Recent content by Matt_from_now

I'm not an engineer but I'm sure you could argue that all of these have great benefit for people and society. I'm wondering if ChE would make you a better doctor which would most directly help people. As I said though, I'm not an engineer. It just seems like these might relate well to each other.

I have read some good reviews of "the evolution of physics" by einstein, although it appears to skip the math altogether (and one would guess it doesn't cover QM).

Kline seems to cover a lot. Once I finish would there be a need to follow it with an "advanced" calculus book? Does advanced mean beyond what calculus III would cover? I know Dover sells some that go by the title "advanced" calculus.

All the reviews say Kline gives a very intuitive understanding. I've very much looking forward to it.

I have thought about Euclid's Elements. It would be fun, especially going back to look at the original. Right now I'm trying to get a foothold on calculus but I'm sure when I come back around to some geometry it might go for that.

Could a beginner like me handle abstract algebra or should I hold off on that as well?

Thanks! The last thing I want to do is get a book that is so advanced I can't get past the first page. Don't worry, I know I'm being very ambitious. Would learning statistics help me at all with calculus, ODEs, or linear algebra? If not I may wait on that too so I can concentrate on those first.

I graduated with a BA in Classicals and didn't take any math in college. Now that I've been out for a few years I find that I have an overwhelming desire to learn how things work in a way I can describe mathematically (it's hard to explain, hopefully you understand) and am starting some self...