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charset="utf-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Wow, this is a great example of how category theory can help with STEM educ= ation! I want to learn quantum mechanics. Should I read Quantum in Pictures, Pict= uring Quantum Processes, or something else? For context, I know a bunch of= math (focus on category theory), as far as physics I've done classical mec= hanics and thermo/stat mech, and I also did a chem minor in undergrad (gene= ral, orgo, biochem) so I am familiar with how Pauling interpreted quantum f= or organic chemists. So far in my intention to learn quantum I've been fol= lowing up finally on a several-years-old recommendation of John Baez to rea= d Emilio Segre's From X-Rays to Quarks, in order to get a grounding in the = empirical experiments which forced physicists to abandon the classical mode= l. Really glad to see this experiment you've done, Best, Joshua On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 8:26=E2=80=AFAM Bob Coecke > wrote: Hi all, We would like to point to an article in the Guardian / Observer earlier thi= s week that was about the educational benefits of category theory, as compe= llingly demonstrated by an experiment that we just did: https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/16/physicist-bob-coecke-its-ea= sier-to-convince-kids-than-adults-about-quantum-mechanics The word =E2=80=9Ccategory theory=E2=80=9D only occurs twice, but it all co= ncerns monoidal string diagrams, with structures like dagger compact closur= e and dagger Frobenius algebras. Concretely, what we did was teach 60 fairly averagely chosen 15-17 yr old s= econdary school students categorical quantum mechanics using the book =E2= =80=9CQuantum in Pictures=E2=80=9D by Stefano Gogioso and myself. The only= maths pre-requisite for that book is knowing how angles add up. We have v= ideo lectures of the book that we will release soon, and also recorded some= worked-out exercises that we also will release soonish. With these resou= rces we created an on-line course that follows the template of a typical Ox= ford post-grad course, but without the benefits of in person teaching. We then subjected the students to an exam exclusively consisting of Oxford = post-grad quantum exam questions. The result: 80% passed and almost 40% got distinctions. Here is a statement by Oxford Uni about the experiment: https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2280-full.html and here is an extensive blog post I wrote about it, providing some additio= nal context: https://medium.com/quantinuum/everyone-can-learn-quantum-now-even-at-a-cutt= ing-edge-level-and-we-have-the-test-scores-to-prove-49e7fdc5c509 All our best wishes for the new year! You're receiving this message because you're a member of the Categories mai= ling list group from Macquarie University. 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Wow, this is a great example of how category theory can help with STEM= education!

I want to learn quantum mechanics.  Should I read Quantum in Pict= ures, Picturing Quantum Processes, or something else?  For context, I = know a bunch of math (focus on category theory), as far as physics I've don= e classical mechanics and thermo/stat mech, and I also did a chem minor in undergrad (general, orgo, biochem) so I am = familiar with how Pauling interpreted quantum for organic chemists.  S= o far in my intention to learn quantum I've been following up finally on a = several-years-old recommendation of John Baez to read Emilio Segre's From X-Rays to Quarks, in order to get a groun= ding in the empirical experiments which forced physicists to abandon the cl= assical model.

Really glad to see this experiment you've done,

Best,
Joshua

On Fri, Dec 22, 2023 at 8:26=E2=80=AF= AM Bob Coecke <Bob.Coecke@q= uantinuum.com> wrote:

Hi all, 


We would like to point to an article = in the Guardian / Observer earlier this week that was about the educational= benefits of category theory, as compellingly demonstrated by an experiment that we just did:  


= https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/dec/16/physicist-bob-coecke-its-ea= sier-to-convince-kids-than-adults-about-quantum-mechanics


The word =E2=80=9Ccategory theory=E2= =80=9D only occurs twice, but it all concerns monoidal string diagrams, wit= h structures like dagger compact closure and dagger Frobenius algebras.


Concretely, what we did was teach 60 = fairly averagely chosen 15-17 yr old secondary school students categorical = quantum mechanics using the book =E2=80=9CQuantum in Pictures=E2=80=9D by Stefano Gogioso and myself.  The only maths p= re-requisite for that book is knowing how angles add up.  We have vide= o lectures of the book that we will release soon, and also recorded some wo= rked-out exercises that we also will release  soonish.  With these resources we created an on-line course that follows the templat= e of a typical Oxford post-grad course, but without the benefits of in pers= on teaching.


We then subjected the students to an = exam exclusively consisting of Oxford post-grad quantum exam questions.&nbs= p; 


The result: 80% passed and almost 40%= got distinctions.  


Here is a statement by Oxford Uni abo= ut the experiment:


https://www.cs.ox.ac.uk/news/2280-full.html


and here is an extensive blog post I = wrote about it, providing some additional context:


https://medium.com/quantinuum/everyone-can-learn-quantum-now-ev= en-at-a-cutting-edge-level-and-we-have-the-test-scores-to-prove-49e7fdc5c50= 9


All our best wishes for the new year!=  

 
 
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