Introduce Yourself [Archive] - Advanced Physics Forums

Larne

2004 June 25th, 21:34

Like Michael Snyder, I\'m a long-time IT professional just now going into physics. I have degrees in computer science and have been working as a programmer/manager for 14 years, but I always regretted not going into physics and so two years ago decided to go back to school.

My situation right now is a little weird. I\'ve done quite a lot of studying on my own since then, and even took the GRE last November. I\'m starting Stony Brook\'s \"second bachelors\" program in September, but I\'ve placed out of a number of courses, so I\'m really not sure where on the freshman-senior scale I should be placed!

Long-term my research interest is quantum gravity, and I\'m interested both \"stringy\" and \"loopy\" approaches, as well as others like causal sets (http://physics.syr.edu/~sorkin/causet.program).

Shorter term, as time has allowed, I\'ve been working through John Baez\' (http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/README.html) and Javier Muniain\'s \"Gauge Fields, Knots, and Gravity\" which I\'m enjoying immensely (just recently finished the chapter on rewriting Maxwell\'s equations).

aj3001

2004 June 27th, 09:21

ok, my name is Ant, and I am 15, intrested in physics but obviously my knoledge wont be as good as yours, I will just sorta keep an eye on things around here, leaning from what is writen

Silent Warrior

2004 June 27th, 10:14

i\'m Sohil from toronto...i love astrophysics/cosmology and astronomy...they\'r my hobbies...thinking to get telescope in short time...but i\'m not good with my hobbies...i try go through this site and couple others everyday and try learning some new things...i also love automobile...infact i\'m moderator at conceptcarz.com...my other special hobby would include knowing controversies, human physiognomy, knowing technologies

i\'ve dont my computer science from india and now will be doing mechanical in toronto and will get transfer into Mechatronics...willing to do Nano tech if will have time in future

Anty

2004 July 25th, 16:12

I\'m Anty im 15 and i enjoy reading books on astrophysics, quantum mechanics (more recently) and a bit about the theory of relativity. I\'m proberly younger than most people here (im not @ university nor will i be for 3 years) and dont know nearly as much but the subject interests, so my hobby is reading about it, and now i have come to this forum to learn aswell :D

SplinterIon

2004 July 25th, 16:26

Name: Karthik
Age: 15
Location: Toronto
School: Marc Garneau CI (High school) - Grade 12
Interests: Physics/Videogames/T.V/Reading - need I say more.
Favorite cramming food: Chocolate Chip Cookies

Fernanda

2004 July 30th, 16:01

no introductions in over a month? c\'mon guys...introduce yourselves!

Yevgeny Kats

2004 July 30th, 16:46

Originally posted by Fernanda
no introductions in over a month? c\'mon guys...introduce yourselves!
That\'s not correct. We got known Anty and SplinterIon 5 days ago :)

[Edited on 30/7/04 by Yevgeny Kats]

Boddah

2004 July 30th, 16:50

My name is Barry, I\'m new to this forum and i like it so far. I\'m a junior physics major at the University of Delaware. I think my career goal will be to go into quantum physics. I\'m interested in metaphysics and philosophy as well because I had a really big metaphysical experience. Also i like interdisicplinary approaches to understand reality, pet theories if you will. I\'ve had my own and they worked because I had a metaphysical experience, but I\'d rather not go into it if anyone would ask, it\'s rather personal but yet an integral part of ME. I like my religion, Christianity and I like to read too.

ket

2004 July 30th, 17:06

I\'m Mark, a Canadian undergraduate student.

My research is kind of scattered.

Last summer it was experimental stuff: Excitation of molecules on a copper surface, by polarised UV light. I was the lab monkey. I learned that liquid nitrogen is very fun. :)

This summer it\'s theoretical: Decay of quantum states. I\'m doing the numerical stuff.

Both jobs involved the use of computers and some programming work. I was originally going to get a CompSci+Physics double major, I realised that I didn\'t want to get into advanced computer thingies. I just wanted to use my computer skills for Physics, and I already had enough skills.

Ardeocalidus

2004 July 31st, 01:17

Name: Torin
Age: 14
School: Florida Atlantic University
Research: LENR and Work with Hot fusion using a Farnsworth Fusor
Hobbies: Physics, Mathematics, Acting, Singing.
Favourite Cramming Food: A Sobe No Fear and Plenty of Munchies.

Bella

2004 July 31st, 18:45

Hey I am Bella

My first time here, I am new and honestly dont know anything about science at all, just that I am always curious.

I believe I am a somewhat primitive and simple person, but who said you cant teach an old dog new tricks right?

My hobbies are limited, as I spend all day at work festering away at a computer looking for ways to save my brain from spacing out, hope someone can answer my first two posts!

Sir_Zerp

2004 August 6th, 11:43

Hello Everyone.

Here\'s a link with some photo\'s of myself.

I think it makes it easier to match the writing to the person.

http://gallery.revolutioncomputer.net/

I\'m a non-traditional first year physics student with a very good technical background.

I\'m also listed far above under the name Michael

jchristophm

2004 August 10th, 13:54

Name: Chris Moore

University: Virginia Commonwealth University

Research:
(1) Dry oxygen etching of silicon surfaces, thick oxide film desorption characterization using Scanning Tunneling Microscopy (STM) and Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM).
(2) Self assembled semiconductor quantum dots for spin based all optical and electronic quantum computing, specifically measuring coulomb blockade threshold using Conductive and Tunneling AFM.

What I *really* do: Sit in front of an expensive instrument, fiddle with buttons and nobs, write reports about the fiddling and the results of fiddling. Break expensive instrument, fix expensive instrument. Repeat.

Hobbies: Fouder/Administrator of ilovephysics.com (http://www.ilovephysics.com), a physics portal, community, and blog. BTW, if you would like free ilovephysics.com webmail or your own free ilovephysics.com website, then just click here (http://www.ilovephysics.com). (Shameless Plug :))

gyani

2004 August 10th, 20:27

I\'m Gyani from India.
Completed M.Sc Physics from IIT Madras. Now i\'m preparing for entrance exams to get selected for phd in some reputed Indian Institute.
Hobbies: discuss physics in sites like this one, reading novels, kung fu, designing physics applets, tinkering with my website.

mephistophyles

2004 August 25th, 07:53

My name is Philip
School: International School of Brussels
Age: 16
Favorite Studies: Quantum Mechanics and Anti matter discussions :)
Nationality: Dutch
Location: Belgium

Ryth

2004 September 2nd, 05:21

My name is Andre
I am interested in physics but know allmost nothing really, which is why I joined this site. Hopefully it pays off and I actually learn somthing.

I am 25 years old, and I migrate seasonally from the coast of B.C to the Yukon territories regularly.

Obviously I love to travel and meet new people.

My goal is to either get a degree in electrical and computer engineering or physics. I have not decided yet :tumble:

movingshadow

2004 September 2nd, 15:15

I\'m Zachary
I am the new guy.
Math is logical and logic is relaxing. Thats why I\'m here even though I have no idea what an intergral is :) Still I am going to throw out all kinds of questions :)
Nice forum.
Z

ArielGenesis

2004 September 3rd, 12:31

My name is arian, just a secondary high school student who is about to gratduate. i am just highly interested with quantum physic but not math.

spirit_wasa

2004 September 15th, 22:41

lol arian, you are not going to survive university quantum mechanics without maths... LOL you will get pawned

keebler_giant

2004 September 15th, 23:15

Haha I don\'t know...I\'ve seen quite a few \"quantum philosophy\" crap lately...

Ragnorak

2004 September 16th, 09:19

Doing physics without mathematics is kinda like doing english without an alphabet. You can discuss it all you like, but you\'re not gonna get very far :P

RSAGuy

2004 September 25th, 16:27

Hi

Good. You found me

mail me at: i-am_in_awe@hotmail.com

:beer::beer::beer::beer:

[Edited on 11-21-2004 by RSAGuy]

spirit_wasa

2004 September 26th, 02:59

Hi RSAGuy,

As of yesterday you and I are officially enemies... (im from Brisbane) you stole something that was ours...

LOL neah only kidding im not that die hard afl fan

Space master

2004 November 21st, 10:19

Name-Matthew
School-MCS
Research-Anything that takes my fancy
Hobbies-Science
Favorite cramming food before an exam: pie

Flynnstone

2004 November 21st, 12:27

Prob should introduce myself.

Name: Flynnstone....ur not getting anymore than that ;)

Im Irish

Final year Experimental Physics with Astrophysics .
Currently racking brains trying to write he theory section of a progress report on a finaly yr project into the construction of a wireless air shower array for cosmic rays.

Age: 22

Hobbies: Computers, golf (need to get some excersise somewhere :) ) amature astronomy although its a little neglected at the moment due to exam and project commitments.

Ronnie

2004 November 21st, 16:17

Ronnie
Canadian
17
physics+math+slamdunk-computers
cool_kobe@hotmail.com
:cool:

hungryjoe

2004 December 2nd, 21:39

Hi, I\'m Kevin... just stumbled across this site.

Erm... me....eh... I\'m 21, Scottish and I just finished an MSc in physics last July at the University of Glasgow, Scotland. I\'m now 2 months into my PhD in the department\'s optics group. The groups research interests include holographic optical tweezers, BECs, optical angular momentum (OAM), optical vortices and an interesting form of the uncertainty principle (involving entangled states) amongst others, here\'s the web page if anyone wants to check it out

http://www.physics.gla.ac.uk/Optics/

(sorry... didn\'t mean that to sound like a sales pitch).

My PhD project title is a little vauge right now but will most certainly involve spatial light modulators (SLMs - sort of programmable holograms) optical vortices and OAM.

Fernanda

2004 December 2nd, 21:46

welcome...sounds like neat stuff. What was your MSc on?

hungryjoe

2004 December 2nd, 22:03

it was a pure physics course covering as many topics as possible, numerical methods, thermodynamics, electromagnetism, dynamics & relativity, QM, superconductivity & magnetism, statistical mechanics, nuclear & particle, digital communications, modern optics, semiconductors, solid state and possibly others... I forget... most of it has dribbled out of my ears by now though....

Fernanda

2004 December 3rd, 09:50

no research option then?

hungryjoe

2004 December 3rd, 16:55

not really, there was a small 13 week reserch project in which I looked into iterative methods for generating arbitrary fourier holograms, not really a full on research project though. So this is my first foray into research... hopefully it all goes well.

nmondal

2004 December 4th, 00:45

Originally posted by ArielGenesis
My name is arian, just a secondary high school student who is about to gratduate. i am just highly interested with quantum physic but not math.

This is Noga.
I am a Comp Eng.
Working.
Hobbies include any theoritical stuff, and very weak at puzzle solving.

For Arian, QM is something that nobody understands, it is there as it is. People only canculate and reason. So, if u r not interested in math, so be it. Just memorize, it will do! :spin:

snowfinite

2005 January 8th, 20:28

Once upon a time...there was a girl...and she got bored with trying to dissuade her friend from trying to prove the Riemann Hypothesis without having a clue...

Hold on, let me skip to the interesting part. I\'m a 13-year-old Martian who found her old home appalling and decided to hop here to learn things. Her old home was a place where everyone spent 97.8% of the time calling each other crackpots...probably because most of them were...

