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Qualifications, and Advancement Sources of Additional
Information D.O.T. 015.021-010; 021.067-010; 023.061-010, -0 14,
and .067; 079.021-014) * A doctoral degree is the usual
educational requirement because most jobs are in basic research
and development; a master's degree is sufficient for some jobs
in applied research and development; a bachelor's degree is
adequate for some nonresearch jobs. * Ph.D.'s face competition
for jobs as funding for research declines, and as the large pool
of postdoctoral workers add to the supply of new graduates.
Physicists explore and identify basic principles governing the
structure and behavior of matter, the generation and transfer of
energy, and the interaction of matter and energy. Some
physicists use these principles in theoretical areas, such as
the nature of time and the origin of the universe; others apply
their physics knowledge to practical areas such