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Tough learning, part 4: final draft – Michael Nielsen

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Click on the “Continue reading…” link immediately below to read the final draft of my essay on doing research in science. (4800 words, non-technical). Feedback would be greatly appreciated. By Michael A. Nielsen School of ITEE and School of Physical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia Email: nielsen@physics.uq.edu.au Web: www.qinfo.org/people/nielsen/index.html September 8, 2003 The natural sciences have a reputation for posing special challenges to the way we think and learn: they are a form of “extreme thinking”. In this essay physicist Michael A. Nielsen discusses some of the challenges facing researchers in the natural sciences, and how those challenges shed light on other tough learning situations. (4800 words, viewgraphs and text online at www.qinfo.org/talks/) About this essay This essay is the text for a presentation delivered by the author at the “Tough Learning” conference held in Brisbane, Australia, September 7-10, 2003, organized by Learning

Click on the “Continue reading…” link immediately below to read the final draft of my essay on doing research in science. (4800 words, non-technical). Feedback would be greatly appreciated. Extreme thinking By Michael A. Nielsen School of ITEE and School of Physical Sciences, The University of Queensland, Queensland 4072, Australia Email: nielsen@physics.uq.edu.au Web: www.qinfo.org/people/nielsen/index.html September 8, 2003 Abstract The natural sciences have a reputation for posing special challenges to the way we think and learn: they are a form of “extreme thinking”. In t

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