Talk:Physicist

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This is the talk page for physicist. Please use it only for relavant discussions. Karol 13:48, 19 October 2005 (UTC)

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[edit] Additional text needed

I've added enough text to almost raise this article from the level of a stub, but it still needs information about physicists in the fields of mechanics/forces, electro-magnetism, and relativity/theoretical physics. -- EncycloPetey 06:18, 19 November 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Rewrite

So, I started to rewrite the article along the lines of chemist because I didn't think that this needed to duplicate subdiscipline discussions at physics and I think chemist does a good job of talking about the job rather than the field. I also thought this'd be a good place to discuss trends in physics employment and demographics of the physics community. This is, of course, by no means done, and I welcome any help or input into what this article should be. — Laura Scudder ☎ 23:33, 21 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Study versus practice

I actually think that "study" is a bit of a loaded term. Physicists in industry have a bit more of a reputation for "studying" problems instead of solving them. So put me down for disliking "study." Nonetheless, the article continues to have more serious deficiencies than the choice of a single word. I'll try to improve it when I have a chance! Alison Chaiken 15:58, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

I had in mind the use of 'study' as in 'studying the subject at university'. So, a university/postgraduate student studying the subject would naturally be called a physicist, which I think is right. --MichaelMaggs 16:10, 1 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] List of textbooks

It seems to me that the list of textbooks does not really belong here, although it is useful information that is worth keeping in a more relevant location. The books might be relevant in physics but I don't see why they should be in physicist. Anyone in favour of moving them to a new article?

As an aside, there must be hundreds of "graduate level" physics textbooks in every different area of physics. Is it really worth making an attempt to list them all here?

Greg 19:48, 9 June 2007 (UTC)

Yeah, I do think it's rather silly. — Laura Scudder ☎ 20:35, 9 June 2007 (UTC)
You know there is already an article Physics/Further reading. That seems like the most appropriate place to merge this list. — Laura Scudder ☎ 13:39, 27 June 2007 (UTC)