Sonoma State University

Announcing the revised B.S. in Physics starting Fall 2026!

Sonoma State University is proud to launch its revised 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
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
Dr. George L. Johnston California Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission Planning California's Energy Future
Dr. Isaac L. Bass Sonoma State College Gas Lasers And Holography
Dr. Tom Barnebey Sonoma State College A Pitch About Pitch
Dr. Joe S. Tenn Sonoma State College The Discovery Of The Galaxies
Dr. Herman Winick Stanford University Synchrotron Radiation: New Ways In Research With Photons
Dr. William M. Fairbank Stanford University In Search Of The Quark
Dr. Sam Greene Sonoma State College The Search For Extraterrestrial Intelligence, Part Ii
Richard W. Underwood NASA Johnson Space Center The Earth As Viewed From Space
Dr. Arlon Hunt University of California Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory Electricity From The Sun: Prospects And Problems
John Hiatt Hewlett Packard Semiconductor Physics: Why Transistors Die
Dr. Jill C. Tarter NASA Ames Research Center Searching For Extraterrestrial Intelligence With Existing Radio Telescopes
Dr. Owen B. Toon Cornell University Climatic Change On Mars
Film presentation The Building Of The Bomb
Dr. Robert Kovach Stanford University Some Aspects Of Earthquakes, Earthquake Prediction, And Quakes On Mars
Dr. Irving Goldstein Optical Coating Laboratory, Inc. The Science Of Materials
Dr. Richard H. Karas Sonoma State College On A Clear Day You Can See Forever
Dr. John Torode Digital Systems will Low Cost Computing For Everyone