Will SF*ds for food.
[quote]pzehtoeur wrote:
I’m a biochem major but I’m thinking about taking up a minor in astronomy. I’ve always enjoyed reading up on all the crap thats out there in the universe, however it does make you feel VERY VERY insignificant…
I’d recommend watching “The Universe.” It’s a program on The History Channel, which airs Tuesdays, 9PM Eastern. I’ve downloaded Seasons 1 and 2 and have watched all of Season 3 when it aired.
I’m currently taking an astronomy class but it’s so far very easy, mainly because I’ve learned most of it through self interest and reading. The only aspect of the class that I could understand as someone perceiving as difficult, would be all the equations (not even that many and most are learned in basic physics).
Cool sidenote: Einstein’s Theory of General Relativity predicted the presence of black holes, which no one really believed in until astronomers actually discovered some. However, the equations also predict the existance of worm holes and white holes (basically the opposite of black holes; a heavenly body that emits matter). [/quote]
I have my DVR set to record all the episodes of “The Universe,” It is a great show, very informative with some qualified scientists.
[quote]ProRaven wrote:
Great post. I’m currently reading American Prometheus, a Pulitzer prize winning biography of J Robert Oppenheimer, the father and creator of the atomic bomb.
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Pro,
I just saw a documentary on Oppenheimer the other day. It was a really great story. I was channel surfing and started watching it and I ended up watching the whole thing.
The guy was amazing.
I’m pretty much convinced Oppenheimer was the smartest guy to ever walk the Earth. Between his ability to manage other scientists, to his knowledge of physics, to the other arts he dabbled in, he was pretty much incredible.
I pretty much LOVE physics… Still in high school though… So havn’t really read much.
I did read “The universe in a nutshell” by Stephen Hawkins, in one day.
It was pretty cool.
I think I developed an interest for physics, when I started having doubts about “God”. Now the doubts are gone, physics still remain, and consider myself an atheist. (Oh noes)
(I plan on getting a Ph.D)
[quote]Invictica wrote:
I study statics and dynamics in school. Astrophysics is too much for me
F=ma is the solution to all of life’s problems as far as I’m concerened[/quote]
True. From one engineer to another.
less not forget y=mx+b and it’s differentials/equivalents.
I’m studying physics at the osijek university, unfortunately for a physics teacher, but I plan to work in our physics department in 5 years, become a Ph.D. in 8 (lol, Ph.D. at 26)
I apsolutely love physics, especially quantum physics and general relativity 
I’m very interested in physics, I love sci-fi shows like Star Trek and reading about the reality of what’s possible is fascinating.
I love the book “The Physics of Star Trek”. There’s an older book called “Interstellar Travel” that went into all of the cutting- edge ideas (back then) for interstellar travel and how hard it would be to accomplish.
Physics concepts are fun, the maths is not. Unfortunately at Uni it’s all maths.
Very few thought experiments a la Einstein.
I first read this as psychics! ooops And I was surprised to see so many men posting about being into psychics.
If you are interested in astrophysiscs/astronomy/cosmology, you really need to look at the electric universe hypothesis…
http://thunderbolts.info/home.htm
http://www.plasma-universe.com/index.php/Plasma-Universe.com
http://www.holoscience.com/news.php
No need for black holes, dark enery, dark matter or any of that crap… just ‘simple’ plasma physics.