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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
Donald Hollister Lighting Technology Corporation An Energy-Saving Light Bulb
Lynn Hubbard University of California, Riverside and the National Center for Atmospheric Research Photochemistry Of The Polluted Atmosphere
Dr. Philip Scherrer Stanford University The Sun As A Star
Dr. Robert L. Byer Stanford University Remote Air Pollution Measurements Using Lasers
Dr. Andrew Buffington University of California Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory A Balloon-Borne Cosmic Ray Beryllium Isotope Experiment
Film presentation The Exploration Of Space
Dr. E. Joseph Wampler Lick Observatory How Bright Are The Quasars?
Robert P. Lucas Solar Energy Engineering Solar Energy Is Here
Film presentation Computers And Robots
Dr. Gordon G. Spear Sonoma State University Astronomical Research At The Sonoma State College Observatory
Dr. Lynn Seaman SRI International Physics At Very High Pressures
Dr. John M. J. Madey Stanford University The Free-Electron Laser
Dr. Richard H. Karas Sonoma State University Geothermal Energy--Its Production And Environmental Consequences
Dr. Harold Weaver University of California, Berkeley Explosive Events In The Milky Way
Dr. Hans J. Bremermann University of California, Berkeley Is God A Mathematician?
Dr. Vernon Smith University of California, San Francisco Medical Physics
Dr. Gregory M. Sanger University of California Lawrence Livermore Laboratory The Multiple Mirror Telescope And Stellar Interferometry
Dr. W. K. H Panofsky Stanford Linear Accelerator Center Experimental Evidence For The New Family Of Quarks
Robert Skip Nunamaker NASA Ames Research Center The Pioneer Space Missions — Past, Present, And Future
Dr. Marc Gorenstein University of California Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory The Cosmic Background Radiation And A Modern Ether Drift