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Alright I think I can help you. I'll give my answer in two parts as it sort of depends on what you mean by science.

If you're talking about the scientific method, infrastructure, and general processes. Then I'd recommend looking into the skeptical community. Which primarily focuses on evaluating claims and avoiding logical fallacies. An essential skill for that being a firm understanding of the scientific process. For this I'd just recommend listening to "The sketpics guide to the universe" podcast. They'll eventually cover things, and then cover them again. So you'll just pick it all up by listening weekly.

If on the other hand you're more interested in just learning about the world there's more options out there. I'd recommend starting with a conceptual physics bookd like this which should give you an overview of the scientific method as well as our general understanding of how the world works. From there you can look for fields you might be interested in such as biology, geology, psychology, chemistry, and so forth. Reading introductory textbooks, or watching online courses such as coursera.

Some other thoughts.

• Initially I'd avoid most science based youtube channels. Their information is interesting but also fragmentary and not very useful without a solid foundational understanding of the topics.
  
  
• The best way to increase your recall is to re-learn or study the material over longer periods of time. Like once or twice a month. As well as testing yourself on the material. Also try and connect what you've learned to your everyday life. This is especially relevant when learning physics.
  
  
• I'd also recommend the Cosmos series, both new and old. They sometimes get their history wrong, but good sources of "science inspiration"
  
  
• Feel free to PM anytime as you're learning if you'd like more resources or something's not working for you. I'd love to be able to help.

I just stumbled onto this subreddit for the first time now, so apologies if I'm not replying to the request as desired.

Investing isn't really something that you can learn, in the sense that it's not like riding a bike where you practice and then after a little bit you know how to ride a bike and that's it. Think of learning to invest more as a constant journey, where you're always growing and gaining understanding but you can't really ever know enough. Most successful investors, including Warren Buffett and Charles Munger, are voracious readers simply because there is so much out there to absorb.

Here's the start of a reading list to take a look at, listed in order of how I would tackle them in your place (though obviously skip some or jump ahead if one description catches your eye specifically):

• Millionaire Next Door--not an investing book, but you mentioned saving for the future and so I think this is a good place to start. This book, which covers the results of a study of many first generation millionaires, will teach you how you should be thinking about money, saving, and consumption. Dry, but not a difficult read.
  
  
  Indexing:
  
  
• Random Walk Down Wall Street
  
  
• Four Pillars of Investing
  
  
• Unconventional Success--These three I would consider as one big package, because they all address kind of the same philosophy and investing strategy (though in slightly different ways). There's no preferred order for this group, so I've listed them in what I think is from most accessible to least accessible (they all get into some technical details that may be difficult for someone not familiar with the topics, but they are all written for the layman so while it may take some work, you should be able to get through all three).
  
  
• Bogle on Mutual Funds--This is the only book I'm recommending here that I haven't actually read. I'm including it only because I realize that you asked for a crash course so to speak, and none of the three books above are 100% easily accessible (though they do cover everything). I've read other books by John Bogle and I know enough about him and his investment philosophy to be able to recommend this confidently enough and to have a good idea what he talks about here. I suggest trying as much of the above three as possible, but if you do find them too difficult try this one out first as it'll undoubtedly be an easier read all the while covering most of the basic points outlined in the above.
  
  
  Value Investing:
  
  
• The Little Book That Beats the Market--Very short, very accessible (all technical details are hidden away in the appendix. I don't recommend following his strategy outlined in the book verbatim, but as an intro to value investing concepts it's not a bad start.
  
  
• The Intelligent Investor--This is basically a summation of Warren Buffett's investing philosophy. It is quite old, and definitely difficult at times, but well worth reading.
  
  
  Those are what I would start with. I recommend reading the books on indexing first not because I think the efficient market hypothesis (one of the topics covered in all three books) is 100% correct (it isn't), but because you need to have a filter in place that makes you skeptical and able to dismiss all the garbage investing advice that's out there (technical strategies promising 10%+ yearly returns guaranteed, etc). The value investing books I include because it is the only chance you have of beating the market over the long run, though I would only recommend the active management route if you have the time and energy to dedicate to it.
  
  Most of what's in these books does boil down to a few basic tenets that could probably be summarized in a few pages, but I would discourage you from looking for quick investing summary information because it won't be of any use to you. It's not enough to understand/know the concepts. You have to believe in them, and live them every day. If you aren't absolutely convinced of the investing strategy you're using you'll wind up capitulating at the worst possible time and losing a lot of money, or at the very least being one of the many people who 'chase winners' only to suffer from consistently mediocre performance. That's why you need to be reading regularly--to keep your conviction and refresh yourself on the fundamentals.
  
