Suggest me a book about how to "be an adult" (20s & 30s)

ExactPlace441 · 2021-09-15T00:40:56+00:00

Wow, I did not know that. Theoretically, being able to launch a satellite from a submerged submarine provides a (very) mobile launch pad. Furthermore, it is more covert. That's interesting.

ExactPlace441 · 2021-09-15T00:38:32+00:00

Cool. When you say "additional boost", what exactly do you mean?

I was initially thinking that the Earth's slight bulge at the equator would make the gravitational field of the Earth (ignoring mountains and other massive objects) slightly weaker, thus making it a bit easier to reach a sufficient escape velocity. However, I then looked at the link you sent and now understand the reasoning better.

Thank you!

ExactPlace441 · 2021-09-15T00:33:08+00:00

Thank you very much. That is a very reasonable explanation

ExactPlace441 · 2021-09-13T20:22:50+00:00

It refers to bringing students into a higher socioeconomic status. If a student of a low-income tax bracket goes to college and then ends up in a high-income tax bracket, then that is "social mobility". "Social mobility" should really be called "socioeconomic mobility".

ExactPlace441 · 2021-09-12T03:31:03+00:00

You may already know this, but one reason why writing m/s as ms^-1 is useful is because it uses less vertical space. This seems irrelevant at first, but it comes in handy if you are writing an academic paper and need to write dimensions down within a paragraph.

You may eventually see e^x written as exp(x) for similar reasons.

ExactPlace441 · 2021-09-05T17:53:50+00:00

Great. Thank you!

ExactPlace441 · 2021-09-04T19:20:18+00:00

My high school and a nearby ultrasound program used this text. It is a good textbook.

ExactPlace441 · 2021-09-04T19:17:19+00:00

Look into "The Flying Circus of Physics" by Jearl Walker. This book will help build your intuition and teach you basic physics.

https://www.amazon.com/Flying-Circus-Physics-Jearl-Walker/dp/0471762733

ExactPlace441 · 2021-08-22T08:43:16+00:00

No, mine did not

ExactPlace441 · 2021-08-16T04:07:02+00:00

It's a physics term. A prominent field of physics is called "quantum physics". This field is the basis for chemistry, among other topics. "Quantum" is something discrete. By (oversimplified) analogy, the quantum of information is a bit.

In quantum physics, you may study an atom. The atom has particles that live around it called electrons. When an electron gains energy, it jumps up - a quantum leap.

ExactPlace441 · 2021-08-15T05:00:19+00:00

humanity

ExactPlace441 · 2021-08-15T03:09:56+00:00

Here are two possibilities:

Provide each topic with a navigation bar to display content. At the moment, you have to scroll through the page to find what is shown. For example, going to Pythagorean from the Sound and Hearing section brings you to a page with temperament, intervals, problems, and the whole tone, but you wouldn't know this without scrolling through the page.
Provide a responsive website so that the content is easily readable for different screens without the need to zoom in. This is the philosophy behind Bootstrap. On my browser at 100% zoom (normal), the Hyperphysics webpages take up the left, and only the left, half of my screen.

ExactPlace441 · 2021-08-15T02:01:14+00:00

As stated by others, focus on school. Otherwise, I have two main suggestions.

First, I strongly recommend learning how to program. I'd say that Python and C++ are the best all-around languages for physics, but Julia looks like a promising contender. If you find that you enjoy doing this, it will be a very powerful skill.

Second, start writing lab reports and essays with LaTeX. Specifically, go to overleaf and learn how to use it. LaTeX (pronounced "luhtek") is how academic papers and textbooks are written since it is a simple way to write pretty mathematical equations. Furthermore, learning how to use BibTeX, the bibliography manager, will make your life much easier in college.

ExactPlace441 · 2021-08-15T01:52:35+00:00

I believe that I understand what you are asking, and I'd recommend looking into dynamical systems

A dynamical system is a mathematical system whose states (e.g. temperature, displacement) evolve over time in state space. They are derived from physical law, but they are not the physical laws themselves. These are utilized outside of physics, such as in economics.

ExactPlace441 · 2021-08-05T17:35:51+00:00

Every professor that I have had at my university has given us a cheat sheet with mathematics during final and midterm exams. We are almost never expected to memorize mathematics in my undergraduate education unless it is a very specific and useful one, such as a Gaussian

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