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by Brian McCallister.
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Sometime, while at university, I opted to stop studying math. Stupid
idea, I know, but I did a lot of stupid things then (and probably
still do). Now I keep running into walls where a topic I am trying
to learn about breaks out math far beyond the calc 2 I progressed
through. I need to remedy my crap knowledge in this field, but am
not sure the best way to do it.
So, anyone with good suggestions please send them my way! I can read
and learn from scholarly articles, enjoy text books, and am happy to
ramble about total crap ad nauseum (I have a blog, don't I)? I am
worried that the correct answer is "bike over to Stanford a couple
times a week" as I don't think I can commit that much structured
time at the moment (if they could schedule classes where you show up
three times a week for a few hours a pop, but when those times work
for you within a given week, that would be a different story).
My goal is a useful working knowledge, not just a rough
understanding of concepts. I want to be able to actually think, not
just read about things and feel 747's full of knowledge whizzing
over my head.
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