{"id":3099,"date":"2017-03-13T15:29:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-13T15:29:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/?p=3099"},"modified":"2017-03-30T07:31:41","modified_gmt":"2017-03-30T07:31:41","slug":"things-consume-passive-learning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.york.ac.uk\/student-voices\/2017\/03\/13\/things-consume-passive-learning\/","title":{"rendered":"Things to Consume: Passive Learning"},"content":{"rendered":"

Active thinking can be quite unpleasant<\/a>\u00a0and sometimes – despite not being the best way to learn – it’s nice to just sit back and absorb information.<\/p>\n

Books<\/h2>\n

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If you’re looking into Natural Sciences or a discipline within it, then there are some really great books out there to give you some insight into your subject. Books nominated for The Winton Prize<\/a>\u00a0(now mundanely called the Insight Investment Science Book Prize) tend to be pretty solid choices, in my experience. For example, Stuff Matters<\/em> by Mark Miodownik<\/a>\u00a0is a brilliant book that won the prize. It tells captivating stories that give lessons about materials science (relevant for all natural scientists, I’d say).\"\"<\/p>\n

The Disappearing Spoon<\/a>, The Particle at the End of the Universe<\/a><\/em> and Life Ascending<\/a><\/em> were all useful reads for me when I was wanting to read about chemical, physical and biological topics separately.<\/p>\n

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Whatever subject you are pursuing, I’d recommend Outliers<\/em> by Malcolm Gladwell<\/a>\u00a0as it’s a nice, short book that, like all good books, tells brilliant stories while bringing clarity to what achievement requires. When a book is about success like this one, you might expect it to be a super slushy-mushy, advice-giving book but Outliers\u00a0<\/em>is\u00a0really just an interesting book on why people succeed.\"\"<\/p>\n

Things to Watch<\/h2>\n

Online videos<\/h3>\n

I love YouTube. I watch far too many YouTube videos but at least I feel like I can make some good recommendations on where to find interesting stuff.<\/p>\n

University of York’s very own Tom Scott is a great place to start. If you like fun facts and finding out about cool things then take a dive into his channel<\/a>.
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