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Anonymous Sat Apr 2 02:34:24 2011 No.2816557 [Reply] [Original]

Hey /sci/. I have been thinking, and I'm considering changing my major from music to cosmology. Maybe somewhere along the lines of the big bang, black holes etc.

I'll spare myself all the embarrassment of trying to explain anymore, because I actually know nothing of it, but I'm incredibly fascinated by it. So I come to you, /sci/, to ask where to start. What are some good book to read? What good articles, videos, and whatever else. Pl0x?

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>>	Daria Sat Apr 2 09:10:24 2011 No.2817638 File: 43 KB, 500x365, dark,sepia,skeletal,vintage,lol,collage-f627b40ab807a93a1ab165f06c7b803f_h.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google] You need to have some good foundations in physics.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 09:12:24 2011 No.2817643 >>2817638 >You need to have some good foundations in physics. And math.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 09:16:24 2011 No.2817653 >>2816557 plus some more general science. Hey do they give undergraduate degrees for cosmology? Or it's with the astrophysics/astronomy program?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 09:18:24 2011 No.2817659 >>2817653 >Hey do they give undergraduate degrees for cosmology? Or it's with the astrophysics/astronomy program? Dunno about other places, but where I am I had to do a bachelor of science majoring in physics, and then go into an astrophysics course.

Anonymous Sat Apr 2 09:25:24 2011 No.2817688

i'm in my last year as a student in finance-banking and since i've started browsing /sci/ i've been having the same thoughts as OP almost every single day.
i understand however that it would be impossible for me to abandon everything i've learned so far and pursue a totally different path, so i just stick to what i do and try to be happy about it

>>	Daria Sat Apr 2 09:28:24 2011 No.2817699 >>2817688 Depends. How old are you? Why is it too late for a career change?

Anonymous Sat Apr 2 10:05:24 2011 No.2817807

>>2817699

i'll be 22 this year. it is too late. plus you can't just throw away everything you've learned in all these years and start from scratch, that's crazy.
not to mention scientists earn shit where i live.
i'll just keep it as my hobby, trying to learn as much as i can on a non-professional level

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 10:08:24 2011 No.2817813 >>2816557 > music major > asks /sci/ for help > knows shit about the subject and is utterly retarded > can't find the info himself > Pl0x? Fuck off retard, and get back to your pathetic music major.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 10:10:24 2011 No.2817819 >>2817813 why are you such a cunt?

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 10:13:24 2011 No.2817824 Take an Astronomy 101 paper. There were quite a few arts students in my first year astronomy papers.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 10:13:24 2011 No.2817825 >>2817819 cognitive dissonance.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 10:13:24 2011 No.2817828 >>2817819 It's because /sci/ is full of asbergers. Those guys pretty much rage at every guy who don't know how to do university level math.

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 11:17:24 2011 No.2818020 >>2817828 LOL, you have some selection bias here, because anybody doing university math will obviously rage at somebody who's failing at easy middle school math :P But yea, i think there's a lot of university students here

>>	Anonymous Sat Apr 2 18:43:24 2011 No.2819969 bump

meltarus !XAocJCQf0s Sat Apr 2 19:42:24 2011 No.2820239
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op check out brian greene's books the elegant universe,
fabric of the cosmos, and maybe his new one parallel
worlds or something i haven't read it.
lisa randall's warped passage wasn't that bad but
brian greene personally is best.
richard dawkins for to help with your science and
love for it. especially the god delusion. it will increase
your enthusiasm for science.
personally i'm not with a lot of the /sci/borgs here on
carl sagan. yes he is a great and supreme figure to
science. but his books were a bit hard for me. idk why.
same with hawkings.
i didn't like any of kaku's books. they were to much in
the realm of fiction and shit for me.
neil degrasse tyson's book that also got turned into a
nova series was also decent.
hope that helps op. i give you two thumbs up for the
change. we need people like you to devote their lives
for science.
>>2817688
it's never to late. look at evariste galois this guy is one of
my heroes. he's a genius studied math by himself pretty
much turned insane and died in a duel. yutaka taniyama's
story is also depressing. a lot of people studied math in
times where it was difficult surviving each day. personally
i don't think i would be ballsy enough to switch
occupations while in your situation. not sure if i have an
answer to your question sorry broseph.

>>	Anonymous Sun Apr 3 02:16:24 2011 No.2822162 Is it possible to learn cosmology on your own?

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