"Recently, I registered an account on Zhihu, and for some reasons, there are quite a few people who follow me, and I often receive private messages from some netizens in the next few days."

"Many of them want me to recommend good textbooks or related books on physics."

"So, I recommended Professor Zhang Sanhui's "College Physics" to netizens who are still high school students, this book is very simple and easy to understand in my opinion, and it is very close to high school physics, and it doesn't take a lot of time to read it."

"In addition, there is also "Mechanics" edited by Mr. Shu Yousheng, which is also a good introduction to mechanics, I read this book when I was competing in high school and benefited a lot."

"And for those netizens who have already chosen a physics major, I recommend "Feynman Lectures on Physics" to them, I believe that everyone present has heard of this book, which can be called a classic of the last century, a full set of three volumes, but there will hardly be stuck in reading and unable to read."

"But then something happened that was a little puzzling to me, and many of the people who asked me asked me a second question, and that was where I could download the electronic versions of the books."

"My first reaction after reading it was a little surprised, because these books, whether they are physical or electronic, are actually really easy to find in today's Internet era where excellent resources are so open, and for some reason, it reminds me of the story of Mr. Lu Xun who gave up medicine and became a writer."

"In my opinion, if there is a lack of good learning materials online for undergraduates to learn, it is the education community and the people who care about education are not doing things right. If there is information available on the Internet and students don't look for it, it is the sadness of the students. ”

"In addition, I have also recommended some more niche physics literature, because they are more professional, so it is not easy to find them with Baidu search, but if you are attentive enough, you will definitely be able to find them in an hour and a half."

But some netizens felt that his time was so precious, why waste an hour on searching. In this regard, I have the feeling of today's speech. ”

"Knowledge is not only valuable, but also precious, if you are too lazy to look for it in such a convenient environment, then I can only say that this is probably the difference of the way, not to conspire with each other."

Speaking of this, Wu Bin took a deep breath, changed his tone and continued: "The reason why I share this matter is because I found that even in HKUST, there are many freshmen who have experienced drastic changes from high school to university, and this change is that everyone has begun to feel the importance of self-study and its helplessness. ”

"In high school, there will be teachers who will grasp you to study, and they can't wait to instill all the knowledge of each subject into your head, but the teachers in the university will lecture very quickly, and at the same time, there will not be a top student who will take the initiative to help you."

"In this case, many students who are accustomed to opening their mouths begin to let themselves go, and they don't take the initiative to ask, but just put the question aside, until they are about to graduate, only to find that these questions have far exceeded what they have learned."

"From my own experience, studying at university is like panning for gold, and if you want to find gold, you need not only luck, but also perseverance and perseverance. No one will come to tell you where the gold is, so you have to summarize it yourself and slowly understand how to find more gold. ”

"a thousand songs and then know the sound, watch a thousand swords and then recognize the device."

"It takes time to watch a thousand swords, you have to complete an independent thinking when you look at each sword, which requires a mental cost, there are always people who want to skip the process of watching a thousand swords, and directly appreciate the ten famous swords such as Xuanyuan and Longquan, but in the end, people who do this can only look at their shapes, but they can't understand their essence."

"Ahem...... Isn't that a bit too much? ”

Wu Bin believes that most people still don't like to listen to this kind of thing for too long, because most of the time it will give people a smelly and long feeling.

But what answered Wu Bin's question was a round of applause, which was mixed with a few "seniors said well." "Not much, not too little!" Such words.

"Thank you all for your recognition." Wu Bin smiled at everyone and nodded, "But almost everything I want to say has been expressed, and finally, as a graduate, I would like to give you a few more specific suggestions." ”

"First, ninety percent of the learning problems you encounter are not new, and you can basically find a few clues by reading a few more books or searching on the Internet."

"Second, the basic triple, copy books, read a few more textbooks for cross-comparison, and use Google search: English keywords plus pdf, which can almost cope with 95% of learning problems."

"Thirdly, again, I hope you can understand that there is a cost to finding knowledge independently, and I believe that many freshmen may not be able to accept this concept for the time being, but this is the reality, and it will be with you since your freshman year, knowing that you are used to it."

"That's what I've learned, and finally, I wish you all the most meaningful four years of your lives at HKUST."

"Bang Bang ......"