Biomedical and Electrical Engineer with interests in information theory, evolution, genetics, abstract mathematics, microbiology, big history, IndieWeb, mnemonics, and the entertainment industry including: finance, distribution, representation
Huzzah! John Carlos Baez is now on Twitter! @baez72033757 https:/
Dr. Miller has announced the text for Introduction to Complex Analysis @uclaextension http:/
Great answer to "Why do professors teach 1 + 1 and then ask you 19.8 * 76 in exams?" https:/
Download Anthony Knapp's free Algebra textbooks http:/
Amir Aczel, Author of Scientific Cliffhanger, Dies at 65 http:/
Nice profile of John Conway: The world’s most charismatic mathematician | The Guardian http:/
Reminder: Our category theory study group has its first meeting tomorrow evening: https:/
I came to your article in a terrifically circuitous fashion (via a serendipitous Google Image search), but am so glad that I did. Now it appears I'll end up spending the rest of my day reading all your links and references. I work in areas of information theory and molecular biology and have been filling in my knowledge of mathematics over time. Having just finished up six months of work in Lie groups and algebras, it would appear that category theory is the next sandbox in which I should play. Thanks especially for the textbook references as well as the journal articles!
#categorytheory #mathematics #abstractalgebra #topology
On my way out to the last Lie Groups class of quarter. Wishing there was something else as entertaining on the horizon. #LieGroups #Math
At the most basic level [book:Getting What You Came For: The Smart Student's Guide to Earning an M.A. or a Ph.D.|460669] has some relatively sound advice. If you need something entertaining my friend Adam Ruben's book [book:Surviving Your Stupid, Stupid Decision to Go to Grad School|7769479] is pretty good.
For some of the other topics you mention, start reading The Chronicle of Higher Education. Most of it is available online without a subscription, but they've got lots of current faculty writing regularly on the topics you mentioned.
Slowly you'll find a community of online professors like Robert Talbert (http:/
On twitter, you might consider following some the people on this list to start: https:/
Within twitter, there are a handful of hashtags you might following/comment along with including: #mathchat, #PhDchat, #PhDLife and likely a handful of others.
On the practical side, consider creating accounts on mendeley.com, academica.com, researchgate.com, etc. as a way to find people, help, material, etc. You might also consider starting yourself a blog (aka Commonplace book) to collect all your thoughts: http:/
Finally, for graduate level math, I highly recommend spending the $100-200 for a Livescribe Pulse pen: http:/
Feel free to ping me here or via other means (http:/