/sci/ - Science & Math

I've studied QFT as an undergraduate and I'm now wondering whether I should continue on this path (QFT + GR). I can get into a decent Ph.d program. Bit unsure about my future prospects after the Ph.d though.
I'm also considering studying the more experimental side of Gravitation Physics as an alternative path (computing stuff).
Another alternative I'm considering is focusing on just QFT for QC and QI.
Any people in these fields? Can you give me some insight or how you feeling about your futures?

Pic related for obvious reasons.

>>9559535
>>9559545
This isn't really enough. Your list is not as in-depth (why hoffman & kunze, why knuth?) as those meme guides like >>9558273 and badly structured (cluster of backtracking). Also it isn't a picure as I requested, your post will be forgotten after this thread dies while high schoolers will continue to flood this board and people will continue to post meme lists.
Get to work and make a good list anon! Or forever let shitty lists roam and stop complaining

>>9523653
Undergrad in History with Minor in Linguistics ---> Fields Medal

>>9415264
To do up to standard model, you need a bit more than think.
First off you need classical mechanics:
- Kleppner & Kolenkow - An Introduction to Mechanics
- Irodov - Physics Problems
- The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. I
Electromagnetism:
- Purcell & Morin - Electricity and Magnetism
- Griffiths, D.J., Introduction to Electrodynamics
Waves:
- Georgi - The Physics of Waves
Thermodynamics:
- Fermi - Thermodynamics (Dover Books on Physics)
Quantum Mechanics:
- Eisberg & Resnick - Quantum Physics of Atoms, Molecules, Solids, Nuclei, and Particles
- Cohen-Tannoudji, C., Dui, B., & Laloe, F., Quantum Mechanics
- Shankar, R., Principles of Quantum Mechanics
- Townsend, J.S., A Modern Approach to Quantum Mechanics

The topics are in chronological order (meaning; you have to read from top to understand next topic). However the books are not, they vary in difficulty and you choose which one fits you best yourself but it's important that you grasp as much as possible. Benefit of having lots of books to choose from is that you could use one, but whenever you don't understand something, you can always check for the same explaination in another book to get a different perspective. Also you have more exercises and problems to do if you feel rusty or need more practice.

You should note that the mathematic prerequisites increase each topic you go down, and tbe math you should know as whole for top to bottom is Algebra 1 & 2, Trigonometry, Calculus 1 & 2 & 3, Linear Algebra, Differential Equations