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Bringing sustainability and climate change -- and the science behind them -- into the classroom is a huge and important task for all teachers. This theme of education was highlighted at a key feature of the AAAS Annual Meeting in San Francisco, Sunday's AAAS Climate Change Town Hall titled "Communicating and Learning About Global Climate Change: An Event for Teachers, Students, and Other Communicators and Learners."
In the words of Alan Leshner, CEO of AAAS and publisher of the journal Science, the town hall event was a "dialogue not a lecture," and an opportunity to learn about climate change and bring it further into education. Free and oriented to the public, the event was attended by somewhere between 450 and 500 people, many of who identified themselves as teachers.
The action-packed four-hour event featured presentations and remarks by eight notable speakers in climate science, innovative solutions, and science education. All the presentations are online, and the AAAS noted a video copy of the event will be online soon.
Here I have highlighted key observations from my notes for each speaker. Fellow Worldchanging SF writer Raines Cohen has also uploaded a video of the event on Blip.tv.
Alan Leshner opened the event by playing an AAAS video about climate change and introducing residents of Shishmaref, Alaska, including three students, who are also featured in an AAAS education video about the serious consequences of climate change.
Ken Stenek, Shishmaref science teacher, explained during the press briefing that climate change has forced their community to choose relocating their community "to the mainland at a cost of $180 million dollars." This is particularly heavy-hitting as Shishmaref students, the mayor, and transportation planner all explained, the ways of life in the 4,000 year old Inupiaq village are rapidly changing, right now. The people who live on the ice are seeing it break away -- "not uncommon to lose 30 feet of beach during a storm."
Major problems are fossil fuels (making eighty percent of the world's emissions) and deforestation deeply embedded into development. People need to make the connection between, for example, the electricity from a wall outlet and a power-grid -- it doesn't magically appear. Teachers have a huge role to play in educating the world. Children need to understand that their voices need to be heard, and that their habits and creativity can contribute to a better future.
Leshner and the AAAS video included a quote by Marcus Aurelius: "That which is not good for the beehive is not good for the bees." Sound advice!
John Holdren, AAAS President and Professor of Environmental Policy, Harvard University, formally announced the release of an offical AAAS Board of Directors statement on global climate change. He explained that climate is the envelope in which all other processes occur:
If you change the climate envelope... enough... you change the capacity to operate under all of those conditions in which we depend. ...Climate change is the most difficult... because the causes are so deeply embedded in our way of life. ...There is a great deal individuals, firms, and governments can do about global climate change.
Climate change, said Holdren, is extremely interdisciplinary, making it not only really important but concretely woven into many subjects, from science to technology, economics, public policy, and politics. Subjects he listed:
Climate change is a fascinating and immense opportunity for teachers and students. How will it be embedded into curriculum and the experience of learning?
Lonnie Thompson, Professor of Earth Sciences, Ohio State University, in his presentation titled "understanding climate science," explained how changes easily observed in ice and glacier melt are evidence for climate change.
Thompson highlighted some of his photographs featured in Al Gore's "An Inconvenient Truth" presentation, such as images of the Larsen B ice shelf literally collapsing in 31 days. Other before-and-after style photographs included Muir Glacier in south-east Alaska; McCall Glacier in the Brooks Range, Alaska; AX010 glacier in the Himalayas of Nepal; Glacier National Park; Glaciar Lanin Norte, Argentina; Mt. Kilimanjaro, Africa; and Qori Kalis glacier, Peru (pictured). Glacier National Park will have no glaciers in 20 years. The awe-inspiring images, along with many diagrams, can be downloaded with his presentation.
Natural and human mechanisms influence climate. And the greenhouse effect, both naturally and human occurring, is real. Ice sheets preserve lots of history about climate change over time. Sea level is rising 2-3mm a year because of thermal expansion of ocean, alpine glacier loss, ice sheet mass loss, and pumping of groundwater.
