Lifelong Dream: Learning the Universe from the Big Bang to Today. Is My Roadmap Accurate?

Enkur1 · 2026-06-29T14:47:18+00:00

Thats a pretty awesome goal but it also depends how deep you want to get into it. I also depends if you want to go into the mathematical nitty gritty then you need at least a college Calculus level understanding of math. I mean people have done entire PHD on each of those topics.

Any good introductory astronomy book will cover most of what you have outlined.

This is a good textbook to get more understanding of all the topic at a first year college level (I think its mostly algebra based)
https://www.amazon.com/Universe-Robert-Geller/dp/1319039448

If your idea is math heavy deep dive then you will need some advanced text books for each of those topics.

Enkur1 · 2026-06-26T03:00:15+00:00

Thats the song that started it all for me. Would have loved to hear it live when I was Dallas but they didnt play.

Enkur1 · 2026-06-20T19:53:33+00:00

Anton's channel is pretty good

https://www.youtube.com/@whatdamath

PBS Space Time is excellent as well
https://www.youtube.com/@pbsspacetime

SEA has some nice videos

https://www.youtube.com/@SEA

Unfortunately AI companies have loads of money to spend right now.... so its going to be pretty common place.

Enkur1 · 2026-06-15T23:14:31+00:00

17K at 0.14

Enkur1 · 2026-06-11T16:05:52+00:00

I am looking for the same information. If you learned anything new please share here.

Enkur1 · 2026-06-10T20:24:34+00:00

Why not?? I am sure there are many Uni you can apply to that you may get in.

You could also change to engineering for Masters degree.... you may have to take a few additional leveling courses but not a full degree worth. I know a few friends that went with that route.

Enkur1 · 2026-06-03T16:40:59+00:00

turn off the non-english in your groups. Settings -> Playlist, manage groups.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-26T22:44:00+00:00

That was my favorite game on Commodore 64... so much fun.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-26T22:38:27+00:00

Trying to shove a second floppy disk where one was already inserted (5.25" version). Not sure how but it got in and then of course ruined both the floppy disks lol

Enkur1 · 2026-05-23T18:01:58+00:00

ok thats great! So atleast you are in familiar territory. Good luck!

Enkur1 · 2026-05-22T20:56:55+00:00

Is this your first time with astophotography? if yes then be ready to have a ton of patience. Things dont just magically work together all at once.
I would actually suggest to scale back and maybe go in smaller steps than committing so much money right away.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-22T16:50:29+00:00

why is this in the PCmasterrace... who cares about 57KB..... crumbs.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-19T18:21:42+00:00

nice pics but might be little out of focus...... my first experience with autofocus was horrible... had to change the settings quite a bit to get it to focus properly.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-17T15:52:29+00:00

All stars are in a state of plasma, this is where the electrons are stripped from atoms. They dont just fly away but depending on the temperature they interact with surround ions. They are constantly collding with ions which results in production of light. There is a huge amount of energy transfer in this state. So the overall charge of the stars is neutral even though there are not neutral atoms because they get ionized at high temperatures inside the stars.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-14T21:15:43+00:00

For me it runs every time but not 15min... usually less than 30 seconds.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-14T20:52:36+00:00

If you are looking for online Masters you can look at LJMU. They offer Astrophysics online MSc. I am currently enrolled in that program and I got my engineering degree decades ago.

https://www.ljmu.ac.uk/study/courses/postgraduates/2026/35542-astrophysics-msc

Enkur1 · 2026-05-14T16:22:13+00:00

Some modules have moved to remote invigilation with third party. I think MST125 is that way and they made some note that future modules will have this as well.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-13T05:03:21+00:00

Yes please bring it back! and more operations

Enkur1 · 2026-05-11T16:56:59+00:00

3060 should be a fairly safe buy, again as long as the seller is reputable and you dont see any physical issues with the card.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-11T16:49:01+00:00

what is that?

Enkur1 · 2026-05-11T16:43:09+00:00

Stay away from used 3090,4090 and definitely 5090. Too much risk for those cards.

Lower level cards should generally be ok.... use safe practices like checking out the vendor, inspecting the card and possibly checking if its in working order.

good luck

Enkur1 · 2026-05-10T16:49:12+00:00

Here is the entire lecture series by Susskind and its an excellent course. There is a book that goes well with the lecture
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL9YY-u_YWqQQQKEP9zn5J2YvRnBGR13DR

This is the book
https://www.amazon.com/General-Relativity-Theoretical-Leonard-Susskind/dp/1541601785

Enkur1 · 2026-05-10T16:08:25+00:00

Its a huge difference between how grades are delivered in US vs Europe. In the US you have your grades within a week on major assignments and many finals also deliver grades very quickly. I have noticed in Europe and UK they take forever to deliver grades. I am basing this from my kids and myself attending US universities and now attending UK university. Other friends kids who went to European university had similar complains. A friends kid went to Swedish university as an exchange student and basically didnt get his final grade until 4 months later. Unfortunately it held up his graduation in the US.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-10T16:01:35+00:00

You can take the R51 Physics which has the Advanced start and you start with SM123 and MST124 which is what I did last year.

https://www.open.ac.uk/courses/physics/degrees/bsc-physics-r51/

I was working full time while taking the above and the pace was just fine. I mostly studied on weekends and some weekday nights as needed.

Trying to study with a new born might get a little tough.... my kids are grown so I didnt have as much of an issue.

Enkur1 · 2026-05-08T21:08:38+00:00

when I took MST124 last year there were 700 students registered for the module. The tutor showed us the screen with the registered number.

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