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Hi all-
I interpret this as confirming my experience in the world of the
theater; there are many would-be actors, but very few become popular with
their audiences.
But there are few actors who do not have a litany of self-serving
reasons for their lack of popularity.
Regards,
Jack
On Sun, 4 May 2008, Brian Whatcott wrote:
I was driving a trailer to a horse show yesterday. NPR was tuned;riveted.
Click And Clack had finished and a comedian's talk show was running.
Feldman is not a particular enthusiasm of mine.
But he does invite an eclectic variety of guests to interview.
I was not paying much attention. The guest mentioned Faraday.
I have his experimental researches. Then my attention was quickly
The guest - Johnson - mentioned a gas lantern with a polarizer placedthat
before a big electromagnet.
Faraday looked through another polarizer - as it might be, a pair
of sunglasses,
as Johnson put it, to extinguish the lantern's light. When he
switched on the
electromagnet, the lantern reappeared. I knew about that. You knew about
effect too - the rotation of the polarization plane of light by amagnet.
was
Johnson was talking about his book - Ten Beautiful Experiments - and I
shocked how powerfully this commentary differed from my received opinioninsight
about the inadequacy of the lecture method.
As far as I can tell, lectures do not generally convey enthusiasm,
and pleasure: but advocates overcome our barriers with just thesevirtues.
Brian Whatcott Altus OK Eureka!
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