As Zappy is enjoying his well deserved vacation this week I guess I should post the question of the week. The full answer is posted in the FILES section of our...
... Well, I mostly read russian books, currently I'm studying physics using Savelyev's & Irodov's courses (5 vol. each). As for math I study calculus with...
Well, I'm back from a week-long vacation, but it'll take me a few days to get back up to speed. Hopefully, I'll have the next intallment on "So you want to be...
With all the valuable links in the Bookmarks section of your group, it is beginning to be rather difficult for anyone to know if a new link that might be of...
For a limited time only (May 31st to June 27th), all registered users (not just subscribers) to Science gets free access to the online version of Science....
Foundations of Astronomy Michael A Seeds Brooks/Cole, Pacific Grove, USA 6th Edition, 2001 600 pages approx paperback I didn't buy this book for the printed...
Hi there! I have some physics problems ready to be solved:) ; I found these problems as being very interesting 1.) "Let's say that you have a disc with a...
To prevent confusion and unstructured discussion, please post only ONE question at a time! Furthermore, take note that the physics problems that were posted on...
I have uploaded two preprints from the e-print archive to our Astronomy Bookmarks section. These two papers argues for the inflationary model of the universe...
Is or will there be such a thing as the "Theory of Everything" (TOE)? This seems to be the buzz phrase nowadays, and especially among quacks who frequently...
The long-awaited sequel to the first installment of our series continues…. This part covers the survival tips of the first two undergraduate years. So now...
…..continue. If you are an undergraduate in a US university, there is no excuse for not enrolling yourself in The Society of Physics Students (SPS). This...
Hello undernetphysics!
Having already taken the standard stream of mathematics courses
required for a physics honours undergraduate degree, and requiring only...
Hey Orangie! I think you have a good solid base of mathematics there. I would strongly recommend mathematics courses in numerical analysis or numerical...
Hey Zz.. here are the course descriptions to the two you recommended! Discrete Mathematics - Basic concepts of mathematical reasoning, sets and set operations,...
I would like to personally welcome all the new members that joined us within the past 2 weeks. Hopefully, you'll find something useful in this group in...
If you're at all interested in particle physics, there is an interesting series of articles to be found at kuro5hin.org, written by a PhD student at Simon...
I have put a link in our Bookmarks - Online Physics Lesson section - to a site containing supplimentary materials to accompany the E&M text "Electromagnetism"...
When a rock falls down into a deep well, it takes 2,6 s before you can hear the "plop". (i) How deep is the well? (ii) Is it necessary to take notice of the...
Hello mulle_rk, Saturday, July 20, 2002, 6:05:36 PM, you wrote: m> When a rock falls down into a deep well, it takes 2,6 s before you m> can hear the "plop"....
... me too,well 30.79 (rounding errors), and ignoring the speed of sound it's 33.12, I dunno about how much an aquafir(sp) varies, but I guess that is not as...
In most universities in the US, a student must have a declared major by the end of his or her second year. So this is an important transition - making the...
...cont. Knowledge of computers is almost a "given" nowadays. However, in physics, this goes a step further. No matter which area of physics you intend to go...
Chalk this up to excellent timing. Right after the last installment of "So You Want to be a Physicist" series, along came this paper on the e-print archive...
Several weeks ago, I posted a comment and a link regarding the validity of the idea that we can have a "Theory of Everything". As Bob Lauglin pointed out in...
This is a rather interesting paper that is being submitted to the American Journal of Physics. It reveals a research done to study how students understand the...
Enter your vote today! A new poll has been created for the undernetphysics group: Who are you? o A practicing physicist o A non-physicist with a physics...
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On the night of the 12th August, the three principal maxima of the Perseid meteor shower are predicted to occur. As the name suggests, the radiant (the point...
Hi, I was a physics major but I am not a practising physicist. I did a year of research (under the honors program). I got my degree but regret ending my formal...
Beginning this weekend (the weekend of Aug. 10 and 11), we will have a weekly puzzle quiz which I am calling the VEXERS. These will be puzzles of varying...
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