From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: * X-Spam-Status: No, score=1.4 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_50,INVALID_MSGID autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: fac41,d24e07f660698f1 X-Google-Attributes: gidfac41,public X-Google-Thread: 109fba,d24e07f660698f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid109fba,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,d24e07f660698f1 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: f43e6,d24e07f660698f1 X-Google-Attributes: gidf43e6,public From: Chris Kuan Subject: Technical Professionals and the humnaities ( Was: Re: Eiffel anyone? - Who uses it?) Date: 1997/07/18 Message-ID: <33CECAB3.2AB8@sig.please>#1/1 X-Deja-AN: 257486853 References: <33C61545.167EB0E7@tower.com> <33cfa566.539361@news.deltanet.com> Organization: BHP Information Technology Newsgroups: comp.software-eng,comp.lang.eiffel,comp.lang.c++,comp.lang.ada Date: 1997-07-18T00:00:00+00:00 List-Id: Walt Howard wrote: > My mother teaches art history at Cal Tech. Cal Tech wants to > make sure all the nerds get a little experience with the > humanities. I guess they want them thinking twice when they go to > work on H-Bomb projects. She says her classes are almost entirely > oriental/asian. The Americans aren't going in for the "practical > skills" anymore. Someone is telling them that "History" or > "Poetry" is what they should learn. I think it's pathetic. Read "Genius" by Gleick. It's a biography of Richard Feynman, and describes how he was forced to take some humanities subjects. He worked on the Manhattan Project, as well as later going to Cal Tech. OK, he wasn't a computer scientist, but it's interesting anyway. -- Chris Kuan, BHP Information Technology Concatenate for email: kuan.chris.ch @ bhp.com.au Phone : +61 42 75 5665 Fax : +61 42 75 5547