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Good for science, and society

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APS meetings are great for showcasing science – the MiniBooNE result, top charge, gravity probe B – and for relating science and society. I’m at a discussion of Sputnik’s influence on US science education. It is astounding how a single trigger event can spur a President and a nation to work with scientists to revamp US science education. Did you know the dept. of ed. only became a cabinet position in 1980? Wild.

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I am a husband, son, and physicist. I am Research Group Manager in the Research Division at SNOLAB and a Professor of Physics at Queen's University. I like to do a little bit of everything: writing, running, biking, hiking, drumming, gardening, carpentry, computer programming, painting, drawing, eating and sleeping. I earned a Ph.D. in Physics in 2004 from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, I love to spend time with my family. All things written in here are my own, unless otherwise attributed.

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