Too bad there's no job for people who remember odd bits of arcana
I think there is ... a psychology professor :)
--Mike
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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
and Chair
Department of Psychology
College of Arts Sciences
Baker University
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-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
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
Chris Green cried:
Eureka!
This exclamation is most famously attributed to the ancient Greek
scholar Archimedes; he reportedly proclaimed Eureka! when he stepped
into a bath and noticed that the water level rose — he suddenly
understood that the volume of water displaced must be equal to the
and Chair
Department of Psychology
College of Arts Sciences
Baker University
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-Original Message-
From: Allen Esterson [mailto:allenester...@compuserve.com]
Sent: Wednesday, December 08, 2010 2:20 AM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: Re:[tips] A brilliant
Very good Allen! I've been using this technique and my sheets still come out
looking halfway between the one on the right and the one on the left; of course
I don't have such a large accomodating table to work with, only the top of the
washer/dryer with the lids all closed ;)
of course, this
Eureka!
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Christopher D Green
Department of Psychology
York University
Toronto, ON M6C 1G4
Canada
chri...@yorku.ca
On Dec 7, 2010, at 6:25 PM, Allen Esterson allenester...@compuserve.com wrote:
A useful tip:
http://kottke.org/10/12/how-to-fold-a-fitted-sheet
Allen Esterson
Former
: Tuesday, December 07, 2010 5:16 PM
To: Teaching in the Psychological Sciences (TIPS)
Subject: RE: [tips] A brilliant discovery
Very good Allen! I've been using this technique and my sheets still come out
looking halfway between the one on the right and the one on the left; of course
I don't
