twin para-dogs

I can't help notice the fact that "paradox" sounds surprisingly similar to "para-dogs". Funny, I could've made a pun out of it, but I'll save the embarrassment.

Back to topic: Spring semester just started on Monday, so my regular routines come back into play, which means I feel a lot more organized now. However, this means there's plenty of homework and assignments to keep track of (and not forget).

The first thing that frustrates me in a semester is the textbooks. Buying textbooks is a pain because they always cost a lot more than you'd typically pay for an average book. This time, there is the additional problem of a book (Calculus III, Marsden & Weinstein) that isn't available in bookstores, so I had to order them.

Besides all the book chaos, my physics classes quietly began on Monday. Today, I suddenly got a big surprise: I'm already starting to learn special relativity in my modern-physics class, yet I never thought about it in this light. (And hence the title of this post: the twin paradox concerning special relativity.)

Unlike the one for last semester, the calculus class for this semester requires us to hand-in our assignments weekly, which means no slacking-off for me. In addition, there are also written assignments required for my classical-dynamics class. On top of that (and all the other electronic homework on LON-CAPA and OWL), I have a physics lab, so I'll have lab reports to work on (again).

Still, I hope to have a great Spring semester.