things i haven't published

The writing of people ages past, occupying spaces above and beyond. Multi user dungeons are a strange concept: entire worlds manifest in words and shaped by people, and realities that exist only when they do. Creating a multi-user dungeon sounds fun!

imagine a world as extensive as a video game, but in text - reading a novel.

Harmard walked along the open air promenade. It was something he had done before, a thousand times, but this time was different. the promenade was just as full, bustling with people, and he passed the stalls of pine nuts and fruits and exotic spices and rugs. "50 pins for a dollar!" a voice trilled. Wispy fog drifted through the market, smelling like onions and roasted meat and ocean air. He kept his hands close, unwilling to be pickpocketed just now. The person he was looking for must be here, recognizable for her red turban.


Classes

Noise, Dissipation, Amplification, and Information
Course Description
Graduate-level non-equilibrium statistical physics applied to noise phenomena, both classical and quantum. The aim of the course is to explain the fundamental link between the random fluctuations of a physical system in steady state and the response of the same system to an external perturbation. Several key examples in which noise appears as a resource rather than a limitation are treated: spin relaxation in nuclear magnetic resonance (motional narrowing), Johnson-Nyquist noise in solid state transport physics (noise thermometry), photon correlation measurements in quantum optics (Hanbury Brown-Twiss experiment), and so on. The course explores both passive and active systems. It discusses the ultimate limits of amplifier sensitivity and speed in physics measurements.

Classical Storytelling and Modern Screenwriting
Course Description
Fundamentals of screenwriting and the current dominant mode of the craft. Theories of story, structure, and character, including Aristotle's analysis of classical drama; screenwriting as both a craft and an art; film's role in the history of storytelling. Students develop an original story idea and write the first act of a feature-length screenplay. Send required writing sample to college.seminar@yale.edu.

East Asian Martial Arts Film
Course Description
The martial arts film has not only been a central genre for many East Asian cinemas, it has been the cinematic form that has most defined those cinemas for others. Domestically, martial arts films have served to promote the nation, while on the international arena, they have been one of the primary conduits of transnational cinematic interaction, as kung-fu or samurai films have influenced films inside and outside East Asia, from The Matrix to Kill Bill........

Senior Project
Course Description
Literally do anything you want

Meiji Literature and Visual Culture
Course Description
Introduction to the literature and visual culture of Meiji Japan (1868–1912), including novels, poetry, calligraphy, woodblock prints, painting, photography, and cinema. The relationship between theories and practices of fine art and literature; changes in word and image relations; transformations from woodblock to movable-type print culture; the invention of photography and early forms of cinematic practice.

No knowledge of Japanese required.

Plant Diversity and Evolution

Course Description

Introduction to the major plant groups and their evolutionary relationships, with an emphasis on the diversification and global importance of flowering plants.

To be taken concurrently with E&EB 247L. Prerequisite: a general understanding of biology and evolution. Hands-on experience with the plant groups examined in the accompanying lectures. Local field trips.

(I was thinking about this. "What kind of papers do you think are inspirational? For doing research in E&EB?" And if I have to do statistical analysis, just ask: "What kind of statistics do I need here?" FB has shown me that most answers are simply there, and people are more than willing to help you get things done)

Democracy and Distribution
Course Description
An examination of relations between democracy and the distribution of income and wealth. Focus on ways in which different classes and coalitions affect, and are affected by, democratic distributive politics.

(Ian Shapiro)