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SC 214 – Breakthroughs in Scrience 2019. Class presentations available for viewing.

Posted on June 19, 2020 by OLLI at UCI

BREAKTHROUGHS IN SCIENCE 2019

SC 214

December’s issue of Science magazine, the leading journal of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), goes out on a limb and describes the major scientific breakthroughs of the past year. We will review some of the selections, and discuss what qualifies them as breakthroughs, what the relevance to non-scientists may be, how future research pathways might be affected, and their status at the time of this presentation.

Presenters/Developers:   Robert B. Wilson,  NASA (ret.); Dennis Silverman. UCI Professor (ret.)

Class Presentations:

Robert Wilson – Breakthroughs 2019 June 12 as delivered-Wilson

Dennis Silverman – Breakthroughs 2019 -Silverman

Class Date: June 12, 2020

 

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