I am currently not a researcher but in your case I would opt for the cosmology group. In my personal opinion physics should be experiment, or observation in the case of cosmology, first, theory second. A lot of mathematical models are being produced where the math is all consistent BUT might...
I am looking for math books that focus on geometrical interpretations. Sadly most of the modern books lack these interpretations and only consists out of theorems and proofs. It seems to me that most modern mathematicians are pure left-brain sequential thinkers that do not have a lot of...
During my master I came into contact with CFD, SPH, electromagnetic solvers and all kinds of different numerical techniques but then again we did have a lot of choice at Ghent University. You also see all the nitty gritty details. Most of the time in engineering course, you just use commercial...
True, most engineering graduates in my country end up in boring programming jobs as well. Unless you did civil, then you are pretty sure you are going to end up in construction.
Thanks for the suggestions (especially Brenner's book).
Myself I found a pdf of Lautrup's book (Niels Bohr Institute). Looks much better than Landau and Lifshitz although it does not deal with kinetic theory...
I am not from the States myself but when I look at some of these engineering programs, they look like standard physics programs here in Europe.
http://engineering.berkeley.edu/academics/undergraduate-guide/academic-departments-programs/civil-environmental-engineering
What the hell is the...
This seems to be an old topic. Regardless let me add a few comments.I am European and had a very similar experience as the thread starter. Back in our days we still had to do an entree exam before we could start engineering studies. Since my grades were so high, I started the program as soon as...