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    Is UMass Amherst the Right Choice for My Physics Career Path?

    Hi, I'm an international student from Malaysia and I recently got accepted to UMass Amherst majoring in Physics for my Bachelors Degree. Should I: 1. Accept the offer and transfer to a better school (if I get the chance). or 2. Major in Computer Science in a local university that has...
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    COuld anybody join physics conferences?

    as in high energy physics like this one, http://www.Newton.ac.uk/programmes/BSM/index.html
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    What makes physics so fascinating and appealing?

    Physics being the most fundamental of the three disciples of the sciences, reflects everything from how matter works to the system of nature. I believe mathematics is the language of nature, and so far every concept in physics can be derived from simple formulae to complex formulae with...
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    I apologize, but I am not sure what you are asking. Can you please clarify?

    Hence it must be elegant, when think of something that is elegant say like a thread of silk, you see it as a smooth, undeterred, silver line - ever continuous, ever elegant. That's how good theories are, they are smooth and deterministic ; they could describe something that is beyond our...
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    I apologize, but I am not sure what you are asking. Can you please clarify?

    "Bob and Alice" why them? I know it's pretty random if I asked about this , but, why do physicists ( whenever they come up with a thought experiment that includes two or more individuals) use the names : Bob and Alice Once you think about it, it seems to be eccentric that they used Bob and...
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