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Haha fair enough, although I would have said the same until my current job!
I would have thought most of that stuff is fairly universal until you get down to bike specific parts (weird tube shapes etc) - searching 'mechanical engineering bearings' for example brings up some interesting stuff at a range of depths.
Dramatic_Hammer-
Yes, I need some of the general principles of engineering and don't think I need to go far beyond first year undergraduate or into any niche bike stuff. Just want to learn how to calculate the strength of tubes and having an understanding of the load on it and things like that. But I don't even know what I don't know, so I prefer to start from the basics with a well rounded course or textbook. Think those MIT lectures are my best bet
frankenbike
Mainly bikes as a system I'm curious about - bearings, tubes, materials, the properties of frames and wheels and so on. And anything that would be applicable in a DIY project or whatever. Steam is cool though, but no prospect of it ever really being useful in my life!