Science on Saturday - Lecture 1

 

 

 

 

 

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Biographies

David S. P. Dearborn

Dr. David S. P. Dearborn
Co-Editor of ARCHAEOASTRONOMY: The Journal of Astronomy in Culture and A&E News.

Dr. Dearborn, currently a research physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratories, has held positions at the Copernicus Institute in Warsaw, the Institute of Astronomy in Cambridge, the California Institute of Technology, and Steward Observatory in Tucson. He has worked extensively in astrophysics (nucleosysnthesis, stellar evolution, and astro-particle physics), archaeoastronomy (research on the Inca as well as editing the newsletter and journal), nuclear weapons design and testing, and re-entry vehicle flight testing. He is now the principal investigator on a Strategic Initiative to develop a three-dimensional stellar evolution and structure code for astrophysical research in a massively parallel environment. He has received twp Dudley awards for research in the History of Astronomy, three Weapons Recognition of Excellence awards from the DoE and was the 1998 Shelby Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science. He holds a Ph.D. from the University of Texas at Austin.

 

Josh Holtzman

Josh Holtzman is a former high-school teacher of physics, earth science, and computer science. He completed his undergraduate work in Oceanography and Limnology at the University of Michigan, and later conducted research into the geochemistry of the Laurentian and East African Great Lakes. After growing restless with his laboratory research, he returned to the University of Michigan to earn a Masters in Education. He began teaching at Monte Vista High School in Danville, California in 1998 He currently works as a consultant developing web-based applications for schools, small businesses, and non-profit organizations. When he is not writing software, he enjoys rock climbing and whitewater kayaking.