The photos sparked fascination among fans, providing a rare glimpse into Musk’s early academic life.
Recently, photos of Tesla CEO Elon Musk’s college physics assignments appeared online, attracting the billionaire’s attention and quick response. The images, shared by a fan on social media, contain detailed handwritten accounts that Musk identified himself. In response, the SpaceX CEO explained that the homework involved “deriving moments of inertia from first principles,” a complex topic in physics that deals with the properties of rotation of objects. Musk also noted that some pages appear to be missing from the shared document.
“Some of Elon Musk’s physics homework from his days at the University of Pennsylvania,” X user Dima Zeniuk wrote.
See the post here:
Deriving moments of inertia from first principles. There are some pages missing from the post.
– Elon Musk (@elonmusk) November 2, 2024
In a second tweet, the user shared the other two pages that Musk had previously posted on X.
This is amazing! Two more pages I posted on X a long time ago pic.twitter.com/UywojdUwM4
– Dima Zeniuk (@DimaZeniuk) November 2, 2024
The photos sparked fascination among fans, providing a rare glimpse into Musk’s early academic life and intellectual pursuits. One user wrote: “One of the main reasons for your success is that you learned the language – mathematics and physics – necessary to understand what you want to do.”
Another commented: “This topic is absolutely fascinating, and I’m always keen to learn more about the basic principles behind these important concepts.”
“Beautiful handwriting,” a third user commented.
It is worth noting that Elon Musk attended Queen’s University in Ontario, Canada, before moving to the University of Pennsylvania, where he obtained dual degrees in economics from the Wharton School and physics from the College of Arts and Sciences.
At the University of Pennsylvania, Musk focused on energy physics, which sparked his early interest in sustainable energy. While at university, he co-founded Zip2, a software company that provided city guides to newspapers, to help fund his ambitions. Musk was accepted into Stanford University’s doctoral program in applied physics, but left after just two days to pursue opportunities in the technology industry, marking the beginning of his entrepreneurial path.
