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The B.S. in Physics Returns to Sonoma State University!

Sonoma State University is proud to re-launch its Bachelor of Science in Physics, featuring a redesigned, student-centered curriculum available beginning Fall 2026. The revised program offers a rigorous physics foundation, small class sizes, close faculty mentorship, and flexible pathways that support timely graduation. Please see our degree programs page for more information.

What Physicists Do - Archive

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Lloyd Cross School of Holography, San Francisco Introduction To Holography
Dr. Owen Chamberlain University of California, Berkeley The Time Projection Chamber — New Particle Detector
Dr. Albert A. Bartlett University of Colorado Forgotten Fundamentals Of The Energy Crisis
Dr. Theodore H. Geballe Stanford University Superconductors--Their Existence And Use
Dr. John Hallett Desert Research Institute and University of Nevada, Reno How Snow Crystals Grow
Dr. William Mathews Lick Observatory and the University of California, Santa Cruz Messier 87—the Giant Black Mass Galaxy
Film presentation Exploring Mars And Venus
Dr. Jesse Bregman NASA Ames Research Center Infrared Astronomy From High Flying Observatories
Andrew Fraknoi Astronomical Society of the Pacific Astrology, Ufo’s, Worlds In Collision, And Ancient Astronauts
Richard DeFreez Sonoma State University Remote Detection Of Methane Using Lasers
Dr. Michael Lampton University of California, Berkeley The Spacelab One Mission
Dr. Susan Lea University of California, Berkeley Extragalactic X-Ray Sources
Dr. Paul Goodwin Calista Corporation Physics, Philosophy, And Business
Dr. John Wolfe NASA Ames Research Center Preliminary Results Of The Pioneer 11 Saturn Encounter
Dr. David Morrison University of Hawaii The Moons Of Jupiter
Dr. John Clarke University of California, Berkeley Squids And Geophysics
Dr. W.K.H. Panofsky Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Arms Control And Salt
Dr. Carl Heiles University of California, Berkeley Interstellar Shells And Supershells
Jan Wright Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Energy Conservation--Where We Should Be Now
Jesse David Wall City College of San Francisco The Physics Of Magic--And Vice Versa