But that was two months ago. This forum doesn\'t look as depressing, especially with the founder showing off the lovely Tux in his or her [if you are a transvestite or hermaphrodite, I\'m sorry] avatar. I have hope.

What?! Stop staring at me like I\'m a @@@@ alien! All the other physics forums I\'ve been to never made me feel like an outcast! Gosh, you\'re such an idiot! < /napoleon dynamite >

You said this was a place to introduce yourselves! And I tried!

Just because I\'m incompetent in maths doesn\'t mean I\'m unwelcome...

/me curls in a corner and starts sniffing

I wish lethe was here so he can protect me from all of these strange faces with his canary powers [tm].

Well, anyway.../me sniffs...have a good day...

I feel like Emeril Lagasse put me through a shredder. Is it normal to overabuse ellipses and cry from not being in college your first time here? Is it just me or am I shrinking...?

[Edited on 1-9-2005 by snowfinite]

[Edited on 9-1-2005 by Astrophysics]

Yasha

2005 January 9th, 09:20

welcome snowfinite, although you didn\'t really introduce yourself you did manage to confuse me...anyway, please do read the board rules before you post and start cursing.

anyway, maybe you could tells something about yourself this time instead of writing gibberish :)

snowfinite

2005 January 31st, 21:01

It\'s not gibberish, it\'s the same everywhere: in a physics forum, do not employ rules learnt from English class, such as SDT. People simply don\'t get imagery, or metaphors. Also, I never read forum rules because generally I am well-behaved; my posts are rarely modified. While most of the forums I visit tolerate swearing, this one doesn\'t, and I apologize for being an offender.

I haven\'t visited this place in a very long while. This is due to a lot of c/w from English class, and a Spanish movie my friends and I are filming. I suppose you want a much more straightforward introduction. My attempt to be creative has failed on the note that it didn\'t make sense. Let me try again.

I go by a lot of names, but here, I guess I\'m snowfie. I like eating ice cream and chewing on Kleenex tissue, and talking about my nonexistent hamster. I turned 14 recently, so that 13 thing is obsolete. My favorite color[s] is[are]... lavender, light aqua green, or silver. I strongly dislike fads, particularly those like \"I\'m going to code an OS today!\"

I moved here because I decided my old forums were filled with crackpottery, and wonder if this forum is the same. While this a cynical approach to things, I do hope I gain something from being a member here. I can\'t really contribute, but I can... er, try to learn something, as... so alien that sounds..........

[Learning? That\'s amazing! I haven\'t learned anything in ten years!]

Sir_Zerp

2005 January 31st, 23:12

snowfinite I like anybody who makes me look sane.

keebler_giant

2005 January 31st, 23:26

anyway, maybe you could tells something about yourself this time instead of writing gibberish :)

Ah, I think the gibberish revealed quite alot.

kghose

2005 February 1st, 14:56

Originally posted by snowfinite
It\'s not gibberish, it\'s the same everywhere: in a physics forum, do not employ rules learnt from English class, such as SDT. People simply don\'t get imagery, or metaphors.

Hmmm, I wonder how you\'d take it if posters, who were well versed in physics and math, started to use obscure references to little known theorems and lemmas in the middle of what they were saying?

One of the skills of communication is to speak the same language...

When I think people are being obscure... well at best, I think they are being lazy, at worst I think they are saying nothing, but not admitting it.

-kg

PS. Since I haven\'t introduced myself:

I\'m Kaushik (\"koushik\") from the Univ. of Maryland, I study Neuroscience and Cognitive Science, I study echolocating bats, some animations of my data are here http://www.glue.umd.edu/~kghose/#animations.

[Edited on 2-1-2005 by kghose]

snowfinite

2005 February 1st, 17:44

What would I do?

I\'d Google it.

I don\'t expect physicists to stoop down to my level when talking about their subject. If it\'s above my head, it\'s above my head. I admit it and either give it a few years, or research it myself.

I think what you\'re trying to say here is that those people making obscure references are generally arrogant people. While this is not true, it has a better correlation than laziness. At least, most of the people who seem to make things more complicated than it seemed were like that. But maybe the people you have met are radically different than those that I have met.

Think about this: who\'s the lazy one here? If you don\'t understand it, you never will unless you try to. And don\'t expect spoonfeeding. Most people are too busy to do that.

Learn it yourself.

PS: Studying bats? That\'s awesome! =D

kghose

2005 February 2nd, 11:11

Originally posted by snowfinite
What would I do?
I\'d Google it.

I don\'t expect physicists to stoop down to my level when talking about their subject. If it\'s above my head, it\'s above my head. I admit it and either give it a few years, or research it myself.

I think what you\'re trying to say here is that those people making obscure references are generally arrogant people. While this is not true, it has a better correlation than laziness. At least, most of the people who seem to make things more complicated than it seemed were like that. But maybe the people you have met are radically different than those that I have met.

Think about this: who\'s the lazy one here? If you don\'t understand it, you never will unless you try to. And don\'t expect spoonfeeding. Most people are too busy to do that.

Learn it yourself.

The more common two minds are, the briefer the communication between them, because only a few things need to be said to convey the message. The more disalike the minds are the longer it takes to get the message across. If you want to convey a message you should make the effort to make it comprehensible.

If you go back to your original post and the replies it generated maybe you should ask yourself

1) What was I conveying ?
2) Did I convey it well ?
3) Since it was some personal feeling I was conveying (trying to introduce myself) did I really expect people to \"google it\" ?
4) What did I mean by the sweeping statement
It\'s not gibberish, it\'s the same everywhere: in a physics forum, do not employ rules learnt from English class, such as SDT. People simply don\'t get imagery, or metaphors.
and how I plan to make friends and influence people this way.

I will stop now.

PS: Studying bats? That\'s awesome! =D
Yes it is a lot of fun. Active senses in general are very interesting,but then we should go to a neuroethology forum:lol:

snowfinite

2005 February 2nd, 18:59

1) What I was trying to convey is up to the reader to decide.
2) If it\'s flexible, it may or may not be conveyed well, depending on the reader.
3) No.
4) I meant exactly what I meant.

I don\'t plan to make friends or influence people. If I happen to do one or the other or both, that\'s great.

See, the problem with some people is that they think everything has a definite answer. And some things just don\'t. I prefer to keep my posts open-ended. A different feeling for separate readers. Instead of being clear, I was trying to be vague so people can take it different ways. That was the whole point.

On things that cannot be disputed, such as established mathematical fact, being vague only gets you labeled as not understanding the material yourself, or lacking poor explanation skills. As my introduction post contained nothing of that sort, I thought it was otay to be vague.

Did I expect them to \"google it\"? No. Like you said, it wasn\'t fact, so they weren\'t in the position to. I knew you would ask me that, so I let it be, to show to you that your analogy with physicists talking about physics was not valid in this situation.

Physics and English have separate qualities. If a physicist was talking about physics, I could easily \"google that\", but if an English professor was talking about English, \"googling\" won\'t get me very far. Simply because of the difference in fact and interpretation.

Your comments about the speed to convey things was very accurate; I agree completely. However, again, this is not what I\'m talking about. First of all, I don\'t know whose minds I\'m common to. As far as I know, I was labeled as an INTP, but that doesn\'t guarantee that all INTPs think like I do.

Secondly, I have no obligation to make my posts clear if I was not explicitly explaining something or talking to anyone in particular. If I was doing that, I would make sure the receiver understood precisely what I said to avoid confusion. Otherwise, you\'d be wasting the person\'s time, which is stupid.

Thirdly, my post was intentionally abstract. I stand by that firmly and do not intend to change it. Why didn\'t I just go with the traditional \"age name occupation location spouse interest\" list? Because I like to do things as interestingly as possible, and, as a reader, to read some of that listing is boring. Since I\'ve experienced that myself, I don\'t want other readers to be bored as much as they are, so I try something new: something they might enjoy reading. Enjoy, here, means feeling something other than blank understanding - whether it be amusement, derision, frustration, eye-raising, or anger.

I\'m done here as well. This is degenerating into nothing. I need to finish a post-lab.

You should talk to one of my best friends, Alix. She is a big animal lover and she\'d love to hear about your studies - and learn from you. Which reminds me: we have an imminent speech meet coming up, and she\'s my improv duo partner. Our team name is \"Batlix Tinuviel\", Batlix being Alix\'s pet name when she was a kid, and Tinuviel being Luthien Tinuviel\'s name, from The Silmarillion.

Sidis

2005 February 4th, 18:26

Hello!!

My name: Sebastian Grjalva
Age: 18
Majors : Physics B.Sc, Mathematics B.Sc. (Freshman)
College: USFQ, in Ecuador.

Interests: Quantum Physics, Classical Mechanics, Theoretical Physics Topics.
Hobbies: Drawing, Playing guitar, Music.

Hope to get involved in this community.

Saludos!

Fernanda

2005 February 4th, 20:41

saludos!

iamlucky13

2005 February 5th, 04:18

Name: James
Age: 22
Major: Mechanical Engineering (gasp!)
College: University of Portland
Interests: astrophysics, astronomy, and relativity
Hobbies: Soccer, mountain biking, guitar, reading, and looking at those bright dots in the night sky as they orbit the earth (just kidding).

I may be an engineer at heart, but I really want to learn physics, for my own edification if for nothing else. I figure I can pick up some good bits and pieces here. I\'ll try not to ask too many dumb questions and mostly learn by keeping silent. I googled for physics forums, and among the results, this seemed to be have the best discussion, so here I am.

polyb

2005 February 19th, 22:33

Oooh! I missed this thread and posted my own on the forum. Sorry!

Anyway, just another mis-guided student of physics on the long haul in search of an elusive means to obtain a doctorate without the terrible hardship suffered from UG work. Got any ideas?

Current theoretical interests are in complex theory or chaos. I have a lot more to learn truthfully and I am interested in just about everything! Ahh, the spirit is strong but the limitations dictate I specialize. Oh well, must keep plugging and chugging so I am off to open another guiness! :P

Oh yeah, HELLO EVERYONE! :cool:

[Edited on 2-20-2005 by polyb]

Fernanda

2005 February 20th, 01:38

cool! welcome always! UG? University of Geogia? Anyhow, if your SPS group would like their own forum I can host it here.

Guiness huh? Not a bad choice...:beer:

polyb

2005 February 20th, 10:16

UG stands for UnderGraduate. I did my work at UCF, where parking is a pleasure and survivng was a pain!:puzzled:

Presently I am not in school but I will pass along this site to all I know!

Where in FloriDUH are you located Fernanda?

Fernanda

2005 February 20th, 12:43

we fondly call it FIWho...FIU. Its a great business/education/engineering school. but no one in Physics world ever heard of it. Gell-Mann is our resident scholar that resides in California :grin: And even the Dalai Lama came to visit, whatever that means...

[Edited on 2-20-2005 by Fernanda]

polyb

2005 February 20th, 14:36

Originally posted by Fernanda
we fondly call it FIWho...FIU. Its a great business/education/engineering school. but no one in Physics world ever heard of it. Gell-Mann is our resident scholar that resides in California :grin: And even the Dalai Lama came to visit, whatever that means...

[Edited on 2-20-2005 by Fernanda]

I\'d like to hang out with the dali lama, perhaps just to discuss the strangeness of it all and maybe slam a few beers!:lol: OK, maybe tea!

