The Ghosts Of Physics

[Rixxz2]

Johnny, how come you seemingly know so much about these kinds of matters? What have you studied/are you currently studying?

[JohnnyMo]

[QUOTE=Rixxz2;43571227]Johnny, how come you seemingly know so much about these kinds of matters? What have you studied/are you currently studying?[/QUOTE]

I just finished a Bachelor's in physics and math a month ago.

[Falubii]

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;43571485]I just finished a Bachelor's in physics and math a month ago.[/QUOTE]

Any clues where you'll do grad school?

[Capnscarlet]

[QUOTE=Raygen;43562112]"Which of the following would be brighter, in terms of the amount of energy delivered to your retina:

A supernova, seen from as far away as the Sun is from the Earth, or
The detonation of a hydrogen bomb [I]pressed against your eyeball[/I]?"

Surprising answer: the supernova. Never knew supernovae were [i]that[/i] powerful.[/QUOTE]

[IMG]http://what-if.xkcd.com/imgs/a/73/neutrinos_bomb.png[/IMG]

I love XKCD.

[JohnnyMo]

[QUOTE=Falubii;43572713]Any clues where you'll do grad school?[/QUOTE]

No idea yet. I haven't taken my GREs so I won't be applying until next year.

[Raygen]

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;43571485]I just finished a Bachelor's in physics and math a month ago.[/QUOTE]

Nice. Any tips for a first-year Bachelor's student in Physics?

[JohnnyMo]

[QUOTE=Raygen;43582351]Nice. Any tips for a first-year Bachelor's student in Physics?[/QUOTE]

The work itself is not that bad. Just budget your time wisely and remember that keeping up is much easier than catching up. Developing a good work ethic is like 10x more helpful than "being smart," whatever that means.

Also, treat your day as if school was your full-time job. (or possibly longer than full time! I think I was working ~60 hours a week on school stuff last semester)

[swebonny]

[QUOTE=JohnnyMo1;43571485]I just finished a Bachelor's in physics and math a month ago.[/QUOTE]

Johnny, you're my moderator crush.

What was your Bachelor project/paper about?

[JohnnyMo]

[QUOTE=Swebonny;43582466]Johnny, you're my moderator crush.

What was your Bachelor project/paper about?[/QUOTE]

We weren't actually required to do one (though in retrospect if I knew how common senior theses were at the time I would have done one) but I did do an undergrad research paper at the end. It's on anisotropic spacetimes, specifically the Godel metric, the Bianchi spacetimes, and a few other less well-known ones. I'm graduated but my advisor is still helping me finish it up this semester for a nice grad school writing sample.