1. Yes that's why I'm not studying now.. No fund to go overseas though unless you got leads.

2. Will take note on those. I think paul wilmott has another undergrad bible.

well, I'd vote for wrong country. anyway I'll take this to pm if you don't mind =)

nope no leads, my student days are way over..... only real life examples..

1. uk, now economy bad, so most proffesors do not have the funding to sponsor phd students. note that funding is from the uk gov or whatever EU research grant etc... Besides, they would naturally prefer to sponsor their undergrad students ie cambridge undergrad who's interested to continue onwards etc. very hard sell for overseas students unless ur sponsor knows the uk proffesor well and research proposal too good to let go..

2. even if u go sg, and do complete a phd from ntu/nus, doesn't guarantee u a job as a quant in sg. its very competitive and i know of at least 1 real life example. its like chicken and egg, if nobody gonna give u a chance, how u gonna start gaining exp? that's life..

3. yes wilmot has the 3 volumes, 2nd ed., its very expensive but u can easily find the pdf's online..

4. one does not need to like the goverment to love a country, which is my case and i suppose most of ppl in this forum too.
otherwise i wouldn't even bother moving back here...

This post has been edited by tkhin: Nov 10 2011, 10:07 PM

Will it be wrong for me to post this here?

Haha thanks for dat..
Really lk the last sentence!

Glad to see this thread here. I like physics too.

Dear physics enthusiasts and bystanders and whoever nots,

Where can I get the elusive (to me) feynman lectures on physics? any bookshops? I can't seem to find any info on the net.

Google search result

Amazon -got both brand new and used versions...

Maybe in public university libraries (I'm pretty sure I saw/flipped through a copy of FLoP @UM's library)...

Well, I want to use my book vouchers, and I do not think amazon accepts them...

What about local bookshops?

Vouchers, nice... but I'm not sure how those work. Other options of getting (higher-level academics) books locally:
1. order them via the 'big' bookstores e.g MPH or the uni bookshops like UM's Pekan Buku
2. if you're a student then buy them through your lecturer's book agent(s) -sometimes if you're (very) friendly with your teachers you could get the books FOC!
3. use the vouchers for other books and use the money 'saved' to get FLoP from Amazon

...or sell the vouchers for money, buy a Galaxy Tab, then download the (probably illegal) pdfs from P2P sites and read 'em on your tablet

How many here actually got a bachelor/master's degree or PhD in physics?

is it possible for men to invent something that can generate ant-gravity?

how many of you love the show The Big Bang Theory??

MEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I LOVE SHELDON COOPER!!!! xDD

Let me add a word about the CMB: the CMB only supports the Big Bang theory because we are stuck with the Big Bang theory. Once the Big Bang theory is removed then one of the many alternative interpretations of the CMB will become more credible. Well I've said enough.