F..I...Who????:fresh::puzzled::fresh:

So you are down in Meeee-ami? So you started this site out of the sheer inspiration for physics or what? Are you studying physics? What are your aspirations?

Hey at least your not at U Can\'t Finish;or Ur Certainly F***ked;or University of Commutting Fools; U can\'t Fail; I\'ve got a million of\'m for that school.:wall:

Fernanda

2005 March 2nd, 14:52

bump...no new introductions?

marlon

2005 March 2nd, 17:16

Hi, i am marlon (not my real name) , 25 years old, male, very good looking and i studied physics at the university of Ghent in Belgium. I majored in theoretical physics and my master thesis was on asymptotic freedom and quark confinement. Soon i will start my phd at IMEC in Leuven, Belgium on ab initio calculations for nanotechnology purposes. My applications has just been approved

regards
marlon

jason_c

2005 March 29th, 11:52

Name: this one
Age: 22
School: University of Texas
Major: B.S. Physics
Interests: Particle Physics, High Energy Physics, Field Theory, etc
Hobbies: sometimes watch anime, video games but hardly find ones that excite me anymore
Favorite Cramming Food: none, I hate eating

Unfortunately we have no theoretical physics major : (

Did any of you have an upper division physics class that didn\'t define it\'s objectives very well? The professor seemed lazy. So you ended up getting lots of surprises on the exam, and felt like your task was mind reading more than anything else?

Fernanda

2005 March 29th, 19:14

congrats marlon on your PhD acceptance!

jason, I\'ve had plenty a professor that was unclear. I specially hate those that give you the feeling that either you should get his class or get out of Physics altogether.

AntonVrba

2005 March 30th, 07:00

If you look to the left you have my name in full.

My primary hobby is too make people think and not accept what is said. Two yes\'es can still be wrong. This challange is not always liked, this I have already experienced on this site, but when I put a challange out I hope I will not forget to start with \"In my opinion ....\"

Physics is a nice hobby, my profession electrical engineer. Live in Abu Dhabi, boring city hence I train my mind in trying to understand particle and quantum physics as well as unification theories. In my opinion the deeper one looks the bigger the assumptions and more outrages the models- I can only smile at strings they will not tie anything.

the picture on the left, found it on the hubble site - a mini bang, I have been most inspired by that picture.

Have fun and do not let any one bug you, specially not me

[Edited on 3-30-2005 by AntonVrba]

Mehring

2005 March 31st, 18:42

Hi,

I just realized that although I\'ve been visiting this forum for several months now, I haven\'t yet introduced myself. Sorry about that.

My name is David, I\'m a third year undergrad and 24 years old. I live in Sweden, as you can see to the left. As most of you surely, I\'m very interested in physics, especially theoretical physics. I would very much like to become a graduate student doing research in some area of that kind. So far, I think I liked the courses in quantum mechanics best, in particular stuff like quantum teleportation and quantum cryptography. But I haven\'t taken any courses in relativistic QM and QFT yet, so I don\'t know really where I\'ll end up.
For hobbies, I really like music. I studied it for some time and I still play some instruments with varying success. Also like listening to music and going to concerts of different kinds. And of course partying and hanging out with friends.

I also must say that I really like this forum. Both for that I can get answers to things I\'ve been wondering about for some time and, perhaps most important, seing what other people with a serious intrest are concerned about. It\'s a great thing that you\'re spending time and effort making this possible, all you administrators and founders and regular contributers!

//Mehring

Fernanda

2005 March 31st, 20:41

welcome! and thank you :grin:

shingo

2005 March 31st, 21:26

Hi, guys.

Name:Shingo
University:Tokyo University of Science
Undergraduate
Born in: Japan
Hobby:Music and Literature(I love Dostoyevsky!)
Research interests:Quantum Information
Current reading: Nielsen\'s QCQI. Landau\'s QM and Stat mech.

If u r interested in Japan, plz ask me, anything OK!（・∀・）

Fernanda

2005 March 31st, 22:13

wow...I should get a hack that lets people put little flags of their country of origin. Welcome Japan!

Kander

2005 April 1st, 00:31

Name: Kyle
Age: 21
School: Temple University (Philadelphia!)
Major: Physics/Mathematics
Interests: QFT, nucleon spin structure, particle astrophysics
Hobbies: live music
Favorite Cramming Food: triple-shot mochas

Yasha

2005 April 1st, 11:35

Originally posted by Fernanda
wow...I should get a hack that lets people put little flags of their country of origin.

Hey! that\'s a pretty good idea.
btw sorry for not being able to post any news lately, I\'ve been extremely busy these last couple of months

Fernanda

2005 April 1st, 13:09

welcome back News-boy! :spin:

Yasha

2005 April 3rd, 07:52

thanks, it\'s good to be back =)

Christ

2005 April 7th, 17:33

Hello there,

i\'m new here and get a chance to introduce myself. My name is Chris and I am an undergraduate civil engineering student at FIU. I will be transfering soon to either Purdue U., Univ. of Florida or Virginia Tech (admitted to them, but haven\'t made my mind yet). I have special interest in statics and classical mechanics, and began exploring a little bit of quantum lately.

Other interests: Playing Mandolin

Its nice to find a site like this one.

:coffee:

[Edited on 4-7-2005 by Christ]

[Edited on 4-7-2005 by Christ]

Fernanda

2005 April 7th, 18:01

fellow from FIU!

you fearless founder hails from there :)

keebler_giant

2005 April 10th, 03:37

I will be transfering soon to either Purdue U., Univ. of Florida or Virginia Tech (admitted to them, but haven\'t made my mind yet).

Nice...when I go off to college (away from home...my classes at AACC and UMBC don\'t count) I want to go to Virginia tech...I hope I\'ll get admitted, although my grades aren\'t that good...

Yasha

2005 April 21st, 09:54

don\'t worry, grades don\'t say anything, it\'s all about the creative mind

Vagelford

2005 April 21st, 11:52

Hi, I\'m George. I\'m a graduate student in Astrophysics. I\'m from Greece and I\'m studying at the national university of Athens. This is a very nice forum you have here.

The Eternal Triangle

2005 April 28th, 07:18

Originally posted by The Eternal Triangle
Name: Ana
School: Massey University way down in New Zealand

i\'m an undergraduate majoring in physics and math and i\'m in my final year

Interests: experimental particle physics, condensed matter physics, the whole unified theory thing

Hobbies: listening to music (favorite bands include the smashing pumpkins, the sisters of mercy, bauhaus, joy division, bjork), playing music (guitar, piano) though i havent had the time for most of university :( ), skiing, cuddling my cat, currently i\'m working on a comic with a friend, yea, so lots of stuff

Favorite cramming food: sunflower seeds, salted and roasted in their shells.

i should really stop procrastinating and finish my report on bose-einstein condensation. i\'ve got finals starting wednesday
:o

I haven\'t posted in ages and I feel this needs an update.

I finished my BSc and I am now doing a masters in physics at Otago University (also in NZ, even further south now! It\'s freezing here!!). I\'m doing experimental Bose-Einstein condensation. Yay. The group here are building a new BEC machine, and through a crazy mishap, a large ceramic snowman arrived in the mail instead of a key piece of equipment. The snowman belongs to a woman in Milwaukee. FedEx is still sorting it out...

Fernanda

2005 April 28th, 13:03

hahahaha did she get your BEC apparatus?

ellr2609

2005 April 29th, 12:05

Name:ellr2609
Job: medical doctor (medical microbiology) ( the dark side)
Research: ultrasonic standing waves in cell manipulation, response of bacteria to electric fields, aerosolisation of bacterial suspensions
Hobbies: lots but mainly gardening (you can guess my age group!)
Location: UK
Looking to this forum for fresh ideas in applied physics to cell biology, in particular microbiology and also to answer some perplexing questions I have.
Stopped taking exams a long time ago ( thankfully)

[Edited on 29-4-2005 by ellr2609]

Fernanda

2005 April 30th, 03:28

wow, a Dr. of the flesh kind ;) Microbiology fascinates me, and I\'m sure many here.

you should start a thread about your Aerosolisation of Bacterial Suspensions research. That sounds like bug spray, but I\'m sure it\'s MUCH more sophisticated than that. lol

lolhypocrisy

2005 April 30th, 12:07

I was hesitant to post in this thread, because I expect age-prejudiced remarks.

I\'m a 16 year old junior in high school from Wisconsin. I plan on going to UW-Madison for a double major in some sort of physics/math. I am very interested in physics, mostly in extreme aspects (astro and quantum) and I hope I can learn/contribute some on these boards.

ilphis

2005 May 27th, 21:39

:yes:name: Ilya
born in: Belarus (former U.S.S.R.)
current location: United States
subjects: Physics, Mathematics
hobbies: chess, reading
fav. cramming food/drink before an exam: chocolate chips with a cappucino:coffee:

cubed

2005 May 28th, 23:53

Name: Alexander
Hobbies: Biking, Reading and studieng.
School: RBPS
food of choice: spaghetti

[Edited on 5-29-2005 by cubed]

BoxedEXE

2005 May 31st, 04:19

Name- Masoud Zargar
Age- 14
School- O\'Neill High School
Place of Birth- Iran
Current Location- Canada
Research- Currently working on a theory (following with many theories) and a mathematical model (formula) that involves photons, gravitation, energy, and basically the cosmos.
Hobbies- Learning about the universe, mathematics, physics (all types of physics, including nuclear physics), chemistry (all types of chemistry, including nuclear chemistry, astronomy (involving astrophysics), programming, designing, drawing, chess, and browsing \"Advanced Physics Forums.\"

Yasha

2005 June 3rd, 06:07

I would like to welcome all you new members :tumble:

Docalex007

2005 June 22nd, 13:16

Hello fellow philosophers and curious minds out there.

Name: Alex
School: FH Aachen (IST program)
Location: Germany
Previous residence: North Carolina, USA

major: applied physics with some aerospace technology.

Bryn

2005 June 22nd, 15:38

Hello

Name: Bryn
School:(as of september 05 and dependant on A level results) RHUL
things i do: physics, i cant quite decide what exact area to go in to, but i suspect partical phys, and lots and lots of thinking, maniplating balls of fire set on the ends of sticks.
Place of birth: UK
current place of being:Uk
cant think of any more, but maybe i will let you know as it makes its self apparent to me.

Xanadu

2005 June 26th, 21:10

I\'m Alex, I\'m 13 going to HDC in Calgary, I\'m currently studying quantum/particle physics and the theories of relativaty, and my favourite formula is e=(1-(a/(cb)))m*c^2 :wink:

nmondal

2005 June 27th, 01:53

Welcome all out under-age members, on the bahalf of the moderators....:lol:

Aphid

2005 July 9th, 15:17

Hi, I\'m Aphid. I\'m not actually a physicist but am writing fiction about extreme physics and such and am interested in keeping major plot points theoretically possible. I like quarks, strange matter, black holes, space warps, membrane theory, and cheese. All these things I hope to have in my story (including cheese) and I came to this forum so I could check my ideas for accuracy, and possibly find some new ones. I look forward to an enjoyable future at this forum, and a reputation as a lurking b*st*rd. Cheers!

Fernanda

2005 July 9th, 22:30

Welcome!

