Edgerton Lab Notebook 36, Front Insert: start date unknown
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- 1988 Student evaluation. HE 6.163: Strobes, Strobes, and More Strobes 2-5-4.5 Lecturer: C. Miller Prerequisites: Some knowledge of photography and basic electronics Difficulty: 3.3/10 Lecturer's Rating: 5.8/7 Next term: C. Miller Evaluated: Fall 88 Pace: 3.6/7 Overall Rating: 5.8/7 This is a laboratory course which teaches the fundamentals of Doc Edgerton's legendary strobe photography. Lectures were designed to provide a background for laboratory work, but were too disorganized and could have been more informative. Although Professor Miller's lectures wandered a lot, he was friendly and supportive throughout the term. Readings weren't assigned and many students felt no urge to read them. Those who did read the text considered it comprehensive and informative, but thought it read too much like an "EG&G strobe catalog". Some basic 6.002 circuit knowledge is the only real prereq for the class. Most students spent about 4 hours per experiment in the lab with about 3 more hours for write-up. Labs went quickly since they were fun and "idiot proof". Although much of the lab equipment looks archaic, it does the job just fine; facilities were accessible (keys could be checked out) and lab hours were sufficient. Some students would like to see more colour and motion picture photography covered in the course. TA's Brian Leibowitz and Jeff Applebaum were both praised as being especially helpful, available, and friendly. Brian and Jeff knew how to make things work in the lab and had as much fun as the students. "This is the best class I have ever taken." "A nice breather from the hell a course six class usually is! They CARE about you!" "Kick it hard enough and it usually works." "There's not enough material for the term, so we get to watch movies of things exploding...which is good." Page 30 14th Underground Guide to Course VI Fall 1988
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- applebaum; evaluation; laboratory course; leibowitz; miller; students; TA's; underground guide
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