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Keynote Speaker:
Dr. David L. Goodstein
Dr.
David L. Goodstein, Ph.D., is Vice Provost and Professor of
Physics and Applied Physics at Caltech, where he has been
on the faculty for more than 35 years. In 1995, he was named
the Frank J. Gilloon Distinguished Teaching and Service Professor.
In 1999, Dr. Goodstein was awarded the Oersted Medal of the
American Association of Physics Teachers, and in 2000, the
John P. McGovern Medal of the Sigma Xi Society.
He has served
on and chaired numerous scientific and academic panels, including
the National Advisory Committee to the Mathematical and Physical
Sciences Directorate of the National Science Foundation. He is a
founding member of the Board of Directors of the California Council
on Science and Technology. His books include States of Matter (Prentice
Hall, 1975, Dover, 1985) and Feynman’s Lost Lecture (Norton,
1996), written with his wife, Dr. Judith Goodstein. In the 1980’s
he was Director and host of The Mechanical Universe, an educational
television series that has been used by millions of students all
over the world.
In recent times,
while continuing to teach and conduct research in experimental Condensed
Matter Physics, Dr. Goodstein has turned his attention to issues
related to science and society. In articles, speeches and colloquia
he has addressed conduct and misconduct in science, the end of exponential
growth of the scientific enterprise, and issues related to fossil
fuel and the climate of Planet Earth.
Dr. Goodstein
has been Caltech’s Vice Provost since 1988.
For more information on Dr. Goodstein, visit his biography on the
Caltech Web site at:
http://www.its.caltech.edu/~dg/bio.html
Click
Here to read about some of Dr. Goodstein's previous remarks
on this topic.
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