A writer for real or a hopeful writer? Cause I have tons of plots, just nothing beyond page two :p

Aphid

2005 July 10th, 04:10

Yeah, a writer for real -- but unfortunately also an accomplished procrastinator :wall:. Still, I finished a story a few years ago (under a fake name) called \"Problem\" that got published online by Cafe Irreal. Here\'s the link in case anyone\'s interested:

http://home.sprynet.com/~awhit/kehl.htm

Problem\'s not meant to be scientifically accurate; the story that is is called \"Fractal\", and I\'m planning/sort-of writing it now. It\'s about parallel universes, higher dimensions and the instability of the space-time continuum. I\'m trying to base it on real science, a bit like Fantasia Mathematica\'s short fiction.

You\'ve got tons of plots, you say -- that\'s great! I\'d love to hear about them.

[Edited on 7-10-2005 by Aphid]

Parseval

2005 July 10th, 05:09

I guess I\'ll introduce myself, Name is Max, finishing my degree (B.S.) in

[Edited on 7-10-2005 by Parseval]

[Edited on 7-13-2005 by Parseval]

nmondal

2005 July 10th, 10:50

Parseval, money matters most. Then comes the fame...
Cheer up!
:beer:
And sorry for the *smalll...* thing... :P

midgetsy

2005 July 25th, 19:02

Name: Julian Sy
Town: Edison, NJ
Age: 14
Grade: 9th
School: John P. Stevens High School

I play saxophone, clarinet, and piano, saxophone being my top instrument. I\'m what you might call a band geek (or a band fag, which my \"sister\" called me). I\'m good enough to be good <--lol.

I\'m also a computer geek, although not as much as before.

Anything else you need? Just IM me via aim, or email me.

mayanknagory

2005 August 9th, 09:33

Name: Mayank Nagory
School: Pune University
Research: Impurity of Xray Spectra

Blueshawk

2005 August 9th, 16:04

Hello My real name is Jeremy

I am starting my 4th year, have 5 planned, at UW-Green Bay.

Majors: ACS certified Chemistry, and Mathematics
Minors: Physics, and Environmental Science

Research: Using Ultrasound techniques applied to solutions of CdSe quantum dots to reduce the size of the dots. Also studying the quenching effects of Ar and Air when applied to the CdSe dots. Used UV absorbance and flouresence emmision spectra to determine results.

i will also be doing more research the next two years with quantum dots, though I do not know the exacts yet. I would like to concentrate the dots, and apply coatings, such as ZnS, to the dots to help them maintiain their different sizes.

I hope to apply some of my reasearch to solar cells to help make them more efficient at the electron transfer process.

Hobbies: Computers(i want to create a supercomputer through grid networking), gaming, listening to Blues, Jazz, Blues-Rock,..reading, playing with my Border Collie, and sleeping

I also enjoy Wine, especially Pinot Noir and Pinot Grigio, as well as Canadian Whiskey...though I do not endulge all too often

My favorite musicians: Frank Zappa, Johnny Winter, Joanna Connor, and Duke Robillard.

Favorite Cramming Food: None,, I do not like to stuff myself before an exam...makes it hard to get to sleep...and sore stomach does not help exam... Though I do cram food after...Such as General Tso\'s Chicken...mmmmm....or a nice drink of wine :)

[Edited on 8-9-2005 by Blueshawk]

Tracy

2005 August 9th, 17:47

Tracy

Several colleges, Some EE, Some Physics and chemestry. Never could figure out what I wanted to be when I grew up!

Old man on this forum at 43

Hobbies: Radiology, math, physics, electronics, amature radio, Homebrew lucas cells for radon measurement, MSU Master Gardener, Large releases of energy!:cool:

FEMA Radilogical first responder, IS-003 and IS-301

Jobs: Servo repair, robot and laser welder repair, traffic electrician, Currently a high voltage lineman.

Married with 2 microgeeks ages 4 and 6.

Like cooking all kinds of goodies.

http://www.albert-cordova.com

[Edited on 8-9-2005 by Tracy]

James Sullivan

2005 August 11th, 09:34

Hi All,

I\'m James Sullivan, I\'m 29, I work as a Project Manager setting up e-commerce stuff with the banks in the UK.

I\'m not formally educated in the arena of physics but basically I took some time out from my career to learn...... anything and everything that I could.

As a result, my favourite topics are physics, philosophy, general systems theory & cybernetics, the physical environment (the planetary eco-system, biomes etc), and in particular the age old question of substance.

I\'m one of those people for whom the expression \"a little knowledge is a dangerous thing\" is often applied: \"The generalist.\"

I like Carlsberg Export, mountain biking, yoga, travelling (favourite country is Iceland - hardly any crime), and a good debate.

My favourite musicians are Faithless (\"Crazy English Summer\"), The Crystal Method (\"Wide Open\"), and Delerium (\"Window To The Soul\").

I like humanity but don\'t like our overall direction as a species, and consider it to be founded on ignorance, stupidity, and the absence of love (no I\'m not a hippy by the way).

[Edited on 8-11-2005 by James Sullivan]

Yasha

2005 August 18th, 16:37

To those of you who I haven\'t met yet: Greetings and welcome =)
And to those of you who I\'ve already met: I\'m back =) (been extremely busy, sorry)

Blueshawk

2005 August 26th, 16:59

I have a question for Astrophysics....Since I see your name all the time I figure you\'re quite knowledgable.

I am doing research with Quantum Dots,, as I said in my introduction.

Do you know where I can find good info on coating CdSe dots with ZnS?????

Thanks...

Yasha

2005 September 21st, 14:08

Originally posted by Blueshawk
I have a question for Astrophysics....Since I see your name all the time I figure you\'re quite knowledgable.

I am doing research with Quantum Dots,, as I said in my introduction.

Do you know where I can find good info on coating CdSe dots with ZnS?????

Thanks...

Sorry to disappoint you, but I think you know more about that subject than I do.

And may I advice you to send me U2U next time you need to ask ME a question (and not anyone in general), because I don\'t read all posts. :type:

[Edited on 22-9-2005 by Astrophysics]

_mark_

2005 September 22nd, 05:00

Hey, I\'m Mark I go to The University of Birmingham in the UK. I\'m on a Theoretical Physics M.Sci at the moment and plan to take a Ph.D in applied mathematics, probably something wibbly wobbly and fluid like.

Hobbies, erm, I\'d have to say playin pool and darts, oh and nosing around on various boards in a vain attempt to be useful.

I don\'t tend to cram, but I will sit with a few beers relaxing the night before an exam.

ArmyNukePhys

2005 September 22nd, 13:57

Name: Andrew
School: West Point
Degree: Physics (Major); Nuclear Engineering (Minor)
Occupation: I currently do satellite communications together with IT and networking.
Hobbies: Sports, Biking, Reading
Goals: Phd in Nuclear Engineering from MIT

Yipskee

2005 September 24th, 22:12

Name: Allison
Age: 15
Interests/Hobbies: Physics (especially particle and theoretical physics), reading (Harry Potter, Brave New World, Picture of Dorian Gray, George Orwell), listening to Queen, bouncing on my trampoline, and going to school and learning :D
Favorite Cram Food: I don\'t much like food. Sometimes I wish I could photosynthesize.

kublai

2005 September 25th, 03:50

Welcome Yipskee/Allison,

When I was about 12 I wished that I had a zipper in my stomach so I could just open it, throw in a handful of food and zip it back up! Ten seconds seemed about all the time I wanted to waste on the process and customs of eating!:tumble:

bigsakurai

2005 September 25th, 04:29

Hello everyone!
I\'ve been lurking for a while, i think it\'s time to show me :beer: .
I\'m a physics student, will get my bachelor next year.
I like most Quantum and Classical Mechanics, know rather nothing about GR.

Bye and see you around!

Yasha

2005 September 25th, 14:13

Welcome everyone!

Fernanda

2005 September 25th, 19:46

Go Army. I was in the National Guard. helped me pay for my BS in Physics. I was a muscian and my additional duties where playing at funerals, specially here is South Florida with all the WWII vets.

Hubby did 24 years in the Army.

Go Army!!!! :)

neverknight

2005 September 26th, 12:35

Greetings :-)

Real Name: Aaron, though most spell it Aron or Erin.
Alias: Neverknight
Education: High School Physics book found in a closet.
Hobbies: Reading, writing, figuring out the most complex ways to solve the simplest problems, trying to learn things I will never understand, letting my 26 inch ball python lay around my neck, figure out and build different electrical circuits, walking alone in the woods at nite to better understand the world when I can\'t see it. There are many amazing sounds that you will never notice till you do this.

I have not had the best of educations, but hope that I will one day rise to the level of intelligence that you people have. When that day comes I will sit beside you and raise my glass high in thanks of all your posts that helped me on the way.

The future will come, but you must wait. When it gets here we must all debate the questions and theorys of days gone bye, when times were easier and in our dreams we could fly. Now that we all know so much more, we find things are true that once were lore. but to this stuggle, that will not be the end for more will come, and our work they will append.

Ok it was just a spur of the moment thing. Fogive me.

Brinx

2005 September 26th, 13:09

Hm, I suppose I\'d better finally take the opportunity to introducy myself too. In daily life I\'m known as Christiaan, and I\'m currently writing the last pages of the draft version of my master\'s thesis. I\'ve been doing aerospace engineering at the Delft university of technology (here in the Netherlands) for the past years, and I\'ve made an effort to specialise myself in astrodynamics and satellite systems.

A list of personal interests includes biology, drumming, physics, debate, good food, mathematics, astronomy, philosophy, reading in general and enjoying the company of friends - who often share my odd, but thankfully fairly benign sense of humour.

I like forums such as this one because of the many different ideas and questions they present, as well as the opportunity to learn of many new concepts and approaches in physics. Plus they provide some solid discussions now and again, which are always healthy for my sense of perspective!

Fernanda

2005 November 18th, 15:52

Introduce yourself here :D

SUBMarcos

2005 November 30th, 02:30

Hello ladies and gentlemen, it is a priviledge to be amember of this community.

I did my undergraduate Physics studies at the Colorado State University in Pueblo as a foreign Mexican student. I got to be a professional racquetball player before turning into a Physicist. It was not bad at all to leave sports to study Physics because as now it is the thing I like the most. I racewalk now but just as a hobbie.

In my undergraduate thesis I attempted to propose a model for the treatment of the trigeminal neuralgia utilizing stereotactic radiosurgey (gamma knife.)

My interests are in Medical Physics, Stereotactic Radiosurgery and nuclear medicine. I am getting very interested as well in the so call Theory of Everything (TOE) and string theory.

I am currently preparing for the GRE to become a student of the Todai (Tokyo University). Also attempting to get as much Nihongo as I can before attending there.

Cheers to all

Fernanda

2005 December 5th, 20:41

Do they speak English at that university in Tokyo? How will you manage? Sounds neat tho

xmavidis

2006 January 2nd, 13:17

Hello everyone!
My name is Harry and I am from Greece. I am a High school student.
I like to "play" with computers, math and physics.

