Calculus would be an obvious example. What else?
Statistics, linear algebra, differential equations for sure
>>8417292
algebraic topology so that you can understand phase transitions in exotic states of matter
you're not a real physicist without it
>>8417292
Linear algebra/functional analysis are kind of "in disguise" in intro QM/Q-chem
Those also use some basic results from group theory to simplify calculations
Relativity requires an acquaintance with manifolds and tensor analysis
Any mathematicians starting to wonder if math is better left as a hobby and not as a career?
I mean the rabbit hole has gone so deep that most people publishing "new" mathematics don't really have any idea why its useful, what it means or why we should even care.
I'm facing this dilemma as I decide on graduate school, I have done "graduate" real analysis and its cool, same with topology - I read them for fun and I like it a lot but once you start reading research papers it sort of feels like a game without a goal and to be stuck doing this forever doesn't seem terribly pleasant anymore.
>>8417140
You're pretty much right. I'd advise against pure math graduate school unless you live, breathe, and shit [math] (\infty,1) [/math] TFQT topoi (or whatever esoteric object of study is relevant to your interests). Consider applied math or statistics if you want to go to grad school.
>>8417200
applied math is shit. 'look at these graphs for 5 hours and tell me what to do"
great for easy money if you're good at that type of thing, but if you have any kind of passion for math besides some autistic need for number crunching then that kind of job seems kind of boring.
>>8417200
Physics is cool too.
Can we ban it already? Infinities do not exist in nature and it leads to completely preposterous results like the Riemann rearrangement theorem. It's a goddamn mess.
Infinity does not apply to our real universe so it can't apply in everyday applications but we need it in order to prove mathematical theorems. Ya feel?
>>8427639
Not op but yes that exactly right!
>>8427639
this
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kibaFBgaPx4
How can we fix this?
>>8417099
Stop over analyzing things
>>8417099
This video has to be faked somehow, but it does show how retarded these word problems are in common core. Students just look for keywords and translate the problem back into a simple math question. Rarely are they given a vague problem with multiple avenues of attack.
>>8417099
I figure a big part of it is conditioning from being attacked when they say they don't know or understand something. Politicians have this issue all the time where they think they have to be omniscient and if they don't know something they should just fill in the gaps with made up evidence. The stigma on not knowing things has to stop and people need to know that it's okay to ask questions when they don't understand something. For example instead of saying global warming is a hoax by the Chinese they should instead be asking questions about the science they don't understand and working with the information provided.
post pic of what you are currently doing and guess the specific topic of others
>>8416947
Looks like electromagnetics
My turn. This should be easy
>>8417014
analog circuits; transistor stuff?
Working on a lab report for my biochem lab, lowkey fucked up and didn't have a chance to really work on it until tonight. Probably going to be around 20ish pages.
My TA didn't post a picture of one of my gels like she was supposed to and I emailed her days ago about it and she never responded back to me or posted it on our course site... I'm going to be pissed if they take off points for not having it. Probably just going to use someone else's picture to be safe and just site it and mention somewhere that it was never posted.
1. The Government Lies (Remember the Dress incident? With the gooey stuff?)
It's well known that the government lies, murders and steals in order to keep in control of the population. It doesn't take a rocket scientist to know that JFK's head did not explode backwards caused by a bullet coming from the book depository. So if the government would murder the president and cover it up... why wouldn't they lie about other stuff?
2. NASA has been caught manipulating images and evidence before
http://www.spaceref.com/news/viewpr.html?pid=30000
http://www.news.com.au/technology/conspiracy-theorists-confident-photoshopped-nasa-image-is-a-cover-up/story-e6frfro0-1225936084529
Once again, it doesn't take a rocket scientist to see that NASA is full of inconsistencies, lies and coverups. The moon landings look incredibly fake not to mention John Glenn's alleged orbit around the earth in 1962. This guy supposedly shot off the top of a rocket going 17,500 mph, did a mid-air 180 degree turn and successfully orbited the earth 3 and a half times in under 5 hours
Can anyone say "BULLSHITTTT" ?
3. You COULD see the Curvature with your naked eyes if the earth was a Sphere
It's a common misconception that the earth is simply too big to notice any curvature below (insert figure here). This is simply not true. Using the dimensions of the earth provided by NASA, there would be an 8 inch downward curve after the first mile, 32 inches after the second and 6 feet after the 3rd mile. After 20 miles the ground should curve 266 feet downwards.
Go to a place where the horizon is visible from on top of a hill or building and you can easily see for 5-10+ miles with your naked eye. You will notice that the horizon is perfectly flat and there is not any curvature to be seen.
