hate methods, will i hate calculus? ... oh &physics too

[Greggler]

chem

physics is pretty much just a matter of subbing numbers into a derived equation to find the missing variable.
With chem their is a bit more application and definitely more thought required

[vexx]

Really, chem is more mathsy? I always thought/assumed physics was! oh thats good then ha but hopefully uni physics is far better than VCE

[AzureBlue]

Really, chem is more mathsy? I always thought/assumed physics was! oh thats good then ha but hopefully uni physics is far better than VCE

Physics at VCE level is more conceptual than "mathsy" apparently, although higher-level physics at uni definitely involves a considerable amount of maths.

[Russ]

Introductory physics at uni is predominantly conceptual. Even higher level physics is extremely conceptual, it just also has a lot of calculation involved

[AzureBlue]

Introductory physics at uni is predominantly conceptual. Even higher level physics is extremely conceptual, it just also has a lot of calculation involved

How about this thing at uni called "Mathematical Physics"?

[TrueTears]

i think we should get /0 in this, he's doing theoretical physics

but anyway from the limited physics knowledge i have, mathematics conceptualizes the ideas in physics, alot of the concepts in physics are explained by mathematics.

[Russ]

Introductory physics at uni is predominantly conceptual. Even higher level physics is extremely conceptual, it just also has a lot of calculation involved

How about this thing at uni called "Mathematical Physics"?

It's a major. What's your point? Physics is underpinned by mathematics but it's still concept based.

[AzureBlue]

but anyway from the limited physics knowledge i have, mathematics conceptualizes the ideas in physics, alot of the concepts in physics are explained by mathematics.

Yeah

[appianway]

For physics, it's the same as saying: "I hate English. Will I hate history?" Sure, in an english speaking country, you need english to be able to explain your historical ideas, but the real HISTORY is the ideas, not how you express them. Of course, if you can't express an idea, then it becomes a problem... but to be good at history you don't have to be brilliant at English. It's the same for methods and physics.

[dptjandra]

agreed.

I would say the harder part of physics is putting together the question into an equation that you then have to solve (using the physics concepts and principles).  In comparison to methods where it's more like, "this equation approximates this tidal motion...now solve."