Category Archives: video
The Big Zoom
While it lacks the instructive power of the classic Powers of Ten, which I show each year at the start of my courses, this much newer video provides a more accurate and up-to-date zoom outward to the edge of what … Continue reading
Embrace Life
Every year I have my students calculate why everyone should do this…
A Finale to Remember
Wow! Every time I see it, I am stunned by the virtuosity of the performers in the grand 10 minute finale to 1943’s Stormy Weather. Talent drips from the stage with Bill “Bojangles” Robinson, Lena Horne, Cab Calloway, and the … Continue reading
Mad for an iPad
Here’s MAD TV’s risqué version of the forthcoming Apple tablet.
Science Autotuned
John Boswell’s Symphony of Science project takes excerpts from famous science videos and converts them into song via Autotune. The Unbroken Thread features Carl Sagan, David Attenborough, and Jane Goodall: A Glorious Dawn features Carl Sagan’s Cosmos and Stephen Hawking’s … Continue reading
Meador Manor 