The Code

Maths is beautiful!

It is a pity that I am not really good at mathematics. But, what the heck, I think I know enough to see the beauty of it.

Watch The Code, presented by Marcus Du Sautoy.

The mathematics is the language of life. More generally, the universe it seems is written in mathematics.

Watch the youtube playlist by clicking the link below:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5RAtFSEkFho&feature=BFa&list=PL26EAE8A22F2E6ABE&lf=results_main

Here is a snippet of some of the clips I find really interesting:

2 great scientists and science educator!

Just bought 2 books from Kinokuniya and will be spending my next few weeks savoring them. The authors are 2 living scientists I respect the most. They are the heroes of science education  : making science so accessible to the public, yet never compromising its rigor.

Walter Lewin

Read this ... and realize that science is all around us. I can't find any more apt title for this book. The title is self explanatory - For the Love of Physics.

He just retired a few months ago and this is his farewell lecture based on the book (loosely, I think)




Richard Dawkins

The next book is Magic of Reality. This books describes myths and folklores ( we heard quite a number of them in our childhood) from all of the world, and then, it provides scientific explanations to them. This is actually meant for children.  Well, I am still a child at heart and am sure will enjoy reading it and the nice pictures inside.

Richard Dawkins also has made a number of films, some of which are controversial, I must say. Below is a series of lectures he gave in 1991. This is the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures for Children. You can click on the print screen below to go to its YouTube playlist. This is an excellent example of how science can be interesting and be made so fascinating to children.

TODAI restaurant at MBS

I thought this is a good place to have lunch, especially with 50% discount. Hee hee.

I think it is korean run since there are lots of photos of korean stars. The food is international though.

More on TODAI restaurant at http://www.todaisingapore.com/

ONE Fighting Championship

I am not really into MMA, but I kind of enjoy the fight, although my other friend who is into MMA says the fight is not really good. Well, this is good enough for me.




More info on ONE FC can be found in this website: http://www.onefc.com/
Some of the fights can be found in this youtube playlist.

The Element by Ken Robinson

This book reforms the way I look at education.


This is the author taking about it



Actually i have posted a number of entries on Ken Robinson's idea:

This is on Multiple Intelligences:
http://ykwee.blogspot.com/2011/03/on-education-intelligence-and.html

This is on Changing the Paradigm of our education system:
http://ykwee.blogspot.com/2011/04/ken-robinson-in-cartoon.html

A view from the top

These photos are taken from the Sichuan Tou Hua restaurant at UOB Plaza 1





This clip is taken from MBS. One of the National Day Parade rehearsal.

Coffee!