I just have to start this post by telling you that I passed the oral exam in Observational Astrophysics II! Yay! Gosh, that was a hard one but I made it! I'm kinda surprised 'coz normally I'm really good at talking about stuff, but my calculations are normally just ok. On this exam he had no complaints of the calculations but when I was talking about the Echelle spectrograph I was totally lost. Everything just went blank. The really hard part is that he's asking questions and then he gets a bit impatient and I'm one of those people who has to think for a while before answering. So he's trying to get you to start before you're ready. Really stressful! Ah, well. I passed it so it was worth it!
Two days ago I called Hälsojouren here in Uppsala to check when they have drop in for the Swine flu shot. They said Tuesday and Wednesday this week. I even double checked the dates. But today when I got there, which is located in the outskirts of Uppsala, they didn't have a drop in that day. Great that they can inform people about the right dates! I wasn't very happy. Even though it was their fault they didn't even try to fix the problem. They didn't try to squeeze me in for that whole minute it would take. Talk about service, not! They blamed that they would vaccinate people at the Universities soon, which doesn't make much sence to me. How can that end up in informing people wrong dates? They seem totally confused and I wouldn't trust them giving me a vaccine in that chaos. Maybe they would give me the wrong vaccine in the end.. You never know but I do know that the human error is a large number! So, I think I'm gonna get vaccinated somewhere else instead. I don't want my tax money to support incompetent people who can't even give people the right information...
So, after this totally meaningless journey I came home as an ice cube. My hands and feet where so cold they were all red (it's about 1 degree Celsius outside + it's snowing a little bit). The only thing you wanna do is to take a warm and nice bath, but by experience I've learned that THAT hurts like hell. Pouring warm water on really cold body parts is painful, so I had to warm myself in the bed first. I was so tired that I almost fell asleep. Talk about exhausted, but I shouldn't complain! I passed the exam. It would have been worse if I didn't pass the exam and gotten the Swine flu instead.
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| Courses I've studied at Uppsala University Math Introduction to Mathematics 3 points Algebra MN1 7,5 points Analysis MN1 15 points Linear Algebra MN1 7,5 points Analysis MN2 15 points Fourier Analysis with Applications 7,5 points ---------------------------------------------------- Math total: 55,5 points (60 points = 1 year) Computing Use of MATLAB 7,5 points Scientific Computing NV1 7,5 points ---------------------------------------------------- Computing total: 15,0 points (60 points = 1 year) Physics Science in Society MN1 7,5 points Quantum Physics and Astrophysics 9 points Mechanics MN1 7,5 points Mechanics MN2 7,5 points Wave Physics NV1 7,5 points Mathematical Methods of Physics NV1 7,5 points Electromagnetism MN1 7,5 points Solid State Physics MN1 7,5 point Thermodynamics MN1 7,5 points Statistical Mechanics MN1 7,5 points Theory of Special Relativity 4,5 points Quantum Mechanics MN1 7,5 points Electromagnetic field theory MN1 7,5 points ---------------------------------------------------- Physics total: 96,0 points (60 points = 1 year) Astrophysics The structure of the Universe 7,5 points Introduction to Astronomy 7,5 points Principles of Astronomy MN1 7,5 points Astrophysics II 5 points Physics of the Planetary System 10 points Radiation processes in Astrophysics 10 points Galaxies 10 points Cosmology 10 points Dynamical processes in astrophysics 10 points Celestial Mechanics 5 points Observational Astrophysics I 5 points Observational Astrophysics II 10 points ---------------------------------------------------- Astrophysics total: 97,5 points (60 points = 1 year) Thesis Image reduction and dust map construction of the local galaxy UGC08012 by using NOT observations | bryt | About Uppsala University Uppsala University (Swedish: Uppsala Universitet) is a research university in Uppsala, Sweden. Founded as early as 1477, it is the oldest such institution in the Nordic countries, and for centuries has been one of Europe's most renowned seats of learning. One of the main centres of higher education in Europe, the university rose to pronounced significance during the rise of Sweden as a Great Power at the end of the 16th century and was then given a relative financial stability with the large donation of King Gustavus Adolphus in the early 17th century. Uppsala also has an important historical place in Swedish national culture, identity and for the Swedish establishment: in historiography, literature, politics, and music. Many aspects of Swedish academic culture in general, such as the white student cap, originated in Uppsala. It shares some peculiarities, such as the student nation system, with Lund University and the University of Helsinki. Uppsala belongs to the Coimbra Group of European universities. The university has nine faculties distributed over three 'disciplinary domains'. It has about 40,000 students (20 000 full-time eq.), and about 2,000 doctoral students. It has a teaching staff of 4,000 (part-time and full-time) out of a total of 6,000 employees. Of its annual turnover of around 4.3 billion SEK (approx. 715 million USD), approximately 60% goes to graduate studies and research. Architecturally, Uppsala University has traditionally had a strong presence in the area around the cathedral on the western side of the River Fyris. Despite some more contemporary building developments further away from the centre, Uppsala's historic centre continues to be dominated by the presence of the university. Source: Wikipedia |
Newspapers I've been in Newspaper: Populär Astronomi, Sep 2009, No 3, Year 10, Page 22 Language: Swedish About: My homepage, my education and astronomy interest, and me moving to Australia. Pages: 4 Newspaper: Upsala Nya Tidning, Dec 7 2008, B6 Language: Swedish About: My homepage and my astronomy interest Pages: 4 | bryt | Articles I've written Popular scientific Newspaper: Populär Astronomi, Sep 2009, No 3, Year 10, Page 30 Language: Swedish Swedish title: Behövs verkligen mörk materia? English title: Do we really need dark matter? About: The MOND theory. Pages: 4 Popular scientific Newspaper: Populär Astronomi, Sep 2008, No 3, Year 9, Page 32 Language: Swedish Swedish title: Solens nya innehållslista English title: The Sun's new content list About: The chemical abundances in the Sun according to Martin Asplund et al. Pages: 4 |
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