Topic of Peepholes Friendship :)

coffee1054 · 2012-02-04, 18:30

Hey all. I'm Russian student of Physical Faculty, chair of Theoretical Physics. If I correctly understand, here there is some students and teachers from European and American Universities. It would very interesting for me. I long wanted communicate with students from other country. And I would like to ask some questions. :)

If you want ask questions me, I'm ready give answer. :)

Sorry for the my lousy English.

Dubslow · 2012-02-04, 20:02

Well, I can understand you, so good enough. Certainly beats my Russian.

I'm currently a Freshman (first year student, age 18) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, a.k.a. Champaign-Urbana, a.k.a. Chambana. (Urbana and Champaign are twin cities around a three hours' drive south of Chicago, in Illinois (duh)). I am also a physics major (who hates experiments)

Ask away.

coffee1054 · 2012-02-06, 13:41

Why you hate experiments? :D

Very interesting what courses you're listening to.

What do you think about the The Feynman Lectures on Physics? Do you know about the course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz? :)

What areas are you interested in physics? What areas of physics involved in your university?

Batalov · 2012-02-06, 22:30

I have read a better part of half of the ten volumes of Landau and Lifshitz. Now, twenty years later, it saddens me to think that I've never used any of that knowledge.

Welcome to the forum!

-Sergey (PhysTech '82-88)

Christenson · 2012-02-08, 01:49

There are ex-university folks here too...though my emphasis was on EE/CS...and my work is in the practice of power electronics. I thank infineon/eupec for providing the semiconductors that make it possible....

Dubslow · 2012-02-12, 08:31

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Why you hate experiments? :D

I like math; I hate arithmetic, or number crunching, which is primarily what experimentalists do. Statistics makes me cringe.

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Originally Posted by coffee1054

Very interesting what courses you're listening to.

In English you should probably say "taking courses". (In French, you "follow courses".) Were you asking me what courses I'm taking at the moment?

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Originally Posted by coffee1054

What do you think about the The Feynman Lectures on Physics? Do you know about the course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz? :)

Sorry, never listened to the first, and never even heard of the latter

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Originally Posted by coffee1054

What areas are you interested in physics? What areas of physics involved in your university?

I personally, being a freshman (that means it's my first year of college, I turned 18 two weeks after move in), am not involved in anything per se besides courses. I do hope to change that in the next year or two. What interests me is the mathematical theoretical parts of physics. I like to consider myself to be half way in between the two. It's the same sort of stuff that Ed Witten does.

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He has made contributions in mathematics and helped bridge gaps between fundamental physics and various areas of mathematics. In 1990 he was the world's first physicist to be awarded a Fields Medal by the International Union of Mathematics. In 2004, Time magazine wrote that Witten was "generally considered the greatest theoretical physicist in the world."

That's the sort of thing I'd like to do.

(I hate to say it, but the discrete sort of math that pervades this forum is second least interesting form of mathematics to me, behind statistics.)

If I wasn't a physics major, I'd be a math major. (Otherwise I'd be a Computer Science or Aeronautical Engineering major, or after those maybe a music or linguistics major. So much to do, so little time!)

Uncwilly · 2012-02-12, 09:48

I don't want the friendship of Michael David Barrett.

only_human · 2012-02-17, 03:38

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Originally Posted by coffee1054

Hey all. I'm Russian student of Physical Faculty, chair of Theoretical Physics. If I correctly understand, here there is some students and teachers from European and American Universities. It would very interesting for me. I long wanted communicate with students from other country. And I would like to ask some questions. :)

If you want ask questions me, I'm ready give answer. :)

Sorry for the my lousy English.

Which physicists do you admire?

One of my favorites is Richard Feynman.

2012-02-04, 18:30	#1
coffee1054 Feb 2012 2 Posts	Topic of Peepholes Friendship :) Hey all. I'm Russian student of Physical Faculty, chair of Theoretical Physics. If I correctly understand, here there is some students and teachers from European and American Universities. It would very interesting for me. I long wanted communicate with students from other country. And I would like to ask some questions. :) If you want ask questions me, I'm ready give answer. :) Sorry for the my lousy English.

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Dubslow Basketry That Evening! "Bunslow the Bold" Jun 2011 40<A<43 -89<O<-88 3×29×83 Posts	Well, I can understand you, so good enough. Certainly beats my Russian. I'm currently a Freshman (first year student, age 18) at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, a.k.a. Champaign-Urbana, a.k.a. Chambana. (Urbana and Champaign are twin cities around a three hours' drive south of Chicago, in Illinois (duh)). I am also a physics major (who hates experiments) Ask away.

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coffee1054 Feb 2012 2 Posts	Why you hate experiments? :D Very interesting what courses you're listening to. What do you think about the The Feynman Lectures on Physics? Do you know about the course of Theoretical Physics by Landau and Lifshitz? :) What areas are you interested in physics? What areas of physics involved in your university?

2012-02-06, 22:30	#4
Batalov "Serge" Mar 2008 Phi(4,2^7658614+1)/2 9488₁₀ Posts	I have read a better part of half of the ten volumes of Landau and Lifshitz. Now, twenty years later, it saddens me to think that I've never used any of that knowledge. Welcome to the forum! -Sergey (PhysTech '82-88)

2012-02-08, 01:49	#5
Christenson Dec 2010 Monticello 5·359 Posts	There are ex-university folks here too...though my emphasis was on EE/CS...and my work is in the practice of power electronics. I thank infineon/eupec for providing the semiconductors that make it possible....

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Uncwilly 6809 > 6502 """"""""""""""""""" Aug 2003 101×103 Posts 97×101 Posts	I don't want the friendship of Michael David Barrett.