Wonderfest 2010: Science Laughs with Norm Goldblatt

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Partner:: Wonderfest
Location:: Hewlett Teach Center
Palo Alto, CA
Event Date:: 11.06.10
Speaker:: Norm Goldblatt
Tags:: science education; Science Policy

Summary: This program was recorded at the 12th Annual Wonderfest, the San Francisco Bay Area Festival of Science.

Wonderfest's broad goals are best described by its mission statement: Through public discourse about provocative scientific questions, Wonderfest aspires to stimulate curiosity, promote careful reasoning, challenge unexamined beliefs, and encourage life-long learning.

Wonderfest achieves these ends by presenting series of scientific events to the general public. At most of these events, pairs of articulate and accomplished researchers discuss and debate compelling questions at the edge of scientific understanding.

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Norm Goldblatt

Norm Goldblatt performs all over the San Francisco Bay Area at nightclubs, comedy clubs, corporate events, private parties and fundraisers. His humor touches on technology, science, politics, and the human condition.

Goldblatt's quips were quoted regularly by the late great Herb Caen in the San Francisco Chronicle and his jokes were heard on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

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01.: Introduction

01 min 16 sec

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02.: Physics, Statistics, and Teaching

04 min 58 sec

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03.: 'Everyday Mathematics', Fry's, and Algebra

04 min 20 sec

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04.: Using Physics at a Traffic Stop

01 min 58 sec

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05.: Growing Up as a Nerd

03 min 40 sec

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06.: Tracking Comets and Other Astronomy Jokes

02 min 16 sec

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07.: Clocks, GPS, and Slow Internet

04 min 16 sec

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08.: Ideas for Microsoft Word

01 min 18 sec

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09.: ADD Jokes

01 min 21 sec

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10.: A Trip to Home Depot

03 min 21 sec

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Everyday Mathematics: When Problem Solving Gets Too Real

02 min 27 sec

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