Bikini calculus?!
It’s Friday, so that means I’m posting something a little strange. This has got to be the absolute weirdest way of learning calculus that I’ve ever seen. Direct from Google Videos to you: the “How-To-Do-Girls” show us Bikini Calculus. What is it? I’m afraid it’s exactly what the name suggests - girls in bikinis…teach calculus (derivatives, integrals, etc). I haven’t been through it all, mainly because my office mates have started to give me strange looks about what I’m watching on the computer. It is “work safe”, so long as you explain to your colleagues that you’re doing serious research/on the job training/studing for your exams…They may or may not believe you!
I think that it’s not really serious - their site is down, with only Google’s cache revealing that it existed. It seems like they planned to do several videos, spoofing various documentary/”how-to” style TV shows. Apparently, I could buy a DVD of all the Calculus videos - who knows? According to this video, the model doing the (intelligent) talking actually has a degree in “nuclear engineering” from MIT, and is working on a PhD! Interesting way to combine your skills!
Its only true rival is The Britney Spears Guide to Semiconductor Physics, which gives a remarkably accurate and thorough introduction to semiconductor physics. (Semiconductors are materials that are somewhere between conductors and insulators, and are used to make transistors which are a fundamental component of computers and electronics.) It shows Britney explaining various concepts, and includes some rather creative contour plots, if my memory serves. Why am I relying on my memory? My University has blocked this highly educational page - classing it with other, more nefarious, Britney Spears sites!
Oh well - guess it means I’ll get back to work! Have a good weekend!