Re: [asa] String theory and what that means

On Aug 18, 2008, at 1:41 PM, j burg wrote:

> One last comment -- from a review of Muller's new book PHYSICS FOR
> FUTURE PRESIDENTS --
>
> "Muller's "refuge in the facts" runs counter to the attitude of some
> scientists today, he said. For example, while the Nobel Prize-winning
> Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) wrote an objective
> report on the perils of global warming, "many who describe the report,
> even members of the panel, when speaking as individuals, put spin on
> their description that is not in the report."
>

Rich Muller was my thesis advisor, and is a very intelligent guy. He
seems to agree with the IPCC report, but not with some of the
(politically-motivated?) hyperbole about it.

Rich calls his physics for non-majors course "Physics for Future
Presidents", and it has become quite popular. His notes are
available on the web:
http://muller.lbl.gov/teaching/Physics10/PffP.html (see chapter 10
for climate change)
and his lectures are available on iTunes U:
http://deimos3.apple.com/WebObjects/Core.woa/Browse/berkeley.edu.
78024191.01449869871

Kirk

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Received on Wed Aug 20 12:17:28 2008