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New book tutors future presidents and public on science behind the headlines
Date:8/15/2008

he developing world will follow - our example of reducing carbon emissions or our example of generating enormous wealth."

Muller's efforts to present just the facts often earn him attacks from both sides of a debate, with each claiming he is on the other's side. One of his proudest moments came after a semester of discussion of nuclear bombs and terrorism and global warming, when a student asked him what his politics were.

"Just in asking the question, he gave me a great compliment," Muller said, noting that he refused to divulge his voting preferences. "Science should be nonpartisan, and that's how I try teach it."

Muller is unsure whether either presidential candidate has seen his book, but he has already gotten it into the hands of some of the candidates' senior advisors. His goal is not to turn the candidates into physicists, but to give them the knowledge they need to make more informed decisions, and to be better able to defend those decisions to the public.

"The book was really written for two people," he said, "though, ultimately, just for one. I just don't know which one."


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Contact: Robert Sanders
rsanders@berkeley.edu
510-643-6998
University of California - Berkeley
Source:Eurekalert

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