  Best of luck.

Also, check out Coursera and EdX. They usually have beginner programming classes running, and they're actually structured courses. If there's none running, you can usually access the course materials to do self-study.

Also, cs50.tv has all the lectures and materials for the Harvard Intro CS class. It's hard work and rigorous, but rewarding. MIT Open Courseware also has a lot of material from past offerings of their Intro CS series. One of my friends is doing this now.

If you're interested in game programming, I might recommend a book I used to learn. Beginning C++ Through Game Programming is what I used back when I was still learning. Mind you, you won't be learning anything with graphics, but you will be learning programming (and one of the harder, more widespread languages while you're at it).

There's a lot of resources available. Those are the ones I recommend right off the bat. Programming can be tricky, but beginning is the hardest part. Don't get discouraged, stay with it, and eventually, it'll be easy! Good luck!

FRONT-LOAD YOUR DAY

This is easily the most important habit you can build to become more productive and have an easier time focusing. It's as simple as doing your most important task for the day before you do anything else.

It works because:

• in the morning you have the most energy
  
• few things "come up" and get in your way at the beginning of the day
  
• it builds momentum to complete the rest of the day's tasks with ease.
  
  What this actually looks like:
  
  
• do your morning routine - I recommend you build one of these as a keystone habit - you can find out all about this on the internet but I would seriously recommend meditation and gratitude as part of it.
  
• decide what your most important task for the day. The questions below will help:
  
  “If this were the only thing I accomplished today, would I be satisfied with my day?”
  
  “Will moving this forward make all the other to-do’s unimportant or easier to knock off later?”
  
  
• start working on the task (for a max of 2-3 hours) until it's finished
  
  This is difficult to execute on for a number of reasons:
  
  
• it's difficult to mono-task (do only one task) for an extended period of time. Try Pomodoros. They work.
  
• it's difficult to work on your most important tasks (which is usually the most uncomfortable) before working on less important (easier) tasks
  
• most people don't like getting up early
  
  For these reasons, most people don't execute on this. And also for these reasons, when you learn to execute on this, it will continue to be difficult every day, but that's the art of focusing. It's difficult, and takes practice every single day.
  
  I have been diagnosed with ADHD myself and have worked really hard to not only compete on par with my peers in spite of it, but actually excel in school because I've learned to use it to my advantage. It all comes down to us actually having more energy than most people, and once we learn to use it right, we can accomplish a lot more.
  
  If you're wanting to invest time and effort into actually improving your focusing abilities, I can point you to some resources that will actually yield improvements in your abilities if you take action on implementing the habits and strategies mentioned.
  
  
• MORE PRODUCTIVITY HACKS
  
• HOW TO STOP PROCRASTINATING (PART 1)
  
• HOW TO STOP PROCRASTINATING (PART 2)
  
• The Art Of Focusing Book - this is a very in-depth guide about how to design your entire life to be more focused. If you let it, it will change your life.

Hypnosis is surprisingly easy to learn and it is something that you can teach yourself virtually right away. The first time I learned about hypnosis, I ordered http://www.amazon.com/Look-Into-My-Eyes-Hypnosis/dp/1440449864/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1345509335&sr=8-2&keywords=look+into+my+eyes and http://www.amazon.com/Hypnosis-Beginners-Awareness-Achievement-Llewellyns/dp/156718359X/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1345509321&sr=8-1&keywords=hypnosis+for+beginners after seeing some suggestions by hypnotists on reddit from an AMA about 2 years ago (I believe it was reddit anyways).

Hypnosis for beginners offers direct scripts that you can read from (my sister with absolutely no idea how hypnosis works was able to hypnotize someone her first time trying it by reading the first script in the book) and the other one is more about ideas and how you can use it with a partner. Truthfully, I barely read either of the books because you realize quickly that you can wing it and improvise the hypnosis sessions yourself and that is what I have always done.

The biggest factor in hypnosis in confidence. You are leading someone into a state of deep relaxation and the way you speak must reflect a certain combination of calm and relaxing as well as confidence and authority. Whenever I start a session, I use a certain hypnosis voice (it is talked about a little bit in the look into my eyes book) and the voice is both commanding and very "flowy". You do not want anything to happen during the session to bring the person out of hypnosis so everything must flow very well.

