[Sci-tech-public] Garwin Colloquium on "Physics in the Interest of Society"

[David Kaiser]

Hello, all,

Please note that MIT's Department of Physics will hold its inaugural  
colloquium on "Physics in the Interest of Society" on Thursday, 3  
November, at 4:15pm in room 10-250. The speaker will be Richard  
Garwin, well-known physicist and arms-control specialist. Details below.

best,
Dave

> On Thursday, November 3, the Physics Department will hold its  
> inaugural colloquium on “Physics in the Interest of Society”, a new  
> annual series honoring Herman Feshbach, Henry Kendall, Philip  
> Morrison and Viki Weisskopf.  The inaugural speaker will be Dr.  
> Richard Garwin, a physicist who is noted for his seminal  
> contributions to nuclear arms control.  The colloquia are at 4:15PM  
> in 10-250.
>
> Title:
> “Physics in the Interest of Society”
>
> Abstract:
> I discuss experience and colleagues in the nuclear weapon program at  
> Los Alamos, as a consultant to and member of the President's Science  
> Advisory Committee, and since then as a JASON member and independent  
> contributor to science and technology in the interest of national  
> security and national benefit.  Topics include the first hydrogen  
> bomb, the Global Positioning System, unmanned aircraft, Air Traffic  
> Control, Ballistic Missile Defense, and also some innovations that  
> have application far beyond the problem for which they were first  
> proposed.

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David Kaiser			    			
Germeshausen Professor of the History of Science
Department Head, Program in Science, Technology, & Society
and Senior Lecturer, Department of Physics
Room E51-179
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
77 Massachusetts Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02139 USA
Tel: 617 253-4062 	Fax: 617 258-8118
dikaiser at mit.edu
http://web.mit.edu/dikaiser/www

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