Fernanda

2006 January 2nd, 15:33

Welcome!! High School is just fine...but you have to be THIS TALL------->
to ride :D

hehhe

xmavidis

2006 January 3rd, 02:56

It doesn't matter how tall I am. :cool:
Brain matters :eureka: :singing:

rsgill

2006 January 3rd, 03:35

Hello Everyone

I am an undergrad at University of British Columbia and I am finishing my fourth year in Astrophysics (Hons.). Soon, I'll be writing my thesis. YaaaY !!

I find it interesting surfing through this forum and reading many interesting questions that people ask every couple of days.

Over the last three and a half years, I have taken many physics and astronomy courses and I have developed a liking for High energy astrophysics, General relativity, Cosmology, and Quantum Mechanics.

Thank You.

Axe

2006 January 10th, 07:14

Hello, I'm Axe. My web-life the last 4 years (undergraduate years) has been limited to this name at tfarchive.com. I've been watching Professor Walter Lewin's excellent open lectures these days (http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Physics/8-02Electricity-and-MagnetismSpring2002/CourseHome/index.htm), and I registered here since a few questions popped up.

Oh, I've just got my undergraduate degree in Applied Mathematics with a Applied Solid State Physics minor, and I've been exploring math avenues.

Fernanda

2006 January 10th, 11:23

Welcome! Just dont give us the "axe" :p

Some here would argue that Applied Math is really just Physics ;) hehe Actually, do you like that show Numb3rs ? I think it's great...

JOOBIE

2006 January 22nd, 15:43

Hello everyone. My name is Mario. Started studying physics in FIU. Currently a Junior, but I havent been to school in six years due to some road blocks. I plan to return to FIU wihtin a year to finish my physics degree. I cant wait! I see Fernanda (founder) is from FIU as well. Give me some tips:wink1: . Well gotta go.....laterz

Fernanda

2006 January 22nd, 17:57

Hey Joobie!

as we folks from FIU like to kid...we come from FI-WHO? hehe

Finish up...get yourself into a lab to get some experience. the Nuclear mafia- er, lab, is the biggest. Work for Dr. Boeglin, Markowitz or Dr. Raue. They have the best projects. Dr. Li with the nanotubes is also cool. Let me know if you want to know about any courses...but they've changed since I took my undergrad courses.

Gochen

2006 January 24th, 03:54

Im an undergrad Elec engr at UCLA -> therein summarizes two of my biggest mistakes.

I've had some research experience in a materials lab - I loved it but came away disenchanted with myself since practically all my theoretical proposals were shot down.

Fernanda

2006 January 24th, 10:54

hehehe

Can you transfer to Physics at UCLA? It's worth it... :D they wont shoot you down there :p

Gochen

2006 January 24th, 22:36

ha ha very funny.
Sarcasm apart, I think I am too far into EE to switch now...perhaps in grad school if they let me in.

Fernanda

2006 January 24th, 23:37

they will, speciallly condensed matter folk

Prof. Frink

2006 January 25th, 01:04

Name: Eric Levy
Country: Canada eh?
Occupation: Physics prof
Research: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Hobbies: simpsons and reading this site!
Cramming foods: Back in Uni I ate POUNDS of pancakes

Fernanda

2006 January 25th, 01:42

hmmmm pancake... darn it! it's 1245am and I'm thinking of pancakes! lol

Retsia

2006 January 25th, 21:28

Zdrasvuite!

I was born in Bulgaria, a small, but beautiful country. My name is Piotr Todorov...named after my Russian grandfather, which makes me half Russian and half Bulgarian. I lived in Bulgaria for twelve years, which was, pretty much a long time ago.

Currently I am a U.S. citizen and live in the US, enjoying every moment of it.

I am interested in theoretical physics, cosmology, particle physics, extragalactic astronomy, astronautics, and writing. Yes...you guessed...both a scientist and a writer (I write poetry, short stories, and novels...the whole package).

The physics came before the writing, however. This elevates it above writing, I guess. I was about six years old when physics really conquered my brain. I would have these long, heated discussions with my older brother about the universe. I was six when I speculated that there maybe extra dimension and that was speculated without any outside source (like I did not read it off somewhere or was told about it). Theorizing about the existence and composition of the universe was a major component of physics getting the best of me. There was also night stargazing...long periods of stargazing, I might add. I remember that every summer we (me and my two brothers as children) would stay at my grandparents' house that is about 80 kilometers from Sofia (the capital of Bulgaria where I lived), would climb the roof of the house and stare into the night sky. The sky was unusually dark...in a sense that there was 0 light pollution. The sky was literally a blanket of lights...there was hardly a spot in the sky where there wouldn't be a star. The Milky Way would span across almost the whole sky. It is truly splendid and awe-inspiring. Alas, I have yet to find a place like this here in the US.

I apologize for the long reminiscence...I suppose I had to introduce myself...this is, I think, the best way really.

Axe

2006 January 29th, 00:54

Some here would argue that Applied Math is really just Physics ;) hehe

Man, that's not the way things were with me. The degree was pure math courses along with "minor of choice". In my Real Analysis course there were a few Physicists. One of them said one day "are we going to learn something new?" It was redo of calculus for him. Me... I gained much since I can now explain the logic behind -1 * -1 = 1.

Actually, do you like that show Numb3rs ? I think it's great...

I haven't heard of it, I'll look into that. Unfortunately, my plans have changed. I just thought of a "grand philosophical idea" and I want to check out things like History and Biological Sciences for a while (I'll watch Professor Lewin's lectures another time).

The idea incorporates ideas from The Matrix (1) and Men in Black 1, that's all I'll say.

Retsia

2006 January 29th, 01:09

AHhaahahha...well...sorry for the laugh. It is not directed towards your "grand" idea in philosophy, but the combinitaion of movies. Very nice.

Anyways, is there any possibility for you to tell us more?

Axe

2006 January 31st, 00:38

Ah yes, I remember I told a Physics major friend and he enjoyed it. Actually that was the "special theory". What I did recectly was the "general theory". So I'll post here the special theory. It talks about the implications of axioms that might say our universe is some kind of "perfect clock".

[PASTE VERBATIM]
quote:
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Originally posted by Denyer
Science is nothing but a language attempting to describe things.

Not being able to describe something doesn't make it a miracle.

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Well, I can see two paradigms, taken somewhat in their generality, adoptable by people. People might extrapolate from their experiance and from their understanding of their environment, the belief, that what's really out there is either no unbreakable laws of nature whatsoever, or utterly unbreakable ones desribing all of nature, among other extrapolations perhaps.

The paradigms:

1) Order is an illusion, the reality is randomness:

Science simply helps humans see and manipulate their surroundings better. Science is an evolutionary process, it can never describe everything, and no absolute laws exist. Since no statement regarding the limits of influencing reality can be utterly true, every source of randomness, which perhaps includes the human consciuosness, "can" work towards bringing any possible change to reality, perhaps even eleminating all of the sources of randomness, inclduing itself, leaving a reality that woud be....... is very hard to imagine for me he he.

2) There is utter order, and utter destiny in our universe:
(caution, thicker than my usual stuff)

Our universe, which is either a boxed segment of reality, or reality in totality, exists along with a sealed fate. Now there is no demand of neccessity here that it came into existance at a particular time and has to cease to exist at another, it may have existed for time = -infinity through +infinity. Let us take the case of it being boxed, and I should say it has a begining and an end with regards to time, but I refrain as I do not know what transfinitness might have to say on the matter. Then it is possible to have entities outside the box, the only entities that truely have free will in all of reality, but we will come back to these identies later below.

We see that since we have defined our universe to be perfectly determined, any thing that plays any sort of role in that universe will have that role completely determined before hand for the entire span of existance of the universe. We cant have anything randomly comming along from the outside to put its hand in the box and influence it, that would mean it was completely inside the box as long as it influenced it. Therefore, we view the box as not being able to recieve anything whatsoever form the outside, we view it as self contained system.

Now we turn to the entities. We need to view our boxed universe as a four dimensional object that exists for an instant and perhaps over the span of an iota in the complete picture of reality. If we assume a single entity, then by this whirlwind creation and collapse I refer to the product of a single coherent instant of will: "Be!". Therefore, before any new will to alter anything about he boxed universe might have emerged, the universe had already collapsed.

If we take mutiple entities then by the same instaniousness, the will of one or more of those entities might have resulted in the whirlwind event of creation through collapse of the boxed universe.

I tried to be general with the paradigms. Would anyone like to add an extrapolation or a paradigm, or something more general or specific with regards to these two?

Number 1 can give purpose to life I suppose, but I cant see how purpose could be derived from the unboxed case of 2, i.e. nothing outside the box, or from a story that all sources may have died in 1.
[/PASTE VERBATIM]

If any brain wants to see the complete thread (about scriptures):
http://tfarchive.com/community/showthread.php?s=&threadid=18862&highlight=paradigm

Gochen

2006 January 31st, 04:24

Name: Eric Levy
Country: Canada eh?
Occupation: Physics prof
Research: Relativistic Quantum Mechanics
Hobbies: simpsons and reading this site!
Cramming foods: Back in Uni I ate POUNDS of pancakes

Why is the Prof. a freshman?

I think its simply brilliant that we have a prof prowling around!

Retsia

2006 January 31st, 08:50

Yes...give him 5000 posts as a gift from us!

kcirick

2006 February 9th, 12:25

Name: Rick Ueno
School: University of Ottawa
Year: 3rd year Honours Physics
Research Interest: High energy particle physics and optics/photonics

Work: National Research Council Canada

Country of origin: Japan
Interest: Rock climbing

Webpage: http://aix2.uottawa.ca/~rueno089

Fernanda

2006 February 9th, 13:58

welcome! We could use some Canucks 'round here! :)

kcirick

2006 February 9th, 14:03

Yeah, I've been around, but never introduced myself...

Definately I want to see more Canadian physicists around here.

Fernanda

2006 February 9th, 17:53

So you're at Ottawa, eh?

hehehe, just had to do it :p

Gochen

2006 February 9th, 21:59

Fernanda

2006 February 10th, 00:58

I tried that once...before the last baby...I did the first couple of levels alright at the indoor thing. But I kept doing that "barnyard door" lol

amijot singh

2006 February 11th, 01:28

amijot singh

2006 February 11th, 01:28

*thus i will be unhappy in life*

Retsia

2006 February 11th, 10:51

Ohhh....you will make piles of money!

It's just a question of whether your parents are afraid if you work with radioactive materials, nuclear engineering, and smashing particles.

Larne

2006 February 11th, 11:49

This should probably be a FAQ: American Institute of Physics report on education and employment (http://www.aip.org/statistics/)

If you are smart enough to do well in physics you are can probably make four times as much money as a computer programmer or stock market analyst or some such thing. People with degrees in physics seem to do alright for themselves, but money is not the reason to go into this field.

Norman Albers

2006 February 12th, 19:31

New topic proposition: GEEK CHIC. "Geeky is cool". Here is a great invective when you are pissed: KISS MY MANTISSA!!!!!!!!! Norm Albers............This is not sexual, though it sounds fun. We are talking logarithms, and honey, when you talk like that, I LIKE IT!

