Philosophy I read last year（去年读过的哲学）
I want to summarize the philosophy I had read during year 2021. I wanted to post this in June last year; eventually it comes this year. I plan to write…
Into Rabbit Hole of Quantum Again
It has been half a year since my last post, and I forgot to post a plan for the year 2022. So first some recent updates about my physics study.…
A fascinating series of lectures on Psychology, Existentialism, personality and the transformation of personality by Dr. Jordan Peterson
One of my plans for non-physics life for year 2021 is to study more about Existentialism. See the last paragraph of my new-year-plan post this year. For those who never…
Non-physics goals for 2021
I want to set a few non-physics goals for this year. Dipping my toe into other fields always enriches my life. During my undergrad study in Tongji University, it was…
Harvard Justice
I finally finished watching all the video lectures of the famous Harvard lecture about political philosophy called Justice on 23 March. In 24 lectures, each about 25 minutes, Professor Michael…
Value of strategy: a financial theory example
Having studied mathematics and physics for a long time, I develop a view that we can get an edge in any game related to gambling by adopting a probabilistic understanding…
PSI18-19: Condensed Matter Review by Alioscia Hamma
February this year was a happy period. Chinese new year came on 12 Feb., so we have many small dinner parties in the dormitory. However, physics learning has never stopped.…
String theory lectures by Barton Zwiebach
Two friends of mine, Yuan Yao and Weiguang Cao, started to read the book, A First Course in String Theory by Barton Zwiebach, a few weeks ago. Barton Zwiebach is…
Computational way of understanding physics
In one of my ongoing research topic, I need to use a novel technique called automatic differentiation to take derivatives. If you never heard of automatic differentiation before, it is…
CFT notes by David Simmons-Duffin
I went through the first four chapters in a CFT notes by David Simmons-Duffin prepared for his lecture in Caltech, Ph229ab during the last few weeks. What is Conformal Field…