PHYSICS--IT'S WHAT WORTH LIVING FOR
Overview of Physics
Physics is the subject that makes going to med school seems like a vacation. You don't have to solve a lot of problems, but you probably need a lot of time just to solve some frosh hw problems (6 hrs to solve 4 problems is not uncommon at Caltech). The
main sub-topics in physics are: Electricty and Magnetism, Nuclear Physics, Particle Physics, High Energy Physics, Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Optics, Thermodynamics, Hydrodynamics, Relativity, Superconductivity, and theorectical physics, i.e., you h
ave to know everything. Although many think that a physics degree will severely limit one's career choices, it is actuallly the contrary. A physics degree will virtually gets you into any science graduate program because of its applications in all scienc
es.
Physics at Caltech
The undergraduate program in physics at Caltech is probably the most vigrous one in the nation. Besides the core institution requirements which include 2 years of math, 2 years of physics, 1 year of chem, and 1 year o
f basic labs, the physics department also requires two more years of advanced lab/ 1year adv lab and 1 year of thesis either in experiment or theory, 1 year of advanced classical physics, 1 year of
advanced quantum physics, and 2-year equivalent of electives in advanced physics.
Coming soon: Tribute to Feynman
One of the greatest and smartest physicsists ever lived, Richard Phillips Feynman is the best physicist in my opinion. The constructing page will be dedicated to stories of Feynman. Mean
while, you can look at photos of Feynman at the Caltech archive.
Caltech Physics-Related Pages
- Info on Caltech Ecperimental HEP (High Energy Physics)
- Background and histroy of HEP at Caltech. I am now doing a research
project with Alan Weinstein's group in studying CP violation in rare B
meson decay.
- Caltech Theorectical Particle Physics
- This is it! All the good stuff about particle physics is here. This is where theorectical physicists seek refuge from the experimentalists. ^_^
- Offical homepage of Caltech's Division of Physics, Mathematics, and Astronomy
- Do you see how we name the division! It's not in alphabetical order but in order of importance. :)
- John Preskill's Homepage
- John Preskill is a theorectical physicist at Tech. In fact, I picked him as my first choice for advisor but somehow I didn't get him. I suspect that nobody picked him except me.
- Caltech Local Resources
- This page contains most of the links to all physics sites related to Caltech including JPL.
- Caltech Members of the MSC
- So do you want to see how physicists at Caltech look like? This page has a group picture of all faculty, graduate and former students, and visitors.
- Physics of Computation
- Those who are interested in computer engineering would find this page quite infomative. Carver Mead's group is working on computation and neural systems programs.
- David Goodstein's Home Page
- Goodstein is the prof for first term frosh physics. He was a close friend of Feynman. So far, he is my most favorite prof at Tech. BTW, for those who have seen "Mechanical Universe," the TV series for physics, he is the creator of that program.
- References to Caltech in Real Genius
"Real Genius" was a 1985 film that was based in Caltech. The film takes place at "Pacific Tech," a disguised version of Caltech. So you want to see how life at Caltech is, then check out this page.
Other physics sites
- A.I.P. Weekly Physics News
- Theoretical Physics . Weekly Physics News .
- Physics (Science)
- Physics - Science . Acoustics . Classical Dynamics . Fluid Dynamics . Nuclear and Particle Physics . Optics and Photonics . Plasma Physics . Quantum Mechanics . Thermodynamics.
- The Nobel Prize in Physics
- Lists the names and "nationalities" of the recipients, the commendation for the award and bibliographic citations from the SPIRES HEP databases (including the full text of acceptance speeches where available) of the winners of the Nob
el Prize
- Physics Nobel Laureate
- Another site with information on physics Nobel Prize winners.
- Physics Around the World: Condensed Matter and Solid State Physics
- Physics Around the World: . Condensed Matter & Solid State Physics . OTHER RELATED LINKS: . [Index] [Astro] [Bio] [Medical] [Complex] [HEP] [X-ray/Neutron] [Add your server/Send Comments] . Condensed Matter & Solid State Groups
- Physics - TheYellowPages.com
- TheYellowPages.comtm . [ Home Page ] [e-mail Feedback] . Physics . Accessing the NASA Space Physics Data System (SPDS) . Aoki Group, Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics . Aoki group, Theoretical Condensed-Matter Physics . Astronomy & ...
- The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Accelerator Physics
- Accelerator Physics . See also: Division of Physics of Beams of the American Physical Society, LANL Accelerator Lab List by Frank Krawczyk (multiple listing options), Particle Accelerators Around the World by Harald H.-J. Bongartz
- APS General Information
- A Century of Tradition . Since its formation in 1899 at Columbia University, The American Physical Society has dedicated itself to the advancement and diffusion of the knowledge of physics. In its nearly 100 years of service to science
- The World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Nuclear Physics
- Nuclear Physics . See also: . Nuclear-Physics conferences , HEP(High-Energy Physics), Accelerator Physics, NNDC, Table of the Nuclides , Periodic Table, Physics servers and services, Yahoo Physics index, general physics and Software Resources
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