Re: Jackson on Jackson

[Joseph Bellina <jbellina@saintmarys.edu>]

On Wed, 13 Nov 1996, Leigh Palmer wrote:

Funny thing, my spouse is a historian of the philosophy of science and 
condemns history teachers who lecture by telling stories to entertain the 
students.  She encourages discussion so that the students can make 
meaning of the events, and be wary of historical dogma.  It seems to me 
that history, properly done (my obvious bias) is more like physics.

cheers

> How many Jascha Heifetz would we expect to produce if we lectured to
> violin students instead of giving them individual instruction? Maybe
> physics is more like violin playing than it is like history.
>
> Leigh