Ellen Moody's Teaching: Addendum to Syllabus for Summer 2002: 302 Advanced Writing on the Natural Sciences and Technology, CN2

Short Talk Schedule for Advanced Composition in the Natural Sciences

English 302CN2, Summer C Session
Dr Ellen Moody

Short Talk 1: RFeynman, boy and young man: The Qualities that Make up the Good Scientist (SYJ, Parts 1 & 2, WDYC, Chapter 1): Miriam Eqab
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"): Jimmy Kim
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): Peter Monya

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): Cyrus Novgard
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): _____________________

Short Talk 6: RFeynman's Investigations into the Unconscious Mind ("Mee", "Always Trying to Escape", "Altered States" from SYJ): Taru Girdhar
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): Herbert Paz
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: Michael Bae

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): Bryan Topscher
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: Jinhoon Chung

Short talk 11: "Introduction" and "Basic Clinic Skills" from Becoming a Doctor: Sandeep Kaur
Short Talk 12: "Emergency Ward Surgery" and "Anesthesiology" from Becoming a Doctor: Agnes Lingat

Short Talk 13: "Ward Surgery" and "Neurosurgery and Neurology" from Becoming a Doctor: Rupinder Sujlana

Short Talk 15: "Historical Introduction," "Common Migraine" and Migraine Equivalents" from Migraine: Sarah Fissela
Short Talk 16: "Migraine Aura and Classical Migraine" and the "Visions of Hildegard de Bingen" (Appendix I) from Migraine: Youssef Elshafie

Short Talk 17: "Pathology and Medicine I" from Becoming a Doctor: Cyrus Novgard
Short Talk 18: "Medicine II and III" from Becoming a Doctor: Greg Pew

Short Talk 19: "The Fourth Year and "Conclusion" from Becoming a Doctor: Dinku Gebresenbet

Short Talk 14: "Psychiatry" and "Pediatrics" from Becoming a Doctor: Agnes Lingat
We'll see Part One of Frederick Wiseman's Near Death

Short Talk 21: "Predisposition to Migraine" and "Periodic and Paroxysmal Migraines" from Migraine: Lupe Ybarre
Short Talk 22: "Circumstantial Migraine" and "Situational Migraine" from Migraine: Shewaye Gelagay

Short Talks 23: "Physiological Mechanisms and Organization" from Migraine:_____________________________
Short Talk 24: "Biological and Psychological Approaches to Migraine" from Migraine: Shewaye Gelagay

Short Talk 25: "Obstetrics and Gynecology" from Becoming a Doctor: Taru Girdhar. We'll see Journey into Life
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