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- From: rclark@lpl.arizona.edu (Richard Clark x4971)
- Newsgroups: alt.sci.planetary
- Subject: Re: Star Trek teaching
- Message-ID: <1993Jan24.105503.4842@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 24 Jan 93 10:55:03 GMT
- References: <1jojh1INNt5t@gap.caltech.edu> <1993Jan23.190310.15506@athena.mit.edu> <1jsaguINNdss@gap.caltech.edu>
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- In article <1jsaguINNdss@gap.caltech.edu> carl@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU writes:
- >In article <1993Jan23.190310.15506@athena.mit.edu>, wools@athena.mit.edu (Aaron M Woolsey) writes:
- >>Some good scifi staples for high school students are probably Bradbury's
- >>"Martian Chronicles" and "R is for Rocket".
- >
- >Sarcasm ON:
- >
- >Right. Teach 'em science using Bradbury's mystical bullshit and ubiquitous
- >sacrifice of anything resembling fact in favor of style.
- >
- >Sarcasm OFF.
- >
- >Question: What's your major, literature? If you advocate using Bradbury to
- >help teach science, you pretty clearly know nothing about science.
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- >Carl J Lydick | INTERnet: CARL@SOL1.GPS.CALTECH.EDU | NSI/HEPnet: SOL1::CARL
- >
- My personal feelings about Bradbury's writing closely parallel Carl's.
- However at least some of RB's stories could still be used as the starting
- point for elementary discussions in physics (maybe political sci and econ
- as well:-) 'What is wrong with this picture?' is a good way to start the
- discussion and it may even play off the rebelliousness of youth and stimulate
- them to learn the little basic science needed to rip the stories to shreds.
-
- Richard Clark
- rclark@lpl.arizona.edu
-