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Dec. 05, 2008
Physics for Future Presidents
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| Sure, many schools have entry-level courses that students have nicknamed 'physics for poets' or 'rocks for jocks' -- but what about 'physics for future presidents?' In this segment, Ira talks with Richard Muller, a physicist and professor at the University of California who teaches a college course named "Physics for Future Presidents." What ideas in physics should every incoming president have a handle on? |
Produced by Christopher Intagliata, Associate Senior Producer
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Richard Muller
Author, "Physics for Future Presidents"
Professor, Department of Physics
University of California at Berkeley
Faculty Senior Scientist
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Berkeley, California
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Physics for Future Presidents: The Science Behind the Headlines
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