Retsia

2006 February 12th, 21:49

For a real number (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/RealNumber.html) http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/Mantissa/inline1.gif, the mantissa is defined as the positive (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Positive.html) fractional part (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FractionalPart.html)http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/Mantissa/inline2.gif, where http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/Mantissa/inline3.gif denotes the floor function (http://mathworld.wolfram.com/FloorFunction.html).
For example, for http://mathworld.wolfram.com/images/equations/Mantissa/inline4.gif, the mantissa is 0.14159.

http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Mantissa.html

kcirick

2006 February 13th, 09:53

My name is Amijot and physics is entertaining.
i am a junior in highschool and i have always wanted to know, how much do physicists make because my parents are against this career choice because they think that i will not make enough money and thus be sad in life

Physicists make the most money out of all the scientists (Bio/Chem/Geography or combined). They will also make more money than Engineers up the ladder (i.e. more income when you retire than retiring engineers), but I think the workload is higher than engineers (more research), and more brain is needed. But if you are truly interested in physics and have passion for it, then you will like the path much more than taking any other path.

For me, physics is the only way to go.

Norman Albers

2006 February 13th, 21:08

I recall reading that Einstein worked with a woman mathematician for the ten years or so he developed the General Theory. I would like to read about her; she must have been exceptional. Any sources?

Ragnorak

2006 February 14th, 17:20

That'd be Emmy Noether; she was a student of Hilbert's. She worked on variational principles a lot. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noether for a bio.

watchayakan

2006 March 1st, 03:15

Hello. A couple of months ago I took out a library book entitles Q is for Quantum by John Gribbin. It was moreso 'cause the title was cool, but it was fairly interesting, and it caused me to read many more books about quantum mechanics, one on relativity, and a couple on cosmology (currently in the middle of one). They are not very in-depth as some of thebooks that you might learn about, but seeing how I haven't taken any physics, classes, they are plenty for me! I can't really follow the mathematics just yet, as I am only taking the first grade twelvemath class, and they won't even get to non-Euclidean geometry in high school, which saddens me.

Either way, I fairly get the mathematics I am taught and I can understand the concepts of the books I am learning. I have been inspired to become a physicist moreso than I have for nearly anything else. I hope that I can contribute to the community here and that you all help me in my time here.

I like to consider myself as a writer who is fairly well, but I don't want to take it into a career. I'm but a mere fifteen year old without a car, thus I muse myself with video games. If anybody would like to talk to me, I would love to have a philosophical or physical debate, especially since I've become slightly flustered by some of the ideas Smolin proposed in his book The Life of the Cosmos (the one I am currently reading).

mikex1787

2006 March 1st, 05:19

Hey, I'm Mikey and I'm a senior in high school in Los Angeles. I enjoy music, the martial arts, and physics. I also ponder alot about life and the universe.

pHoToN_gUrL

2006 March 1st, 20:08

Hello, i'm Proshat n currently i'm in grade 12. I live in Canada-Toronto, n i've applied for engineering. Physics is one of my most favourite subjects :)
P.S: I've also met in person with Professor Amanda Peet. She is a String theorist n deals with black holes n theory of every thing. She also met Stephen Hawking in person, which i think is pretty cool ...<3

Fernanda

2006 March 1st, 20:40

that is pretty cool! The biggest person I ever met in person was Dr. Gell-Mann...I think that is very cool too :D

rahuldandekar

2006 March 25th, 00:59

Hi, I'm Rahul, a freshman at Mumbai University. I'm doing a BSc in (obviously ;) ) Physics. In june I become a sophomore ;) :D.

I enjoy physics, and also music. I'm currently engaged in Mechanics and EM stuff. :)

satyadhar_joshi

2006 March 25th, 10:37

satyadhar joshi
shivbhakta working on meta-physics indian style
looking for carrer in nanotechnology and nuclear enginerring

Fernanda

2006 March 25th, 12:45

welcome you both!

satyadhar, please stick to Physics only around here since we are not a Philosophy or Religion forum!

nmondal

2006 March 25th, 16:17

that is pretty cool! The biggest person I ever met in person was Dr. Gell-Mann...I think that is very cool too :D

You have meet Gell Man...!!!!!!!!
That is quite a lot.
How was he?

Fernanda

2006 March 26th, 15:25

nice, and a bit of a name dropper...but when you're Gell-Mann, I think you have the right to do that.

Met him twice actually. And the second time I was the grad student in charge of making sure his office was nice... so he didn't have a mug for tea, and I gave up my own! That was cool... cooler yet was he needed to get his computer setup with the schools IT, so I got him set up and got to touch his Powerbook.

He struck up a conversation regarding my name, and the next year he remembered me!

kcirick

2006 March 27th, 10:04

I like physics and music too.. what kind of music do you enjoy listening to?

Do you know which field of physics you're interested in?

daifeili

2006 March 28th, 09:38

Could anybody list all kinds of field of physics for me ? Thanks
my mail ----daifeili@163.com

<<beautiful mind="">> i wish to be a man like that ,sincerely</beautiful>

kcirick

2006 March 28th, 10:37

Could anybody list all kinds of field of physics for me ? Thanks
my mail ----daifeili@163.com

There are countlessly many fields of physics, just to name a few:
Astrophysics
Computational Physics
High Energy Physics
Elementary Particle Physics
Plasma Physics
Mechanics
Quantum Physics
Electromagnetics
Optics and Photonics
Biophysics

feel free to add more

Xerxes314

2006 March 28th, 10:56

Could anybody list all kinds of field of physics for me?

Read this: proposed arXiv reorganization scheme (http://arxiv.org/new/physics.html).

Xerxes

kcirick

2006 March 28th, 11:03

Also this might be helpful:

http://www.aip.org/pacs/pacs06/pacs06-toc.html

readkandinsky2

2006 March 28th, 23:55

I am interested primarilly in photosynyhesis,{radiation(full spectrum),absorbtion of light,quantum,particle phyics and yeast((human genetics ?)). Can anyone suggest where to start ? It's a complex combination of many " catagories " ,
ranging from biophysics to cosmology.
Which may be why there are so many questions to be answered .
jamie

rahuldandekar

2006 March 29th, 00:02

I'm primarily interested in Cosmology and MEchanics, but, hell, I'm a freshman, so I think my interests will change over the next few years ;).

I'm interested in any kind of music that has a good tune and rhythm. :)

readkandinsky2

2006 March 29th, 01:05

thanks for your help the rhytum appears to to be 200(excited electrons ) :1
I don't think even Britney Spears could manage that one.

nox

2006 May 30th, 20:03

Hello,

Shall I introduce myself here ?

I'm very interested in Astrophysics, Quantum Optics, and Physics
in general.

Ciao,
Alex

Phil Ko

2006 June 25th, 00:57

readkandinsky2

2006 June 25th, 22:51

What can I say but that I'm the ultimate lurker?!

I'm a high school junior, hoping to pursue a physics or perhaps a chemistry degree once I reach university. I'm interested in almost everything with the exception of studying certain foreign languages.

Hmmm, I wonder what this information will be used for: I hope this won't be the start of a Big Brother regime...
Big brother does'nt live here ... there are rules and much to be learned through questions if you are patient and as long as english is not one of them , go for it!

Yann Solo

2006 June 26th, 17:02

Hi, I'm a 31 years old man with two kids. I'm an engineer without education.:laugh: I mean I went to school but never went to university. I work for a manufacturer of agricultural machineries and I'm the head designer there. Sciences and physics are one of my hobby but I also like to build model kits. I wish I could go back to school but I made other choices in my life that interfer with that idea.

Be prepared to answer some questions.

readkandinsky2

2006 June 29th, 00:34

ERP(Arg)

2006 July 6th, 18:36

Hi, I used to be Senior at Sheboygan North High School, in Sheboygan Wisconsin. Then I completed the electrical & electronic engineering career, being graduated attending Mendoza University (Argentina). I live in Buenos Aires right now.

Much interested in QM, and in our universe evolution (where this universe came from, ... how behaves the matter we are made of.... and so on...).
Like to be open minded. Like to think "physics" is got to be as simple as possible. Happy when I find it is.

I like Music (rock music and classical too). Can go from Zeppelin to Turandot, depending the mood.

The most important thing: I have two kids, I love them so much.

Fernanda

2006 July 6th, 20:52

I like Music (rock music and classical too). Can go from Zeppelin to Turandot, depending the mood.
I'm like that too...hehe

The most important thing: I have two kids, I love them so much.
Same here!

diaw

2006 July 7th, 02:19

Name: Des Aubery
Nickname: diaw
Qualifications: BSc Eng (Me), 20 years in consulting, now in PhD research program
Research interests: Computational fluid mechanics, numeric simulation, mathematics - non-linear pde's, wave-phenomena

ERP(Arg)

2006 July 7th, 13:35

I'm like that too...hehe

Same here!

Nice coincidence !! :wink:

nox

2006 July 7th, 14:49

Hmmm... i see - my introduction was quite short in comparison to yours :msn_cool:
One last try:

Name: Alexander C. Gal
Nickname: nox ( lat. nox, noctis = the night; Or a species in stargate )
Interests: Drawing/Painting, Learning ancient languages, Science and Nature, collecting minerals and ebooks, Programming, et cetera...
And I'm currently learning the basic maths survival skills :biggrin: .

What else... *think* don't know - that's enough.

Fernanda

2006 July 8th, 02:41

Name: Des Aubery
Research interests: Computational fluid mechanics, numeric simulation, mathematics - non-linear pde's, wave-phenomena

I'm doing computational molecular dynamics now... we should talk

A.Yaghoubi

2006 July 8th, 10:43

Alireza Yaghoubi (Male)
Age: 16
Math & physics (I'm gonna start my third year of high school this fall)
Born: Iran
I'm gonna live in Dubai (UAE) next week. And it's in my plan to come to the US and Jack C.Davis Observatory to study Space Sciences: Engineering and Designing to be an astronaut.
Now I'm Working on my theory for more than 2.5 years. (V&MR-PSRF)
It's a modern physics theory in A section (Quantum cosmology - particles - fields and gravitation)
I'm gonna change the minds about gravity. I wanna relate it to the vacuum repellent. great idea. Now I'm looking for an endorsement to publihs my first intrenational article about that.
I play Videogames too. recently my best game Elder Scroll IV:Oblivion.

readkandinsky2

2006 July 10th, 01:14

Try to blend into the international community , try playing Pong or grand theft auto . Gravity is a downer unless it invovles rotation.

Fernanda

2006 July 10th, 15:40

Salam, chetori?

Alireza Yaghoubi (Male)
Age: 16
Math & physics (I'm gonna start my third year of high school this fall)
Born: Iran
I'm gonna live in Dubai (UAE) next week. And it's in my plan to come to the US and Jack C.Davis Observatory to study Space Sciences: Engineering and Designing to be an astronaut.
Now I'm Working on my theory for more than 2.5 years. (V&MR-PSRF)
It's a modern physics theory in A section (Quantum cosmology - particles - fields and gravitation)
I'm gonna change the minds about gravity. I wanna relate it to the vacuum repellent. great idea. Now I'm looking for an endorsement to publihs my first intrenational article about that.
I play Videogames too. recently my best game Elder Scroll IV:Oblivion.

nox

2006 July 10th, 15:47

merci man khoob hastam. hale shomah chetori ?

Edit: ah - sorry, it wasn't thought for me;
Nevermind, my farsi is rusty.

parkerzone

2006 August 10th, 23:59

Eileen

Franklin University, Digital Communication major. Taking Physics at Berkeley.

