As you may have noticed, we are experiencing a lull in posts. I'm still waiting to hear from all of the folks who emailed and told me that they will eventually send something in. In the meantime, I'll give you this link to a video of Richard Feynman. Why? In our Senior Year physics class with Mr. Wilcox, he showed us this exact video, and it made an impression on me at the time. It is worthwhile as a discussion of science, but also worthwhile for those of us raising kids now, as there is a nice section about how to get children interested in how things work. Maybe some of you in that class (Brett Sanders, Ken Mock...) will also remember this one.
Feynman video.
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You are a Rock Star! That is JUST the kind of thing I look for. Got his book and a NOVA show on him on hold at the library.
Can you think of any other books, people, experiences that influenced your academic aspirations (in a good way, of course)?
Surely you are joking, Mr. Amato.
Gould is good too...
Ha, good one Matt. During my senior year I worked at Books, Inc. downtown (as Matt knows, he was working at another bookstore in the same mall, probably drove us out of business), and that book of his (Surely you're joking), an oral autobiography, was on the shelves. It looked terrible...it had this totally dorky photo of him on the cover, and I think it was before I knew who he was. My coworker said that it was actually a good book so I read it. This guy was amazing...the book is hilarious. Highly recommended. The Gleick biography of Feynman is also good.
I don't recall the video (a year of sleep deprivation from having twins really took its toll on my memory!) but it must have made an impression because the Surely You're Joking book was one of my favorites in 1986.
I like "Uncle Petros and Goldbach's Conjecture" for a neat fiction book that conveys some of the passion that mathematicians have.
Very cool video. I wasn't in that particular class with you, but I have seen this somewhere before. Maybe I watch too much BBC ;-)
One of my favorites!
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