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    Do most textbooks not help their readers?

    This makes perfect sense and explains a lot.
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    Do most textbooks not help their readers?

    The reading recommendations on some pages are quite good, but currently there are still too many "gaps". I agree that "Some readers are not suited for some textbooks". However connecting readers with those textbooks is a tough problem. However, I still think there are lots of textbooks that...
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    Do most textbooks not help their readers?

    I've discovered this essay, which argues that most textbooks are actually written for the authors and not for the readers. I also think that most textbooks are not very helpful after all, but I find the phenomenon still strange. Writing a textbook is a long, tedious job and certainly not...
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    Algebra Good Book to Learn the Math Behind the Theory

    My first recommendation would by "Road to Reality" by R. Penrose. It covers a lot topics and always dives into the mathematical aspects.
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    Where Can Physics Teachers Find Valuable Teaching Resources?

    Something teachers always can use are tools that help them to find good explanations. Some that I personally use frequently are Learn Anything; which gives quite good recommendations on big topics like quantum mechanics etc. Especially nice is that the connections between different topics are...
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    Graduate Ed Witten on Symmetry and Emergence

    There is a nice name for this problem that there are too many papers and everyone is struggling to keep up with what's happening: Research Debt. However, so far there is no good solution.
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    Job Skills Is an MBA Worth the Cost and Time Investment?

    The only value of an MBA is that you can say that you have an MBA. It's all about credentializing. The knowledge you gain through the MBA can also be gained elsewhere for free or very cheaply.