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What Physicists Do - Archive

Date Speaker Speaker Affiliation Lecture Title
Dr. Imke de Pater University of California at Berkeley Radio Observations of the Atmosphere of Jupiter
Dr. William Bialek University of California at Berkeley Theoretical Physics Meets Experimental Neurobiology
Dr. Randy Gladstone University of California at Berkeley Auroras on the Earth and the Outer Planets
Dr. Peter Michelson Stanford University Probing the Dynamics of Space Time: The Search for Gravitational Radiation
Dr. Clyde Tombaugh New Mexico State University the Discovery of Pluto
Dr. Elizabeth A. Rauscher Tecnic Research Laboratories Cosmology, Quantum Mechanics, and the Nature of Time
Dr. Shirley Chiang IBM Almaden Research Center Imaging Molecules on Surfaces by Scanning Tunneling Microscopy
Dr. Robert Nason New Quake Research Earthquakes and Physics
Dr. William J. Welch University of California at Berkeley the Formation of Massive Stars
Dr. Lawrence Colin NASA Ames Research Center Ten Years of Pioneer Venus Observations
Dr. Eicke R. Weber University of California at Berkeley Electron Paramagnetic Resonance in Solid State Physics
Dr. Samuel Berman Lawrence Berkeley Laborator Shedding a Little Physics on Energy-Efficient Lighting
Dr. Robert Bray Hewlett-Packard Microwave Technology Division Dc to Daylight
Dr. James W. Seeser Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. Making Solar Cells Work in Space
Dr. Lea Mason PG&E Technical Writing as a Career
Dr. Frances A. Houle IBM Almaden Research Center How Laser Beams Change Surfaces
Dr. Geraldine J. Peters University of Southern California Mass Loss and Photospheric Activity in Hot Stars
Dr. Paul Doherty Exploratorium Building Science Exhibits for the Public
Dr. Manuel F. Morales University of California at San Francisco How Muscle Works
Dr. François Bouchet University of California at Berkeley Cosmic Strings and Large Scale Structures in the Universe