or you know

http://www.ocf.berkeley.edu/~abhishek/chicphys.htm

Ha. One of my professors wrote one of those books. Pretty neat stuff.

Well, you need to have several years of math under your belt. You can't even take quantum physics without taking linear algebra and differential equations. For introductory electricity/magnetism, you have to have taken multivariable and vector calculus. Have you done those yet or are you taking them now?

I have not done any of those yet. I told you, I don't have the mathematical background to understand any of those books. I can't wait to learn Maxwell's Equations, though.

Yea, they are pretty bad ass. I was a huge fan of E&M.

Statistics helps too, of course

If you want a crash course in necessary math, I highly recommend this book: http://www.amazon.com/Mathematical-Methods-Physics-2nd-Mathews/dp/0805370021
It covers many different branches and includes examples where they apply specifically to physics, which you might not get in a pure math class.

As for other text books, the two by David J Griffiths are fairly accessible for introductory material, and I think it'd be possible to teach yourself the subjects with them once you possess the necessary math background.

Any idea how these bose-einstein condensate observations might tie into the many worlds explanation?





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That book is pretty expensive, imo.
I just have a few engineering/math books, a physics/chemistry CRC handbook, a math CRC handbook, and some other books on differential equations, linear, and set theory.


This post was edited by general_patton on Nov 24 2010 12:12am

Cool story bro.

Are you going to grad school any time soon?

Probably in two years. Really depends on finances at this point in time.

If you want to know what you want to research, then apply for an NSF grant. They have a lot more funding now for pure scientific research via the stimulus package. If you get the grant, you'll get full tuition paid for plus a stipend (usually $20-25k per year) and take it to any school that'll accept you (coming with your own funding usually means you're getting in, guaranteed). One of the benefits of going to school for science/engineering Has to be a PhD program, though. Alternatively, you can contact professors at programs you're interested in to see if they have funding available to take on additional PhD students. If they do, they'll do the same thing for you.