Topic: Free Online MIT Course in Circuits and Electronics
Ks !KansasxqvM started this discussion 14 years ago #17,151
Pass the class and get a certificate freakin' MIT! That would look pretty good on anyone's resume. Some advanced math knowledge is needed if you wanna pass. "In order to succeed in this course, you must have taken an AP level physics course in electricity and magnetism. You must know basic calculus and linear algebra and have some background in differential equations. Since more advanced mathematics will not show up until the second half of the course, the first half of the course will include an optional remedial differential equations component for those who need it."
None of that is actually required, but knowledge of it is essential.
There are no 'requirements', anyone can get in and it is totally free. 10 hours a week -- classes start March 5th and end June 8th.
https://6002x.mitx.mit.edu/
If you don't wanna do this, pass it on to someone who might.
Anonymous B joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 8 minutes later[^] [v] #290,712
> If you don't wanna do this, pass it on to someone who might.
> If you don't wanna do this, use the share feature to pass it on to someone who might.
ftfy
> If you don't wanna do this, use the share feature to pass it on to someone who might.
ftfy
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 15 minutes later, 24 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,713
@previous (B)
Upvote. This is the perfect kind of topic for spreading the word. Two birds with one stone. Someone out there would LOVE to know about this free class, be the one to tell them about it!
@everyone
Also this is the only one of these classes that will be free, most likely ever.
Here's an introduction video about MIT's new program.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Q6BrNhdh8
Upvote. This is the perfect kind of topic for spreading the word. Two birds with one stone. Someone out there would LOVE to know about this free class, be the one to tell them about it!
@everyone
Also this is the only one of these classes that will be free, most likely ever.
Here's an introduction video about MIT's new program.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p2Q6BrNhdh8
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Merlin the Hung joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 11 minutes later, 36 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,714
I'm doing Introduction to Astrophysics from Yale. It's similar.
http://academicearth.org/courses/introduction-to-astrophysics
http://academicearth.org/courses/introduction-to-astrophysics
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 6 minutes later, 42 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,715
Merlin the Hung replied with this 14 years ago, 5 minutes later, 48 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,728
@previous (Ks !KansasxqvM)
Doubtful. But you can use your awesome knowledge to go and get a real certificate without much effort.
Doubtful. But you can use your awesome knowledge to go and get a real certificate without much effort.
Anonymous D joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 49 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,732
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,734
Anonymous E joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 13 seconds later, 51 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,735
Fucking enrolled. I aced that math shit.
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 47 seconds later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,736
@290,734 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
MIT has open courseware math courses too. You should take those first and then take this course next time around!
MIT has open courseware math courses too. You should take those first and then take this course next time around!
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 6 seconds later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,737
@290,735 (E)
Really? Awesome! You'll be glad you did this when you pass and you can put MIT on your resume someday.
Really? Awesome! You'll be glad you did this when you pass and you can put MIT on your resume someday.
Anonymous E replied with this 14 years ago, 8 seconds later, 52 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,738
Anonymous E double-posted this 14 years ago, 54 seconds later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,739
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 0 seconds later, 53 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,740
@290,736 (D)mfw when maths
I could get into that astronomy stuffs though. Space is like, just so flipping interesting.
Merlin the Hung replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 54 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,742
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 11 seconds later, 55 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,743
@290,739 (E)
I had no idea. :-/
I am so out of touch with academia and job hunting stuffs. I guess I'd be fucked if I can't manage to scrape by on my own accord someday.
I had no idea. :-/
I am so out of touch with academia and job hunting stuffs. I guess I'd be fucked if I can't manage to scrape by on my own accord someday.
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) double-posted this 14 years ago, 32 seconds later, 55 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,744
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 57 minutes after the original post[^] [v] #290,746
@290,740 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
You might just be thinking about math in the wrong way. It's not only a tool to understand and represent the world--it's a universal truth that knows no time or place.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125425/
^ that helped change my view of math (it's the type of documentary that can be very amazing while high, but equally interesting sober)
You might just be thinking about math in the wrong way. It's not only a tool to understand and represent the world--it's a universal truth that knows no time or place.
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0125425/
^ that helped change my view of math (it's the type of documentary that can be very amazing while high, but equally interesting sober)
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,747
Merlin the Hung replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,748
@290,744 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
Nah I remember reading about this in the news a while ago. They wanted to make a different one so that people wouldn't go around claiming they went through MIT proper. Not to say this isn't a cool thing to have though. I can't remember shit about maths but I think I'll be able to keep up once I get back into it.
Nah I remember reading about this in the news a while ago. They wanted to make a different one so that people wouldn't go around claiming they went through MIT proper. Not to say this isn't a cool thing to have though. I can't remember shit about maths but I think I'll be able to keep up once I get back into it.
Anonymous E replied with this 14 years ago, 50 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,749
@290,743 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
Well, resumes aren't entirely obsolete yet. But still, they're pretty fucking useless unless you're lucky enough to personally know the person at the receiving end. There's just too many resumes floating around out there. Unsolicited resumes are pretty much spam now.
A blog, on the other hand, is something that will attract top headhunters to your cause. Assuming you have a decent Google Page Rank for your industry niche, naturally.
Well, resumes aren't entirely obsolete yet. But still, they're pretty fucking useless unless you're lucky enough to personally know the person at the receiving end. There's just too many resumes floating around out there. Unsolicited resumes are pretty much spam now.
A blog, on the other hand, is something that will attract top headhunters to your cause. Assuming you have a decent Google Page Rank for your industry niche, naturally.
