When: Monday, October 21, 4:30 p.m.

Where: 7500 Wean Hall

David Kestenbaum, Science Writer, National Public Radio

Physics Colloquium

Abstract:
When I was in graduate school studying physics my father would send me drawings of subatomic specimens he claimed to have found in the backyard or around the house. The were mostly muons, though the word "boson" also captured his imagination. In my time as a science reporter at National Public Radio I've learned a lot (the hard way) about how to get people interested in science. This talk promises to make any researcher the life of the party. It will also make you rich, famous and irresistible to potential mates.

Bio:
David Kestenbaum became unreasonably obsessed with small things at a young age. He studied quarks as an undergraduate at Yale University and in his graduate work in physics at Harvard University where he received his Ph.D. in 1996. David's thesis detailed part of the discovery of the top quark. David received a journalism fellowship from the American Physical Society the same year, and won the Evert Clark award for young science journalists in 1997. His work has appeared in Science magazine, The New York Times, The New Republic and other places. David spent a year as a reporter for Science, before moving to National Public Radio in 1999. He loves his job.

Open to the campus community and public.

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