Originally posted on my blog fledglingphysicist.com, here is "If Susan Can Learn Physics, So Can You".
"Like most of us, I had heard throughout my life that math and physics were really difficult. If you weren’t “smart”, you shouldn’t even bother trying to learn either, people would say...That is one of the biggest, most hurtful, and most destructive lies anyone can perpetuate...Anyone can learn physics. Anyone can learn math. Being “good at it” or “smart” is beside the point."
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The best complex systems are those that are prepared for failure, actively pushed to fail, and recover from failures gracefully. By applying these lessons to our own lives, and learning to embrace failure, we can become the best versions of ourselves.
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Today I want to share twenty books I that I read both during the time I homeschooled myself through high school and during my time at ASU and Penn - books that shaped and drove this strange path of mine, that brought me to exactly where I am today.
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Over the past few years, ever since writing "If Susan Can Learn Physics, So Can You", I've been contacted by people from all backgrounds who are inspired and want to learn physics, but don't know where to start, what to learn, what to read, and how to structure their studies...this post is a condensed version of what I've sent to people who have contacted me over the years, outlining what everyone needs to learn in order to really understand physics.
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In 2013, I began a blog called Fledgling Physicist. Its goal was to document my thoughts and things I learned while studying physics at the University of Pennsylvania. Several of my posts received considerable attention, including "If Susan Can Learn Physics, So Can You" and a short series I wrote on Axions.
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