Having studied myth and legend in my college days, I learned that the oral tradition is 1 of 3 main forms of communication. The other two are food and sex. Perhaps there is even more categories now, like sexting.
Being a scientific novice, by way of not being able to do the math among other limitations, I am am interested in some of the side stories that come out of scientific history that the public sensationalizes and believes. I am sure there are gray areas. Like Andy Warhols' repetitions of singular images, the oral tradition accumulates or omits minor details here and there throughout serial retelling. The personal asserts itself in the framework of the variation. A vital role of the folklorist is to step away from the context and look at the tapestry of the versions of the stories. Many things can be determined. Some elements might circulate repetitively in stories or conspiracy theories that might tell us about the culture at a specific times and change at other times depending on some cultural element or another.
Nikola Tesela, his visions, and sensitivity legend. Nikola Tesela's energy is fact, but he claims that it came to him in a vision. He claimed to be able to see magnetic fields all around him.
http://modernlegends.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/the-miraculous-vision-of-nikola-tesla/
John Searl's 0 point energy legend. The legend is that he created a magnetically driven motor that required no input of energy and produced so much energy that it became superconductive and levitated. The story is that he was creating levatating 'discs', which he then manned and flew experimentally. John also claims to have had dreams which told him to use the math of magic squares to determine the amounts of each physical element to include in these 0point energy propulsions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXndaua2f-w
Leon Theremin. Theremin was a dapper Russian gentleman who invented a serious instrument under Lenin. He was sent to the United States to promote this scientific phenomenon. He was the center of the social elite residing at the Plaza Hotel for a time before disappearing. Having read his personal accounts, he was needed back in Russia and was escorted by KGB members where he remained for the rest of his days. Leon started his life's story by describing his memory of being born. He claims to remember every detail of the event. This is just the tip of the iceberg concerning Leon. He spoke very fondly of Lenin as they were personal friends.
Theremin's love, Clara Rockmore plays 'Hebrew Melody'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCrZSM3F2Q
Odd Harmonics: Judith Banks Gallery. Here is a show that included many variations of the Theremin as sculptural objects. I attended this opening and follow up erotic poetry readings. The show included Theremin's original theremin instrument. I loved this show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCrZSM3F2Q
Autodidact, John Kanzius, trying to cure his cancer, accidentally discovered that he could burn salt water for fuel. A revelation that came in the middle of the night while tinkering with pie pans his kitchen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNvLwDX2WW0
Being a scientific novice, by way of not being able to do the math among other limitations, I am am interested in some of the side stories that come out of scientific history that the public sensationalizes and believes. I am sure there are gray areas. Like Andy Warhols' repetitions of singular images, the oral tradition accumulates or omits minor details here and there throughout serial retelling. The personal asserts itself in the framework of the variation. A vital role of the folklorist is to step away from the context and look at the tapestry of the versions of the stories. Many things can be determined. Some elements might circulate repetitively in stories or conspiracy theories that might tell us about the culture at a specific times and change at other times depending on some cultural element or another.
Nikola Tesela, his visions, and sensitivity legend. Nikola Tesela's energy is fact, but he claims that it came to him in a vision. He claimed to be able to see magnetic fields all around him.
http://modernlegends.wordpress.com/2012/08/02/the-miraculous-vision-of-nikola-tesla/
John Searl's 0 point energy legend. The legend is that he created a magnetically driven motor that required no input of energy and produced so much energy that it became superconductive and levitated. The story is that he was creating levatating 'discs', which he then manned and flew experimentally. John also claims to have had dreams which told him to use the math of magic squares to determine the amounts of each physical element to include in these 0point energy propulsions.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dXndaua2f-w
Leon Theremin. Theremin was a dapper Russian gentleman who invented a serious instrument under Lenin. He was sent to the United States to promote this scientific phenomenon. He was the center of the social elite residing at the Plaza Hotel for a time before disappearing. Having read his personal accounts, he was needed back in Russia and was escorted by KGB members where he remained for the rest of his days. Leon started his life's story by describing his memory of being born. He claims to remember every detail of the event. This is just the tip of the iceberg concerning Leon. He spoke very fondly of Lenin as they were personal friends.
Theremin's love, Clara Rockmore plays 'Hebrew Melody'
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCrZSM3F2Q
Odd Harmonics: Judith Banks Gallery. Here is a show that included many variations of the Theremin as sculptural objects. I attended this opening and follow up erotic poetry readings. The show included Theremin's original theremin instrument. I loved this show.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvCrZSM3F2Q
Autodidact, John Kanzius, trying to cure his cancer, accidentally discovered that he could burn salt water for fuel. A revelation that came in the middle of the night while tinkering with pie pans his kitchen.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HNvLwDX2WW0
What do these stories tell us about ourselves, culture, and what we think is possible or impossible?