Curriculums for self-teaching
July 24, 2023 11:42 AM Subscribe
I just found and loved this curriculum of textbooks and other readings for teaching oneself to a graduate-level understanding of physics (and the math to go with it). Where are some other lists of resources like this for other subjects? (Wouldn't mind more physics resources, as I did just see Oppenheimer.)
Preferably STEM-related, but I'm interested in most anything. More math = better. Ideally will contain academic texts (a sprinkling of popular works is OK) and a focus on solving or working out problems in order to understand things (which I realize may not be possible for certain topics like history).
Preferably STEM-related, but I'm interested in most anything. More math = better. Ideally will contain academic texts (a sprinkling of popular works is OK) and a focus on solving or working out problems in order to understand things (which I realize may not be possible for certain topics like history).
You can find a lot of materials on MIT's OpenCourseWare.
posted by pangolin party at 11:53 AM on July 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
posted by pangolin party at 11:53 AM on July 24, 2023 [2 favorites]
I have watched and loved most of Leonard Susskind's series The Theoretical Minimum.
The lectures are available on the site under courses, and there are companion books available from the usual sources.
I'll admit I can only go so far into each topic before I hit the mathematics wall, but he's incredibly good at building the foundations for his maths and these lectures have taken me much much farther than I had ever been before.
Lenny's a treasure.
posted by OHenryPacey at 12:04 PM on July 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
The lectures are available on the site under courses, and there are companion books available from the usual sources.
I'll admit I can only go so far into each topic before I hit the mathematics wall, but he's incredibly good at building the foundations for his maths and these lectures have taken me much much farther than I had ever been before.
Lenny's a treasure.
posted by OHenryPacey at 12:04 PM on July 24, 2023 [5 favorites]
How to Become a Good Theoretical Physicist
How to Learn Advanced Mathematics Without Going to University
How to Become a Pure Mathematician (or Statistician)
Archived version of Tuloo Math
Teach Yourself Computer Science
FreeCodeCamp
OSSU
Obtaining a Thorough CS Background Online
posted by lloquat at 12:37 PM on July 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
How to Learn Advanced Mathematics Without Going to University
How to Become a Pure Mathematician (or Statistician)
Archived version of Tuloo Math
Teach Yourself Computer Science
FreeCodeCamp
OSSU
Obtaining a Thorough CS Background Online
posted by lloquat at 12:37 PM on July 25, 2023 [1 favorite]
I remember doing the Theoretical Minimum (the book). It started out fine, and the explanations were lucid and well done. Then somewhere around the middle of the book, they lost that lucidity. The best educationals see things from the viewpoint of the questioning learner and brings them along. Those first few chapters were great in that sense. The latter few, not so much.
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