#fuckingphysics

[adhdoxford]

Whenever I get stressed out over a small thing in school, I remind myself, 

HERMIONE DID NOT IN FACT GET STRAIGHT O'S!!!!!!

SHE GOT ONE EXCEEDS EXPECTATIONS IN DEFENSE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS!!!

Hermione did not have straight O's everyone. Hermione is human. She, like everyone with a soul, makes mistakes. 

[procyonvulpecula]

38. Describe your dream girl/guy?

Oh gosh, I’ll try to!

Agewise, not too far removed from my age, preferably a few years younger but obviously not too young. And of course she couldn’t live too far away - I don’t mind a long distance relationship as long as there’s at least some occasional visiting. So within England is preferable.

Personality wise, I’d like someone who’s intelligent, kind, compassionate towards others and has a good sense of humour (i.e. doesn’t take things too seriously). Interests similar to mine (science, anime etc.) are definitely appreciated, but not absolutely essential! I also kind of have a thing for breaking gender roles and mixing them together so I guess she’d have some girly and some tomboyish traits. (Guy clothes are always a plus, hot damn)

Looks wise, I find “cute” more attractive than anything else. So… cute, and perhaps shorter than me. Beyond that though I don’t really have preferences when it comes to eye colour, hair colour, skin tone, body shape etc., I find a wide range of physical looks attractive as long as they’re cute!

Thanks for asking :3

[procyonvulpecula]

Top 5 books

That’s a difficult one but an interesting one! It’s rather sad to say that I’m nerdy enough for the only book genres I really like to be non-fiction (science, history etc.), sci-fi and comedy (Asimov for pure sci-fi, Douglas Adams and Terry Pratchett for sci-fi comedy) and manga. ^^; And my absolute favourites tend to be academic books, which is even sadder… so…

5) Planet Earth by Cesare Emiliani. This is a really good overview of Earth science, including geology, planetary science, atmospheric science, oceanic science, the evolution of life and ecology. I like Emiliani’s easy-to-understand and informal style.

4) Earth: Evolution of a Habitable World by Jonathan Lunine. This is one of the best books on planetary science I’ve ever read, covering Earth’s formation and evolution, contrasting it with other planets, and putting our current environmental crises in the context of the planets and geologic time. The only drawback is its age, a book like this would definitely benefit from new chapters about recent discoveries on Mars and exoplanets!

3) The Material World by Rodney Coterill. Covers materials science, beginning with particle and quantum physics to build up a model of the atom, moving up to the level of chemistry, and then exploring a wide range of metals, glasses, minerals (so it goes into geology too) and rocks, ceramics, liquids, gases, plastics and polymers, and ultimately biopolymers, cells and tissues, through to the human brain. The general theme of “materials and their properties” ties the whole thing together into a sweeping overview from quarks to consciousness, with what you normally think of as “materials” like ceramics and plastics along the way!

2) Origins of Life in the Universe by Robert Jastrow and Michael Rampino. This is an introductory-level textbook, so you might expect it to be boring as it’s a) a textbook and b) somewhat below my educational level. But it’s actually a really entertaining read! Although I knew most of what’s in the book, it puts it all together in an engaging synthesis, covering topics from the Big Bang to climate change to human origins in a single narrative (It reads like a narrative, despite being a textbook!) telling the story of the connection between life and the Universe. I didn’t learn much but really enjoyed it, so I’d definitely recommend it to anyone beginning in science!

1) Evolving Cosmos by Govert Schilling. This book strikes the perfect balance between poetic, beautiful imagery and clear textbook-style scientific explanations - dare I say as well as Carl Sagan? The subject is the evolution of the Universe on a grand scale from the Big Bang to the end of time, so a subject like that deserves such a wonderful treatment.

You’ll notice that all of these books are very generally about science and not about something more specific. While I do have quite a few specific books, that’s not my favourite thing about science. I love the synthesis of it all and how it all ties together to show our place in both space and time. Physics, chemistry, biology, Earth science and astronomy are all artificial - nature does not know or care about our distinctions.

Thanks for asking!

[procyonvulpecula]

Top 5 songs?

Ooh, that’s a very difficult question since it keeps changing a lot! And a lot of what I listen to is just soundtrack stuff anyway. ^^; This is kind of arbitrary, but:

Birdhouse in Your Soul - They Might Be Giants

Song for Friends - Rita

Waking Up in the Morning Next to You - Little Busters! Refrain soundtrack

Northern Lights - Renaissance

The Memories of Phantasm OP

I don’t really think about it much so that’s a very arbitrary list and it would probably change if you asked me again in an hour :P

But thanks for asking!

[tesco-sfinest]

I just failed my IGCSE physics omg. Just kill me. It was the worst exam I've ever done. I've had such a shit day Jesus Christ mannnn