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Top 5 Reasons to Study Physics
5) Physics is way cooler than Biology, Chemistry, etc.
“In Science, there is only Physics; all the rest is stamp collecting”
~Rutherford
1) There is a whole lot of math and…
we do some things that you math teachers told you never to do, we just never tell them!
What do these people have in common?
• Member of the TOMAHAWK Advanced Concepts Team at the Naval Surface Warfare Center Dahlgren Division
• Baltimore County Police Department and member of the department's crash team investigation group
• Software Engineer • Working for the National Reconnaissance Agency • Defense contractor for Northrop-Grumman • Marketing Manager for Virginia Abrasives
Corporation • Industrial physicist and laboratory manager at
General Electric’s Global Research Center in Niskayuna, NY
• Consultant to the Office of Naval Research 351, Asymmetric Defense Project
• Worked with US National and International Weapons communities evaluating technology
• 1993-1998 served as President Clinton’s Assistant for Science and Technology and director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy
• Team member of Project Mercury and Project Viking for NASA – first human to see picture of Earth from Lunar Orbiter
• aerospace engineer
#4) Small Classes = All about YOU!• The courageous students who major in
physics come few and far between~ so you always know who will be in your classes!
•Physics Professors will know you by name, face, and number of hours spent hanging out in their offices enjoying physics!
#2) Learn everything you need!
-Physics classes teach you TONS of Other things- Physics classes can carry over into other majors or
minors, such as math, computer science, chemistry, environmental studies, biology, and philosophy! It also gives you a lot of research opportunity.
#1) Society of Physics Students! (office)
• Your home away from home!• EVERYTHING you need to EAT, SLEEP,
and Do PHYSICS!• Office Includes- cable TV, DVD
player, refrigerator, microwave, lots of computers, couches, tables, and all the physics books you could ever want! (and for a limited time only, a full collection of Schaum’s)