What Physicists Do - Archive

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October 13, 1997 Street Amorphous Silicon Electronics for Imaging and Display
Dr. Robert A. Street
Xerox Palo Alto Research Center
October 20, 1997 Lamb an Illuminating Discussion of the Display Industry
David Lamb
University of Alabama
October 27, 1997 Sandford Comets, Meteorites, and the Origin of Life
Dr. Scott Sandford
NASA Ames Research Center
November 3, 1997 Tam Using Mathematica in Physics Education
Dr. Patrick Tam
Humboldt State University
November 10, 1997 Walker Probing the Mysterious Outer Layers of the Solar Atmosphere
Dr. Arthur B.C. Walker II
Stanford University
November 17, 1997 Visco New Cheap and Efficient Fuel Cells
Dr. Steven J. Visco
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
November 24, 1997 Adler Earth Invades Mars!  Details at 11:00
Dr. Mark Adler
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
December 1, 1997 Toney X-Ray Diffraction From Technologically Important Interfaces
Dr. Michael F. Toney
IBM Almaden Research Center
February 2, 1998 Porter Physics in the Vineyards
Michael A. Porter
Mike Porter Vineyards Consulting, Inc.
February 9, 1998 Freeman Fundamental Physics and Real Life
Dr. Richard R. Freeman
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
February 23, 1998 Riordan the Invention of the Transistor
Dr. Michael Riordan
Stanford Linear Accelerator Center and the Santa Cruz Institute for Particle Physics
March 2, 1998 Kluger-Bell Learning Physics Through Inquiry
Dr. Barry Kluger-Bell
Lawrence Hall of Science and the Exploratorium
March 9, 1998 Chen From Computer Chips to Potato Chips: How Plasma Physics Affects Our Everyday Life
Dr. Francis F. (Frank) Chen
University of California, Los Angeles
March 16, 1998 Xiang the Integrated Material Chip
Dr. Xiao-Dong Xiang
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
March 23, 1998 Davis Experiences of a Neophyte Physics Teacher
Matthew Davis
Santa Rosa High School
March 30, 1998 Kilcup Small Particles and Large Computers
Dr. Gregory Kilcup
Ohio State University
April 6, 1998 Dressler Space Telescopes and the Search for Origins
Dr. Alan Dressler
Observatories Carnegie Institution of Washington
April 20, 1998 Derickson Recent Developments in Fiber Optic Communications
Dr. Dennis Derickson
Hewlett Packard
April 27, 1998 Levin How the Universe Got Its Spots
Dr. Janna Levin
University of California at Berkeley
May 4, 1998 Bolte the Age of the Universe
Dr. Michael Bolte
UCO/Lick Observatory and the University of California, Santa Cruz

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