Tropical ice records are shorter but more detailed. The tropics to Thompson are the most important part of the planet's ice. Tropical glaciers are the canaries in the coal mine... said Thompson, "Coal miners use to use these in mines and you could get out... problem is we live in the coal mine."
An audience member commented on climate change as being an ecological justice problem. Thompson responded by noting it's those who are first affected and don't have time to adapt that are usually the one's not responsible.
Margaret Leinen, Chief Science Officer of Climos, Inc., spoke about solutions and the role of each and every person in being responsible for solutions. The IPCC 2007 report, she added as she began her presentation, is amazing: she'd never heard the word "unequivocal" used for an ongoing natural process or a developing field. And that climate change is "very likely" caused by anthropogenic greenhouse gasses is a huge -- a 90% -- level of certainty. Her analogy: imagine if the weatherman said there's a 90% change of rain... you'd put your raincoat on and get an umbrella.
Leinen stressed public opinion will lead to future change. She noted a recent MIT survey showing climate change as the number one rated environmental issue by Americans today, compared to thee years ago when it was rated as the number six concern.
Trends in public opinion are tied to trends in public companies. Many companies, such as Wal-Mart, are making a serious commitment to use less energy. Next week investors will come to San Francisco to meet with scientists to develop "clean technologies" in the Clean Tech Venture Forum.
In 2006, "carbon neutral" was named by the New Oxford American Dictionary as its word of the year. Many companies are becoming climate neutral. And many US companies, she explained, are global companies, so they must comply with Kyoto Protocol in other countries -- globalization is helping enforce environmental regulation.
She also advised individuals to take action on a local level and calculate one's own carbon footprint as a start. (I think more advice could have also been mentioned.)
The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32) will also have a ripple effect. Leiner quoted Governor Schwarzenegger, who has noted California has being the twelfth largest carbon emitter. California leadership will reverberate throughout the nation.
An audience member asked Leiner to comment on the relationship of AB32 to the Kyoto Protocol. Leiner responded by explaining California is still in the process of deciding how actions on limits will turn into caps and a trading system, and the process will unfold in the next five years, and it's premature to make such a comparison. She added that the state measures will have profound influence and the corporate sector will also follow-up with solutions.
Amory Lovins, CEO of the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI), delivered a witty and exciting presentation about "profitable climate protection."
I think what was most impressive about Lovins' business-savvy presentation were stunning statistics and examples of RMI's solutions-based work making a case for energy-efficient, profitable design.
Lovins directed the audience first to RMI's new publication "Winning the Oil Endgame," an uncontested journal offering a strategy to disconnect the US from oil dependence.
Most energy used in an automobile is wasted and spent on moving the automobile itself, while only 0.3% of the fuel moves the driver. Lovins highlighted RMI's R&D project developing ultra-light, ultra low-drag, and advanced propulsion automobiles. He also explained that all buildings -- much like the RMI / Lovins home in Colorado -- should be designed as integrated systems.
Lovins gave the example of the Oakland Museum's integrated water pipe system by Rumsey Engineers (based in Oakland) to demonstrate that engineering and infrastructure projects should also use systems-thinking logic. He also pointed the audience to 10xE.org for more information.
In response to the RMI automobile project, an audience member asked how Lovins factors in the externalities of designing more cars, particularly ultra-efficient and fun-looking ones? Lovins responded stating that it won't work with everyone in a car. We need to have real competition between other mobility systems and cars, and the best thing is "to be already where we want to go" and have better land-use policies.
Robert Socolow and Roberta Hotinski of the Carbon Mitigation Initiative at Princeton University explained their "Stabilization Wedges," a genius "concept and game for teaching about cutting carbon emissions." The game was tested on the audience.
The "wedge" teachers' guide and further information and background can be found at the Princeton Carbon Mitigation Initiative website.
"Wedges" are different kinds of fifty-year emissions reduction strategies. The full game has fifteen strategies grouped into various topical groups, such as efficiency and conservation, fossil-fuel based strategies, nuclear energy, and renewables and biostorage.