20 year IT career, completing BS in web development.

Hobbies: Gardening and school - takes up alot of time so I count it as such.
I do enjoy it and am especially digging Physics.

My son recently noted that I have been "spacing out". He understood when I told him this was due to thinking about Physics :-)

Coffee - not just a cram drink, but a constant. Must have coffee.

Fernanda

2006 August 11th, 00:10

wow, another mom. Welcome! I'm the founder of the site, Physics BS, Almost MS - thesis, now doing PhD Materials Eng...and mother of 2 + step son.

So yeah, I know what you mean!!!

Fernie

readkandinsky2

2006 August 14th, 00:28

Glad to know some of have had kids and returned to greater thinking . Can children modify one's thinking about conservation of energy ? Explain,...reason ...,and only let them have one thing ( of there choosing)at check-out at the store.

pinestone

2006 August 21st, 11:37

My name is Timm A. Vanderelli. I have 3 grown kids, 3 grandchildren and another on the way. I've been totally involved with electronics since the age of 11, (when I got my first ham radio license). I invented a simple transistor tester back in 1968, which was published by Popular Electronics magazine. I ended up making a living all these years as a technician and troubleshooter in the consumer electronics industry. I've dissassembled and reassembled everything I could get my hands on. From lasers to digital camcorders. The past 18 years have been devoted to computer servicing.
I made my first memory bank back in 1965 with a bunch of relays. Built my first pc from scratch (8086) on perfboard- using wires and point to point soldering. I've programmed in assembly, basic, C and C++. In 2003 I began working as a research partner for a company which inspired me to invent a wireless power supply. I was issued a patent for it this year. My current research project is alternative antenna design, which has inspired me to invent the 'Flux Resonator', which I have filed another patent application for this year. My weakness is math. Over the years I have developed my own system of abstract thinking and resolution that doesn't conform to the norm. Yea, you can call me a crack-pot, but I prefer "psycho-ceramic".
I've been toying with the idea of going back to college and strengthen my math skills. I love being in my lab and playing with new ideas and projects.
My hobbies include sailing, playing guitar, sitting in the woods for extended periods of time and looking through my 10" cassegrain on clear nights.
I'm a loner and prefer being by myself as much as possible.

Saim Sultan

2006 August 21st, 13:45

NAME : Saim Sultan

SCHOOL : Beaconhouse School System, SGD, PK

DEGREE : 1 year left in O'Levels

Hobbies: Computers, Magic Tricks, Physics

This it

BOB

2006 August 23rd, 07:50

Hi guys,

I'm new among u, and i accidentally got to know about the forum
I'm Ibrahim, but u can call me BOB
I recently graduated from high school, and awaiting to enter university
I'm still confused between Physics or CCE
But as my last answer i would like to have theoretical astrophysics and cosmology as a major, but in Lebanon, this major isn't present at any of the universities
I'm so into physics and astronomy that i 1st started reading about them ~4yrs ago
But i have started reding seriously a year ago
I've read for Einstein.A;Greene, Brian; Simon Singh, Amir Aczel, Joao Maguezoo, Sir Roger Penros, & Stephen Hawking

I realized some of the guys to be younger than 18 even 15.
I encourage them although in my case no one had ever did that

I was one of the 1st 3 guys to initiate LAG (Lebanese Astronomy Group) a year and quarter ago and have been ever since the youngest serious amateur astronomer in the Arab world. (cause no other group as serius as us has ever been established with agreement with the AUASS (The Arab Union for Astronomy and Space Sciences) and we have organized an International Astronomy Workshop on Aug.20 2006, but unfortunately it was delayed to the following year due to war.

! Adir !

2006 September 25th, 19:04

Name-Mano
School-MNREC India
Major - Computer Science
Research-None
Hobbies-Cricket, listening to music
Favorite cramming food before an exam: tea

Fernanda

2006 September 25th, 23:08

welcome evry1!

GeV

2006 September 30th, 04:27

Hello everyone!

My name is Nick, I am currently a Management Information Systems student, but I have taken an interest in Physics as well. As my Serway textbook says, "Scientists do not study nature because it is practical, but because they delight in it." I don't know if I got that right, but I think it is somewhere along the lines of what I have mentioned.

Anyway, I have also mentioned that I have been very interested in Physics for quite some time. My professor in Physics for my NatSci told me that he is sensing that I might be leaning towards Theoretical Physics. He also warned me that there will be a lot of math. So, I stumbled upon this site, and I thought it appropriate to join this just to get extra help.

Why? I am currently studying Physics by myself, but I also do find a need to discuss things with others. I plan to start at the bottom. (Right now, I am going back to dimensional analysis... can you believe that?) But that is because I believe that good foundations would be better to build upon than rushing things up.

I plan to finish my MIS, and my masters on CS, but I also plan to study Physics afterwards. Some say that is quite some devotion, but taking time to do things that you love does not really make spending time much of a sacrifice.

So basically, I will be someone who will might still be ignorant of some things, but I really would like to learn. Hopefully, with the help of other people on this board, I will be able to work my way up. I know "Advanced Physics" might not be a place to start, but I really need an environment that pushes me to raise my own standards. At least there are some people whose levels I will aspire to reach.

Thanks.

Larne

2006 September 30th, 11:50

Hi Nick!

As my Serway textbook says, "Scientists do not study nature because it is practical, but because they delight in it." I don't know if I got that right, but I think it is somewhere along the lines of what I have mentioned.

Sounds like they're paraphrasing Feynman: "Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."

But that is because I believe that good foundations would be better to build upon than rushing things up.

Absolutely! Too many people want to jump right to the exotic subjects which just doesn't work... and even if it did they'd miss a lot of really beautiful stuff between here and there.

Two pages you might enjoy which give overviews of the road ahead are John Baez's How to Learn Math and Physics (http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/books.html) and Gerard 't Hooft's How to become a good theoretical physicist (khttp://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html)I plan to finish my MIS, and my masters on CS, but I also plan to study Physics afterwards.For what it's worth I have a masters in computer science and am currently in grad school working towards a Ph.D in physics. So it can be done!

On that note, while knowing any programming language is useful, I peronally found that functional languages taught me new ways of thinking that I find very useful in learning mathematics. So if I may make a suggestion, sometime in your CS career you might want to learn Scheme (http://www.schemers.org/) or a modern functional language like Haskell (http://www.haskell.org/haskellwiki/Haskell).

Anyway, it sounds like you have an excellent attitude and approach.

Welcome!

Fernanda

2006 September 30th, 20:08

I'll be short

Welcome! ;)

:D

GeV

2006 October 2nd, 05:36

Sounds like they're paraphrasing Feynman: "Physics is like sex: sure, it may give some practical results, but that's not why we do it."

I also like Richard Feynman. I think he said something like "I guess it is safe to say that no one understands quantum physics." I'm not very good at quotes... :D

Absolutely! Too many people want to jump right to the exotic subjects which just doesn't work... and even if it did they'd miss a lot of really beautiful stuff between here and there.

Actually, I was also tempted to just jump into Arthur Beiser's Concepts of Modern Physics, but I really wanted things to click together, and I think the proper "gluons" are the ones at the more "fundamental levels." :D

Two pages you might enjoy which give overviews of the road ahead are John Baez's How to Learn Math and Physics (http://math.ucr.edu/home/baez/books.html) and Gerard 't Hooft's How to become a good theoretical physicist (khttp://www.phys.uu.nl/~thooft/theorist.html)

Thanks for your help. The other one has an invalid synatx error, though.

For what it's worth I have a masters in computer science and am currently in grad school working towards a Ph.D in physics. So it can be done!

You are getting my hopes up. But yes, sometimes I'm beginning to believe that college is something akin to a "have it your way" thing. No one's telling me which courses to take anyway (In the sense of major courses... Physics, MIS, CS and etc. I will also be considering your programming language suggestions too. Although I still prefer Java and C++.

Anyway, it sounds like you have an excellent attitude and approach.

Welcome!

Thanks again. I am really optimistic about getting to know the basics of Physics and progressing. :D

pendergast

2006 October 22nd, 14:41

Hello,

I am pendergast; I prefer to keep it at the level of the handle, if you'll allow.

I am a psychologist.

I was first interested in physics because of my father who worked in a a nuclear plant (a CANDU, the one called Gentilly I, in Quebec). I was only 5 then. Then I saw the first minutes of "Hiroshima, Mon Amour" and I got really intrigued by all that atomic stuff, without understanding any of it; I was 8 then.

12 years later, as I was studying to become a psychologist, I read vulgarisation papers on QM. I was fascinated. One of the questions I had (still unanswered) was about the physical implications of one photon stimulating one of the perception cells of the eye.

I read more and more and became quite a critic, about the publications for large audiences.

I do not have a formal training in mathematics, but I do enjoy the philosophical implications. I have a nice collection of biographies of the main physicists of the Copenhagen period.

I do not believe I will post a lot here as it seems that I probably would not trigger enough of an interest, but I am looking forward to read what is posted here.

Other interests? I am building my own hifi for the fun of it.

BigBang

2006 November 6th, 22:34

Hello all,

My name is Travis and I'm down in south Florida right now. Sadly I haven't made it to the university yet, but it shouldn't be much longer. I have been interested in physics and engineering for quite some time now, and have done alot of, well, rocket science. Right now I'm working on a cheap two stager to reach atleast 100 miles, for under 20 grand. I hope to major in aerospace engineering when the time comes. So, my hobbies would be high power rocketry, chemistry, and pyrotechnics.

I'm suprised just how many people we have here, its quite nice to find a place of like minded people. I've been here for about 2 months, and so far, love what I have seen. I hope to further our physics knowlege as much as I can.

Fernanda

2006 November 6th, 23:04

where in sofla? I went to FIU (fondly known to me as FI-who?) hhehee

data

2006 November 6th, 23:24

nox

2006 November 6th, 23:37

Hello Joshua,

What I want to do with my life: want to be either a database administrator or a computer scientist. I want to specialize in 3d modeling and graphic arts as well.

This is impressive at your age ... Keep studying! Plus that only very few scientists have/had artistic skills - Have you worked with some CG applications yet ?

Cheers,
Alexander

Fernanda

2006 November 7th, 00:51

hmmm pop tarts :)

GeV

2006 November 7th, 05:52

Name: Joshua
School: Beyer High School (freshman)
Age: 14
What I want to do with my life: want to be either a database administrator or a computer scientist. I want to specialize in 3d modeling and graphic arts as well.
I like computers, photography, reading, physics (duh) and writting.
Favorite Cramming Food: Pop-tarts haha

I admire you for being committed to Physics so early. I only realized that I really like Physics when I was 18. It is quite late, relative to really great physicists that I know of. Makes me feel bad that I realized it quite late.

nox

2006 November 7th, 06:02

I admire you for being committed to Physics so early. I only realized that I really like Physics when I was 18. It is quite late, relative to really great physicists that I know of. Makes me feel bad that I realized it quite late.

Well, does it really matter at what age one gets addicted to Physics ? If you understand it as well at 18 as at, say, 13, the age difference is pretty unimportant. Nevertheless, starting earlier also means to have more time later. 6 years more or less can do a great difference in life.

GeV

2006 November 7th, 06:16

Nevertheless, starting earlier also means to have more time later. 6 years more or less can do a great difference in life.

