Subject: Re: [LPNY DISCUSS] Plain English , eg Global Warming Date: Fri, 30 Jan 2004 17:29:20 -0500 To: From: Bob Armstrong On Fri, 30 Jan 2004 01:41:56 -0000, rhymetofree6 wrote: >=A0A) =A0Ask someone so inclined to examine the science and to= explain it >=A0in plain English, Just want to comment on this notion of explaining math and= science in "plain English" . Tain't easy . That's why it take years of courses to explain in "plain English" the interrelated aspects of even the= relationships between sides and angles of triangles . And most don't follow= the stories even then . Animated videos , like James Blinn's great= work now help tremendously . But vivid lucid explanation of physical geometric concepts is a rare skill . And in all events , still requires serious mental work on the= part of the learner . The web increasingly contains great explanations of many topics= . The most recent I have seen is the Danish http://WindPower.org which does a remarkable job explaining the physics and= economics of wind farms which may ultimately ( optimistically ) produce 5 to 10 percent of the world's energy needs . --=A0 =A0Bob Armstrong -- http://CoSy.com -- 212-285-1864 CoSy MidWinter Party : http://cosy.com/y04/MidWinter17.htm Computing Environment : =A0http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ A WTC vision : http://CoSy.com/CoSy/ConicAllConnect/ Liberty : http://CoSy.com/Liberty.htm Restore our Right to Relax : =A0http://ny.lp.org/cgi-bin/petition.cgi?Against_the_Smoking_Ban =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A02004/01/30 4:37:24 PM