Re: [asa] String theory and what that means

This is a bit off topic, but the answer might be interesting. If you click
on the picture of Muller on his web page (It says to click on the picture
for a more interesting version) you get a picture of Muller staring a cobra
in the face. Is it a real, live cobra? Or just a stuffed one?

On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 11:15 AM, Kirk Bertsche <Bertsche@aol.com> wrote:

>
> 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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