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Physics 10: Physics for Future Presidents. Spring 2006. Professor Richard A. Muller. The most interesting and important topics in physics, stressing conceptual understanding rather than math, with applications to current events. Topics covered may vary and may include energy and conservation, radioactivity, nuclear physics, the Theory of Relativity, lasers, explosions, earthquakes, superconductors, and quantum physics. [courses] [physics10] [spring2006] Credits: lecturer:Professor Richard A. Muller, producers:Educational Technology Services

最近物理界很有趣的一个八卦新闻就是一位学粒子物理学的博士Michael Binger夺得"World Series of Poker"决赛的第三名,获得四百万美圆的奖金.

Jo Anne 在Cosmic Variance上说Binger几个月前刚刚在SLAC获得了物理学博士学位,是一个真正的理论物理学博士.因为他特殊的身份,大赛网站上还有一个对他的采访.采访说:Michael Binger hopes to continue doing research in physics without having to run the rat-race of getting a job and impressing all the right people as he puts it. A win here at the World Series of Poker Main Event would definitely give him the freedom to do pretty much anything he wants.有了这400多万奖金,他似乎真的可以实现他的梦想.