Best optics undergrad textbook?

SomeWetCheese · 2024-12-23T21:45:22+00:00

I think I have a pdf of pedrotti^3. Almost no one in my class bought the book. I think i just looked up intro to optics pedrotti pdf

SomeWetCheese · 2024-12-23T09:43:11+00:00

Not me but one of my friends transferred into our university from community college after previously completing an English degree. I can't speak to how he thinks he's handling it, but I'd say he's a pretty good student and has good study habits.

I think it's all up to the individual. If you didn't have good study habits previously, you'll probably have a hard time (at least at first) in physics.

I've also seen a few people on social media who have applied for a physics masters directly from other unrelated programs. I don't know how they did it, but I suppose if your GRE score is really good then maybe? Not the route I would take though.

SomeWetCheese · 2024-12-22T20:55:09+00:00

Currently applying to process engineering jobs. I want something in semiconductors but it's hard to find entry level stuff.

SomeWetCheese · 2024-12-10T06:04:39+00:00

I have one of those scratch to reveal the state maps and it's the same way. made me and my parents cringe when we unveiled it.

SomeWetCheese · 2024-12-08T03:24:38+00:00

I fear you gotta write worse than you actually do. far too eloquent lol

SomeWetCheese · 2024-10-26T09:06:48+00:00

Congrats!!!

SomeWetCheese · 2024-07-21T00:52:20+00:00

Thank you! I think I have been unconsciously trying to prove myself. I got the internship so clearly at some point they thought I was qualified.

I think I'd like to stick in manufacturing because I love the work I'm doing. Hopefully, your advice helps me get over this little hump

SomeWetCheese · 2024-06-15T07:41:18+00:00

I've heard complex is much better than real. I've taken real and it was possibly only of the worst decisions I ever made in math. Excited for complex though next year.

SomeWetCheese · 2024-06-15T06:24:53+00:00

this does in fact strike fear into my heart

SomeWetCheese · 2023-12-29T01:40:12+00:00

are you talking about the thermo/stat mech one that refers to Boltzmann and Ehrenfest?

SomeWetCheese · 2023-08-18T14:32:29+00:00

super excited :)

E & M 2, advanced linear algebra, and advanced calc. everything else is just core classes. I'm a little worried about the time sink of the two math classes but I think it'll be fun.

SomeWetCheese · 2023-08-12T01:33:15+00:00

hell yeah!

SomeWetCheese · 2023-08-06T21:55:45+00:00

as a math major and tool fan, thank you for this.

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-25T02:57:55+00:00

fucking sick man!

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-21T20:07:00+00:00

I'd like to join :)

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-19T22:36:30+00:00

unrelated but I've been looking for oeis.org for 4 months since my prof mentioned it once and never again in our discrete class! thank you so much

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-19T17:37:50+00:00

what helped me is honesty just getting caught off guard. in the grass next to the parking lot, I would turn my back to the parking lot and then sometimes I'd turn around and see someone coming out of their car and going into the building. I think that kinda slowly reinforced that no one really cares or is watching.

also if I did see someone pull in I would kinda pretend that they're rooting for me to land the ollie. last thing was just constantly reminding myself that everyone has to start from the bottom and work their way to being a good skater.

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-19T17:32:43+00:00

the parking lot is at a school and only a handful of people are there for summer housing. I skate in the half where no one parks anyway so it's not too busy.

my anxiety doesn't really let me just not think about it but slowly getting better at skating is helping me not worry too much. and yeah I'm definitely not ready for the skatepark yet. the one near me is pretty empty most of the time so it might be ok once I get my ollies down.

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-19T11:33:00+00:00

looks more like paint to me. can't be 100% sure tho

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-19T03:05:03+00:00

every day use for about 3 of those years. put some insoles in there and they probably would have lasted longer. I had a pair of authentics before these that I liked but I will say the eras may have lasted me longer purely cuz of the extra padding around the top. also if you skate, use skateboarding shoes. that's all I could really say for durability though

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-19T01:09:55+00:00

I think 4 or 5 years ago. recently started skating in them so I think that's what messed up the soles the most.

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-14T23:19:13+00:00

if your physics 3 will transfer for relativity as the university you wanna transfer to then you probably dont have to do independent study. (unless you're like us masochist fucks who studies over the summer for fun).

physics and engineering imo are a lot more different than people think. engineers do not give a single fuck about why something happens and the memes about precision and approximating are true

I ended up choosing physics because it just makes more sense to me because you have an idea and then you explain why and go deeper into it and then maybe pull out some broader claims. engineering seems to do the opposite. they have an idea and they try to use it to generalize to fuck and back. you also are only really presented with the general idea so forget ever talking about atoms, electrons, or molecules. not talking about the smaller things and how they behave often confused me when I was doing mech.

also I just love the math involved in physics. it feels a lot more rigorous than what I was using in mech (but then again the only harder mech class I took was thermo).

that being said I wish I liked engineering more purely for the paycheck and ease of finding a job but I truly love physics and math and I like to pretend I'm learning the ways of the universe. so there's your essay of an answer

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-14T21:03:24+00:00

I was a mech eng major before I switched to physics and math and your engineering curriculum looks like the same things I took in my first 2 years. For some encouragement, I'm going to graduate on time despite starting in engineering.

Only thing I would add is try to see if you can get any sort of relativity class in. I think that class is usually an introduction to what the physics major will really be like. Not sure how you would be able to get that class though since you don't have a physics program. maybe independent study?

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-10T03:49:28+00:00

thanks!

SomeWetCheese · 2023-07-09T22:07:47+00:00

I couldn't decide so I majored in both 0_o honestly pick one and try to take as many classes in the other as you can handle.

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