/sci/ - Science & Math

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What would it be like if the leading scientists from the early 1900s were resurrected in their prime? (still had at least 10 years to live). Do you think anything different would happen? Is the only reason we had such amazing minds because they were pushed by the wars? Why is it that we don't have popular household name scientists who are named for there genius rather than for their ability to create analogies during this era? (Michio Kaku and Tyson don't count)

I think that, besides the war, scientists were just inventing new physics to help describe new phenomena. I mean, these days it seems as though all new science is made from fine tuning instruments that scientists from the early 1900s gave us. I guess the same thing happened between classical physics and modern physics; being that all the scientists were just fine tuning. One last question: do you predict a new form of physics to arise quicker than the gap between classical and modern physics (shorter than 300 years from now)?

https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLknbso7kZDfR9nPQVYgwyLE4wr-dXXFEm&feature=view_all

This man was a freaking genius. I just love hearing him speak, it doesn't even matter what he's speaking about.

youtu.be/eLQ2atfqk2c

So /sci/, I always hear about the great scientist having a natural love for science, or greats in any field having an interest in what they do

How does interest come about? What if one generally isn't interested in subject x?

Any relevant experiments on what generates interest? Like the behavioralist who raised his kids to be chess world champions?

How does /sci/ feel about applied vs pure? I always liked math and am just about done with my undergrad double majoring in applied/stats. I prefer math over 'real' science like physics or chemistry but pure math is too separate from real life for me to appreciate enough to consider studying deeply. Differential equations (partial, ordinary, etc) and numerical approximation methods are much more applicable to real life than say topology or differential geometry, don't you agree?

if anyone owns a copy of Problems in General Physics by I. E. Irodov and is willing to post a problem or two that use algebra that would be really awesome thank you.

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>>4184335
hahahahahah

Hey /sci/. I have a question for you -- is a physics/math major difficult? I don't think I'm that smart a guy, but I'm very interested in science and mathematics and I think the relationship between these disciplines is quite beautiful. Again, not Einstein. Is it feasible I could somehow get a job as a college professor? I'm receiving a 4.2 gpa right now on a four point scale, but I think that's more a function of work than anything else. My high school is private/Catholic and is in the 99th percentile for virtually every subject, so it's not easy. I guess my question boils down to this; if I work hard, can I succeed in becoming a professor of science? Pic related - personal hero :)

Oh, Mad, you added the Feynman nonsense... It was just a joke... But since we have the Rand thing... I guess I'll just make it look better then.

>>3557765
careful, you might make him Feynman!

Which achievement or field will alleviate the most human suffering in our lifetime?

everytime I hear the phrase "billions and billions" I want to curl up into the fetal position and die

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>>3241240

Newton is actually a brilliant choice.
he probably was the single greatest scientist, mathematician (maybe Euler and Gauss had him beat though) of all time.

he would definitely accomplish a great deal

hey sci I need homework help in microeconomics, while I'm not expecting the answer I would appreciate a point in the right direction.
Question is:
"Explain how the black swan effect helps to prove and/or disprove the economic theory of rational decision making. Your response should be supported by real-world examples."

Ok my teacher has never mentioned anything about the black swan effect and it's not in the book nor in the extra notes that she gave us. I understand that it's an effect that someone is not expecting but i have no idea how it would prove or disprove the rational decision making theory.

Care to give me any suggestions or a point in the right direction, my favorite feynman picture in return.

I need your opinion /sci/. So I'm a second year computer science major, and I really want to attend a decent grad school and possibly teach (college level) later in life. The problem is my GPA is shit, but only due to classes that don't really pertain to my major minus two exceptions. So my CS and math classes are like 3.93, but English and Music and one physics course I took because I though it was interesting, which it turned out to be but I never went to class or took the tests so I failed, are shit.

So, will grad admissions look more at my CS and math stuff? Am I in a bad spot?

Also I entered with quite a few credits from AP tests, so I can graduate a semester early (next spring), but should I stretch it out over two years and bust my ass? I heard they focus alot on the last two years.

I'll also have plenty of research, so that may help.

I dare you to call him shitty. Really. Just try. You fucking can't.

Hello /sci/.

I really want to understand physics and mathematics, but I am very bad at both of them (naturally, I suppose).

Anyway, I am willing to devote most of my life to simply understanding these things and hopefully one day work with it. I rented a book from my school library today. We have three types of math at our school - P, practical math (the "easiest" and the one I have..); S, economics and so forth; and R, which is more science-oriented (towards physics and so forth). I rented the R1 one. I also rented the physics 1 book.
I looked in it and I am honestly doubting my own intelligence when I'm unable to understand this. I feel so stupid.

Is there any way I might eventually actually learn all this and maybe even get a degree in physics? As mentioned, I am willing to devote my life, more or less, and I love reading about physics and astronomy without the math. I have, however, realized that without understanding the math behind nature, one can never truly appreciate it.

Any encouraging words? Tips? Hints? I'm seventeen, by the way, and I have no science-subjects at school per now. Only pre-law, english, german and sociology (in other words: useless shit), but I plan on taking a year off after these shitty subjects and re-do physics and math.

Picture is unrelated, but he's fucking awesome.

>>2273027

My all-time favorite scientist.

One day in class, Richard Feynman was talking about angular momentum. He described rotation matrices and mentioned that they did not commute. He said that Sir William Hamilton discovered noncommutivity one night when he was taking a walk in his garden with Lady Hamilton. As they sat down on a bench, there was a moment of passion. It was then that he discovered that AB did not equal BA.

>>1101754
I don't need cute gimmicks like remixes to be awesome. My ideas and teachings are fucking badass all on their own.