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diff --git a/MIT Courses b/MIT Courses index 6020e74..b8f74de 100644 --- a/MIT Courses +++ b/MIT Courses @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Courses taken at MIT These are the courses I've taken and plan to take. I should
graduate in the spring of 2009 with a degree in Physics and a
-humanities concentration in film and video.
+humanities concentration in philosophy.
* Fall 2004
+ **8.012** - Physics I: Mechanics
@@ -12,51 +12,55 @@ humanities concentration in film and video. + **12.000** - Mission 2008: Galapagos
+ **3.091** - Intro to Solid State Chem
+ **21H.601** - Islam, Middle East, and the West
+
* IAP 2005
+ EMT Training
+
* Spring 2005
+ **1.016** - Terrascope: Galapagos
+ **7.013** - Biology
+ **8.022** - Physics II: Electricity and Magnetism
+ **24.02** - What is the Best Way to Live?
+
* Fall 2005
+ **18.03** - Differential Equations
+ **8.03** - Waves and Vibrations
+ **8.033** - Relativity
+ **17.31** - Science, Technology, and Public Policy
+
* IAP 2006
+ **6.186** - Maslab (robotics competition)
+
* Spring 2006
+ **8.04** - Quantum Mechanics I (failed)
+ **8.044** - Statistical Mechanics (did poorly)
+ **4.366** - Advanced Video
+ **12.409** - Hands-on Astronomy
+
* Fall 2006
+ **8.13** - Experimental Physics I
+ **8.04** - Quantum I (failed)
+ **8.351** - Computational Mechanics
-* Spring 2008 (planned)
- + 8.04 - Quantum Mechanics I (last time!)
- + 8.14 - Experimental Physics II
- + 21F.052 - French Film Classics (spring, in english)
- + 18.100{a,b} - Analysis
+* Spring 2008
+ + **8.04** - Quantum Mechanics I (last time!)
+ + **8.14** - Experimental Physics II
+ + **21F.052** - French Film Classics (spring, in english)
+ + **18.100a** - Analysis
+
* Fall 2008 (planned)
+ 8.05 - Quantum Mechanics II
- + 9.01 - Introduction to Neuroscience
- + 6.004 - Computation Structures
- + 21L.005 - Introduction to Drama (fall, hass-d)
- + MAS.863 - How to Make (Almost) Anything (grad, fall)
+ + 18.901 - Topology
+ + 24.118 - Paradox and Infinity
+ + 24.209 - Philosophy in Film
+ + 6.111 - Digital Systems Lab (FPGA Design)
+
* Spring 2009 (planned)
+ 8.06 - Quantum Mechanics III
+ 8.08 - Statistical Physics II
+ 8.962 (cosmo) or 8.942 (GR)
- + STS.488 - Technoscientific Imaginaries (grad, spring)
+ 8.ThU - Thesis
-
-I would prefer to take a statistical physics course earlier, because it is a gap in my knowledge that I think hold me back. I could try to take it Spring 2008, or could try 8.333 (grad level statistical physics, requires 8.05) in fall 2008.
-
-I'd also like to have more math under my belt, but haven't had great experiences with MIT course 18 classes...
+ + Pop Culture HASSD
Other interesting courses:
+ 24.215 - Topics in the Philosophy of Science (fall)
@@ -65,17 +69,16 @@ Other interesting courses: + 6.046J - Design and Analysis of Algorithms (requirements)
+ 18.335J - Introduction to Numerical Methods (grad, summer)
+ 18.125 - Real and Functional Analysis
+ + 18.101 - Analysis II
+ 18.385j - Nonlinear Dynamics and Chaos
+ 18.404j - Theory of Computation
+ 18.565 - Recursion Theory
+ 18.703 - Modern Algebra (spring)
+ 18.701/702 - Algebra I/II (fall/spring)
- + 18.901 - Introduction to Topology (fall)
+ 18.950 - Differential Geometry
+ 8.261J - Introduction to Computational Neuroscience (fall)
+ 8.292J - Fluid Physics (spring)
+ 8.371J - Quantum Information Science (grad, spring)
+ 8.594J - Introduction to Neural Networks (grad, fall)
+ 8.284 - Modern Astrophysics (spring)
- + 8.962 - General Relativity (grad, spring)
+ 8.942 - Cosmology (grad, spring)
diff --git a/books/WantedBooks b/books/WantedBooks new file mode 100644 index 0000000..51b0361 --- /dev/null +++ b/books/WantedBooks @@ -0,0 +1,33 @@ +================================= +Wanted Books +================================= + +These are some books i'd love to own a copy of or at least read through +carefully. + +Technical +------------ + + * **Visual Complex Analysis** by Tristan Needham + * **Visualizing Data: Exploring and Explaining Data with the Processing Environment** by Ben Fry + * **General Theory of Relativity** by P. A.M. Dirac + * **Computability and Unsolvability** by Martin Davis + * **Mathematical Foundations of Quantum Mechanics** by John von Neumann + * **Real and Complex Analysis** by Walter Rudin + * **Art of Computer Programming** by Donald E. Knuth + * **Gravitation** by MTW + * **Euclid's Elements** + * **C Programming Language** by Brian W. Kernighan + * **Mathematical Physics** by Robert Geroch + +Novels +----------- + + * **Return From the Stars** by Stanislaw Lem + * **Mortal Engines** by Stanislaw Lem + * **V.** by Thomas Pynchon + +Other +------- + * **Pictures Showing What Happens on Each Page of Thomas Pynchon's Novel Gravity's Rainbow** by Zak Smith + |