Recent content by notagenius

i'm aware of very few engineering and physics programs for undergrads. FSU has a computer science program though. several places have math courses: number theory, complex analysis, differential equations, etc.

i suspect a lot of schools cover calc and ODEs in about 70 weeks. a bit less than 15 pages per week. i take notes while reading; this is necessary as some of my books are borrowed. you could also try some video lectures to add an audio-visual component.

I was thinking of buying: Precalculus in a Nutshell Schaum's Outlines Basic Mathematics by Serge Lang Any others I should look into?

exactly. as humans we see everything in terms of our world, observations from our solar system, etc. i think this stuff is largely beyond 21st century science.

you assume that aliens have to physically visit earth. a "species" that advanced wouldn't have to visit us in material form. that much i guarantee.

correct. there are 2 or 3 problem books that were made for the Feynman lectures.

i'm in the same boat. i hear What is Mathematics, and Mathematics: Its Content, Method, and Meaning are good for undergrad math.