What is your inner physicist?

In my physics studies I encountered many homework and lab exercises but overall I think one can group these in three categories. There are the classical theoretical homework problems like solving the damped harmonic oscillator. They are very good in training your mathematical and logical thinking for becoming a physicist. Then there are the practical labs where you have to work with a setup like some optics and a laser and if everything is correct you can measure something. Before starting my studies I really underestimated the work and difficulty of doing a good lab. But of course having experiments is essential to physics as we need to test the theoretical predictions. The third category of computer exercises, I only really got into later years of my studies.

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