Re: New Horizons in Technical Communication

Subject: Re: New Horizons in Technical Communication
From: voxwoman <voxwoman -at- gmail -dot- com>
To: "Peter Neilson" <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
Date: Mon, 8 Sep 2008 09:40:52 -0400

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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References:
New Horizons in Technical Communication: From: Janice Gelb
Re: New Horizons in Technical Communication: From: Peter Neilson

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