Credit: NASA/Goddard/Wade Sisler
Physics is challenging every minute of every day. But the ideas
are so exciting, so wondrous, that we’re compelled to push onward,
and push through those challenges.
sanctuary in upstate New York, a little town called
Watkins Glen, and I learned about the dairy industry
and how the animals are so mistreated. I could feel it
coming, and a few days later, I just could not eat dairy
GREENE:
to bring science education to anybody who wants it.
And I mean that literally – it really can be for the high
challenging enough, for the college student who’s
RS: What is your favorite ice cream? Oh, wait! You don’t
eat ice cream – that strikes that question!
GREENE: “Well, that’s not true! So, there are now ice
creams that are dairy-free. My favorite one is … um …
goodness. Well, it’s my favorite but I can’t remember
its name. It’s a coconut vegan ice cream…it has
...um…I forgot its name, too. You can ask me about the
universe, but my favorite ice cream stumps me.
(He took to Google at this point.)
negative...OH! Cherry Amaretto, man, that is my
outside of the traditional instruction at their college.
It’s for the lifelong learner who gave up on science
many years ago, but has always wanted to reconnect
with it, and didn’t want to go back to college and enroll
in classes – but this is a way in which, in his or her own
time, one can immerse themselves in many wonderful
RS: How do you hope your students will utilize what they
have learned in your courses?
GREENE:
GREENE: “YES! So long as I could have my wife and my
kids. And my ice cream, too.“
which is not something that a student is going to apply
to everyday circumstances – it tells us how the world
behaves in unusual circumstances – when things are
moving very, very quickly.
Rather than thinking about somebody using this
RS: What was your inspiration for creating World Science
U and what kind of student did you have in mind?
want is for people to leave the class with a completely
changed perspective on how reality works