Ha!

[unbound_spirit]

My cousin (who is considering a major in astro physics) had an away message up that said something about reading some Stephen Hawking. I was a bit jealous, really missing my days studying astro physics, so I said:

RautavaaraAngel (3:38:02 AM): Stephen Hawking *drools*
RautavaaraAngel (3:38:19 AM): that was ME drooling, not Stephen Hawking. Just to clarify.

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[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

Ha!

I think Hawking has enough pop culture cache these days that just about everyone would get that joke :)

It's funny, after I finished undergrad (and even during, but especially after) I had this thirst for more empirical work and ended up devouring a pile of science books, mostly physics. If I had that part of my education to do over again I'd minor in physics.

And if I had an unreasonable amount of money to blow on a degree I couldn't even begin to justify and the time to do it in, I'd do the MA in The Philosophical Foundations of Physics at Columbia.

[unbound-spirit.livejournal.com]

When I was taking astro physics at Princeton, I was never happier. And in fact, my prof asked me if I would like to switch over to Princeton completely (I went to Westminster and took classes at Princeton through the exchange program) and I think I will forever regret turning that down. I would do an undergrad degree in physics in a second if I could do it again. But alas, now I'm an unemployed music BA just like all my fellow classmates who didn't go into teaching. :(

Wow, what's this MA at Columbia about? What kind of crudentials do you need? Hmm...that sounds REALLY awesome....I'm sending in so many freaking applications...if it's not a total out of the ball park thing, maybe I'll go for it...Tell me more!

[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

Check this out:

http://www.columbia.edu/~asb3/philphys/philphys.html

It looks like a fascinating program.

[unbound-spirit.livejournal.com]

DARNIT! They want people who had undergraduates in either philosophy or physics. That counts me out :( Oh it looks like SUCH a cool program! I think that prof Brian Greene is giving a lecture this spring at the 92nd street Y in ny. I am definately going. It sounds like it'll be really interesting.

I just doubt that my general interest in physics and that fact that I've taken a few classes and read some cool books will be sufficient to stand up to other applicants who have masters in philosophy or physics. Ah well, back to the drawing board.

[ludimagist.livejournal.com]

You never know. If you really are interested you should contact the dept chairs and request an interview.

[unbound-spirit.livejournal.com]

I guess I could call and ask. I just think that if I actually ended up applying, it would be a total shot in the dark.