Yes. I just wish I had more time. Not that I'm expecting to die really earlier, you know.

nox

2006 November 7th, 06:37

Yes. I just wish I had more time. Not that I'm expecting to die really earlier, you know.

To be honest, that's exactly the point why it's better to start earlier. Because one has a maximum life span of 120 year ( at best, with contemporary technology ).

BigBang

2006 November 7th, 15:40

Fernanda, I'm down towards Ft. Lauderdale right now. And FIU, heh, who indeed until you saw a recent game which I shant mention.

Age can be a tricky subject. If you begin a field early, you will have more time to learn what you are doing. In some cases, you might be taken under someone's wing who has done alot of work in the field in question. On the other hand, starting out young can have great dissadvantages. In most cases which I have been in, people will not take you as seriously, unless they know you personally. For some of my rocketry projects, I will usually be given a snicker, thinking I am bonkers to say the least. Hopefully you know an adult whom will vouch for your ideas, or your goose is cooked.

To anyone here, try to guess my age. I'm sure it shows in my posts, all of two, just at what level I am at. So, without running my IP as I'm sure some of you can do, give a guess.

data

2006 November 7th, 16:29

Well right now I have to write all my questions and observations in a notebook because my science teacher says he doesn't know the answers to most of my questions. I write them down and I think about it for a while and write a response to my own question.

As far as graphics go, I have used mainly Adobe Photoshop CS2. But as far as modeling goes, I have used many programs such as Maya 7, Lightwave 3D, Poser 6, and Bryce (mostly for texturing).

I got started in graphics when I was about 11 or 12. My cousin who graduated at Chico and got offered an internship at Pixar. He showed me some of his work and I instantly fell in love.

As far as physics goes, I have always been interested in astronomy and my dad knows alot about it. I remember my first question was, "What is redshifting and how does it effect black holes." So he refered me to a book he had called The Cambridge Lectures by Hawking. I read through it cover to cover in a couple days. And thats where it all started.

nox

2006 November 8th, 08:30

As far as graphics go, I have used mainly Adobe Photoshop CS2. But as far as modeling goes, I have used many programs such as Maya 7, Lightwave 3D, Poser 6, and Bryce (mostly for texturing).

Nice! May we see something ?
In my opinion, Maya is the most advanced CG program available ( besides Softimage|XSI ). You should concentrate on it. What I find interesting, is that just by reading your posts, I could never figure out that you are younger than 20.

Well right now I have to write all my questions and observations in a notebook because my science teacher says he doesn't know the answers to most of my questions. I write them down and I think about it for a while and write a response to my own question.

Where do you find the answers to questions which are more complex than the knowledge of your science teacher ?

data

2006 November 8th, 11:08

Usually I will search on the internet for the answers. If I don't find it there (which sometimes I don't because their such weird questions) I will usually think about it for a little bit. If that does not give me the answer, I try to find it out some way or another by asking physics teachers at my school. But sometimes she does not know the answer. And then I refer to here ;)

And ya, let me get some of my animations today at school and put them on a flash drive. I will edit this post when I get back.

nox

2006 November 8th, 11:29

And ya, let me get some of my animations today at school and put them on a flash drive. I will edit this post when I get back.

Thanks to Fernanda, you won't be able to edit your post when you get back =) But I'm really keen on seeing some of your works.

data

2006 November 8th, 21:13

Well I wasn't able to get them off my computer at school because we had a sub in computers. But I was able to find a picture on my computer. This one was a simple model that my cousin helped me out with alot. Took me about two weeks total to get the hang of it, I will try to find more on my ancient photobucket once I look through all the 500 images!

http://i4.photobucket.com/albums/y117/gods_ASSASIN/alien-fris.jpg

nox

2006 November 9th, 13:19

Looks sweet! Which application did you use and is it animated ?
I've renderings of some of my works on another HDD, too. I'll upload a few later.

Fernanda

2006 November 9th, 14:24

start a new thread guys....so we don't go off on a tangent :)

Ulysses Lazarus

2006 November 17th, 18:31

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perles

2007 February 24th, 23:27

My name is Luís Perles, I was born and I am still living in Brazil.
My major is in physics, my master and PhD degree was in Medical Physics, more exactly in radiotherapy treatment planning systems (computational physics).
My hobbies are listen to progressive rock and watch good movies. I also like martial arts :ninja:
And will be a pleasure to contribute to this forum :biggrin2:

Brinx

2007 February 25th, 07:54

Welcome, Perles! Looking forward to your contributions. :)

Fernanda

2007 February 25th, 10:29

Welcome fellow Brazilian! I did TaeKwonDo for a while...high green belt...it was fun :)

perles

2007 February 25th, 11:42

Thanks Fernanda and Brinx.

Welcome fellow Brazilian! I did TaeKwonDo for a while...high green belt...it was fun :)

I did Taekwon Do too. I think Taekwon Do is the most suitable sport for physicists because its evolution from biomechanics.
Unfortunately I had to stop my trainings during my PhD work but I hope to get back one day.

Fernanda

2007 February 25th, 12:02

I went back after kid #1, but after kid #2 I started my PhD, and well, I barely have time for a shower :)

Dani_doll

2007 March 5th, 01:08

Hi I'm Dani and I'm a Grade 12 Physics student in Australia. I'm having a few problems but i don't know how to start a new thread! please help!

Fernanda

2007 March 5th, 01:10

go here,
http://www.advancedphysics.org/forum/index.php?

pic the topic your question falls under, click on it,

then click new thread

Dani_doll

2007 March 5th, 01:40

Thank you!!

shahbaznihal

2007 March 5th, 03:29

Name: Shahbaz Nihal
School: University of Karachi, Pakistan. Doing MSc. in Pure Physics
Intrests: Theoretical stuff like particle physics, Unified Theories, pure QM (yae definitely QM!)
Hobbies: Sci-fi (sometimes), reading books, programming.
Favourtite food before exam: Nails, siliva balls. :P

perles

2007 March 5th, 11:02

Welcome Dani and Shahbaz!

shahbaznihal

2007 March 5th, 12:02

I just introduced myself now 'cause of all this time this is the first time I saw this thread.

Thanx any ways, Perles!

Regards,

perles

2007 March 5th, 16:29

Ooops! I didn't noticed you!

Phisicsnerd

2007 March 18th, 19:57

Hey
name: Andrew Clark
school: sophmore in highschool
intrests: Physics of all kinds
hobbies: Reading basketball running
ive taken ever physics class in my school and am trying to figure out a career plan to go into physics any advice will help.

Phisicsnerd

2007 March 19th, 22:04

i was told that i need to meet real physicist and make contacts. Thats why i enterd this forum

perles

2007 March 19th, 22:16

Welcome Phisicsnerd :msn_happy

Phisicsnerd

2007 March 19th, 22:18

thx alot

domvalentine

2007 April 21st, 06:11

Hello
Name: Dominic
Location : United KIngdom
Age: 39
Reason: Non-scientific background but interested in quantum physics

1st question:
Am I right in thinking that you start with a hypothesis; then if you prove that hypothesis it becomes a theory; then a theory becomes a law?
If so, has the Einstein theory of E = mc (squared) been proved and if so, should it not become a law?
Just a thought
Kindest
Dominic

shaktyai

2007 April 22nd, 09:19

Hi there,

Your question belongs to espistemology, and you will probably find more informations in a philosophy book.

For experimental sciences it is claimed that:

One starts by observations.
Then comes hypothesis about the nature of and reasons of the observations. Nowdays, one would say that one builds a model.
For a model to be acceptable, it must both explain the observations and be able to produce some predictions that can be verified in further experiments. For instance, by observing the days and the nights you can build a model based on Gods closing a curtain in the sky. Such a model can explain the observation about the sun desappearing but can not explain why there are stars.

A theory in physics is now understood as a small set of equations (ie: propositions that can not be explained and that only reflects the nature of our universe in a mathematical language) that can explain a large number of very different problems:
For instance:
Fiberoptics, lens, antenna, light,optics, etc.. can all be explained within the electromagnetism theory (4 Maxwell's equations).
Planet orbits, the motion of a car, a bullet, the resistance of a building to an earthquake belongs to the theory of classical mechanics which is described by a single equation.Other theories would be: fluid mechanics, special relativity, quantum mechanics,etc...

The word "law" is not used with a very precise meaning. It refers to some already proven or accepted facts. The laws of electromagnetism can be one of the four Maxwell's equations or a theorem stating that radio waves can not penetrate a conducting metal.

Regarding E=mc^2. The answer is yes, it can be proved, but you need to accept (without possible proof) the axioms of special relativity. Why is it not called a law ? Maybe because at Einstein's time, the word law was already oldish.

domvalentine

2007 April 22nd, 13:06

Thank you Shaktyai for the reply.

You say that in today's physics a theorem is defined as a "set of propositions that can not be explained and that only reflects the nature of our universe in a mathematical language"
Therefore you are using something that cannot be explained to explain something else?
Wow..no wonder I get confused easily :-)

Thanks anyway bud

shaktyai

2007 April 22nd, 13:28

You say that in today's physics a theorem is defined as a "set of propositions that can not be explained and that only reflects the nature of our universe in a mathematical language"

A theory my friend, not a theorem...

Do not be confused, you do not realize it but your life is full of things that one day you have accepted without proof.

EX: The chicken and the egg
Who was the first ? Nevertheless you do have a clear understanding of reproduction.

In math, have you ever seen a demonstration of the fact that two parallel lines never cross each other . This kind of statements that we accept and can not prove are called axioms. It is of course obvious that if we accept everything we can build a theory of everything. Whenever there is something we can not prove, why don't we take it as a new axiom?

A satisfactory theory is a theory with the minimal set of axioms. And one always try to reduce the number of axioms.
However in the 30s Kurt Goedel did show that any system of axioms in incomplete. That means that in any theory there is at least something we can not prove. Face to this problem, you either change of job or take the unprovable proposition as a new axiom and the story continues until you find a new unprovable proposition.

But once again, you are familiar with this idea. Take for instance the language. Armed with a proper grammar, the rules of logic can you always decide if a proposition is true or false?

What about this one ? "If I say the truth then I lie"

Enjoy

Brinx

2007 May 23rd, 16:14

A nice conversation - but could you limit the subject of this thread to introductions, please? Thanks!

shaktyai

2007 May 23rd, 21:31

You are right, I should have created a new thread to answer domvalentine's question. That will be done next time (OOps, this is my last answer on this thread..).

Laura

2007 June 9th, 20:35

Hello all!

I just discovered this forum yesterday and am slowing going through all the posts. I thought I'd just say hi.

I'm Laura from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. I'm finishing up my first year as a graduate student at the University of Alabama in Huntsville, pursuing a PhD in physics with an astrophysics emphasis. I research high-energy emission from gamma-ray bursts.

I'm a huge space geek and feel strong ties with NASA. I love the beach and would visit every day if I could. I'll most likely end up moving back to central Florida (where I got my bachelor's), because I can't get enough of the sunny beach and space vehicle launches!

I also enjoy casually playing tennis, yoga, beadworking as a hobby, and my adorable little cat. As far as food goes, I think I could live on pizza and chocolate. Not at the same time, though. ;)

I love meeting people, so if you every want to chat, send me a message!

Laura