Richard B. McKenzie is the Walter B. Gerken Professor Emeritus of Enterprise and Society at The Paul Merage School of Business, University of California, Irvine. Here he is presenting ‘A Video Lesson on the Price of Movie Popcorn’ Also see: ‘Why Popcorn Costs So Much at the Movies’ by Richard B. McKenzie and Gordon Tullock, […]
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He’s the “k”, and has great Erdos and Bacon numbers
“He is the ‘k’ in G. W. Peck, a pseudonym for a group of six mathematicians,” says Wikipedia, which goes on to say: Kleitman has coauthored at least six papers with Erdős, giving him an Erdős number of 1. He was a math advisor and extra for the film Good Will Hunting.[5] Since Minnie Driver of Good Will Hunting appeared in Sleepers with Kevin Bacon, Kleitman […]
Nude on the Moon
In the history of astronomy, there were many dreams about what humans would find if and when they reached the surface of the moon. One such dream is conveyed in the 1961 movie “Nude on the Moon“. (Thanks to investigator Stevyn Colgan for bringing it to our attention.) Click on the image to be shot […]
The bookish flight of Mr. Morris Lessmore
Today’s short movie about Books and What’s In Them is The Fantastic Flying Books of Mr. Morris Lessmore: [vimeo]35404908[/vimeo] Some people seem to have noticed its appeal. (Thanks to investigator Kevin Petrus for bringing this to our attention.) BONUS: Suppose, now just suppose, that you had enough time to read all those books you’re wanting to read. […]