[Emeriti-faculty] TODAY's Colloquium of George Smith

["Gunther, Leon" <L Gunther tufts edu>]

Dear All,
 I encourage, I urge everyone to attend today's colloquium  by George 
Smith, who is treasure to have on our campus.
We Physicists know how to do Physics without knowing the history of 
Physics or even knowing the basis for the assumptions we make. George has 
studied many aspects of this subject.  He is not one of the numerous 
philosophers of science who can write a lot and publish papers but don't 
make honest contact with the reality of doing Physics. He is also an 
engineer and a world renowned authority on Isaac Newton's Principia 
Mathematica.

     I believe that having such a more solid understanding will improve 
our teaching and might have a role to play for those Physicists who are 
dealing with the frontiers of fundamental Physics development.


Leon Gunther

Professor of Physics
Tufts University
Medord, MA 02155

office: 617-627-5361
fax: 617-627-3878

Robinson Hall 357