Short Talk and Film Schedule

• English 302:BN1: Tues/Thurs, 4:30 - 7:10 pm, Robinson B222
• English 302:BN2: Tues/Thurs, 7:20 - 10:00 pm, Enterprise 279

On Feynman, SYJ & WDYC:

Tues, June 3rd

• The class watches Christopher Sykes's The Pleasure of Finding Things Out.

Tues, June 10th

• Short Talk 1: RFeynman, boy and young man: The Qualities that Make up the Good Scientist (SYJ, Parts 1 & 2, WDYC, Chapter 1): Elizabeth Rodgers/________________________
• Short talk 2: RFeynman's criticisms of authority (his dramatizations of counterproductive uses of secrecy) at Los Alamos and elsewhere (from SYJ, Parts 2 & 3, especially "Los Alamos from Below" and "Safecracker Meets Safecracker"): Tony Bach/Sandra Addae

Thurs, June 12th

• 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): Al Winner/Michael Kissam
• The class watches Ralph Leighton's The Last Journey of a Genius.

Tues, June 17th

• Short Talk 5: 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): Greg Harm/_______________________
• Short Talk 6: 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): Brian Komar/Ragae Said

Thurs, June 19th

• Short Talk 7: RFeynman's Investigations into the Unconscious Mind ("Mee", "Always Trying to Escape", "Altered States" from SYJ): Josh Holman/____________________
• Short Talk 8: 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" in SYJ, and relevant "Letters" in WDYC): Skott Shores/Faisal Kiani
• The class watches Jones and David R. Axelrod's Lost at Sea: The Search for Longitude

Tues, June 24th

• 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): Asteway Gattew/Russell Lovell
• 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: Tammie Grogan/Diana Albone

On Konner, Becoming a Doctor & Klass A Not Entirely Benign Procedure:

Tues, July 1st

• Short talk 11: "Basic Clinic Skills" and "Emergency Ward Surgery" (Chapters 2-3) from Becoming a Doctor: Maria Barber/_________________
• Short Talk 12: "Anesthesiology" and "Ward Surgery" (Chapters 4-5) from Becoming a Doctor: Karyn Anderson/Angela Tigas
• Short Talk 13: "Introduction" and "The Pre-Clinical Years" from A Not Entirely Benign: Heidi Nealey/Sandra Addae

Tues, July 8th

• Short Talk 14: "Neurosurgery and Neurology" and Psychiatry" The Mind-Body Problem" (Chapters 6-7) from Becoming a Doctor: Mamusu Gibateh/Sarah Strom
• Short Talk 15: "Obstetrics" and "Gynecology" (Chapters 9-10) from Becoming a Doctor: Maribel Gonzales/Crystal Keller
• Short Talk 16: "Pathology: The Aspect of Death" and "Medicine I: A Failure of the Heart" (Chapters 11-12) from Becoming a Doctor: Isabel Sharkar/Rebecca Smith

Thurs, July 10th

Short Talk 17: "Medicine II and III: Deathwatches and Healing and Hope" (Chapters 13-14) from Becoming a Doctor: Alex Murcia/Bradford Butt

• Short Talk 18: "Medicine III: Healing and Hope" and "The Fourth Year": Highlights and Heroes" (Chapters 15-16) from Becoming a Doctor: Richard Hollister/________________________
• The class watches as much of Mike Nichols and Emma Thompson's film, Wit as time permits.

Tues, July 15th

• Short Talk 19: From "The Clinical Years" in A Not Entirely Benign: "The First Time," "Crying in the Hospital," "Camels, Zebras and Fascinomas, Learning the Language:" Diane Henzey/Ken Nunns
• Short Talk 20: From "The Clinical Years in A Not Entirely Benign: "Macho, Tempos, The Scrubbed and the Unscrubbed; Emergency Room:" _______________________/Diana Albone
• Short Talk 21: Compare Klass's "Babytalk" (from "The Clinical Years") and "Baby Poop" (from "Issues") from A Not Entirely Benign with Konner's "Pediatrics" (Chapter 8) from Becoming a Doctor: Kathy Howey/Kathie Chang
• The classes finishes seeing the rest of Wit.

Thurs, July 17th

• Short Talk 22: From "The Clinical Years" in A Not Entirely Benign: "Invasions; 007s; Enough to Make You Sick; The Prize in the Jacker Box:" _________________________/Kalian Alshaif
• Short Talk 23: From "The Clinical Years" in A Not Entirely Benign: "Stress and Potato Chips, Ignorance; 'Who Knows this Patient?:'" Maria Barber/____________________
• Short Talk 24: From "Issues" in A Not Entirely Benign: "Power Play, Disasters Past, Nurses:" Karyn Anderson/Jennie Duvall

Tues, July 22nd

• Short Talk 25: From "Issues" in A Not Entirely Benign: "One in Ten Thousand, India, When Doctors and Patients Speak Different Languages:" Asteway Gattew/_______________________
• Short Talk 26: From "Issues" in A Not Entirely Benign: "Dying, Curing, Assess and Advise, DNR:" Al Winner/______________________
• Short Talk 27: "Putting It Together" and "Conclusion" from A Not Entirely Benign: _____________________________/________________________________