Teach me.

[Ender W.]

I just joined the site, and my only real scientific education has been through books that i have read( still in high school, they teach me NOTHING THAT I DONT KNOW). I was hoping someone could explain a few basics to me, like what exactly integral spin is, and how it applies. Please help me!http://www.scienceforums.net/forum/images/smilies/confused.gif

[tomgwyther]

All ways nice to have a new member.

Like you, I have had no formal education in science (I did work in the electrical engineering faculty of my local university where I picked up a bit.)

Since leaving school some 15 years ago I have spent most of my life educating myself so would be glad to help you with the basics in Quantum mechanics, General and special relativity etc. I'm also studying economics and psychology at the moment.

 

I tend not to post very much, because most of the people on here have far more expertise than I do in specialist fields and when a question is posed, it's usually covered very comprehensively.

I derive a great deal of pleasure from this site, simply by reading what others have to say, and I hope you do too.

[Ender W.]

Thanks, nice to see someone on the internet who is friendly for once. I've been reading the forums all day, this is great! I've learned loads already, i love this site!

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Quantum theory is were i have the most trouble. The randomness of it all tends to confuse me, so anything about that would be helpful. I mostly understand Einstein's work, and i know a lot about string theory, so really quantum theory would be the most helpful.

[Mr Skeptic]

Einstein never really liked the uncertainty and randomness of quantum and it philosophical implications. I don't either, and to me it seems unscientific to just accept that. After all, since when do scientists accept and effect with no cause?

[CPL.Luke]

quantum works quite well once you understand it. Personally I never understood the whole nobody understands quantum mechanics bit, everyone I know whose studied it understands it, the same can not be said of organic chemistry or behavioral neuro-endocrinology.

 

and in all actuality I'm better with quantum than with E&M.

 

anyway to the op, integral spin is the european way of saying integer spin, euopeans have different ways of saying a bunch of things, such as callingthe integrand the kernel etc.

 

I even had a russian professor who would refer to 1 as unity in a number of situations, (that may have just been him though)