Berkeley Prof Wins Physics Nobel!

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of California - Berkeley
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<p>Go Bears!</p>

<p><a href="http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/10/03_nobelph.shtml%5B/url%5D"&gt;http://www.berkeley.edu/news/media/releases/2006/10/03_nobelph.shtml&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p>

<p>Cheers,
CUgrad</p>

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<p>co-recipient was also a Berkeley alumni (PhD '74)</p>

<p>Smoot is also teaching an undergrad physics course next semester</p>

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<p>he's teaching 7B right now isn't he? I chose Packard over him though</p>

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<p>His first 7B midterm from last year yielded a median score of 33 out of 120 points, with a standard deviation of 8 points (which is like two multiple choice questions). Still can't forgive him for that...</p>

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<p>crazy! it's so amazing that one of your professors can suddenly win a nobel prize. should see his facial expression when he taught today!</p>

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<p>His class doesn't meet until tomorrow (11-12 in 1 LeConte).</p>

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<p>Oh right. In that case I can still go to tomorrow's lecture just to see him :D</p>

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<p>it's funny to see how poor his ratemyprofessors rating is - i took packard over him too</p>

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<p>Indeed -- teaching and research are two completely different things.</p>

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<p>"teaching and research are two completely different things."</p>

<p>Tru dat. I've had really, really famous professors that weren't that great, and I've had relatively unknown (although everyone there is a little famous) professors who where absolutely great teachers. That isn't to say that you can't have both.</p>

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<p>did you read the second most recent post on the ratemyprofessor.com for Smooth? I thought that was freakin funny.</p>

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His first 7B midterm from last year yielded a median score of 33 out of 120 points, with a standard deviation of 8 points (which is like two multiple choice questions). Still can't forgive him for that...

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Wow. That is insane.</p>

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<p>[url=<a href="http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/%7Ephy7b/exams/Sp06-MT1-Smoot-Exam-comp.pdf%5DHere%5B/url"&gt;http://ist-socrates.berkeley.edu/%7Ephy7b/exams/Sp06-MT1-Smoot-Exam-comp.pdf]Here[/url&lt;/a&gt;] is the exam in question. Lots of multiple choice questions about trivial things that students have never seen before.</p>

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<p>Well, I have a feeling he won't be teaching undergraduate physics anymore after this semester...</p>

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Well, I have a feeling he won't be teaching undergraduate physics anymore after this semester...

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<p>:rolleyes:</p>

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:rolleyes:

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<p>That emoticon is keeping you over ten...Save em for AIM I say...</p>

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<p>Actually that emoticon keeps him at exactly ten. How convenient.</p>