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Fa1l3r14 karma

I have a few questions:

  1. In your personal opinion, what was your greatest accomplishment(s) in your profession?

  2. What books would you recommend to novices like me in cracking a safe or picking a lock? How should I practice lock picking and safe cracking?

  3. Did you know that Richard P. Feynman was also a safe cracker (though not a professional)? If you do know, what do you think about his techniques and perspectives?

  4. What is a good lock pick set for anyone to have, especially for beginners?

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Fa1l3r2 karma

Hello, I have two questions:

  1. As a soon-to-be high school graduate, what should I do for the summer to keep up to date with the latest discoveries and news for astrophysics? What sources or sites should I follow to stay up to date with current status of astrophysicists?

  2. What courses in undergraduate school should I follow as an aspiring astrophysicists? Are there any online courses or open courseware that you suggest that I should know before I enter my undergraduate education?

Fa1l3r2 karma

Hello Professor Lewin,

I have a few questions:

  1. What or who has inspired you to teach physics and to research concepts in physics?

  2. Will you offer another MOOC course on edX or some other place?

  3. In your view, who, besides you, teaches physics in an engaging and helpful way? Are their lectures and materials also online?

  4. What do you think of the current state primary and secondary education for hard sciences like physics? For the U.S.A., what should change, if anything, or should K-12 teachers do something differently? In your opinion, what is the best nation, region, or city in the world that prepares pre-college students for college-level physics?

Thank you for your lectures and response. I have found your enthusiasm contagious.

Fa1l3r1 karma

Hey Filippo, I have a few questions:

  1. In layman terms, how do people like Google find these security holes, and how do people like you fix them?

  2. I edit the Wikipedia page on Heartbleed. What credible sources, besides the media coverage linked in your post, should I use as sources to add more information and detail to the wiki page?

  3. In college, what courses should I take to become a cryptologist besides the introductory programming and crytography courses?

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Why do you think Shanghai scored the highest in all three sections of PISA, and do you believe other countries such as the USA imitate the Shanghai model?