I will ponder Middle East tensions later; today I’m staring at a perfectly flat ocean solving easier problems. But first, would anyone anywhere ever say, “I’m from the… Read more “Meteorology”
Category: Ship Lectures
Origins of Life on Earth
In the words of Monty Python, and now for something completely different. Among other things our travels have shown us is that life is unimaginatively adaptive, diverse,… Read more “Origins of Life on Earth”
Yesterday’s Lectures
Here’s a small part of what we heard yesterday. To illustrate the complexity of the ecosystem of a rainforest, the Brazil nuts themselves are in a large shell that… Read more “Yesterday’s Lectures”
The Lecture Dilemma
I have a PhD in education, specialization in statistical analysis, sub-specialty in measurement, sub-sub-specialty in Rasch models, sub-sub-sub-specialty in analysis of residuals from dichotomously scored test items. That’s pretty… Read more “The Lecture Dilemma”