MIT Open CourseWare

MIT has a website, Open Course Ware, where professors present a lot of the teaching materials from their various courses. When the site first started, the math and physics offerings were pretty thing. However, over the last year, many of the courses have been substantially enhanced, to the point where they are now quite useful resources, including extensive lecture notes and many solutions to homework assignments. I am also providing the link to the MIT math and physics departments, since those sites still have the home pages of professors with resources for courses being offered in the current academic years.

Physics OCW

Physics Department Website

Mathematics OCW

Mathematics Department Website

Dr. Serge Lang, R.I.P.

Serge Lang died today. Rather than create a lengthy post that would still not do this great mathematician justice, I'll just link to his wikipedia entry.

Methods of Theoretical Physics

The famous mathematical physics textbook by Morse & Feshbach has finally been republished. I've long wanted to get my hands on a copy, but not at this price ($329 for the set, up from the original price of $250).

Not sure why the price is going up or what is he thinking, but I don't think his company will never be successful at this price. It's a shame.