Jeg har falt forIntroduction to Psychology, et fagfelt jeg kan forsvinnende lite om, undervist av en veldig flink kanadisk foreleser, Professor Paul Bloom . Det eneste problemet er at han har kanadisk aksent, som gjør at jeg ofte ser Terrance og Philip hvis jeg hører på forelesningene "aboot this topic". Og jeg føler jeg lærer litt mer av det enn den nyeste episoden av Gossip Girl. Spesielt var det interessant å se på barns utvikling, og hukommelse (og så langt er det jeg har kommet, stort sett)
For dem som er interessert i fysikk kan jeg varmt anbefale Ramamurti Shankar sitt kurs Fundamentals of Physics Om man kan det fra før er det nesten verdt det likevel, for fyren er til tider hysterisk morsom. På hjemmesiden hans har studentene han har hatt samlet sammen en del sitater fra forelesningene som jeg synes er søte.
"Relativity and quantum didn't use to be taught in this class, which is a shame, because they are two of the sexiest topics in all of physics"
"This problem in your book says that a physicist is hiking up the Alps. You know that's a joke, right?"
"That's the beauty of teaching- for 1 hour of the day you don't feel like a complete idiot because you realize that there are many people worse off than you"
"I've gotta be nice to my students, because one day one of you could be my physician. I could be lying flat on my back, and you could be coming up to me with a mask on and a knife in your hand. I'd say 'What about my anesthesia?' and you'd say 'What about that formula sheet you promised me?', so that's why I try to treat you guys nicely"
"Today we are going to talk about rigid bodies. Like Al Gore."
"If we throw a cat up in the air it will be moving its arms and legs all around, and that's not rigid. We want a rigid body, like a dead cat"
“This is the address that I got this email from: aaa.bbb. So dear aaa, if I can call you by your first name”
*pauses*
“Yes, I’ve reached the point in my life when I don’t care what people think about me”
“I’m gonna go home and pick a day for the midterm, and you’ve gotta let me know if this is a problem. So if you’re getting married that day, bring in your spouse-to-be, and if you’re gonna have a heart transplant, I wanna see the new heart”
“Plus, since you’re coming out of Yale, barring a few particular exceptions, you can speak good English and do a good service leading this country”
“Say you are at the bottom of this pool of water. I don’t know how you got there – maybe you missed a loan payment or something”
Okei, så jeg har lest til eksamen og skrevet oppgaver de siste ukene så jeg er alvorlig skadet av nerdehumor. Jeg lo i hvertfall en del av dette.
Link til de ulike kursene
ASTR 160 - Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics, Spring 2007
ENGL 310 - Modern Poetry, Spring 2007
PHIL 176 - Death, Spring 2007
PHYS 200 - Fundamentals of Physics, Fall 2006
PLSC 114 - Introduction to Political Philosophy, Fall 2006
PSYC 110 - Introduction to Psychology, Spring 2007
RLST 145 - Introduction to the Old Testament, Fall 2006
Forelesningene kan lastes ned som videoer i relativt ok kvalitet, streames rett fra hjemmesiden, eller lastes ned som mp3. I en del fag er det også oppgavesett, forelesningsnotater etc. Anbefales =)
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Informativt.
Sommerferieunderholdning.
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