Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery
Marc Carter wrote re Archimedes and eureka!: Without looking I'm going to guess that he wanted to know how to assess the purity of an oddly-shaped bit of precious metal, and needed to compare volume with weight. Good recollection, Marc! Or as Wikipedia expresses it: Archimedes was asked by the local king to detect whether a crown was pure gold, or if the goldsmith had added silver. During his trip to the public bath, he noticed that water is displaced when his body sinks into the bath, and that the volume of water displaced equals the volume of the body immersed in the water. This means that he can measure the density of the crown, and compare it to a bar of pure gold. But: This story is thought to be a myth, because it was first mentioned by the Roman writer Vitruvius nearly 200 years after the event, and because the method described by Vitruvius would have been inaccurate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- From: Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu Subject:RE: Re:A brilliant discovery Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:10:30 -0600 Without looking I'm going to guess that he wanted to know how to assess the purity of an oddly-shaped bit of precious metal, and needed to compare volume with weight. But that's dragged from the deep recesses of my childhood, so I'm probably wrong. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker University --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7081 or send a blank email to leave-7081-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Stanford Dissertation Browser
Interesting Discover blog today: http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/gnxp/2010/12/how-close-are-scientific- disciplines. The author discusses the Stanford Dissertation Browser. The Stanford Dissertation Browser is an experimental interface for document collections that enables richer interaction than search. Stanford's PhD dissertation abstracts from 1993-2008 are presented through the lens of a text model that distills high-level similarity and word usage patterns in the data. You'll see each Stanford department as a circle, colored by school and sized by the number of PhD students graduating from that department. http://nlp.stanford.edu/projects/dissertations/browser.html Which dissertation abstracts are closest, according to their criteria, to the ones produced in psychology? Some were unsurprising, such as education, linguistics, psychiatry, and neurobiology. Others were more surprising, such as electrical engineering and geophysics. -- Sue Frantz http://peoplee.highline.edu/sfrantz/ Highline Community College Psychology, CoordinatorDes Moines, WA 206.878.3710 x3404 sfra...@highline.edu mailto:sfra...@highline.edu Office of Teaching Resources in Psychology, Associate Director Teaching of Psychology Idea Exchange (ToPIX) APA Division 2: Society for the Teaching of Psychology http://teachpsych.org/otrp/syllabi/syllabi.php APA's p...@cc Committee http://www.apa.org/ed/pcue/ptatcchome.html --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7083 or send a blank email to leave-7083-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
RE: Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery
Wow! Brains are interesting things. I often cannot remember where I left my shoes, but I can recall an odd bit of trivia from something I read when I was in the second grade Too bad there's no job for people who remember odd bits of arcana m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -Original Message- From: Allen Esterson [mailto:allenester...@compuserve.com] Sent: Thursday, December 09, 2010 2:31 AM To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS) Subject: Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery Marc Carter wrote re Archimedes and eureka!: Without looking I'm going to guess that he wanted to know how to assess the purity of an oddly-shaped bit of precious metal, and needed to compare volume with weight. Good recollection, Marc! Or as Wikipedia expresses it: Archimedes was asked by the local king to detect whether a crown was pure gold, or if the goldsmith had added silver. During his trip to the public bath, he noticed that water is displaced when his body sinks into the bath, and that the volume of water displaced equals the volume of the body immersed in the water. This means that he can measure the density of the crown, and compare it to a bar of pure gold. But: This story is thought to be a myth, because it was first mentioned by the Roman writer Vitruvius nearly 200 years after the event, and because the method described by Vitruvius would have been inaccurate. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eureka_effect Allen Esterson Former lecturer, Science Department Southwark College, London allenester...@compuserve.com http://www.esterson.org --- From: Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu Subject: RE: Re:A brilliant discovery Date: Wed, 8 Dec 2010 09:10:30 -0600 Without looking I'm going to guess that he wanted to know how to assess the purity of an oddly-shaped bit of precious metal, and needed to compare volume with weight. But that's dragged from the deep recesses of my childhood, so I'm probably wrong. m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker University --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: marc.car...@bakeru.edu. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72 a2d17c90e1n=Tl=tipso=7081 or send a blank email to leave-7081-13029.76c7c563b32ad9d8d09c72a2d17c9...@fsulist.fros tburg.edu The information contained in this e-mail and any attachments thereto (e-mail) is sent by Baker University (BU) and is intended to be confidential and for the use of only the individual or entity named above. The information may be protected by federal and state privacy and disclosures acts or other legal rules. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are notified that retention, dissemination, distribution or copying of this e-mail is strictly prohibited. If you have received this e-mail in error please immediately notify Baker University by email reply and immediately and permanently delete this e-mail message and any attachments thereto. Thank you. --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7085 or send a blank email to leave-7085-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
Re: Re:[tips] A brilliant discovery
It's not exactly a job, but you can make money... How can I try out for JEOPARDY!... http://www.jeopardy.com/beacontestant/contestantfaqs/ On Thu, Dec 9, 2010 at 9:22 AM, Marc Carter marc.car...@bakeru.edu wrote: Wow! Brains are interesting things. I often cannot remember where I left my shoes, but I can recall an odd bit of trivia from something I read when I was in the second grade Too bad there's no job for people who remember odd bits of arcana m -- Marc Carter, PhD Associate Professor and Chair Department of Psychology College of Arts Sciences Baker University -- -- Rick Stevens Psychology Department University of Louisiana at Monroe stevens.r...@gmail.com SL - Evert Snook --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7086 or send a blank email to leave-7086-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] TIPSTER OF THE WEEK
(IN MEMORIAM) ELIZABETH EDWARDS EXITING WITH GRACE Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7090 or send a blank email to leave-7090-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Love me two times(Baby boom tipsters)
Please note that the outgoing governor of Florida has pardoned Jim Morrison(the Doors) who was born in Melbourne,Florida. Jim was convicted of indecent exposure(stripping naked) at a Miami concert in 1969,but he died before his appeal was heard. With this pardon,he will certainly be waking up on the other side. Michael omnicentric Sylvester,PhD Daytona Beach,Florida --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7091 or send a blank email to leave-7091-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
[tips] Ed Diener on YouTube
Passed along at the request of, and with thanks to, Michael Frisch: Friends and Colleagues, Two interviews I did with Ed Diener are now posted on YouTube for use in teaching, workshops, etc.. These were well-received at keynote addresses and workshops I just completed in London and Manchester for the British Psychological Society and the London MAPP program: 1. What You Need To Be Happy by Professor Ed Diener.MTS-12 minutes The world authority on happiness and well-being research, Dr. Ed Diener, of the University of Illinois discusses what you need to be happy according to the latest research in a conversation with Professor Michael B. Frisch of Baylor University. Tags: happiness, positive psychology, well-being, science, meaning, joy Category: science and technology 2.The Happiest Place on Earth by Professor Ed Diener.MTS-15 minutes The world authority on happiness and well-being research, Dr. Ed Diener, of the University of Illinois discusses the happiest and unhappiest places on earth according to the latest research in a conversation with Professor Michael B. Frisch of Baylor University. Tags: happiness, positive psychology, well-being, science, meaning, joy Category: science and technology To access these, you can either search Ed Diener at YouTube or go directly to this Baylor University site: http://www.youtube.com/user/BaylorAcademics --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: arch...@jab.org. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5n=Tl=tipso=7092 or send a blank email to leave-7092-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
