Bill was in Paris to deliver the inaugural lecture at the Journalism School of Sciences-Po where I happen to have a gig (highlight of the lecture summed up in French on Slate.fr).fr
The highlight of the lecture was a question from one of the local students: "Can you tell me how to go about designing a supersonic car, as I want to break your record in 20 years' time?" The answer, of course, is to take the advice from the world's leading expert in the field, Bloodhound's designer Ron Ayers, in this Cisco BHTV video talking about the shape of the car.
Rose was probably the highlight of the lecture series.
The video highlights of the MacTaggart lecture will be online at MediaGuardian.co.uk very shortly.
The final difference with Kuhn highlighted in the lecture is in his decision to avoid all discussion of "technological advance or of external social, economic and intellectual conditions in the development of the sciences".
Highlights of the many performances, lectures, and workshops include the conservative but satisfyingly show-'em-who's-boss Ballet Nacional de Cuba (BAM's Howard Gilman Opera House, June 8-11); denza Cubaemporánea de Cuba, a modern-dance company (Joyce, May 10-22); and Los Muñequitos de Matanzas (Peter J. Sharp, May 5-7), the island's beloved rumba company.
Highlights of the meeting included the Zatman Lecture on "Geomagnetic implications of inner core translation" by Jon Mound (University of Leeds) and the awarding of the Doornbos Prizes for outstanding work by three beginning scientists to Nick Schmerr, Kenji Ohta, and Binod Sreenivasan.
For video highlights of the Nigri/Hardt seminar and other EGS lectures, go to to http://www.egs.edu.edu
There was also time for a 5 p.m. history lesson, a juicy little lecture that hit the highlights of the last 130 years or so, ever since a two-story summer hotel called the Dix House started operating here just after the Civil War.
In fact, the highlight of Charles' lecture might well be in one of the "Ortonesque" moments that have characterised some of his more recent public outings.
A lecture should contain various forms of lecture language that could help students understand the flow of the lecture.
