Re: New Horizons in Technical Communication

Subject: Re: New Horizons in Technical Communication
From: Peter Neilson <neilson -at- windstream -dot- net>
To: Janice Gelb <Janice -dot- Gelb -at- Sun -dot- COM>
Date: Mon, 08 Sep 2008 09:27:31 -0400

It is unfortunate that the style and presentation require one to read
the subtitles in order to understand the words even slightly.

A better job in a similar situation was performed by Professor Arthur
Roberts in 1947.

http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/roberts/roberts1947.htm
--especially this song:
http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/roberts/cyclo.mp3
http://www.haverford.edu/physics/songs/roberts/cyclo.htm


Janice Gelb wrote:
> "The Large Hadron Rap," a rap-style explanation of the
> physics behind the Large Hadron Collider, filmed with
> the collider as a backdrop:
>
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j50ZssEojtM
>
> Sample lyrics:
>
> Antimatter is sort of like matter's evil twin
> Because except for charge and handedness of spin
> They're the same for a particle and its anti-self --
> But you can't store an antiparticle on any shelf
> Cuz when it meets its normal twin, they both annihilate,
> Matter turns to energy and then it dissipates
>
> Written by 23-year-old Michigan State grad and science writer
> Kate McAlpine.
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