Knowledge has a curse: It grows boundlessly. The Internet grows too. To know something empowering in a way that feels like joy (which is, according to John Keats, a thing of beauty) is what our innate curiosity constantly pushes us humans to do. Getting such knowledge delivered in a connected world of personalized, AI-driven toolsContinue reading “Chemistry Explained by Prof. Robert Wolke and Home Chemistry Experiments by Robert Bruce Thompson”
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Choosing A Calculus-1 Text for A High Schooler
The author reflects on teaching Rujuta calculus after successfully introducing her to precalculus. They emphasize the importance of a solid foundation in functions before calculus and discuss the challenges of finding a suitable textbook. “Calculus Made Easy” by Silvanus Thompson has proven effective, sparking interest and facilitating understanding.
Impressions from “The Clock We Live On”
Puzzling title, huh? Not unintentionally, I’d say. The Clock We Live On is the title of a remarkable book by Issac Asimov on basic astronomy. I don’t have any data to suggest that reading this book may turn ordinary men and women into astronomers. Still, I know two people, Rujuta and I, who are veryContinue reading “Impressions from “The Clock We Live On””
A Mundane Ode to To Kill a Mockingbird
Rujuta picked this book as part of her list of books to read in her ninth grade. I hadn’t read it before and, as a result, I too read it with her. We’d read it just like the protagonist, Atticus, would read it with his daughter, Scout, but with a small change: Rujuta too readContinue reading “A Mundane Ode to To Kill a Mockingbird”
Choosing Physics Resources for the First Year of a Self-paced Study
Rujuta is now willing and prepared to study Physics! She would have been in the eighth grade in a traditional school and we were thinking of how to study beginning physics. She asked me to come up with a “curriculum of sorts”. I gave it a try and here is how we are going toContinue reading “Choosing Physics Resources for the First Year of a Self-paced Study”
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