I would prefer textbooks about physics written by a mathematician or at least a great deal of mathematical rigor, although I am willling to compromise. Is this something I should actually be worried about, or am I worrying about nothing?Īlso, if any of you have studied string theory, I would be interested in knowing what subjects I should study to prepare myself and textboks that you recommend for studying from. Compared to algebraic topology or something, which I took last year, this year and next I could be learning more advanced aspects of the field so that by the time I got to grad school I could immediately jump in and start tackling a problem, whereas with string theory I feel as if I won't be able to really do this until my third year of grad school or so.
To be honest, I am starting to feel a little scared that I won't have enough time to do my thesis work in a field related to string theory. At this point, I feel as if it will be at least another year or two before I can even start learning the fundamentals of the theory (I won't even be taking a course in QFT until next year). Am I just not looking in the right places? Where I am to go if I am looking to get into a field like String Theory from a mathematician's perspective?Īs a separate but related question, I've found the prerequites for string theory to be quite daunting. However, when looking at the research interests of faculty members, I've found that most institutions have zero, one, or occasionally two (mathematics) faculty members working in this area. I eventually would like to do work relevant to the quest of finding a theory of everything, but because I do not like the lack of rigor in physics, I have decided not to go to graduate school in physics. I find myself in somewhat of a weird spot as my primary interests lie in physics, but I usually can't stand the imprecision with which most physicists do physics.
This is going to be a relatively broad/open-ended question, so I apologize before hand if it is the wrong place to ask this.Īnyways, I'm currently a 3rd year undergraduate starting to more seriously research possible grad schools.