13–17 May 2024
University of Pittsburgh / Carnegie Mellon University
US/Eastern timezone

Thinking Like a Physicist, for Non-Physicists

14 May 2024, 16:30
15m
Barco Law Building 109 (University of Pittsburgh)

Barco Law Building 109

University of Pittsburgh

Outreach, Community Engagement & DEI Outreach, Community Engagement & DEI

Speaker

Jennifer Kile

Description

Aside from specialized skills, physicists also have quantitative skills useful in a wide variety of contexts. Among these are the abilities to quantify uncertainty and make useful approximations. These skills, if practiced by members of the general public, can help in understanding scientific results, in understanding the progress of science, in evaluating claims from non-scientific sources, and in taking into account the limitations of approximate models. In this talk, I discuss some efforts to make these skills intelligible to a more mainstream audience.

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