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<\/a>I love to learn through videos. Perhaps I\u2019m a \u2018visual learner\u2019, or perhaps I\u2019m lazy, or better yet, probably I was just raised watching the Discovery Channel<\/a>, MacGyver<\/a>, and reruns of Gilligan\u2019s Island<\/a>.<\/p>\nJacques Cousteau, MacGyver himself, and the Professor from Gilligan\u2019s Island were my childhood rolemodels. Yes, I\u2019ve always <\/span>been a dork.<\/p>\n Anyhow, I\u2019ve found some lovely new visuals to keep me happy in my current TV-free life. The first is The Elegant Universe<\/a> from NOVA<\/a>. It stars and is based on (my new hero?) physicist Brian Greene\u2019s book by the same title. I am currently reading his more recent book, \u201cThe Fabric of the Cosmos\u201d for a course on Philosophy and Cosmology, and the NOVA program helps immensely in getting the concepts into an at least almost<\/span> fathomable form. Physics is hella-complicated, and even with this lovely and very well made video, no I will not be adding Dr. Greene to my list of heroes just yet.<\/p>\n Second is a \u2018counterbalance\u2019 archive of conferences in 2000 and 2001 on Perspectives on Evolution<\/a>. For dorks like me, this is a star-studded event, including:<\/p>\n So that\u2019s what I\u2019ve done with my<\/span> weekend, along with preparing for a presentation on chapter seven of Greene\u2019s \u201cThe Fabric of the Cosmos\u201d\u2026 So, now, with my hair still too short to pull out, I shall return to my work on \u2018time and quantum mechanics\u2019\u2026 (sigh\u2026)\u2026. [oh, and the picture above I took on a recent trip to see the parents in Helena \u2013 Montana is so beautiful, some day I\u2019ll get a camera and some skills worthy of the beauty all around me]<\/p>\n I love to learn through videos. Perhaps I\u2019m a \u2018visual learner\u2019, or perhaps I\u2019m lazy, or better yet, probably I was just raised watching the Discovery Channel, MacGyver, and reruns of Gilligan\u2019s Island. Jacques Cousteau, MacGyver himself, and the Professor from Gilligan\u2019s Island were my childhood rolemodels. Yes, I\u2019ve always been a dork. Anyhow, I\u2019ve […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-759","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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