Physics n Philosophy.

For all those who don't know, am presently doing my Post Graduation in Physics n by next year I'll b awarded a degree which will call me 'Master of Science' 8) How I got to this stream.. this subject... will make way for a damn long post n am not in a mood for 'story telling' now, so I'll keep it pending for the time being... but one small reason was coz one of my 'good' friend once said that he finds Physics very interesting n wanna write a book on this subject, I just wanted to find out what was so 'interesting' that he was so 'interested' in... well finally I found out :D

My mom always says that to become successful in the academic field, u either have to be Blessed with intelligence or u need to work very very hard. I never belonged to the first category but yeah I work hard. U c working hard could always fetch me amazing score but then I have to confess that I never really understood what I read... it was just the 'mugging up' thing for me always n I always scored well thanks to my memory n the 'almonds' my dad used to get ;)

Till my school days, I was one of those 'typical dump toppers' who had nothing else to do in life than studying the whole day long, well... u c mugging up actually takes longer time! It was not that I was completely blind about what am mugging up but then 'learning' n 'reading' r two different things n I always did the later. It was not until I saw my first year graduation marks that I realized my 'old golden rule' is not gonna work with Physics... this one subject need me to tickle all the other cells in my brain n to actually work hard in not mugging up, but in understanding the subject.

I don't claim to have understood the subject by now but then from where I stood a few years back till now, I can definitely say that I have started understanding the subject. This one subject has changed my personality like anything! U know what, a true Physicist is never interested in the final answer to the problem, all that he/she is interested is to find the 'right approach' to solve the problem coz once thats done, its just Mathematics to get to the final solution. And we Physicist use mathematics as a tool to get to the sophisticated form of final answer but are never slaves to mathematics.

What Physics has done to me is something which my old friends can easily see n feel but for all those who don't know me so well, lemme tell u...

Back in school I was d kind of girl who didn't even had the courage to raise her hand to ask doubts coz I used to fell so shy thinking the whole class will be looking at me. When we used to be given questions to solve, even if I could solve it before anyone else, I used to feel so awkward to let it out... yeah that was me... very shy n so low in confidence that I used to tremble when someone talks to me. I used to be so lost those days... day dreaming... n I used to do everything in dreams only. But today I find myself changed... I have learn to approach my problems n I have got the confidence that I can solve it. I feel very proud of the fact that am conquering a subject which is considered 'very tough' n only a handful of people can understand that. I feel on top of the world when I c my the reactions like "Oh! my god! Physics?"... or "U must b Einstein to be studying Physics"... "U know Physics is one subject I never could understand".. blah! blah! blah!

Well... now Physics is my breathing subject. Now that I have learned the way to study Physics, I find it amazingly 'Interesting'... this subject doesn't asks me to sit with a pile of books open n spend 7 hrs in my study room... this one just asks me to spend 24 hrs in a day thinking about it... I have now kinda become something like a crazy scientist who has 'great Physics theories' running in mind non-stop... its not just why do birds fly n why do apples fall... its more than that now... I can now find Physics in everything I do... yday my bro came back from play n sat "thud" on the chair n the chair moved backward a little... I rushed to take out my diary to note it as a problem of 'moment of inertia' :) A few days back standing at the metro station I was noticing the springs n transmission lines n was trying to figure out the applications of all those things...

I feel proud of the fact that I have really grown Intelligent thanks to this subject... I find myself more witty n quick to answer these days. The change in my personality or rather the improvement wouldn't have been possible otherwise. Though I do feel nervous when I face some problem but then I remind myself that am a Physicist n if I could solve complected 'Quantum mechanics' problems then this is nothing... I get back my cool, analyze the problem n choose the right approach. 2 great things Physics has taught me 'Observation' n 'Analysis' n am much more confident n smarter these days :)

I love Physics!!