The Sonoma State University
Department of Physics and Astronomy

presents a series of lectures, demonstrations, and films

WHAT PHYSICISTS DO

Physics is what physicists do late at night

The complete list: Every presentation since 1971

Current Series

The Department of Physics and Astronomy has presented the "What Physicists Do" series each semester since Spring 1971. The entire history of the series may be browsed or searched on these pages. The more than 900 speakers have included

thirteen Nobel Prize recipients:

Felix
Bloch		 Emilio
Segré 		Owen
Chamberlain		 Melvin
Calvin		 Arthur
Schawlow 		William
Fowler
Robert
Laughlin		 Donald
Glaser		 Melvin
Schwartz 		George
Smoot 		Douglas
Osheroff (2)		 Richard
Taylor 		Herbert
Kroemer

two Crafoord Prize recipients:

Allan Sandage Edwin Salpeter

nine recipients of the National Medal of Science:

W. K. H. Panofsky (2) Calvin Quate (2) Vera Rubin Melvin Calvin Arthur Schawlow
Marvin Cohen (2) (3) Allan Sandage William Fowler Darleane Hoffman (2)

seven MacArthur Fellows:

Robert Shaw Raymond Jeanloz Douglas Osheroff (2) David Goldstein Richard Muller(2) Margaret Murnane Ned Kahn

seven Bruce Medalists:

Robert Kraft (2)  (3) Frank Shu Vera Rubin Donald Osterbrock (2) Allan Sandage William Fowler Edwin Salpeter

and a great many other outstanding scientists and engineers.

Please send comments, additions, corrections, and questions to
joe.tenn@sonoma.edu
JST
2009-04-06