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No joking, comedy has a place for teaching science:The demystifying started by having the comedy troupe members asking Whitmeyer questions in an attempt to find out what kind of scientist he was. After accomplishing that, the next task involved the trio trying to explain geologic terms.
Demystifying the expert: Klebert Feitosa, an assistant professor in the Department of Physics, hosts Thursday night’s Demystifying the Expert event in Rose Library. He’s joined by members of the New & Improv.’d comedy group at JMU who have teamed up to make math better understood.
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I personally find biology one of the less interesting sciences (it’s still really cool, just not as cool as physics or chemistry), but I think Demystifying the Expert was a fun way of learning science.
The comedy show was a great experience, both educationally and comedically. It was great that I got to laugh but also learn more about the wonders and marvels of physics and astronomy.
The comedy show was a great experience, both educationally and comedically. It was great that I got to laugh but also learn more about the wonders and marvels of physics and astronomy.
Before going to ”Demystifying the Expert,” I was a little hesitant that I could learn anything from a comedy show, but last night definitely proved me to be very wrong. I have always been confused about the concepts of black holes.
Demystifying the expert was a wonderfully put together, entertaining event that I thoroughly enjoyed and had many laughs at. Not only was it entertaining in the humorous sense but also was an extremely educational experience.
I was very happy with the show last night. I hadn’t experienced the show before, so I didn’t’ come in with high expectations, but I was blown away. The show was simultaneously hilarious and genuinely intriguing from a science perspective.
A lot of terminology I had at least heard or read about before, but I did not comprehend the meaning made so much sense now.
I really enjoyed the event last night and commend you on your production. I thought the improv group was excellent and the guest was also excellent – relaxed and quick with their comebacks and innovative too. Well done!
Although I thought Demystifying the Expert was going to really boring and I wouldn’t learn much I actually really enjoyed it and learned quite a bit.