The other big factor with hypnosis is trust. The more that the person trusts to be vulnerable with you, the far easier it is to successfully hypnotize someone. This is why hypnosis works very well with SO's and honestly it is by far the most fun (you can get VERY creative). I don't think I'd be able to run any sort of course or anything on hypnosis but I can certainly try to answer questions and get you to the point where you can do it yourself.

I was hoping you'd know! I say we start with the very basics, we can model our course off of what would normally be covered in a financial accounting I class. 2 books were recommended to me.

The first is Financial Statements which gives a nice overview of the 4 financial statements including a brief description of what each line means.

The second was The Accounting Game

I personally learn better from a systematic approach like what is used in "Financial Statements" but I suspect a better approach for reddit would be something like "The Accounting Game." I anticipate that most of our students would be entrepreneurs or other users of accounting information rather than hopeful accountants. In that vein we could go through the process of starting a small business and show how the basic transactions would be recorded. Including how to set up spreadsheets as was ops original request.

What are your thoughts, would you be interested in taking the lead on something like this?

What level?

• Pre-university: https://www.khanacademy.org/science/biology
  
  
• University (if you already feel overwhelmed this is probably too much): https://www.edx.org/course/mitx/mitx-7-00x-introduction-biology-secret-1768 (very good! - and it does not matter whether the course is "running" or not, videos and quiz questions are available, that "certificate" such sites offer is rubbish, and if you can only learn with time pressure... well, you should change that first and learn to be able to work well also when nobody is sitting there with a clock pressuring you)
  
  
• You can also check out saylor.org, coursera.org and similar sites - they have various biology courses too
  
  
• Search Youtube and Google. Great resources for centuries of learning. For example, the 1st link I found was this.
  
  
  GREAT books, teach you university level insights but in a leisurely way. Maker no mistake, don't look down on such books just because they are written to be understood by lots of average people! Because in reality this stuff IS easy, only the teaching at universities really sucks very often. They can afford to not be nearly as good at explaining as those authors because you as a student are expected to do much more work on your own.
  
  
• Everything from biochemist Nick Lane
  
  
• The Spark of Life - probably the best book to understand electricity in our bodies
  
  
• Free textbook: https://openstaxcollege.org/textbooks/biology
  

Experienced designer here. The best way to learn to sketch by yourself is to watch tutorials and to practice a lot. The Gnomon Workshiop is an amazing ressource for basic sketching in industrial design. I strongly suggest that you check out the "Basic Perspective Form Drawing" DVD. A lot of student try to make awesome photoshop rendering before they know the basics of perspective, dont fall in this trap.

There is also ID Sketching which is a cool website with tutorials

A good book on the subject
Drawing Techniques for Product Designers

As for design theory, one of the most common reads in university is the The Design of Everyday Things by Donald Norman
The Design of Everyday Things

I remember a teacher saying that to be an expert at something you have to put 10 000 hours in it, so you better sharpen those pencils ! Tell me if you need more information.

Francis Ching has some good reference books for a starter: Building construction illustrated and Architecture: Form Space and Order. It might be a good idea to regularly visit sites like ArchDaily to see what contemporary architects are doing. If you want to start learning design programs, try downloading SketchUp or Rhino (both have free versions). Good luck!

That's a great talk. Another resource that has helped me tremendously are the books of Paul Ekman specifically Emotions Revealed. It's a great primer on the basic human emotions and facial expressions that reflect them. Reading this book really helped my ability to read people (that and the computer training tool that you can buy to go along with it). Definitely recommend it.

The answer to your question and any other questions you might have is addressed in a great book called, 'Make it stick'.

If you are a student, I highly recommend it.

Also, this course on Coursera: Learning How to Learn: Powerful mental tools to help you master tough subjects is fantastic.

Reccommend you get your hands on some quality literature, ie: http://www.amazon.com/Complete-Manual-Woodworking-Albert-Jackson/dp/0679766111

Will help you with technique and inspiration. Trust me. After 5 years in the joinery game I still can't crack a book without learning something new that will surely come in handy in the future.

The Classroom in a Book series is AMAZING. It includes a CD/DVD and the lessons go like this...

They give you an image of, say, an old man and the lesson is to remove his wrinkles. Then the book walks you through each step and tool (explaining what they do along the way) and at the end of each lesson you learn a new KEY Photoshop skill.

Learning by example is amazing.