Short Talk Schedule for Advanced Composition in the Natural Sciences

On Feynman, SYJ & WDYC:

June 4th

• Short Talk 1: RFeynman, boy and young man: The Qualities that Make up the Good Scientist (SYJ, Parts 1 & 2, WDYC, Chapter 1): Baljinder (Bobby) Singh
• Short talk 2: RFeynman's analysis of authority (counterproductive uses of secrecy) at Los Alamos and elsewhere (from SYJ, Parts 2 & 3, especially "Los Alamos from Below" and "Safecracker Meets Safecracker"): Nancy Cannon

June 6th

• Short Talk 3: RFeynman's Definition of a Good Experiment (from "A Map of the Cat", "A Different Box Of Tools" "The Amateur Scientist" from SJY and "It's as Simple as One, Two Three" from WDYC): Justin Tackett

June 11th

• Short Talk 4: RFeynman's ideas on what is real scientific learning: what ought to go on in a classroom, be in a book &c ("O Americano Outre Vez" and "Judging Books by Their Covers" in SYJ and relevant Letters in WDYC, Letters): Mohamed Salah
• Short Talk 5: RFeynman's General Attitude Towards Education for all Disciplines in School and in Life ("Who Stole the Door", "Monster Minds," "Is Electricity Fire", "Would You Solve the Dirac Equation" from SYJ and "I Just Shook His Hand" from WDYC): Jeff Dayton

June 13th

• Short Talk 6: RFeynman's Investigations into the Unconscious Mind ("Mee", "Always Trying to Escape", "Altered States" from SYJ): Mafudia Bangura
• Short Talk 7: RFeynman's Adventures in Art, Music and Anthropology ("But Is It Art?"; "O Americano Outra Vez!," "Bringing Culture to the Physicists", "Found Out in Paris" from SYJ, and relevant "Letters" in WDYC): Lee Pettey
• Short Talk 8: RFeynman's Critique of Social Hypocrisy: Why Does He Regard Social Lying as So Important (you can use whatever chapters you please, but do consider especially "Always Trying to Escape", "The Chief Research Assistant", "Surely You're Joking," "Uncle Same Doesn't Need You, "Is Electricity Fire", "Judging Books by Their Covers" from SYJ and "What Do YOU Care What Other People Think" from WDYC: Karen Awah

June 18th

• Short Talk 9: Mr Feynman Goes to Washington: Why some NASA officials are driven to delude or lie to themselves and the public ("Mr Feynman Goes to Washington" and "Appendix F" in WDYC): Seynabou Sy
• Short Talk 10: A World of Pseudo- and Corrupt Science as Opposed to True Science: "Cargo Cult Learning" in SYJ and "The Value of Science" in WDYC: Anthony Amico
• Extra Credit Short Talk: Feynman's Physics: Bobby Singh

June 25th

• Short talk 11: "Introduction" and "Basic Clinic Skills" from Becoming a Doctor: Sanam Azar
• Short Talk 12: "Emergency Ward Surgery" and "Anesthesiology" from Becoming a Doctor: Heidi Aandahl
• Short Talk 13: "Ward Surgery" and "Neurosurgery and Neurology" from Becoming a Doctor: Margaret (Maggie) Sheridan

June 27th

• Short Talk 14: "Psychiatry" and "Pediatrics" from Becoming a Doctor: Concilia Mbawuike
• Short Talk 15: "Historical Introduction," "Common Migraine" and Migraine Equivalents" from Migraine: Jennifer Shepherd
• Short Talk 16: "Migraine Aura and Classical Migraine" and the "Visions of Hildegard de Bingen" (Appendix I) from Migraine: Goli Yamini

July 2nd

• Short Talk 17: "Predisposition to Migraine" and "Periodic and Paroxysmal Migraines" from Migraine: Margaret Sheridan
• Short Talk 18: "Circumstantial Migraine" and "Situational Migraine" from Migraine: Francine Henriquez

July 9th

• Short Talk 19: "Pathology and Medicine I" from Becoming a Doctor: Tuan Nguyen
• Short Talk 20A: "Medicine II and III" from Becoming a Doctor: Karen Bonnett
• Short Talk 20B: "The Fourth Year and "Conclusion" from Becoming a Doctor: Ponnamy Kiep

July 11th

• Short Talk 22: "Biological and Psychological Approaches to Migraine" from Migraine: Jeff Steadman

July 16th

• Short Talk 23: "Obstetrics" and "Gynecology" from Becoming a Doctor: Sanam Azard We'll see Journey into Life.