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Ep 7. How to excel in math and other tough subjects with Barbara Oakley

Chalk & Talk

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How to Be a Superstar Student

naturally gifted they don't get used to these ideas of having to work at it. One thing that can happen like when a big problem at schools like MIT is that super smart students will arrive and they have no good study skills. Freeman Dyson who was sort of Einstein's mathematician go to mathematician what did Dyson do? He would spend his holiday breaks working problems he just loved it. So people will say oh Dyson's a genius he's just a natural but that seemingly natural ability actually came out of a lot of hard work.

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