At least that's how it was for me. My studies in UPenn compared to my studies in CUNY were completely different. At Cuny, I had a math teacher who just went about the wrong way in solving a problem. The way that she went about solving it, she would have never reached an answer. When I...
Okay, so I have a fair amount of knowledge in mathematics, through calculus, and I want to study physics independently. I was told that I should start with classical mechanics. Is that right, and if so, where should I go from there. What are good books to learn from. I apologize if this is a...
In the Ivy league schools, you are generally around much smarter people, be it the students or the professors. For example, in the field of mathematics, their is a correct way and an incorrect way to learn (i.e. mediocre and truly brilliant teachers). You will miss the collaboration with...