Entanglement, decoherence, and the measurement problem, preprint posted on arXiv.
POWERPOINT PRESENTATIONS:
- Review and Resolution of Schrodinger’s Cat, summary of paper in Contemporary Physics
- The Anthropocene (global warming), powerpoint talk.
- Teaching controversial topics in the physics classroom, powerpoint, talk at AAPT meeting, July 2013, Portland.
- Teaching social topics in the physics classroom, powerpoint, poster at AAPT meeting, July 2013, Portland.
- Building Scientific Literacy, powerpoint, keynote talk at AAPT regional meeting, Oct 2011.
- Writing about science, powerpoint, APS meeting, St. Louis, 2008.
PUBLICATIONS:
- A realist analysis of six controversial quantum issues, in Mario Bunge Festschrift (Springer, 2019), pp. 329-348.
- Review and suggested resolution of the problem of Schrodinger’s cat. Contemporary Physics 2017.
- Tales of the Quantum, published by Oxford University Press, 2017.
- Two-photon interferometry and quantum state collapse, Physical Review A 88, 022105 (2013).
- There are no particles, there are only fields, Am J Phys, Mar 2013, 211-223.
- Commentary on “There are no particles …,” Am J Phys, Sep 2013, 645,
- Further commentary on “There are no particles …,” Am J Phys, Sep 2013, 707-711,
- Teaching quantum nonlocality, The Physics Teacher, May 2012, 270-273.
- Writing for non-scientists about physics, The Physics Teacher, May 2011, pp. 298-299.
- Teaching quantum uncertainty, The Physics Teacher, October 2011, pp. 434-437.
- A better way to increase physics majors: greater emphasis on concepts, FEd Newsletter, Summer 2010, pp. 9-11.
- Teaching elementary particle physics, Part I, The Physics Teacher, Jan 2011, pp. 12-15.
- Teaching elementary particle physics, Part II, The Physics Teacher, Mar 2011, pp. 136-138.
- Review: J Hansen’s Storms of my Grandchildren, Physics & Society, July 2010, pp. 22-23.
- What the world needs now: scientific literacy, Purdue University College of Science “Insights” magazine, Spring 2010
- The plausibility of global warming, The Physics Teacher, Jan 2010, pp. 77-78.
- Response to “The Scandal of Quantum Mechanics,” Am J Phys, Apr 2009, p. 293.
- The surprising effectiveness of college scientific literacy courses, The Physics Teacher, Oct 2008, pp. 404-406.
- Winning the Climate Race, Physics & Society, Jan 2008.
- Comments on Rosenblum & Kuttner’s book Quantum Enigma, and responses, Am J Phys, Oct 2007, pp. 869-870.
- Unintelligent Design, Interactions, Mar/Apr 2007, pp. 23-24.
- Resource Letter PSEn-1: Physics and Society: Energy, Am J Phys, Apr 2007, pp. 294-308
- Teaching quantum physics without paradoxes, The Physics Teacher, Feb 2007, pp. 96-99
- Science Literacy and Backward Priorities, The Physics Teacher, Nov 2006, pp. 488-489
- Physics For All, AAPT Millikan Lecture, presented July 2006, pub in Am J Phys, Dec 2006, pp. 1048-1054
- Science and Society: we’re not paying our dues, The Physics Teacher, Apr 2006, pp. 255-256
- Electrons as field quanta: a better way to teach quantum physics, Am J of Physics, Jul 2005, 630-634.
- Teaching E = mc^2: mass without mass, The Physics Teacher, .Feb 2005, pp. 80-82
- Review: Science Literacy in 21st Century, Physics In Perspective, Sep 2004
- Words Matter, APS Forum on Education Newsletter, Summer 2004, pp. 2-4
- Energy and Work: the meaning of energy, The Physics Teacher, May 2004, p. 260
- Review: Climate Protection Strategies for 21st Century, Physics & Society, Apr 2004
- Energy flow diagrams for teaching physics concepts, in The Physics Teacher, Feb 2004, pp. 113-117
- Evidence that science literacy courses have significant national impact, APS Forum on Educ Newslett, Sum 2003, 10-12
- The population game, pub. in The Physics Teacher, Apr 2003, pp. 227-233
- Physics literacy, energy, and the environment, pub. in Physics Education, Mar 2003, pp. 109-114
- Advanced placement reexamined, Physics Today, Dec 2002, p. 12
- Enlivening introductory physics with SETI, pub. in The Physics Teacher, Oct 2001, pp. 436-44.
- Growth in undergraduate physics at the University of Arkansas, APS Forum on Education Newsletter, Spring 2001, pp. 26-27
- Teaching relevant science for scientific literacy, J of College Science Teaching, Dec 2000, pp. 238-243
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