Science and Technology Studies

I am one of the many who believe in the need to share current scientific research with an interested public. The analysis and interpretation of recent scientific developments can be a most exciting and rewarding intellectual activity.

My current areas of interest are:

• Cosmology and Quantum Physics. I contend that the 20th century discoveries in Physics and Cosmology gave us answers to some of our deepest questions about the Universe. Partial theories explain the nature of matter and the large scale behavior of the Universe and we recently produced the M-Theory, nicknamed the "theory of everything". The M Theory, which explains both the micro and macro Universe, describes our Universe as evolving between a cycle of Big Bangs as part of an ensemble of parallel Universes. For details on this exciting area of research please use the link to my lectures in NATS1740.06 or buy my book “Exploration of the Universe” published by Pearson Custom Publishing in 2005 and 2008.

• Quantum Computing. Two current research and development areas fuel this 15 year old field: 1) chip technologists creating transistors of smaller and smaller sizes and 2) atomic physicists manipulating individual atoms with an increasing level of sophistication. The ultimate goal of each is a computer with transistors of atomic size, which will manipulate qubits to produce quantum-type calculations.