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Resources, Readings, and References
===================================

## Textbook

The course will make regular reference to
{cite}`Weinstein:2008,Weinstein:2012,Mahajan:2014` and {cite}`Munroe:2014`.  These will
be supplemented by {cite}`Mahajan:2010,Olshanii:2013` and {cite}`Munroe:2022`.

## Podcasts

The following podcasts will be assigned to stimulate discussion about being creative,
how to succeed at failing, etc.

* [How to Be Creative][F:Creativity]: A series of podcasts exploring creativity,
  including:
  * [How to Be Creative][F:354]
  * [Where Does Creativity Come From (and Why Do Schools Kill It Off)?][F:355]
  * [Where Do Good Ideas Come From?][F:368]: Discusses brainstorming.
  * [A Good Idea Is Not Good Enough][F:369]: 
  * [How to Fail Like a Pro][F:370]:

* [How to Succeed at Failing][F:Failing]: A series of podcasts exploring how to fail
  successfully:
  * [Part 1: The Chain of Events][F:561]: Discusses the [Lahaina fire][] which will form
    a basis for some examples used in class.
  * [Part 2: Life and Death][F:562]
  * [Part 3: Grit vs. Quit][F:563]
  * [Part 4: Extreme Resiliency][F:564]

* [Freakonomics Radio Goes Back to School][F:School]:
  * [What Exactly Is College For?][F:500]
  * [The University of Impossible-to-Get-Into][F:501]
  * ["I Don’t Think the Country Is Turning Away From College."][F:502]
  * [What Is the Future of College — and Does It Have Room for Men?][F:503]
  * ["If We’re All in It for Ourselves, Who Are We?"][F:600]: Interesting interview with
    Tania Tetlow, the current president of Fordham University.

:::{margin}
*I have some issues here with the discussion of music and Alfred Cortot's "careless
technique".  Ask me. (MMF)*
:::
* **Practice**: How does one achieve mastery?  In class I will compare mastering music
  (piano) with physics.
  * [How to Become Great at Just About Anything][F:244]: Interview with Anders Ericsson,
    from whom the 10,000 hour idea originates.  Emphasizes the importance of
    **deliberate practice**.
  * [Deliberate Practice: How Education Fails to Produce
    Expertise](https://freakonomics.com/2011/05/deliberate-practice-how-education-fails-to-produce-expertise/):
    A brief post by Sanjoy Mahajan -- the author of one of our texts.
  * [How to Get More Grit in Your Life][F:246]: Discussion of Grit
    


[F:Creativity]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/how-to-be-creative/>
[F:Failing]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast-tag/how-to-succeed-at-failing/>
[F:School]: <https://freakonomics.com/freakonomics-radio-goes-back-to-school/>

[F:244]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-become-great-at-just-about-anything/>
[F:246]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-get-more-grit-in-your-life/>
[F:354]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-be-creative/>
[F:355]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/where-does-creativity-come-from-and-why-do-schools-kill-it-off/>
[F:368]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/where-do-good-ideas-come-from/>
[F:369]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/a-good-idea-is-not-good-enough/>
[F:370]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-fail-like-a-pro/>
[F:500]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-exactly-is-college-for/>
[F:501]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/the-university-of-impossible-to-get-into/>
[F:502]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/i-dont-think-the-country-is-turning-away-from-college/>
[F:503]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/what-is-the-future-of-college-and-does-it-have-room-for-men/>
[F:561]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-succeed-at-failing-part-1-the-chain-of-events/>
[F:562]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-succeed-at-failing-part-2-life-and-death/>
[F:563]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-succeed-at-failing-part-3-grit-vs-quit/>
[F:564]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/how-to-succeed-at-failing-part-4-extreme-resiliency/>
[F:600]: <https://freakonomics.com/podcast/if-were-all-in-it-for-ourselves-who-are-we/>

[Lahaina fire]: <https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2023/11/01/us/hawaii-maui-fire-timeline.html>

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References
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## Linear Algebra

* [Essence of linear algebra][]: A great set of highly visual videos by [3Blue1Brown][]
  getting you up to abstract vector spaces.
* [MIT 18.06 Linear Algebra]: A set of [video
  lectures](https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/video_galleries/video-lectures/)
  and accompanying material for the MIT Linear Algebra course.
* [Qiskit Linear Algebra](https://qiskit.org/textbook/ch-appendix/linear_algebra.html):
  A short introduction that is part of the [Qiskit][] platform.
* Appendix A of {cite:p}`Mermin:2007` has a nice short review of Dirac notation.


[MIT 18.06 Linear Algebra]: <https://ocw.mit.edu/courses/18-06-linear-algebra-spring-2010/>
[3Blue1Brown]: <https://www.youtube.com/c/3blue1brown>
[Essence of linear algebra]: <https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZHQObOWTQDPD3MizzM2xVFitgF8hE_ab>
[Qiskit]: https://qiskit.org