Please join us for the 2016 Nathan and Jeanette Miller Lecture in History and Public Policy, "Hot Water, Heated Argument" with Dr. Spencer Weart on
Thursday, May 5th
Francis Scott Key 0106
4:00 to 6:00 pm
Spencer Weart is a noted historian of physics. Born in 1942, he received a B.A. at Cornell University (1963) and a Ph.D. in Physics and Astrophysics at the University of Colorado, Boulder (1968) followed by postdoctoral work at Cal Tech, publishing papers in leading scientific journals. In 1971 he began graduate work in history of science at the University of California, Berkeley, and in 1974 became Director of the Center for History of Physics at the American Institute of Physics. He developed the Center and its Niels Bohr Library into a major international research and archival institution with an award-winning Website, retiring in 2009. He has written or co-edited ten books, including The Rise of Nuclear Fear and The Discovery of Global Warming (2nd. ed. 2008), expanded at www.aip.org/history/
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Wine and cheese will be served. To RSVP contact millercenter@umd.edu or 301-405-4299.