TTC - Earths Changing Climate

TTC - Earths Changing Climate

The Teaching Company (2007)

Earth?s Changing Climate
Professor Richard Wolfson

Professor of Physics and Environmental Studies, Middlebury College
Richard Wolfson is the Benjamin F. Wissler Professor of Physics at Middlebury College. He did his undergraduate work at MIT and Swarthmore College, graduating from Swarthmore with a double major in physics and philosophy. He holds a master?s degree in environmental studies from the University of Michigan and a Ph.D. in physics from Dartmouth. Dr. Wolfson?s published work encompasses such diverse fields as medical physics, plasma physics, solar energy engineering, electronic circuit design, observational astronomy, theoretical astrophysics, nuclear issues, and climate change. His current research involves the eruptive behavior of the Sun?s outer atmosphere, or corona, as well as terrestrial climate change and the Sun-Earth connection.
Professor Wolfson is particularly interested in making science relevant to nonscientists and to students from all walks of academic life. His textbook, Physics for Scientists and Engineers (Addison Wesley, 1999), saw three editions and has been translated into several languages; it was followed by Essential University Physics (Addison Wesley, 2006). Dr. Wolfson?s books Nuclear Choices: A Citizen?s Guide to Nuclear Technology (MIT Press, 1993) and Simply Einstein: Relativity Demystified (W.W. Norton, 2003) exemplify his interest in making science understandable to nonscientists. His latest book, Energy, Environment, and Climate (W.W. Norton, 2007), is an undergraduate textbook accessible to general readers. He has also published in Scientific American and writes for World Book Encyclopedia. His previous courses for The Teaching Company include Einstein?s Relativity and the Quantum Revolution: Modern Physics for Nonscientists (1999) and Physics in Your Life (2004). Dr. Wolfson has spent sabbaticals at the National Center for Atmospheric Research in Boulder, Colorado; at St. Andrews University in Scotland; and at Stanford University.


Lecture One..... Is Earth Warming?
Lecture Two..... Butterflies, Glaciers, and Hurricanes
Lecture Three... Ice Ages and Beyond
Lecture Four.... In the Greenhouse
Lecture Five.... A Tale of Three Planets
Lecture Six..... Global Recycling
Lecture Seven... The Human Factor
Lecture Eight... Computing the Future
Lecture Nine.... Impacts of Climate Change
Lecture Ten..... Energy and Climate
Lecture Eleven.. Energy: Resources and Alternatives
Lecture Twelve.. Sustainable Futures?

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