[VAXman(Admin)]

Originally Posted by QuantumJo

Did you learn all this in school Vax? I did not know that you are so well versed in physics. I look forward to having more conversation like this with anyone on the Moon that wants to chime in. It is so hard for me to find people to talk with about science.

Well, since you asked.

I had an Uncle that taught mathemetics at Lehigh University. He was teaching me how to solve systems of linear equations with determinants/matrices before I got to my Jr. High School.

I took my degrees (BS and MS) in Electronic Engineering. I took my SATs in the 11th grade and scored high enough to get into just about any school I wanted to at the time so, I took the ACTs in the senior year. I scored high enough to get my college language requirement waived and I was placed in the equivalent of an advanced placement group for my math. 5 credit Calculus courses my first 4 semesters (sounds impressive but it wasn't fun getting up at 8am 5 days a week). My text for calc was one being reviewed for publication. I still have them... 2 volumes on 8.5"x11" 2 sided paper and bound in volumes 2" thick each.

The Electronic Engineering discipline covered alot of "modern physics" which a typical Electrical Engineering degree would not.

When I was working on my MSEE, the professor I had for "Tensor Calculus" taught as an adjunct in the evening. I used to work in the school's Physics Lab setting up for the undergrads. I befriended one of the physics profs who helped me with the tensor field theory (math) and its meaning. Also,
as a grad student, I had to teach a semester of a class. I taught a semester of his of Applied Calculus (things like Bessels, lagrange, and sundry other mathematical curios in addition ot calculus) class. In turn, I taught him computer programming.

I actually focused on Communication and Information Theory in my graduate studies. I hated the actual "hands-on" hardware side of EE. There was much more interesting mathematics in the Communication/Information Theory side. I also found the hands-on study of anatomy much more stimulating than the "hands-on" EE.