danterafael

I will be starting a Masters program for Physics in the Fall of 2015 and would like to START researching some ideas for a Master's Thesis. However, whenever I start researching something I am interested in (say for example, quantum gravity) the physics is so over my head it is not possible for me to understand the "big picture". For example, in undergrad I did dark matter research. The "big picture" was easily grasped: we were trying to find evidence that dark matter existed. Here is my main question: How does one investigate an area of research when there is no way they will be able to understand the details involved until much later? Does anyone have advice about how to understand what researchers are trying to do without understanding the specifics of the math/physics involved?