Thank you for sharing this. I've been receiving plenty of editing assignments that have to do with the physical sciences and math. Not my areas of expertise at all. I've been reaching out to some of my friends who were homeschooled and some of my tutor friends to collate 101-level resources for myself. Just to get a hang of things, so I can at least look more closely at an assignment before rejecting it. Which means, over time, I can put together a list of things I need to learn about to be able to do a basic copy edit.
Ancestry k12 looks interesting, though it doesn't--understandably--help me with phy sciences or math. Nonetheless, if anybody's interested here are a couple of resources I've been using for a while now.
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JSTOR - a terrific research database. Helps me look up cited papers and papers related to the cited ones. A must-have for professional researchers or editors. It's not free, but it's really worth it. Not as commercial-minded as Wiley or Springer.
2. BTB's concept explainers (these are free). I'm currently perusing a 101 account of
conic sections to help myself navigate an editing assignment. It's aimed at the high school population, so most of it is lucid and easy to understand. Explainers can be found for other subjects, too--if I'm not mistaken.
Just thought I'd share these here. Hope they help
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