[Lex Computer & Tech Group/LCTG] Our next speaker

[Michael Alexander]

The subject of older scientists and engineers is dead to my heart:  During grad school, one of my professional heroes was Professor Neville Mott of Cambridge University.  Throughout his long career, he made significant contributions, and was active, professionally, into his 90s.  He was awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics for work he did in his 60s – opening up the theory of the electronic structure of amorphous (glassy) solids.
Incidentally, my doctoral thesis and first physics publications were in a related area, the “Semiconductor-to-Metal Transition”, which was also pioneered by Professor Mott.

    – Mike Alexander



On Thursday, October 20, 2022, 6:58 PM, Harry Forsdick <forsdick at gmail.com> wrote:

Folks,
Michael Hecht will be our speaker next Wednesday.  Mike sent me an article that appeared in the Boston Globe in 2015 as they were just starting the project they will be talking about:   
   - https://docs.google.com/document/d/1GV5ljy-WhR6PMoQBmFo2o6PXjVrUYALOUGZ19nfOMu4/edit?usp=sharing   

The theme of the article seems to be, "Even older scientists and engineers can come up with innovative ideas."  Really?  Who would have thought that was possible...  :-)  Of course Mike is one of the younger members of the team at 61.  
This should be an interesting talk about a current project that has gotten a lot of recent attention in the press.
Regards,
-- Harry



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