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> The point of a documentary like this would not be to have a "how to"
> guide to microscopy. It's would be more a history and an account of
> the most recent advances. Sure, you can show Kohler illumination and
> why this is useful, but a step by step guide for techniques is not
> needed. That would be useful for another set of videos. I would refer
> people to JOVE (Journal of visualized experiments) for "how to"
> videos (this is peer reviewed and would recommend that if you have a
> unique way of doing something you should submit a video to this
> "journal"):
>
>
http://www.jove.com/>
> I'm still thinking that a proper microscopy documentary would be
> modeled around Carl Sagan's Cosmos series which was sort of a history
> of astronomy for the lay person, explaining our place in the universe
> and the significance of various astronomical discoveries in the past,
> how the implications of these discoveries changed our thinking, etc.
> The same must be true of the world of the very small, the world that
> the microscope reveals to us. Probably the best thing to do would be
> to put together a list of important people in the history of
> microscopy and important discoveries made with microscopes that
> changed the world in some way or had a big impact. This need not be
> limited to optical microscopy; EM, AFM, etc. should all be included
> as well.
>
> John
>
>
> On 10-Mar-09, at 2:09 PM, Carl Boswell wrote:
>
> > That reminds me of a professor I knew who taught Pathology to med
> > students. One day, to wake up the audience and emphasize a point,
> > he fired off a starter's pistol. Needless to say, he got
> > everyone's attention. When it came time for the next exam, the
> > answer many students gave for the question pertaining to that
> > "exciting" portion of the lecture was that a gun was fired. My
> > point is, would anyone remember how to align the condensor, or just
> > hum the tune?
> > C
> >
> > Carl A. Boswell, Ph.D.
> > Molecular and Cellular Biology
> > University of Arizona
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> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: John Runions
> > To:
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> > Sent: Tuesday, March 10, 2009 1:20 AM
> > Subject: Re: A microscopy documentary
> >
> > We should make a musical. Anybody got any talent? Imagine a big
> > Broadway number that explains Kohler illumination. John.
> >
> > Jeffrey L. Travis wrote:
> >>
> >> The closest thing to a microscopy documentary I can recall is the
> >> Saturday Night Live segment of "Leonard Pinth-Garnell's Bad
> >> Musicals" which featured a musical based on the life of
> >> Leewenhoek. This sketch originally aired on December 10, 1977. A
> >> synopsis can be found here:
> >>
http://snlarc.jt.org/detail.php?i=1977121010> >>
> >> The musical, as I recall, was proclaimed by Pinth-Garnell to be
> >> "simply terrible."
> >
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