Friday, December 5th, 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?

Guests

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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Segment produced by:Christopher Intagliata

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