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Richard Muller is professor of physics at the University of California, Berkeley. He is a past winner of the MacArthur Fellowship. Physics for Future Presidents is based on his renowned course for non-science students.

 

 Why Must World Leaders Know Physics?

Imagine it: You are the President and a terrorist has planted a dirty bomb in midtown Manhattan. What do you do? How do you react? If you don't know anything about Physics you won't be able to act quickly or wisely. But if you do. . .

Physics_for_future_presidents_1b_3Future presidents (and voters) can't afford to be ignorant about nuclear weapons. Physics for Future Presidents gives you the knowledge necessary to survive in today's political and increasingly nuclear world.

What is the difference between a Uranium bomb, a Plutonium bomb, and a Hydrogen bomb? What are the real dangers of nuclear waste? Find out what you need to know about radiation and nukes .

Physics is also critical to our understanding of Energy, Space and Global Warming. You can read exercpts from Physics for Future Presidents here .

 

Co-working has come to Sonoma County.

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To view the SoCo Depot website click here .

Click here for a slide show of the early development of the So Co Depot co-working space.

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The So Co Depot conference room (before the art went up).

Read what Mother Jones has written about the co-working phenomena.

There’s a list of other co-working sites worldwide when you scroll down here .

To read about the creator of CoWorking, Brad Neuberg, click here .

It's CAMP season in California once again.

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As of this summer, CAMP, the Campaign Against Marijuana Planting, has been underway for 25 years. They have charted the operation's annual impacts on charts on the state's CAMP website.

The Marijuana Policy Program argues that CAMP is not only ineffective but harmful to the community. They advocate the decriminalization of marijuana as a first step toward theregulation and control of its cultivation and use. You can read more about MPP here .

 

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To view the website that contains this map of the Bay Area Ridge Trail as well other useful information, click here.

There's a second trail project around San Francisco Bay, but running as close to the water as possible. Learn about the San Francisco Bay Trail here.

This unusual view of the Golden Gate Bridge can be seen as the Bay Trail crosses under the northern approach. There are sectional maps of this trail here.

 

For a list of upcomiong hikes on trails within the Sonoma County Open Space District, go here.

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