Does columbia make sense for an aspring physicist?

LetsGoMets
Thu, 27 Aug 2015 01:53:04 +0000

This question about theoretical physics at Columbia reminds me of a story my daughter told me. In high school she participated in SHP, or Columbia’s Science Honor’s Program, taking an introduction to quantum physics. Her instructor, a post-doc in theoretical physics was trying to Xerox an article for her but couldn’t figure out how to operate the copy machine. At that moment, Allen Blaer, full prof and director of SHP walked by and said, “that’s why he’s a theoretical physicist.”