cover, and any good books that are thought provoking enough that ought to be used?