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Diagram of Braitenberg vehicles and their simple sensor-motor wiring
Cover of Vehicles by Valentino Braitenberg
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Intelligent Behavior

Central questionCan simple mechanisms produce behavior that looks alive and intelligent?

For students interested inAI, animals, robots, psychology, mind, and behavior.

BookVehicles — Valentino Braitenberg

Diagram pages from The Feynman Lectures on Physics
Cover of The Feynman Lectures on Physics, Volume 1
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Physics

Central questionWhat are nature's laws? How did we discover them?

For students interested inPhysics, explanation, mathematics, and the structure of nature.

BookThe Feynman Lectures on Physics, Vol. 1 — Richard Feynman

A mathematical diagram representing geometric structure and proof
Cover of Proofs from THE BOOK by Martin Aigner and Gunter Ziegler
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Mathematics

Central questionWhat makes a proof beautiful?

For students interested inPuzzles, logic, elegance, and mathematical argument.

BookProofs from THE BOOK — Martin Aigner and Günter Ziegler

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Computing and Algorithms

Algorithmic procedures, machines, and the logic of computation.

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Biology and Evolution

Life, adaptation, inheritance, and the strange power of selection.

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Chemistry / Materials

Matter, structure, transformation, and why materials behave the way they do.

Ongoing Tracks
  • Intelligent Behavior (Vehicles) — Sushrut Thorat
  • Physics (Feynman Lectures, Vol. 1) — Amogh Deshpande
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