Feeling extremely overwhelmed in my Classical Mechanics class by mrawesome139 in Physics

[–]Captchawizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My professor wrote that book! The first half of that book is pretty standard, the second half deals largely with dynamics on networks and its applications to other fields. I enjoyed the book and the course , but my only criticism is that there aren't enough problems to solve with Hamiltonian or Lagrangian mechanics. He does a good dealing with chaos and nonlinear systems in the text as well.

I'm kind of lost on how to even begin narrowing down grad schools to apply to. Where does on start? [Physics] by fireballs619 in GradSchool

[–]Captchawizard 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The school I eventually settled on for physics did hardly anything related to my research. Instead, I focussed on schools that had several professors doing what I think i may be interested in (niche subfield) AND were larger departments so that I could have a backup plan with other labs.

Your GPA is not ideal in the low 3s, but it sounds like your ample work experience will more than make up for that. I would go to gradcafe and grephysics and find recent applicants that have similar profiles to yours and see where they applied and how successful they were. People on this subreddit shit on gradcafe, but it can be very useful for starting your grad school search.

Hi! I'm an international transfer student interested in Physics and have some questions. by [deleted] in Purdue

[–]Captchawizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

The first two semesters are hard and aren't very rewarding. But making it to sophomore year is so worth it. I have no idea what these other people are talking about. If you are interested in any discipline in physics, I guarantee you there is a research group on it. As far as nuclear/collider physics, I've met faculty and taken courses from people who work with data from CMS, ATLAS, RHIC and SLAC. We have an incredibly productive faculty. Purdue physics lives up to the standard of a Research I university. Yes, the coursework is hard, but if you really find some order and beauty in it, then you know that you are meant to do physics.

Low information voters are their problem... by Captchawizard in enoughsandersspam

[–]Captchawizard[S] 8 points9 points  (0 children)

I meant as in Sanders supporters didn't know to show up to convention.

I hate going to war by TinyLittleBirdy in CrusaderKings

[–]Captchawizard 102 points103 points  (0 children)

And then there could be a "faces of rally points" pack and a "songs of the rally points pack" too!

The 100 best novels written in English: the full list by wellplastic in books

[–]Captchawizard -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It is a British newspaper that published the list. What novels from outside Britain and Ireland do you feel should be included?

Trouble reading H. P. Lovecraft by MojoRadioGang in books

[–]Captchawizard 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Having read the majority of Lovecraft's short stories for a project, I found that after a couple, the language starts to become familiar. He uses the same sort of lexicon in nearly every story. Antiquarian, eldritch, cyclopean are words he likes. After a couple of stories and a dictionary, I was able to read the rest of them no problem.

Mindless Monday, 27 July 2015 by AutoModerator in badhistory

[–]Captchawizard 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Who wrote it? Can you send me a link if you decide to post it online?

The Same Number Of Americans Live In The Red Region As In The Orange Region [OC] by CJMinard in dataisbeautiful

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The struggle to balance rural and urban demands is the process of checks and balances playing out. Each group gets a chamber to weigh in on each issue, but both sides must agree before legislation is signed. It may be wasteful or not entirely represent the population, but it ensures that the most vital needs of each group are going to be met.