Re: [Phys-l] Lecture Isn't Effective: More Evidence #2

[Joseph Bellina <inquirybellina@comcast.net>]

Clearly uninformed wishful thinking.


Joseph J. Bellina, Jr. Ph.D.
Retired Professor of Physics
Co-Director
Northern Indiana Science, Mathematics, and Engineering Collaborative
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On Jul 21, 2011, at 1:38 AM, carmelo@pacific.net.sg wrote:

> The Feynman Lectures are at least more effective from the perspectives  
> of faculty members and graduate students.
>
> Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates believes that if he had been able to  
> watch Feynman lecture on physics in 1964 his life might have played  
> out differently.
> (http://tierneylab.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/07/15/gates-puts-feynman-lectures-online/) He admitted that if he had watched the lectures earlier in his life he might have become a physicist instead of a software  
> entrepreneur.
>
>
> Best regards,
> Alphonsus
>
> p.s. Walter H.G. Lewin's lectures can be quite effective too.
>
>
> Quoting Calvin Kalman <Calvin.kalman@Concordia.ca>:
>
> > The Feynman lectures were never effective. Even Feynman admitted   
> > that they didn't work. The books were mostly bought by faculty   
> > members and graduate students.
> >
> >
> > Best wishes
> >
> >                     Calvin
> >
> >
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