There are many way to gather knowledge.You can follow any way to gather knowledge.You’re so deeply focused on the subjects that you need to do well in to get into the university you want that one day you take a breather and realice that you don’t know very much else at all. Say you want to study Engineering, and you’re taking Mathematics, Further Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry at AS-level. You’ve memorised more formulae than you can shake a bunsen burner at. You know enough laws named after 17th century scientists to fill an alphabet.
You’ve never met a graph you didn’t like.
Nor is this a problem restricted to prospective engineers. All subject areas can be similarly prone to this painful intensity of focus. It’s not a bad way to be when you’re deep in exam season. But what happens when you emerge the other side, and decide you want to be a well-rounded human being capable of holding a conversation on topics unrelated to Engineering? We’ve compiled this list of recommended things to read – some magazines, some books, some assorted others – that will bring you up to speed on any topic you might care to think of.
you can learn if you read.
