I wanted your thoughts on something. What, in your opinion, is the hardest upper division subject in physics to teach? Not necessarily the most difficult to learn, but to teach?
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I am actually a graduate student in physics. Taking Jackson Electrodynamics and Quantum Field Theory for Many-Body Systems, in addition to solid state physics. The Jackson and QFT courses allow one to get away with doing much of the homework by mathematical manipulations but I feel...
Books to build "physical intuition"
All physicists say that it is very important to have this thing called physical intuition. I have a general idea what it means but I don't quite fully get the subtleties between physical intuition about a topic in physics versus understanding the equations...
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I have been reviewing some relativity notes, and I am confused over something. I apologize if this seems like a silly or obvious point, but humor me.
When we are talking about Lagrangians in field theory and in regular mechanics, we are often looking at symmetries. Namely, almost...
I have of late been reflecting on something.
Generally as a rough approximation we may divide physics into classical mechanics, quantum mechanics, classical field theory (like E/M, fluid mechanics...), quantum field theory, and then statistical mechanics.
All the classical and quantum...
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Does anyone know if there's a place where one can get the average GPA's of students admitted to different physics graduate programs? I'm interested in both overall and physics GPA.
If there is no one definite list, some of the programs I'd be interested in having particular...
Pretty much every professor in my physics department has said that it when it comes to American physics graduate school, it is harder to get in as a theory student than as an experimentalist.
Do graduate programs consider computational physics, numerical material sciences, etc... essentially...
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I am just wondering how much of a job market there is for econophysicists in academia, as compared to say theoretical condensed matter physicists. Is it easier to get a job? How much so?
Also, what are some good schools for econophysics research?
They are all very good for undergraduate education. Depending on whom you talk to, people will say any of the three is the best choice.
Me, personally, I think the best choice depends more on you as a person and how well you fit in with each of the schools. On another forum...
Alright. But those are all top 20 or so schools. I also want to know of some schools that are not as difficult to get into, but would nevertheless provide a solid education.
What do you people think of NYU and CUNY grad programs? Would they fit the bill as being easier to get into but still...
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I am wondering what are some good physics graduate schools that are in very urban areas. And by urban, I mean has a population density high enough for a frequently used rail system (ie, New York, Chicago, London), and preferably > 500,000 people. Only exception is LA and San Diego. I...
He is very interested in condensed matter theory, and is really looking to do that for his research. And, while he prefers a metropolitan area, if there is a particularly good school that is more suburban or rural, he would be willing to consider it.