Re: New Horizons in Technical Communication

[voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>]

This makes me miss Tom Lehrer even more.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Lehrer

-Wendy


On Mon, Sep 8, 2008 at 9:27 AM, Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>wrote:

> It is unfortunate that the style and presentation require one to read
> the subtitles in order to understand the words even slightly.
>
> A better job in a similar situation was performed by Professor Arthur
> Roberts in 1947.
>
> http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/roberts/roberts1947.htm
> --especially this song:
> http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/roberts/cyclo.mp3
> http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/roberts/cyclo.htm
>
>
> Janice Gelb wrote:
>  > "The Large Hadron Rap," a rap-style explanation of the
>  > physics behind the Large Hadron Collider, filmed with
>  > the collider as a backdrop:
>  >
>  > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
>  >
>  > Sample lyrics:
>  >
>  >     Antimatter is sort of like matter's evil twin
>  >     Because except for charge and handedness of spin
>  >     They're the same for a particle and its anti-self --
>  >     But you can't store an antiparticle on any shelf
>  >     Cuz when it meets its normal twin, they both annihilate,
>  >     Matter turns to energy and then it dissipates
>  >
>  > Written by 23-year-old Michigan State grad and science writer
>  > Kate McAlpine.
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