I am fourteen years ancient, and yes, I want to be a theoretical physicist; I have since I was eight years ancient and read the book E=mc^2: A Biography on the World’s Most Well-known Equation by David Bodanis, The Elegant Universe by Brian Greene, along with his book Cosmic Strings, and also Parallel Worlds by Michio Kaku.

Who can I work for, what institution degrees should I obtain, what are the best colleges/universities for studying theoretical physics, and what is the job like? In addition, what books do you recommend that I read other than those listed above. Danke schon to everyone.

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Answer by eri
Theoretical physicists have PhD’s in physics. You’ll probably want to double-major in math and physics in institution, and then go to grad school for physics.

Fantastic colleges for theoretical physics and theoretical astrophysics are Cal Tech, MIT, Harvard, University of Chicago, the Max Planck Institute in Germany, and University of Toronto. Probably a few others as well, but these are the main ones.

Theoretical physicists usually do investigate, but sometimes teach as well. It pays between ,000 and 0,000ish. You can work at a institution or university, or at a national lab, like Los Alamos National Lab, Oak Ridge, Brookhaven, Max Planck, etc.

You’ve got a excellent start on the books. I also recommend ‘The Universe in a Nutshell’, ‘The First Three Minutes’, and ‘Road to Reality’, although that last one is probably still pretty advanced. Excellent luck!

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