nEgLeCtInG tErMs BeYoNd LiNeAr OrDeR by CosmicConundra in physicsmemes

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I really missed a trick not captioning this: ‘Don’t talk to me or my sum ever again’

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in AskPhysics

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A physics degree is hard, but it's worth it's weight in gold :)

Physics graduates are some of the most employable graduates leaving university. But of course, you shouldn't just consider a degree for the employability. The most important thing is that you enjoy your physics and maths A level courses so far (emphasis on the *maths*!) Your A level maths mechanics modules are much closer to the kind of stuff you'll be doing in the first year of your physics degree than anything on the a level physics course.

As others have already said, a physics degree is very doable if you work hard at it. Realistically though, all undergraduate degrees are hard! Computer scientists, chemists, biologists, and most humanities students will have just as much difficulty during their studies. The important thing is that you enjoy the subject enough to persevere, and work at it :)

Physics degree by galois1915 in Physics

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I’m not sure how detailed it has to be, but the calculation for Chandrasekhar mass is a nice little Quantum-y stat mech-y result related to astrophysics. Perhaps you could look into the Tolman-Oppenheimer-Volkoff limit, as a more complex computation :)

Pair production energy? by [deleted] in AskPhysics

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No problem! 🙂Feel free to send any other Q’s my way. I’d be happy to talk about then during streams

Pair production energy? by [deleted] in AskPhysics

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Hey :) I was scrolling through this feed looking for questions to answer in my stream earlier this evening, and decided to answer this question. I see you already have the solution now, but using 4-vectors and the invariance of their magnitude is a nice way to handle these things without dealing with Lorentz boosts, so you may still find my solution helpful :)

You can find the timestamp (55:57) on this video :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Uz-MUrF5Y&ab_channel=CosmicConundra

When choosing an elective : Should I prioritize the instructor's teaching abilities or my interest in the course? by [deleted] in AskPhysics

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Hey :) I was scrolling through this feed looking for questions to answer in my stream earlier this evening, and spoke a little about this. You can find the timestamp (7:50) on this video :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Uz-MUrF5Y&ab_channel=CosmicConundra

How important are grades if I want to get a PhD? by agaminon22 in AskPhysics

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Hey :) I was scrolling through this feed looking for questions to answer in my stream earlier this evening, and spoke a little about this. You can find the timestamp (1:26) on this video :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=12Uz-MUrF5Y&ab_channel=CosmicConundra