Of course it was Cecil Adams that made his name answering questions with a wry hand in a thousand syndications. It was one of the many loves of my young adult reading life, a love sparked by the necessity of snappy answers in a stupid world. The world doesn't get any smarter but smart people tend to find each other.
I've had the good fortune to find Richard A. Muller, physics professor, researcher and national security expert lecturing at Cal Berkeley. His lectures are so good that I have temporarily stopped reading Ian Banks and rerouted all of my ipod stuff, as well as my interstitial work surfing. He has a class, Physics 10: Physics for Presidents in which he explains all of the concepts of the important areas of physics without getting down into the math. It plays like the very best documentary ever, except some of the bratty students won't shut up.
I've sent a copy to the little Bowens about what an exciting college course would be like. Scholar, well, she's basically outgrown that nickname and refuses to answer to it. We are on the cusp of Change. I'm thinking Clueless will be her next nickname. Sprite's attention span is not up to snuff, and Boy looks at it just long enough to show he either might actually be interested or he's testing my satisfaction. Fine. I have no geek issues. I'm deep into it.
I highly recommend you take a peek at all of the classes at the Berkeley Webcast page.
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