How to do CS Theory || @ CMU || Lecture 1b of CS Theory Toolkit

How to do CS Theory. Life pro tips on how to be a researcher in Theoretical Computer Science. Lecture 1b of a semester-long graduate course on math and CS fundamentals for research in theoretical computer science, taught at Carnegie Mellon University. Good overview books for budding TCS researchers: The Nature of Computation, by Moore and Mertens (http://nature-of-computation.org/) Mathematics and Computation, by Avi Wigderson (https://www.math.ias.edu/avi/book) Taught by Ryan O'Donnell (https://www.cs.cmu.edu/~odonnell) Course homepage on CMU's Diderot system: https://www.diderot.one/course/28/ Filmed by Cole H. for Panopto (http://www.panopto.com/) Thumbnail photo by Rebecca Kiger (https://www.rebeccakphoto.com/)