EXPOSED AGAIN
>>8416620
Finally someone who brings fourth a clever discussion on the big debate on "Flath Eath Theory"! People like you who make their own research and questions this mad society we live in a too few.
Finally someone with good points! critical thinking is the way to go, wake up sheeple
>>8416620
Bump for the burn, I want to see /sci/ unleash its power level.
Unless you've taken post-graduate mathematics you are a brainlet.
Prove me wrong.
>protip: you cant.
In my university "theory of computation" is a post-graduate course for mathematicians. I'm a CS guy so I obviously completed an equivalent course for my bachelor's degree. So I've taken "post-graduate mathematics".
Where is your goddess now?
aim sorri foor distoorbing u dis fine mornink becoose aim a brainlett
So that's what this board's all about?
Why do dogs look more human than chimps?
their eyes, faces, expressions are so human-like
It's not dogs that look like humans. It's you that looks like a dog.
>>8416411
Because dogs are the most philosophical animal. A dog doesn't like what it doesn't know and likes what it knows. So it he likes and dislikes by the test of knowledge and ignorance, which is the definition of a philosopher. Philosophers are humans of course, so dogs are more like humans than they are like chimps.
>>8416417
I bet you look like curious george :^)
>Computer Science is going to be the biggest most innovative and important field this century
>I don't have any sort of passion for Computer Science
I'm going into engineering, but fuck, I wish I had a passion for computer science. Going to end up getting a good job doing something not very interesting instead of getting a good job being involved in some of the biggest breakthroughs in history.
>>8416401
I feel the same way, bruh
t.chemfag
It's not computer science. It's programming. Just get a cert and study new languages to be employed for making medical shit.
What do you think about Mechatronics Engineering?
Meme career path
>>8416302
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Is psychology a science?
Would you consider it STEM?
>>8416171
I actually would. I've seen many people on-line bash psychology as a field but it can actually be quite rigourous. Those researchers don't just fuck around and tell gossip at the coffee table, you know.
>>8416171
Many people here say it isn't science, but that's technically wrong.
It's a science all right, it's just not hard/rigorous at all in comparison to the natural sciences.
>>8416171
"""""soft science''""""
Okay, let's say a meteor is on a collision course with Earth. It's big enoughto destroy almost all life on Earth.
What would be the easiest way to change it's course? And with all the resources available.
Now, let's say it's a smaller one that will cause a lot of damages BUT it's made of a lot of rare materials. What would be the best way to capture it?
I've been thinking about this for like an hour, with technologies existing now and in the near future.
So, what's your ideas?
well seeing that meteors have their own small gravitation, it would be possible to land on it and stay comfortably. I would say we get a crew from an oil rig that knows how to drill into different terrains well. When they land on the meteorite they could drill to the center and place a nuclear weapon of sorts. If a nuclear explosion was placed at the center and coordinated with the meteors trajectory, then the pieces of the meteorite would fling past earth and out of the orbit.
>>8415898
Would a nuke work in space? There would be a shock wave within the meteor sure but not as much as on Earth because there is no atmosphere.
Maybe the radiations caused by the explosion would do something?
>>8415898
Wouldn't it make more sense to train astronauts how to drill instead of training oil rig workers to be astronauts?
I seriously want to know the science behind this, is it normal that after being exposed to hentai mangas/doujins for so long its normal that you don't find your own kind (3d) attractive? I seriously just realized that I can't even get hard to any porn/human, but when I see a black and white drawing of a chinese cartoon with an ahegao I get a raging boner, what is the meaning behind this?
Is this normal? Or is there seriously something wrong with me
>>8415524
It's not really a scientific question, you've just come to the realization that 3d is pig disgusting.
>>8415533
I mean though, is it biologically normal that Im not even attracted to my own kind, over a drawing? Im pretty stumped
>>8415546
No, it's not normal. 2D drawings don't have a vagina.
3D vaginas own the fucking world, just accept it.
T - 16 hours until Antares - Cygnus flies again for the first time since the accident in 2014
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBxjLumpmcI&index=2
>new first stage engines never tested in flight
>new second stage, also never tested in flight
What are the chances of a successful launch, /sci/?
I'd wager 40% at best.
>>8415492
>>8413654
>delayed 24 hours
reee
>>8415492
So the blast will be bigger than last time with SpaceX?
How long does it take for you to get tired/bored of your research?
5 minutes
/sci/
I need your help! I am a first year undergrad, trying to get into biophysics research, and I recently was talking to this lab in person about their work and I really want to get involved and told me to shoot them an e-mail, if i am interested in working with them.
What should this e-mail include? I completed making a resume to attach to e-mail, as I presume them to want. I asked for some literature on the topic, and said if i want more just to ask.
Please help me /sci/ I don't want to lose on this wonderful opportunity!