3 ms·

Speaking as a physics professor, you can listen to me talk about awesome physics all you want, and maybe feel like you're getting something out of it. But if yo

Speaking as a physics professor, you can listen to me talk about awesome physics all you want, and maybe feel like you're getting something out of it. But if you actually want to learn math or physics at any level beyond "I've heard those words before and they sounded cool", you absolutely must be doing it: solving problems as practice, struggling with how to apply subtle concepts to new situations, and just absorbing the details for a while. Are you genuinely envisioning this math/physics beach vacation as "mostly homework"? Because if it's not going to be a completely surface-level experience, it's going to be "mostly homework". :)

Enginerrrd 4y ago
>Are you genuinely envisioning this math/physics beach vacation as "mostly homework"? That's what I was envisioning. Homework with an onsite PhD for when I get stuck or find an interesting tangent to go on. At 32, this is literally how I prefer to spend my vacations now anyway. It's just hard to find time when I can focus and don't have to watch the kids.
motohagiography 4y ago
Was thinking 15h of lectures, ~20h optional TA tutorials over 5 day period. Undergrad level stuff, as it's not for academics, but interested amateurs and we go home after a week with something to work on, maybe come back for another session once a year. I'd ask, would you pay $5k to hang out in a yurt on Anegada for a week and learn an undergrad intro to category theory? This: https://anegadabeachclub.com/ https://anegadabeachclub.com/ Plus this: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-s097-applied-category-theory-january-iap-2019/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-s097-applied-category-theory-... Equals...awesome? Other appealing ones to me would be from a selection of: https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?l=Undergraduate&q=geometry https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?l=Undergraduate&q=geometry https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?l=Undergraduate&q=proofs https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?l=Undergraduate&q=proofs https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-781-theory-of-numbers-spring-2012/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-781-theory-of-numbers-spring-...

Enginerrrd 4y ago

>Are you genuinely envisioning this math/physics beach vacation as "mostly homework"? That's what I was envisioning. Homework with an onsite PhD for when I get stuck or find an interesting tangent to go on. At 32, this is literally how I prefer to spend my vacations now anyway. It's just hard to find time when I can focus and don't have to watch the kids.

motohagiography 4y ago

Was thinking 15h of lectures, ~20h optional TA tutorials over 5 day period. Undergrad level stuff, as it's not for academics, but interested amateurs and we go home after a week with something to work on, maybe come back for another session once a year. I'd ask, would you pay $5k to hang out in a yurt on Anegada for a week and learn an undergrad intro to category theory? This: https://anegadabeachclub.com/ https://anegadabeachclub.com/ Plus this: https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-s097-applied-category-theory-january-iap-2019/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-s097-applied-category-theory-... Equals...awesome? Other appealing ones to me would be from a selection of: https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?l=Undergraduate&q=geometry https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?l=Undergraduate&q=geometry https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?l=Undergraduate&q=proofs https://ocw.mit.edu/search/?l=Undergraduate&q=proofs https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-781-theory-of-numbers-spring-2012/ https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-781-theory-of-numbers-spring-...