Girish M. Duvvuri
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Girish M. Duvvuri
@gmduvvuri.bsky.social
Postdoc at Vanderbilt University working on stellar magnetic activity and its impacts on planetary atmospheres. (He/him/his)
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November 25, 2025 at 12:11 AM
I took QM II which seems equivalent to your senior year QM (Sakurai) and even though it was nearly the worst taught of my physics courses it was very helpful in grad school. If the major is to be broadly accessible it shouldn't be required, but should be recommended to those planning grad school.
November 19, 2025 at 2:41 AM
Doing those physics courses and the upper level Astro courses required for the astro major would nearly satisfy the requirements to double major so half or more astro majors would tack on physics.
November 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
When I was a major the requirements might have been slightly different but I majored in physics as well so didn't pay close attention. Astro majors who were planning for grad school were strongly encouraged to take upper-level UG Classical Mech, E & M, and Thermal/Statistical Physics.
November 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
At my undergrad doing only the astro major currently requires: the intro for majors mechanics/E & M sequence, Waves & Oscillations, QM I (up to solving hydrogen atom), and Special Relativity. Math required: Calc I/II and proof-based linear algebra or the more computation-based Vectors & Matrices.
November 19, 2025 at 2:28 AM
I felt like there was a solid throughline from Origins through Inquisition as the story of Thedas but Veilguard broke it for me. Its Tevinter was toothless and the weird blank slate to avoid importing choices was a terrible compromise.
November 16, 2025 at 3:15 AM
I'm thinking about when they tried to market Dragonlance and played up the war aspects of the setting. I don't think that book fits the way they talk about the game now.
November 15, 2025 at 9:27 PM
So many timescales and narrative arcs.
November 2, 2025 at 4:00 AM
This is the only way to get José Ramirez to the World Series so I support this for his sake.
November 2, 2025 at 2:44 AM