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Merry Montage #6: The Magical Number 7, Plus or Minus 2

July 15, 2020 admin

Explains cognitive load starting with the phone company in the 1950s. George Miller and other psychologists explored the limits of…

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Merrie Montage #5: Boxing Cats: Edison and the movies

June 23, 2020 admin

This movie explores Thomas Edison’s journey to invent and popularize the moving pictures as a complete ecosystem.

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Merrie Montage #4: Skinner’s Project Pigeon

June 16, 2020 admin

The fourth in the Merrie Montage series. Takes a look at BF Skinner’s bizarre plan to use pigeons to guide…

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Merrie Montage #3: The Broad Street Map

May 26, 2020 admin

The third in my Merrie Montage series of 3-minute animated films. This one looks at the fascinating story behind John Snow’s…

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Merrie Montage #2: Muybridge

May 4, 2020 admin

The second in the Merrie Montage series about Edward Muybridge’s photography of Leland Stanford’s horse in 1872 that paved the…

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