Hi Gary ..
I couldn't resist this … I don't mean to drag you into any controversy … (which seems to be my middle name thesedays ..
) .. I'm only having a bit of fun with the first part of my comment below ...
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Originally Posted by gary
Many an undergraduate left their pursuit of trying to be an electrical engineer whilst battling to comprehend the contents of that book to the level they could pass the exam.
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… and took up undergraduate Science as an attempt to get out in the next year … a total of only 3 years .. unlike the slugging it out, and completing the full 4 years required for a Bachelors of Electrical Engineering (EE) ...
Actually, very few people realise just how much mastery of applied, pure maths and physics is called for in undergraduate EE. Such immersion in the concepts embedded within these disciplines, certainly results in a higher familiarity with the concepts and workings of Astrophysics, than I think is commonly recognised.
There is a direct analogy between classical mechanics and electrical behaviours, which emerges with crystal clarity, courtesy of the hard work involved in succeeding in the maths and physics EE subjects. The QM topic is fundamental in understanding the behaviours of semi-conductor physics which then becomes the basis for mastering electronics and digital logic design.
Cheers