We played the game in the audience and voted on our preferences for climate emissions reduction strategies. We also voted on the least favorite item we'd like to cut that emits: by far, the audience preferred not to cut miles flown, and miles driven came in second place (pictured). People like mobility!
At the end of the event, an audience question was directed toward the "wedge" game but went unanswered. The audience member noted the "Edible School Yard" project in Berkeley and asked, why was there so little in the wedge game about food and health?
John Whitsett, President-Elect of the National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) and a Physics Teacher at Fond du Lac High School in Wisconsin, spoke about the need for including global climate change in science education. He also stressed 21st century science content needs to include a global awareness and social responsibility.
Whitsett explained how global climate change must become part of curriculum standards, benchmarks, and position statements. He cited AAAS Project 2061 as being both a life-changing event in his own career and a great resource. Project 2061's "Benchmarks for Science Literacy" and the NSTA National Science Education Standards are both important documents in science curriculum.
Witsett also identified the January 2007 issue of "ScienceScope," NSTA's middle-school journal, and FacingTheFuture.org as great K-12 teaching resources.
I was most fascinated by Whitsett's emphasis on how the NSTA has been trying to shift science education away from being taught in separated, "boxed" disciplines and moving it towards being taught as an interrelated system -- a critical point. A major challenge of educators, according to Whitsett, is to give kids a broader view and help them make interconnections. For example, kids "13, 14, 15 years old have a very short life timeframe and have trouble visualizing a 30, 50, 100 year set of changes." It is incredibly important for teachers to broaden the worldview of students and help them visualize -- learn to see -- the world.
During the press briefing prior to the event, someone asked Whitsett if textbooks and curriculum are keeping up with science. Most are not there or are lacking, Whitsett explained. Teachers need to maintain a professional growth plan and have ways to stay current. Textbooks rarely deal with real-world problems because the politics involved can affect textbook sales. He also noted data is usually outdated by the time textbooks are published; a two-year lead is needed for publishing.
An audience member asked about the validity of the scientific content of "An Inconvenient Truth." Whitsett acknowledged that the science in the movie is accurate.
In his closing remarks, John Holdren concluded that the US needs a national policy on climate change, and "we're already experiencing danger, dangerous is already here... the issue is facing catastrophic danger... we need much more concerted efforts from all of us and from our government."
I was quoted having said that our community (Shishmaref, Alaska) will be relocated at a cost of $180 million. If the community does not get the financial support from federal or state sources, the people will end up being dispersed among neighboring communities. This will be at a greater cost in that the unique Inupiaq dialect and culture will be lost. What is the greater cost? This island is a dying canary in the coal mine. I hope that the culture doesn't die with the canary.


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I'm not defending the guy but what a fucking witch-hunt. Some people sure had a hard-on to take this guy down. Think of it 12+ years of just suspicion and then maybe some solid proof in recent years.
Good for him. I would have thrown in the towel and said "fuck-you-all, here's yer fuckin' yellow jersey" a long time ago. He's not the only doper, most of the peloton was/is doped and let's face it. The doped winners couldn't win if the domestics weren't doped.
Wiggo, Froome, Contator – doped and still doping. You can't win the Tour clean – period. The Giro or the Vuelta maybe, it's 3-4kph slower w/more national interests so the GC guys can get more rest etc. blahblah wada, wada… They're just not the same race – lower stakes and a lot less money for the winners.
Balls to you Lance..er sorry – nuts, ohhh I mean… good on you. I just hope all this shit doesn't screw up your Presidential bid. Just stay away from the pot. That shit is worse than EPO. Good thing the french don't mind a toke here and there…
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"I was down in Bloomfield last year, had to move down there for work, but I'm happy to be back," said Holden, head coach of Port Huron United. "There's definitely been some progression made with the program. The guys have worked hard in all the offseason, making sure they're improving their game, and there's a level of dedication here that is really impressive to me."
