Lukas Convent
On Tech, Science and Learning
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Blogs & more that I've subscribed to.
| Comics | ||
|---|---|---|
| xkcd | Feed | A webcomic of romance, sarcasm, math, and language. |
| Blogs | ||
| leah blogs | Feed | Blog by Leah Neukirchen |
| Trivium | Feed | Another blog by Leah Neukirchen |
| Gwaith-i-Mírdain | Feed | Blog by Mike Shulman on the development of a higher-dimensional proof assistant |
| j3l7h | Feed | Blog von Jörn Loviscach, Professor für Ingenieurmathematik und technische Informatik an der Hochschule Bielefeld |
| ScienceBlogs | Feed | In den ScienceBlogs.de finden sich Beiträge zu den Themen Naturwissenschaften, Medizin, Kultur, Politik, Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaften, Umwelt und Technik. |
| Math | ||
| Quanta Magazine | Feed | Quanta Magazine is an editorially independent online publication of the Simons Foundation covering developments in physics, mathematics, biology and computer science |
| Math with Bad Drawings | Feed | Blog by Ben Orlin |
| A Neighborhood of Infinity | Feed | Blog by Dan Piponi |
| Mathematics and Computation | Feed | Blog by Andrej Bauer, professor of computational mathematics at the University of Ljubljana |
| The n-Category Café | Feed | A group blog on math, physics and philosophy |
| Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP | Feed | Blog by Richard Lipton on theoretical computer science |
| Web | ||
| The Setup | Feed | Uses This is a collection of nerdy interviews asking people from all walks of life what they use to get the job done. |
| Programming | ||
| Cuddly, Octo-Palm Tree | Feed | Blog by Gary Verhaegen |
| Joy of Computing | Feed | Blog on various computing topics |
| Xe Iaso | Feed | Blog by Xe Iaso on programming and technology |
Books
I've started to list some books I like a lot. Very incomplete list but it's a start.
| Philosophy | ||
|---|---|---|
| The Beginning of Infinity | David Deutsch | Two of my most cherished books. Realistic philosophical take on knowledge, science, rationality. Many great ideas, many stemming from the philosophical works of Karl Popper. |
| The Fabric of Reality | David Deutsch | |
| The Sovereign Child | Aaron Stupple | Very interesting book on "how do we raise children?". Applies Popper's philosophy on this topic. Made me question some of my earlier assumptions on education. I like especially the author's take to take up a more creative mindset when it comes to encountering conflicts between parents' and childrens' wants and needs. |
| Math & CS | ||
| Konkrete Mathematik (nicht nur) für Informatiker | Edmund Weitz | Ein tolles Mathematikbuch, das Mathematikinhalte aus den ersten Studiensemestern praktisch aufbereitet. Dies geschieht insbesondere, indem die Mathematik mit Python „programmiert“ wird. Ergänzt wird das Buch durch Videos. Der Autor hat viele tolle Inhalte publiziert. |
| Höhere Mathematik - kompakt | Georg Hoever | Georg Hoever ist Professor für Mathematik an der FH Aachen und verantwortet dort seit vielen Jahren die Mathematikveranstaltungen für Studierende der Elektrotechnik und Informatik. Er versteht es, die Grundlagen der Mathematik sehr gut zu erklären. Man sollte sich unbedingt auch noch bei seinen Skripten umsehen; dort verbergen sich Schätze aus seinen Vorlesungen; z.B. zur Kryptographie oder Quanteninformatik. |
| Grenzen der Mathematik: Eine Reise durch die Kerngebiete der mathematischen Logik | Dirk W. Hoffmann | Der Autor schafft es, die Fundamente der Mathematik und Logik (und eben die Grenzen, die sich dort auftun) sehr gut zu motivieren und zu erklären. Perfekt für alle, die sich für die theoretische Informatik interessieren. |
Podcasts
| Philosophy, Science, Tech | ||
|---|---|---|
| Dwarkesh Patel | Interviews on Tech, Society, ... | |
| Reason Is Fun | Conversations between David Deutsch and Lulie Tanett about topics ranging from emotions, AGI, reason and fun. Epistemology applied to everything. | |
| Ben, Ben and Blue | Conversations about education, math, tech. Grant Sanderson (3Blue1Brown) and Ben Eater | |
| Sean Carroll's Mindscape Podcast | Conversations about physics and science generally | |
| Math | ||
| 3Blue1Brown | Grant Sanderson is an amazing math communicator. Plus, his visualizations are outstanding. | |
| Programming | ||
| Haskell Interlude | The Haskell Interlude is a Haskell-focused podcast interviewing guests from the Haskell community. | |
| Signals and Threads | Podcast of Ron Minsky interviewing people from Jane Street, often with a focus on OCaml. | |
Video channels
| Programming | ||
|---|---|---|
| Tsoding | Coding is fun! Tsoding builds stuff from scratch and is a fun and funny guy. | |
| Math & CS Education | ||
| Technikwerkstatt 4.0 | Tutorials on CAD, 3D printing and programming; carefully crafted material by my colleague Marco Düvelmeyer. | |
| Ben Eater | How to build an 8-bit computer from scratch and more. Great explanations and tutorials. | |
Websites
A list of websites I visit regularly, very incomplete.
| Tech | ||
|---|---|---|
| Hacker News | News for nerds | |
| Math & CS Education | ||
| Technikwerkstatt 4.0 | Learn CAD, 3D printing and robotics. This site provides great teaching material that was carefully prepared by my colleague Marco Düvelmeyer. | |
| Berufsinformatik | Material for CS education in school by Dr. Peer Stechert. | |
| WI Wissen | Material for CS education in school by Julian Dorn. | |
| Johannes Hohls | Personal website of my colleague at school who creates learning apps such as Drillr | |