Motivational Books for the Student (Educational)

Christmas is almost here, and what could be a better Christmas present than a motivational book? Books, although viewed as old-fashioned in the current world of iPhones and iPads, are still very important learning tools that can change a person’s life.

Sometimes, bright or even gifted children don’t do well in school, because of motivational issues. Many academically weak students are actually bright students, but not focused on studies due to lack of motivation. They may feel that school is boring, or see school as a chore. Teenage years are often a difficult period of time. If successfully motivated, these children can often make a wondrous turnaround to get back on track academically.

Let me share some books that are actually purchased by viewers from my website through Amazon.com:

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Chicken Soup for the Soul: Think Positive for Kids: 101 Stories about Good Decisions, Self-Esteem, and Positive Thinking

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Drive: 9 Ways to Motivate Your Kids to Achieve

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Empowering Underachievers: New Strategies to Guide Kids (8-18) to Personal Excellence

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Have a New Kid by Friday: How to Change Your Child’s Attitude, Behavior & Character in 5 Days

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Making Children Mind without Losing Yours

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Motivate Your Son: Inspire Your Boy To Be Engaged In School, Excited For College, and Energized For Success

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Smart Parenting for Smart Kids: Nurturing Your Child’s True Potential

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The Motivation Breakthrough: 6 Secrets to Turning On the Tuned-Out Child

Inspirational Video by Nick Vujicic – DVD Clip from No Arms, No Legs, No Worries – Jr. High Talk

Life Without Limits: Inspiration for a Ridiculously Good Life

Chinese Tuition

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Chinese is becoming a very important language to learn, with China already overtaking the US to become the world’s largest economy, according to the International Monetary Fund.

Most importantly, Chinese is not just a language, it is a philosophy. Through learning the beauty of Chinese proverbs and idioms, one can gain the wisdom of the ancient Chinese sages and poets.

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Featured book:

The Rise of China vs. the Logic of Strategy

As the rest of the world worries about what a future might look like under Chinese supremacy, Edward Luttwak worries about China’s own future prospects. Applying the logic of strategy for which he is well known, Luttwak argues that the most populous nation on Earth—and its second largest economy—may be headed for a fall.

For any country whose rising strength cannot go unnoticed, the universal logic of strategy allows only military or economic growth. But China is pursuing both goals simultaneously. Its military buildup and assertive foreign policy have already stirred up resistance among its neighbors, just three of whom—India, Japan, and Vietnam—together exceed China in population and wealth. Unless China’s leaders check their own ambitions, a host of countries, which are already forming tacit military coalitions, will start to impose economic restrictions as well.

Chinese leaders will find it difficult to choose between pursuing economic prosperity and increasing China’s military strength. Such a change would be hard to explain to public opinion. Moreover, Chinese leaders would have to end their reliance on ancient strategic texts such as Sun Tzu’s Art of War. While these guides might have helped in diplomatic and military conflicts within China itself, their tactics—such as deliberately provoking crises to force negotiations—turned China’s neighbors into foes. To avoid arousing the world’s enmity further, Luttwak advises, Chinese leaders would be wise to pursue a more sustainable course of economic growth combined with increasing military and diplomatic restraint.

254A announcement: Analytic prime number theory

Bookmark Terence Tao’s site if you are interested in his notes on Analytic number theory! He will be placing lecture notes online on his blog.
This is a one-in-a-lifetime chance to learn Analytic Number Theory from a Master — Fields Medallist Terence Tao.

What's new

In the winter quarter (starting January 5) I will be teaching a graduate topics course entitled “An introduction to analytic prime number theory“. As the name suggests, this is a course covering many of the analytic number theory techniques used to study the distribution of the prime numbers $latex {{mathcal P} = {2,3,5,7,11,dots}}&fg=000000$. I will list the topics I intend to cover in this course below the fold. As with my previous courses, I will place lecture notes online on my blog in advance of the physical lectures.

The type of results about primes that one aspires to prove here is well captured by Landau’s classical list of problems:

Even Goldbach conjecture: every even number $latex {N}&fg=000000$ greater than two is expressible as the sum of two primes.
Twin prime conjecture: there are infinitely many pairs $latex {n,n+2}&fg=000000$ which are simultaneously prime.
Legendre’s conjecture:…

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Leyland Numbers – Numberphile

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Einstein, Relativity and Light for Kids

What happens if light slows down – A Beginner’s Guide to Relativity and Light