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Tale number 1: Are you sitting comfortably? Then let us begin… A lady of our acquaintance thought it might be nice to treat five friends who had seen her through a difficult patch to a stay at Le Manoir aux' Quat'Saisons. She decided upon afternoon tea, dinner and a night's stay and duly phoned up to make the reservation, only to be told that it was impossible to book a single night's stay over a weekend; it was only acceptable to book two nights, a package well beyond her already-generous budget. She rejoined with a decisive 'Up yours, then', based on the notion that if they didn't want her business that badly, she didn't particularly want to give it to them. The ladies went off to have a delightful experience somewhere a lot less costly and a lot more hospitable towards that budget.
Tale number 2: Another lady of our acquaintance (goodness me, these ladies get about) wanted to treat herself and a friend to lunch at The Hind's Head, Heston Blumenthal's pub in Bray. They figured upon a lazy lunch, a stroll by the river and perhaps a drink back at the pub before setting off home. Reservations were made – not without difficulty because tables are hard to come by if you fancy eating there within 6 months of your first intention to do so – plans were laid out and anticipation of an excellent lunch was high. Two days before the lunch, the lady received a text (not a phonecall, nothing so courteous) informing her that her table was only available for two hours and if they were more than 15 minutes late on the day, the table would be given away. No matter what disaster may arise through traffic or circumstances beyond their control; should they miss their slot, they could just b*gger off and take their custom elsewhere. They did indeed, you'll be glad to hear, b*gger off and take their custom elsewhere.
So what does this tell us? Frankly, it doesn't reflect well on the so-called hospitality industry. Clearly business is booming if high-end hotels can enforce a two-night rule over weekends (putting it well beyond most people's treat budget) and pubs can treat their customers with such disdain. And the thing is, these stories aren't actually especially unusual. Nearly every top-end venue has such rules and regulations – the restrictions on table time are notorious around London particularly, which makes any eating experience, no matter how wondrous the food, something more akin to a McDonald's, only less restful.
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PADUCAH, Ky. (9/6/13) – Faculty, staff and students at West Kentucky Community and Technical College know a little more about how they might react if a shooter came on the campus. The college went on lockdown for about two hours during a mock active shooter drill Thursday, September 5.
Even though she knew it was a drill, nursing student Courtney Coleman of Graves County couldn't help but still be apprehensive as she listened to the sounds of simulated gunfire and police officials swarming outside her classroom in the Allied Health Building.
"It was pretty real when they were shooting right outside our door so my heart was actually racing then, even though I knew it was fake, said Coleman. "But I think it helped us and also the responders because they know what to do if something did happen."
In some classrooms, faculty and students heard knocks on the doors with voices asking for the door to be opened. "It was good for us because if it really happened, we know not to open the door for anybody until we got the "all clear" from someone official," said fellow nursing student Kayla Delapp of Graves County.
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Local law enforcement agencies, emergency personnel, the college's crisis management team, campus security and WKCTC students, faculty and college staff participated in the exercise.
"The purpose of the exercise was to provide participants the opportunity to respond and evaluate critical decisions and actions that are necessary to protect and save lives in the event of an active shooter event on campus," said Steve Orazine, WKCTC's Director of Security. "This showed everyone who participated what could happen, what might happen and what to do in case it does happen."
It was the second time the college had conducted in a mock emergency drill. "We have employees on campus as well as students who weren't here the first time we had a full mock-up drill, so this was their first experience," Orazine said. "This drill gave them an idea that should a real situation occur - how to react and hopefully they will instinctively act to keep themselves and others safe."
