Steven Weinberg, Big Science & Forrest Brown, Progressive Change

July 12, 2012

Steven Weinberg, Nobel Prize laureate in Physics and National Medal of Science recipient, explains the significance of the Higgs boson particle and the importance of big science.  How have attitudes toward science have changed and the implications of not funding big science.   His latest book, Lake Views: This World and the Universe.  And, from Netroots Nation, Sam’s interview with Forrest Brown, marketing director for Progressive Change Campaign Committee

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