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In other words, where in the world would be a good place to have a job as a quantum physicist?
2 answers - Asked By: Sam W - 3/14/2009
My friend got accepted to pharmacy school but wants to pursue a PhD in quantum physics instead. However, he fears that he won't have the job security a pharmacist has if he pursues the PhD in quantum physics. Even worse, he wants to work in the pharmaceutical industry, but not as a chemist, only as a physicist. So, what do quantum physicists in pharma do, and what do other physicists in pharma do?
3 answers - Asked By: thinkstraight27 - 7/24/2011
Im currently 15 and studying to be a quantum physicist and ive already accepted it will be hard as f**k but im dedicated and fascinated by it. right now im in geometry and physics and a sophomore.
1 answer - Asked By: Jesse - 8/25/2009
Hi am 14 and just started high school and was just wondering what is the average salary in the US for Quantum Physics and is this a field will have a lot of available jobs in the next 10 years. And what degrees would i need to have and what time period would they take me to finish to become a Quantum physicist.
4 answers - Asked By: MY LOVE IS PHYSICS - 8/16/2012
I need help w my sons high school paper due last tue any help would b appericated.. He has to have a realistic scope of what a quantum physicist does, edu involved, salary & benafit package. Where do I turn for good info
1 answer - Asked By: Sherry - 1/15/2010
How many of them go on to become quantum physicists, doctors, lawyers, engineers etc...? Or do they all stay in the sport and become team coaches?
1 answer - Asked By: John - 10/12/2008
I'm thinking about going into the field of quantum mechanics, and I just want to know whether or not doing research in that field for the betterment or discovery of new technology will pay the bills. I'm not looking to be a high-roller here, just curious.
1 answer - Asked By: Gabe - 11/4/2012
All three subjects in physics seem extremely appealing to me, its just that I can't really choose one to focus on. I guess I'm looking for like job demand of each field, what basically makes up each field and the salary. I would love it if I could study all of them equally but there's just so much information in each and some of them don't like to coexist happily. Thanks for your info!
1 answer - Asked By: Kyle - 3/15/2013
These are the Jobs I'm going to do when I've gone to collage and learned what I need to do.
2 answers - Asked By: Kamila Dewhurst - 10/24/2007
I am planning on going to collage to get a masters or preferably a PhD in quantum mechanics/physics. About how long will i be in collage?
4 answers - Asked By: PhysicistAlex65 - 9/23/2009
I was wondering what jobs you can get that have to do with philosophy, that actually pay, other than teaching it.? Thanks bunches, any answers help..
8 answers - Asked By: Seaweed - 3/10/2008
I am in Year 9 and have a ridicolously large obsession with physics. When I am older I want to go to Cambridge and get a PhD in Physics and then go on to work there as a theoretical physicist. I have just finished writing a short book (100 pages) on quantum physics and i am just starting a project on String Theory. I am very good at mathematics and don't struggle at all in school. I can afford the fees to go to Cambridge etc but I am very worried about getting in. Also, getting a job as a theoretical physicist at Cambridge (I assume) is very tricky but I will do whatever do get there. So what should I do now?
4 answers - Asked By: Simon - 12/4/2012
I would love to study quantum mechanics, but are there jobs that are in that field?
2 answers - Asked By: Claire - 6/9/2012
Can they? Well as an aerospace engineer you do advance math, modern physics and quantum mechanics and astrophysics, so is it possible?
2 answers - Asked By: Questioner and Answerer - 12/21/2009
I see them both working on the same things with the exception of physicist using general relativity and quantum mechanic.
3 answers - Asked By: Ferdinand - 11/10/2011
I'm a jr. and I have decided I want to be a physicists. I'm trying to get an academic scholarship into MIT or Duke. After college I wanted to get a job at CERN. Will I need to major in quantum physics? Can you major in quantum physics?
5 answers - Asked By: Bleed Purple - 8/27/2011
I know that quantum computing is a field in the sector of quantum mechanics but does anyone know if the study of computer science is related to quantum computing? sorry if this is confusing, but basically i am due to start an undergraduate course in computer science. would my degree have any relevance to the field of quantum computing i.e. would i be able to get a job in quantum computing research after i graduate?
4 answers - Asked By: VividxxDreamer - 6/3/2011
I am trying to pick a major and i was wondering what kinds of things you study if you are an astrophysicist or particle physicist. also, do black holes and gravity fall into those categories?
1 answer - Asked By: dillan - 12/30/2008
I was just wondering that i like both these fields as my career plan. and i wanted to earn the job that gives me more money. P.S- i live in north America so i don't want salary's from Asia.
2 answers - Asked By: robobrain10000 - 2/14/2009
Okay so I want to major in psychology, philosophy, and quantum physics. I want to be a criminal psychologist (and I know philosophy and quantum physics won't help with that but I still want to major in them) Is there anything else I should major in to help become one? Also are there any good universities in Chicago that I could attend for all this?
1 answer - Asked By: Becca - 4/25/2012
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