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Pawtucket – Gail M. (Lemieux) DeCarlo, 57, passed away unexpectedly at home on Saturday, March 2, 2013. She was the beloved daughter of Ida B. (Costa) and Albert E. Cartwright of Pawtucket and the beloved daughter of the late Donald Lemieux. Gail was an avid reader and enjoyed completing puzzles; going to the beach and eating Chinese Food. Besides her loving mother and step-dad, she leaves her devoted companion of many years, Tom Kapp; two daughters; Leeann DeCarlo of Smithfield and Melissa DeCarlo of Pawtucket; three grandchildren, Lexus, Ella and Joshua; three siblings, Shirley Bergeron of Pawtucket, Brenda Sweet of Seekonk and Steven Cartwright of Pawtucket and many nieces and nephews. Her funeral will be held Thursday at 9 a.m. from WILLIAM W. TRIPP Funeral Home, 1008 Newport Ave., Pawtucket, followed by a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. in St. Anthony Church, 32 Lawn Ave., Pawtucket. Interment will follow at Mount Saint Mary Cemetery, Pawtucket. VISITATION will be Wednesday 4 – 8 p.m. In lieu of flowers, memorial gifts to the St. Jude Children's Hospital, P.O. Box 1000, Dept. 142, Memphis, TN 38148-0142 will be appreciated. TRIPPFUNERALHOME.com
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November 12, 2014
Editorial — Please honor veterans for their service
November 4, 2014
It's that time of year again, time to celebrate and remember veterans at ceremonies across the area.
But the men and women who served or died in military service to their country should be remembered and honored all year.
Members of our military are still fighting and dying in remote areas all around the world.
Here are ways you can keep the spirit of Veterans Day going:
Civil savior — Scout spearheads Civil War gravestone restoration project
September 30, 2014
Nearly 112 years after his death, Civil War infantryman Allan Day has gotten a new gravestone, thanks to a local Boy Scout project.
Day, born in October 1831, died Nov. 7, 1902, in Issaquah. He served in Co. K, 43rd Wisconsin Infantry in the Civil War. His stone over the years had turned a dark gray, and his information was illegible.
That has happened to most of the 18 gravestones of known Civil War veterans buried in Issaquah's Hillside Cemetery. All of them need to be replaced.
Eagle Scout's Project Restores Civil War Gravestones
September 30, 2014
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Many people came out to celebrate and remember veterans at ceremonies across the area on Memorial Day.
But the men and women who served or died in military service to their country should be remembered and honored all year.
Members of our military are still fighting and dying in remote areas all around the world.
VFW offers scholarships
July 30, 2013
The Veterans of Foreign Wars offers scholarship programs in the Issaquah School District to all levels of education.
The VFW Department of Washington rewards the Youth Essay Program for grades three to five, while the other two scholarships, Patriot's Pen for grades six to eight and Voice of Democracy for grades nine to 12, include competition on the national level.
Scholarships for those up to grade eight take the form of savings bonds. High school scholarships, including awards of up to $30,000 for the national first-place winner, go directly to the recipient's American university, college, vocational or technical school.
Businesses offer Veterans Day freebies to honor military service
November 8, 2012
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Freebies abound for veterans and active-duty military personnel for Veterans Day, as local businesses seek to honor military members' service.
The offerings include complimentary burgers, car washes, haircuts and more. Other businesses rolled out programs to aid veterans and active-duty personnel.
Brown Bear Car Wash is offering free Bear Essentials car washes to all current or former military members on Veterans Day, Nov. 11. The company operates car washes in Issaquah at 22121 S.E. 56th St. and in Sammamish at 3050 228th Ave. S.E.
"The event is our way of demonstrating appreciation for those who currently serve our country and have made sacrifices on behalf of all of us," Brown Bear Car Wash President Vic Odermat, a U.S. Marine veteran, said in a statement. "It reflects our bond to the communities we serve, including a large armed services presence here."
Issaquah's Veterans Day ceremony honors locals' service
November 6, 2012
Due to its growing popularity, the service that the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 3436 hosts honoring local services members will be in a new location this year.
David Waggoner, of the Issaquah VFW, figures the Issaquah Valley Senior Center will be large enough to house the 60 to 70 expected attendees. All residents are invited, regardless of whether they've served in the military.
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October 2, 2012
Salmon Days revelers can get a firsthand look at a Vietnam-era river patrol boat, similar to the ones featured in the film "Apocalypse Now," at this year's event.
