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Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 17:55:49 2020 No.11585091 View Reply Original Report

Quoted By: >>11585095 >>11585159 >>11585200 >>11585353

37.5 year old boomer here, is it too late for me to start a physics degree and become a quantum physicist?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 17:56:45 No.11585095 Report

Quoted By: >>11585108

>>11585091
What level is your understanding on physics and quantum mechanics/math?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 18:00:33 No.11585108 Report

Quoted By: >>11585152

>>11585095
I know how to add fractions by multiplying a denominator to make it equal the other demoninator, i.e. 1/2+3/7=7/14+6/14=13/14. Am I gonna make it?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 18:11:03 No.11585152 Report

Quoted By: >>11585188 >>11585353

>>11585108
Sorry anon, but you need a minimum understanding of calculus to get started :( best of luck tho

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 18:15:01 No.11585159 Report

Quoted By: >>11585188

>>11585091
Read Leonard Susskind's "The Theoretical Minimum" its a popsci book on what you need in order to study QM
I never read it but I wanted to but I did uni instead and now I know qm

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 18:23:57 No.11585188 Report

Quoted By: >>11585364

>>11585152
I know that dbx^a/dx=abx^a-1
>>11585159
Thank you

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 18:26:57 No.11585200 Report

Quoted By: >>11585246

>>11585091
It's too late bro. The best shot you have is maybe becoming a quantum mechanic.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 18:40:07 No.11585246 Report

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>>11585200
Does this mean like applying quantum physics technology to cars to make them orders of magnitude more efficient and less environmentally harmful?

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 19:00:50 No.11585301 Report

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It's too late when you're dead

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 19:18:20 No.11585353 Report

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>>11585152
>>11585091
You can get an acceptable understanding of Calculus in half a year if you have the discipline to study enough. Although it's one of the most useful things you'll learn, Calculus isn't hard at all.

Anonymous

Anonymous Mon 20 Apr 2020 19:21:27 No.11585364 Report

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>>11585188
Do you know what derivatives actually mean or do you just know how to calculate them? If you do, congrats, go study more. If you don't, go read Stewart and build an intuitive understanding, not just of derivatives, but of everything you know, and everything you're going to learn on the way to your degree. Best of luck!

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