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http://wired.com/news/culture/0,1284,66393,00.htmlMy last physics class was four years ago; being a slacker, I took other sciences in college. But physics, like it or not (and believe it or not) is becoming more and more an integral part of our lives (nerdy pun intended).
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« Reply #1 on: February 02, 2005, 11:21:24 AM » |
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Yay for taking Astronomy for science credits instead of Physics!
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\"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the former.\" - Albert Einstein
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« Reply #2 on: February 02, 2005, 12:29:07 PM » |
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Yay for taking Astronomy for science credits instead of Physics! Yeah, for me it was chemistry and geology  |
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« Reply #3 on: February 02, 2005, 04:03:00 PM » |
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To me, chemistry=physics... at least in the "I really don't want to take this" sense. I did take one Physics class (algebra based-I), but the teacher was awful and I truly hated it. So I am going to try for a no-more-physics education. =)
Geology probably ain't bad.
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\"Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the former.\" - Albert Einstein
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« Reply #4 on: February 02, 2005, 10:56:53 PM » |
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I actually find physics the most interesting of all the sciences I have taken. I like sciences that help explain the low level "why?"s of things, and physics fits that bill perfectly. In fact, all of the other sciences are dependant on physics to explain how things work at the lowest level. I would actually consider getting a degree in physics if I thought I could get a decent job right out of school with it. So, I guess I'm glad to see the science getting some recognition, even if there probably won't be a parade or anything.  |
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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« Reply #5 on: February 03, 2005, 09:23:45 AM » |
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Physics is indeed very interesting, though this world is so complicated that to describe the physics of any one thing is beyond all of us here (as well as most of the scientific community). But it's cool, and really the only reason I didn't take it is because I'm killing myself with enough other hard classes at the moment  |
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« Reply #6 on: February 03, 2005, 09:46:04 AM » |
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To me, chemistry=physics... at least in the "I really don't want to take this" sense. I did take one Physics class (algebra based-I), but the teacher was awful and I truly hated it. So I am going to try for a no-more-physics education. =)
Geology probably ain't bad. Aren't I lucky, I get to take chemistry next year. GAH. |
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« Reply #7 on: February 03, 2005, 09:56:59 AM » |
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I took one physics class in high school. The teacher didn't care if we learned anything or not and usually left the answer key to the tests on his desk while he left the room. Yep, I made an A, but I didn't learn jack-diddly. I can't say I really wanted to, either.
I liked chemistry in college, but not in high school. Well, actually, I liked chemistry lab. We made nylon, aspirin, cologne, peppermint, and all other sorts of things. The class was quite dreadful, but the lab was pretty fun. I never blew anything up, either.
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« Reply #8 on: February 03, 2005, 01:22:37 PM » |
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I took one physics class in high school. The teacher didn't care if we learned anything or not and usually left the answer key to the tests on his desk while he left the room. Yep, I made an A, but I didn't learn jack-diddly. I can't say I really wanted to, either. My high-school physics class was much the same way, but I was self-motivated enough to teach myself the basics. That and I understood calculus, so I didn't have to jump through the ridiculous hoops that they impose in the so-called "algebra-based" physics. In college, most of my physics education has centered around math. We computer scientists leave the physical physics (free-body motion, centers of gravity, movement over a frictional surface, thermal expansion, etc) to the physical engineers and the electrical physics (inductance, capacitance, resistance) to the electrical engineers. What we worry about is modeling (what does this system look like when reduced to a mathematical model that can be programmed into a computer?) and representational physics. After all, if an engineer needs to solve a real physics problem, he goes and graps a physicist |
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« Reply #9 on: February 03, 2005, 03:44:15 PM » |
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In the past 7 Years [ Highschool, University, College] I have managed to avoid all but Biology . I do enjoy the concepts of string theory, but that is as far as my "physics" takes me. I never liked the way that some things were layed out, mostly because it wasn't the way my mind worked.
My friend is in one of north america's top 10 programs for making laser technology and 7 out of 10 courses a semester somehow disguise the word "physics, brutally hard" in them.
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But of course, I could be wrong... [ But I doubt it. ]
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« Reply #10 on: February 03, 2005, 06:09:53 PM » |
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That and I understood calculus, so I didn't have to jump through the ridiculous hoops that they impose in the so-called "algebra-based" physics.
LOL. I took algebra based physics before I took calculus, and I remember thinking things such as "Man, if there was only a way to find out what the velocity is at this exact instance, this problem would be so much easier." If only I had taken physics concurrently with Calc I, things would have been easier. |
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Fun facts about Chuck Norris:
Newton's Third Law is wrong: Although it states that for each action, there is an equal and opposite reaction, there is no force equal in reaction to a Chuck Norris roundhouse kick.
Chuck Norris can divide by zero.
Chuck Norris CAN believe it's not butter.
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« Reply #11 on: February 03, 2005, 06:51:20 PM » |
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I quite enjoyed my AP Physics class and originally (in high school anyway) I thought I was going to be a physics major. I love the theory behind it all, I just hate the practical application, like the labs. If I could just take the theoretical stuff where we just thought about things and did equations, that would be awesome.
But I'm a English major now, and I don't think anything's going to change that.
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« Reply #12 on: February 03, 2005, 06:52:27 PM » |
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But I'm a English major now, and I don't think anything's going to change that. Word on the street is... English majors are the smartest people in the whole wide world. Not to mention the best looking. |
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« Reply #13 on: February 03, 2005, 06:55:05 PM » |
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Word on the street is... English majors are the smartest people in the whole wide world. Not to mention the best looking. Looks like word on the street is right. 8-) |
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« Reply #14 on: February 03, 2005, 10:51:33 PM » |
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Word on the street is... English majors are the smartest people in the whole wide world. Not to mention the best looking. And the most likely to find jobs after graduating  EDIT: Don't tell my mom I said that *hides*  |
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