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'Songs From the Science Frontier', a pro-science CD you readers helped happen, is finally out!
Its SUPER CUTE!
The OKGazette is astonished that Monty Harper & Cos music 'doesnt induce nausea' like most kids music, LOL!!!
You can hear more from Monty in this podcast he did for OKC Atheists last week!
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Here is an interesting variation on the Monty Hall problem. For now I will simply present it cold, without indicating the context of where I saw it. Feel free to leave your proposed solutions in the comments. Everything from vague intuitions to hard-core Bayesian analysis is welcome.
Sorry for the sporadic blogging. For the past week I've been working on the Progressive Monty Hall problem, and it has proven to be considerably more complicated than I at first realized. I had expected to polish it off with a few hours work.
tags: Monty Python meets Darth Vader, humor,
Speaking of the Monty Hall problem, I recently came across this terrific essay (PDF format), by Jeffrey Rosenthal, a professor in the Department of Statistics at the University of Toronto.
Here's a blog devoted to songs about science. A Nov. 15 post mentions Harper's new CD.
http://singaboutscience.blogspot.com/
I will have to check this out! I have 4 little scientists running around the house, so more songs are always welcome.
The wee ones love "Here Comes Science" by They Might Be Giants (which I recommend, it's great fun). I did a quick search of your blog to make sure you hadn't already written about it - the only mention I saw was by a commenter, so I figured it was safe to bring up again. The songs aren't always completely correct (one song actually corrects another song), but they're fun. One of my favoutites is Put it to the Test, which encourages experimentation (the video is pretty silly (and kids love silly videos), but the lyrics are great).
Monty Harper is cool. He was a student of my adviser before I started grad school. His song "Topologically Speaking" was written while Monty was still studying topology. Neat song.
http://www.montyharper.com/Songs/TS.html