Well-Adjusted Anomaly

A legend of our time departs. Out of all the great things people say about Fergie, I like two the most. Reporter: “what do you think you will miss the…

The dilemma for someone who strives to become a global citizen while at the same time taking pride in his/her own unique cultural heritage is that one often faces choices…

The previous post dealt with the question of what maths to learn. This post will deal with how to learn efficiently. In a casual discussion, Steven Gortler mentioned that books…

I audit three classes with heavy maths this year: one is L. Mahadevan’s ES220 Fluid Mechanics; another is Jocob Barandes’s PHY232 Advanced Classical Electromagnetism; the last one is Steven Gortler’s…

I first read about the titular idea in an essay in Scientific American last year: What Science Wants to Know. I was attracted to what seems to me then an unconventional idea….

Curious thing is a person’s memory. Stuff that one never paid any attention to in childhood just keeps coming back when one gets older. 人之初，性本善，性相近，习相远。 Men at their birth are…

“We are plain quiet folk and have no use for adventures. Nasty disturbing uncomfortable things! Make you late for dinner!” – Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit The flight to DC…

To Fellow NFLSers, I have always been skeptical about those who come to our school and share their experiences about their success. To claim to be successful seem to say…

Consider the cost of a textbook and the amount of information I get from a textbook. Then consider the amount of information I get from Wikipedia. Do the maths. I…

Michelangelo: Precedents, Innovations, Influence is a choice out of pure curiosity. I was just back from my first trip to France and Germany. Things I saw there pointed me to…