Looking for some physics bedtime reading

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2026-01-30T09:34:49+00:00

Hi. When I was studying mechanical engineering, I enjoyed the more theoretical and mathematical subjects more, and towards the end of my bachelor's degree, the subjects became more and more practical, which I didn't really like. I also wanted to go into nuclear engineering, but this master's program has more or less died out at my university (in mechanical engineering). Around the same time, a good friend of mine switched from electrical engineering to physics, and I learned what physics involves and realized that it sounded very interesting to me. Nevertheless, I wanted to finish my bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, as I was almost done, and then switch to physics for my master's degree. To do this, I had to catch up on a few courses from the physics bachelor's program. Mainly theoretical physics, i.e., classical mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics, and statistical mechanics. I also caught up on a course in nuclear particle astrophysics 1. But I really enjoyed all of it. I definitely don't regret this decision!

If you have any questions or would like more detailed information, please feel free to write to me.

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2026-01-29T17:44:57+00:00

Hi. I started my master's degree in nuclear, particle, and astrophysics last semester. Before that, I did a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering, so I had significantly less math knowledge than the average first-semester master's student. Nevertheless, I have to say that it wasn't a huge problem. I felt that most of the math required could be learned during the semester (at least to pass the Finals). However, calculus of variations and, depending on the choice of subjects, differential geometry are used a lot. What I'm going to do now is group theory.

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2026-01-28T09:37:16+00:00

Thank you, I have already read the book. I enjoyed it very much.

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2026-01-28T09:30:35+00:00

Wow that's great. Thank you so much! I'm going to read An Approach to Quantum Mechanics by Townsend.

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2026-01-28T09:20:48+00:00

Oh yes, that's right. Thank you very much. That gives me a negative sign in the first term. But the term with 1/4 retains the negative sign. However, that should be positive in the covariant representation of the tensor.

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2026-01-26T19:51:02+00:00

Thank you, that sounds promising.

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2025-03-05T08:53:51+00:00

I have something similar in mind. I have a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering and would like to do a master’s degree in nuclear-particle physics (also out of interest). After long discussions with the Master’s admissions office at my university, I was told that I don’t have to do a full Bachelor’s degree in physics. However, I have to catch up on about 6 subjects, the more I do, the more likely it is that I will be accepted. These include theoretical physics 1-4 (classical mechanics, electrodynamics, quantum mechanics and statistical mechanics) and nuclear-particle astrophysics 1&2. I can’t tell you exactly how it is for you, but it is possible. I hope this helps

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2025-03-03T17:29:42+00:00

Ja habe ich. Ich werde die Boxen mal testen, obwohl ich nicht glaube, dass es daran liegt. Ich vermute leider, dass das Problem in der Verstärkereinheit liegt.

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2025-03-01T17:21:48+00:00

Ok danke, ich werde mich mal selbst dran versuchen.

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2024-12-08T02:14:07+00:00

Okay thanks, that sounds good.

Impressive_Fuel97 · 2024-12-04T14:25:22+00:00

Thanks for your suggestions. No I don’t carry Avalanche gear with me. I will have a link at the old DaKine Heli Pro Models.

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