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Why are math/physics majors more prevalent than biology/chemistry majors here?

>> No.15130921

>>15130918
Chemistry authors are a fucking mess.

>> No.15130928

>>15130921
Yes, I also think that. If you read physics and math textbooks, they are exquisite and lovely, but chemistry textbooks, in my opinion, are not on par with those. why?

>> No.15130933

>>15130918
fixation on childhood. those other topic aren't introduced until later in life, math is learned starting at a much younger age. some people who earned praise as a child for memorizing their multiplication tables never bother moving on past that stage of development, instead they devote their lives to repeating the patterns which brought them success in 2nd grade and they never bother to mature further and the upshot of all that is a greater number of math people than in other more worthwhile areas of investigation.

>> No.15130973

>>15130933
I think it's more that they found math boring and someone probably told them that they're never going to use 95% of the stuff they learn at school so they didn't bother with it. That's what happened to me anyway

>> No.15130977

>>15130933
totally wrong

>> No.15131024

>>15130928
It's all the fumes. Chemistry authors have no sense of logical structure and progression.

>> No.15131054

>>15130918
everyone here is a pretentious faggot and those are the most pretentious subjects

>> No.15131075

bio isn't a real science, try checking /his/
no explanation for chem though

>> No.15131139
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>>15131054
This
>>15131075
Maths is not science, hence why this board is called "science AND math". As a practicing biologist, I am a scientist. You are not. Cope and seethe.

>> No.15131153

>>15131139
>he assumes I'm math instead of physics because otherwise his argument falls apart instantly

>> No.15131169
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>>15130918
Stop spamming these unfunny, AI-generated book charts. The meme charts /sci/ hand-made are a billion times better because
(1) the books are hard, meaning it will filter retards (yours won't)
(2) these charts have an actual structure (yours don't)
Thus, meme charts will filter morons but still prove valuable to anyone with an IQ higher than 120.
Your "advice", on the other hand, is as sound as telling a uni math student to read 80 elementary calculus books before moving on to 112 elementary algebra books, and then lastly all Encyclopedia of Mathematical Sciences books.

For anyone who actually wants to learn chemistry, here's /cg/'s list:
Oxtoby. Principles of Modern Chemistry
Wade, Clayden: organic
Voet, Voet. Biochemistry
McQuarrie for physical chemistry or Anslyn's Modern Physical Organic Chemistry
Landau, Lifshitz. Statistical Physics, Part I and II, Theory of Elasticity, Physical Kinetics
Meissler. Inorganic Chemistry
Fleming. Frontier Orbitals
Silverstein. Spectrometric Identification of Organic Compounds
Cotton. Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
Smythe. Static and Dynamic Electricity
Greene. Protecting Groups in Organic Synthesis
Vogel. Practical Organic Chemistry
Odian. Principles of Polymerization
Rubinstein. Polymer Physics
The Francis and Carey texts, 1 & 2
Crabtree's organometallic book
lecture contents & research papers published by Springer Nature & Elsevier
Theoretical Chemistry: springer.com/series/10920/books
Quantum Chemistry: springer.com/series/676/books
History: springer.com/series/10127/books
Topics in current chemistry: springer.com/series/128/books
Lecture notes: springer.com/series/632/books

>> No.15131642

>>15130918
Biology is full of women, and there are no women here. Idk about why chem.

>> No.15131700

>>15130918
The softer the science, the more "social-emotional" and insecure the scientist, the lower the tolerance for big meanies on a place like 4chan. Many midwits can only tolerate authoritarian echochambers like reddit. The risk of facing contradictions in their worldviews and experiencing cognitive dissonance is too high on a more open platform like this one.

>> No.15131712

>>15131169
>AI-generated
oh, so that's why these "top 15 books" lists are always so shitty and nonsensical

>> No.15132099

>>15131153
kek i love this place man

>> No.15132115

>>15131139
>As a practicing biologist, I am a scientist.
You aren't a scientist until you have mastered physics, chemistry and mathematics at the same time at an advanced level. Biologists don't know anything about the three, so they can never be scientists.

>> No.15132222

>>15132115
Based and science-pilled

>> No.15132461

>>15130933
Delete this.
Man why can't I go back to 2nd grade when I was great at it?

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>>15130921
most of the best scientists are actually, it's a cursed poison of the creative --mind-- kind

>> No.15132958

>>15132546
>marx-engels
>shit refuted by bom bohrek what the fuck 80 years before Marx even existed

>> No.15133049

>>15130928
Physics textbooks are awful. They sacrifice good exposition and rigor for a shitload of examples, so instead of properly grasping what's going on, the reader is left with a rote understanding of those specific examples and is completely useless in the presence of novel concepts.

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>>15132546
holy fuck that's the one i made

>> No.15133131

>>15131169
Is that list in the order one should proceed? Also, any tips on how to tell which branch of science one should pursue?