The Northwest chapter of the Gamewardens Association Inc., Vietnam to Present, will participate in the parade aboard a fully operational Mark II Patrol Boat, River, or PBR, on Saturday. The group will also offer guided tours of the boat at the Issaquah Salmon Hatchery.
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VFW hosts Memorial Day commemoration in Issaquah
May 22, 2012
Issaquah residents will have the opportunity to remember and celebrate local veterans who have given their lives in the line of military service at 10 a.m. May 28 at Issaquah's Hillside Cemetery in an annual observance of Memorial Day.
The Issaquah High School Junior Naval ROTC will facilitate a 21-gun salute and provide the color guard for the event. It will be the final public performance of the group after more than 40 years of service, event organizer Dave Waggoner said. ROTC will no longer be offered at the school after this school year.


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Every time I saw several US flags around some place, I had a feeling that something is wrong. Last time it was a cemetery with about 20 or more flags. This time I decided to analyze why I think it's wrong. One US flag near McDonalds is fine, one flag on the next house is fine also, but dozens of them around car dealer place -- the reason why it is wrong is semiotic, I believe. The US flag is a symbol of the country, there is only one US => there should be only one flag. When there are more, they lose this symbolic function and become simple decoration. Why not to use decorations, then?
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Yes, I agree. The display and exploitation of the flag and patriotism for commercial purposes or otherwise for personal or corporate gain is pretty pathetic. Usually it's obvious enough that it can be seen for what it is though. This should be separated from businesses that display a single flag in a proper manner, and not for any ulterior purpose.
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May 26, 2003 19:53:00
When there are more, they lose this symbolic function and become simple decoration.
You're absolutely right IMHO. Patriotism, at least for me, is what I feel inside, not some ostentatious window dressing. I think too many are just going along with the crowd by displaying the flag. That isn't to say that it is wrong to do so, but one should consider the reasons for doing so.
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May 26, 2003 23:24:00
There seems to be a different attitude towards flags in the UK. While many people are very patriotic, flying the Union Jack outside a business or home is a little eccentric. It looks odd to me to see the flag outside of anywhere other than a national monument, historical building or military base.
Actually the Union Jack has some negative associations in the UK because of its use by political organisations with overly nationalist agendas and the fact that many Britons have a partly negative and cynical attitude towards Britain. Flying the flag could mark you as a bit old fashioned or worse, a mindless bigot or football hooligan. In other words, dumb.
Over the past year or so though, it seems to have been reclaimed somewhat, probably due to the World Cup, the death of the Queen Mother and the Queen's jubilee celebrations. To be frank it took me by surprise, cynical lefty that I am. I found myself actually being caught up in the general feeling of "its great to be British!", although I still don't know all the words to the national anthem!
I don't know if other Brits would agree with me but that's how I see it.
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Although I tend to agree with Oscar Wilde that patriotism is the last refuge of the scoundrel, I am happy to display the Union Flag to ensure it does not get entirely apropriated by the very far right.
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There is one exception. The flags on the graves of veterans.
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Fowler, William Alfred (1911-1995), an American nuclear astrophysicist, developed a theory of the evolution and death of stars. For his work, Fowler was one of two recipients of the 1983 Nobel Prize in physics. He shared the prize with the American physicist Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, who also worked on processes of stellar evolution. Fowler and his colleagues at the California Institute of Technology (Caltech) are considered the founders of the field of nuclear astrophysics.
According to Fowler's theory, during the evolution of stars, lighter elements are continuously joined together to form heavier elements. The reactions involved produce light and heat. He suggested that supernova (explosion of an unstable star) produces the final synthesis of the heaviest elements. Fowler's theory, developed during the 1950's, explained the formation of all chemical elements in the universe. Later research confirmed the theory.
Fowler was born in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. He studied ceramic engineering at Ohio State University, and during the course he developed an interest in physics. After graduating, Fowler went on to Caltech, where he received his Ph.D. degree in nuclear physics in 1936. He then taught physics and carried out research at the W. K. Kellogg Radiation Laboratory at Caltech until his retirement in 1982.
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