Re: classroom quotations

[Larry Woolf <Larry.Woolf@GAT.COM>]

I think your request was appropriate for this list as you were asking for
personal favorites.

Here are some:

<http://www.angelfire.com/tx/StatBook/physics.html>

<http://www.stephenjaygould.org/quotations.html>

<http://www.stephenjaygould.org/library.html>

<http://www.2think.org/quotes1.html>
particularly the quotes from Gould's Full House (a fantastic book)

<http://www.physics.ohio-state.edu/~strigari/quotes.html>

As you can tell, I am quite the Stephen Jay Gould fan.

I also have found the prefaces to Craig Bohren's books to be stimulating:
Clouds in a Glass of Beer
 What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks
Atmospheric Thermodynamics

And of course so much by Feynman such as:
<http://eduweb.brandonu.ca/~science/feynman.htm>

Larry Woolf; General Atomics; San Diego, CA 92121; Phone 858-455-4475;
<file://www.sci-ed-ga.org>www.sci-ed-ga.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From:Carl E. Mungan
> Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 10:36 AM
> Subject: classroom quotations

> This semester I'd like to have a "quote of the day" on the
> transparency at the beginning of each class (intro physics II for
> nonmajors). Maybe a cartoon, maybe a thought-provoking quote from a
> well-known scientist, maybe just a tidbit of wisdom.
> I'm sure some of you already have a stock of these or know a good
> website to borrow them from. Please share. Carl



Larry Woolf,General Atomics,San Diego, CA 92121; Phone: 858-526-8575; FAX:
858-455-8568