Presenter Full Name
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Professor JC Holbrook
Institution
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University of Edinburgh and Marie Skłodowska Curie Fellow
Year & Semester
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2021 Fall
Presentation Date
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September 21, 2021
What Physicists Do Zoom Link
Please note that this presentation is a different day and time than normal. The presentation will be on Tuesday September 21, 2021 at 12pm.
Holbrook presents the field of ‘cultural astronomy’ with the caveat that there are no jobs, however there are also very few permanent jobs in astronomy & astrophysics, too. Cultural Astronomy research is interdisciplinary by definition and requires different data collection and data analysis tools compared to physics/astrophysics. Holbrook