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 4 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,753
@290,746 (D)
Technically no. For any given mathematical system , there will be true but unproveable theorems (see Godel's incompleteness theorem).
Technically no. For any given mathematical system , there will be true but unproveable theorems (see Godel's incompleteness theorem).
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,757
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
> For any given mathematical system , there will be true but unproveable theorems
If something is unprovable, it cannot be said to be true or false.
Even with that in mind, there are still theorems which can be shown to be decidedly true or false. That is what I am referring to. I was not claiming that everything can be evaluated in this way.
> For any given mathematical system , there will be true but unproveable theorems
If something is unprovable, it cannot be said to be true or false.
Even with that in mind, there are still theorems which can be shown to be decidedly true or false. That is what I am referring to. I was not claiming that everything can be evaluated in this way.
Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 14 seconds later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,758
@290,753 (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
A jew who knows maths? I, for one, am shocked!
Will you be taking this course?
A jew who knows maths? I, for one, am shocked!
Will you be taking this course?
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 2 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,759
@previous (Ks !KansasxqvM)
You realize jews are probably the largest overrepresented group in academics? Especially math...
You realize jews are probably the largest overrepresented group in academics? Especially math...
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Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,761
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 12 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,765
@previous (Ks !KansasxqvM)
yeah, these days probably. But historically it's always been the jews. Erdos (the most prolific mathematician of all time, in terms of the # of publications--same guy in the documentary I linked) was jewish
yeah, these days probably. But historically it's always been the jews. Erdos (the most prolific mathematician of all time, in terms of the # of publications--same guy in the documentary I linked) was jewish
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Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU replied with this 14 years ago, 3 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,766
@290,758 (Ks !KansasxqvM)
Actually I only know philosophy, so I am familiar with this topic insofar as Godel's incompleteness theorem touches on philosophy of mathematics. Don't ask me to derive or integrate or any such nonsense like that because I can't.
@290,757 (D)
> Even with that in mind, there are still theorems which can be shown to be decidedly true or false
Well, that's up for debate. There's a big discussion on what exactly mathematics and mathematical ideas entail. Some people (Platonists) assert that numbers and mathematical concepts actually exist in some non-temporal, non-spatial realm which we somehow have access to (see the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument). Other people say that mathematics are all just trivially true statements that don't give us any real knowledge about the world anyway (such as "a bachelor is an unmarried male"). I can't think of anyone off the top of my head who holds that criteria, but there is a debate about whether mathematics deals with analytic a priori claims or synthetic a priori claims, and what exactly that means for our certainty in mathematical claims.
Also, if you wanted to get really (I think unreasonably) skeptical of mathematics, you could take the Descartes route and argue that since I cannot be absolutely certain of anything except the fact that I exist as a thinking thing, I cannot be absolutely certain of any single fact or set of facts, including mathematics, unless there is some way to deduce mathematics from the fact that I exist (which, if you can do it, I would be impressed).
Sorry for rambling and not really addressing your points or anything, but I just find this stuff so cool. Fuck yeah philosophy.
Actually I only know philosophy, so I am familiar with this topic insofar as Godel's incompleteness theorem touches on philosophy of mathematics. Don't ask me to derive or integrate or any such nonsense like that because I can't.
@290,757 (D)
> Even with that in mind, there are still theorems which can be shown to be decidedly true or false
Well, that's up for debate. There's a big discussion on what exactly mathematics and mathematical ideas entail. Some people (Platonists) assert that numbers and mathematical concepts actually exist in some non-temporal, non-spatial realm which we somehow have access to (see the Quine-Putnam indispensability argument). Other people say that mathematics are all just trivially true statements that don't give us any real knowledge about the world anyway (such as "a bachelor is an unmarried male"). I can't think of anyone off the top of my head who holds that criteria, but there is a debate about whether mathematics deals with analytic a priori claims or synthetic a priori claims, and what exactly that means for our certainty in mathematical claims.
Also, if you wanted to get really (I think unreasonably) skeptical of mathematics, you could take the Descartes route and argue that since I cannot be absolutely certain of anything except the fact that I exist as a thinking thing, I cannot be absolutely certain of any single fact or set of facts, including mathematics, unless there is some way to deduce mathematics from the fact that I exist (which, if you can do it, I would be impressed).
Sorry for rambling and not really addressing your points or anything, but I just find this stuff so cool. Fuck yeah philosophy.
Anonymous D replied with this 14 years ago, 10 minutes later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,770
@previous (Fake anon !ZkUt8arUCU)
No need to apologize for rambling. It's interesting, although I know little about the philosophy behind mathematics.
It's strange though how seemingly pure mathematical concepts, studied without regard to practical applications keep popping up in physics. but I'm not a physicist either, heh.
No need to apologize for rambling. It's interesting, although I know little about the philosophy behind mathematics.
It's strange though how seemingly pure mathematical concepts, studied without regard to practical applications keep popping up in physics. but I'm not a physicist either, heh.
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Ks !KansasxqvM (OP) replied with this 14 years ago, 1 minute later, 1 hour after the original post[^] [v] #290,771
Anonymous E replied with this 14 years ago, 20 minutes later, 2 hours after the original post[^] [v] #290,775
TheSheep !kJ.A4PF7.k joined in and replied with this 14 years ago, 7 hours later, 9 hours after the original post[^] [v] #290,862
Thanks @OP
Enroled, will ace this! It'll probably be more worth than the diploma I'll get from this shitty college I'm at.
Enroled, will ace this! It'll probably be more worth than the diploma I'll get from this shitty college I'm at.