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Bookmarks

A braindump of things I find — or at any rate, found at some point — interesting.

Disclaimer

I have not explored/read everything listed out here: if something is here, it just means that I am vaguely aware of said thing. Things I have some appreciation for are marked with a and can be filtered by typing parsed in the search box on this page. Things I have passing or partial familiarity with are marked with a and can be filtered by typing pseudo in the search box on this page.


Legend for Estimated Effort

Quick tips and the like: these will typically need between 2-15 minutes of your attention. Filter for these by typing short.

Articles or resources that demand anywhere between an hour to an evening to process fully. Filter for these by typing moderate.

Things to keep coming back to over time, like courses, books, youtube channels, and so on. Filter for these by typing long.

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3Blue1Brown, by Grant Sanderson, is some combination of math and entertainment, depending on your disposition. The goal is for explanations to be driven by animations and for difficult problems to be made simple with changes in perspective. 3blue1brown youtube math scicomm long
The parsed status is a little tongue-in-cheek; I have not read the book cover to cover, but it is what I use for all my algorithms teaching, so I hope that counts! Absolute favorite ❤️ Algorithms by Jeff Erickson computerscience book pseudo long
Valuable advice for apsiring academics by Shashank Srikant. Aspiring Academics advice article academics pseudo moderate
Subscribe to see tutorial-style videos about electronics, computer architecture, networking, and various other technical subjects. Ben Eater youtube scicomm long
A regular series of seminars held via video meetings, open to anyone, and targeted to the interests of attendees of the COMSOC workshop series. COMSOC Video Seminar list computerscience long
CS Unplugged is a collection of free teaching material that teaches Computer Science through engaging games and puzzles that use cards, string, crayons and lots of running around. CS Unplugged scicomm computerscience list pseudo long
Led by Manish Jain at IIT Gandhinagar. STEM videos predominantly in Hindi and English. Center for Creative Learning youtube classroom scicomm long
The next book from Ben Orlin, the popular math blogger and author of the underground bestseller Math With Bad Drawings.Change Is The Only Constant is an engaging and eloquent exploration of the intersection between calculus and daily life, complete with Orlin's sly humor and wonderfully bad drawings. Change Is the Only Constant scicomm math book pseudo long
A ridiculous (and fun!) way to solve Rubik’s cubes and (not) solve equations. Recording of a talk given by Ramprasad Saptharishi. Commutators scicomm video computerscience pseudo moderate
Opinions of Doron Zeilberger Dr. Z's Opinions opinions essays list pseudo long
These essays have been a heavy early influence on how think about a lot of things. Essays and Opinions by Oded Goldreich opinions essays list pseudo long
Essays by Matt Might list essays academia pseudo long
For your discrete math class. Flawed proof example math tweet classroom parsed short
Virtual lecture series in recent developments in parameterized complexity. Frontiers of Parameterized Complexity list computerscience long
List of ACM Turing Award Lectures list computerscience long
Looking Glass Universe is a channel mostly about the strange world of quantum mechanics. It's created by Mithuna Yoganathan, who did her PhD in quantum computing at the University of Cambridge. Looking Glass Universe youtube scicomm long
A live survey of known lower bounds in arithmetic circuits by Ramprasad Saptharishi Lowerbounds Survey survey article computerscience long
Bestselling author and worst-drawing artist Ben Orlin expands his oeuvre with this interactive collection of mathematical games. With 70-plus games, each taking a minute to learn and a lifetime to master, this treasure trove will delight, educate, and entertain. Math Games with Bad Drawings scicomm math book pseudo long
A hilarious reeducation in mathematics-full of joy, jokes, and stick figures-that sheds light on the countless practical and wonderful ways that math structures and shapes our world. By Ben Orlin. Math with Bad Drawings scicomm math book parsed long
A book by Donald E. Knuth, Tracy L. Larrabee, and Paul M. Roberts Mathematical Writing advice writing book parsed long
Free tools, courses and manipulatives to make online learning more interactive and engaging than ever before. Mathigon book math explorable pseudo long
Cool physics and other sweet science. Minute Physics youtube scicomm long
Videos about numbers and mathematics. Videos by Brady Haran since 2011. Numberphile youtube scicomm long
By Nicky Case and Vi Hart. "... a story of how harmless choices can make a harmful world." Parable of the Polygons math explorable classroom parsed moderate
Thoughts from Shriram Krishnamurthi Parenthetically Speaking opinions essays list pseudo long
These are the lecture notes of the Aalto University course CS-E4580 Programming Parallel Computers. Very comprehensive! Programming Parallel Computers course computerscience website long
A free introduction to quantum computing and quantum mechanics by Andy Matuschak and Michael Nielsen. Quantum Country physics book long
Seeing Theory was created by Daniel Kunin while an undergraduate at Brown University. The goal of this website is to make statistics more accessible through interactive visualizations (designed using Mike Bostock’s JavaScript library D3.js). Seeing Theory book computerscience explorable pseudo long
Standup Maths youtube maths scicomm long
Videos about science. Steve Mould youtube math scicomm long
Tessellate is the annual college festival of Chennai Mathematical Institute (CMI). The Youtube channel has a bunch of really nice talks! Tessellate CMI scicomm youtube math pseudo long
By Nicky Case. A remarkable explorable that demonstrates the iterated prisoners dilemma. The Evolution of Trust math explorable classroom parsed moderate
By Nicky Case. An interactive about how things spread in networks. The Wisdom and/or Madness of Crowds math explorable classroom parsed moderate
A lesson based on the windmill video. Neat problem and solution! The unexpectedly hard windmill question math explorable classroom parsed moderate
By Nicky Case. An interactive (and really well-done) guide to alternative voting systems. To Build a Better Ballot math explorable classroom parsed moderate
An element of truth - videos about science, education, and anything else I find interesting. Veritasium youtube scicomm long
Visualising data structures and algorithms through animation. Conceptualised in 2011 by Dr Steven Halim as a tool to help his students better understand data structures and algorithms, by allowing them to learn the basics on their own and at their own pace. VisuAlgo course computerscience explorable pseudo long
An explorable video series by Grant Sanderson and Ben Eater. Pushing the limits of WebGL! Visualizing Quaternions math explorable classroom moderate
Welch Labs youtube maths scicomm long
Wendover Productions youtube scicomm long
Explorable from Minute Labs exploring the construct of a single day. What is a Day? physics explorable classroom moderate
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