Physicists, rejoice! (Even more!)
Science magazine is reporting that Obama has chosen to nominate physicist John Holdren as his science adviser. The well-credentialed and -bearded Holdren is currently a professor of environmental policy at Harvard’s Kennedy School, as well as the director of the Science, Technology and Public Policy Program at the Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs. A top adviser to Obama’s campaign and world renowned expert on climate change, energy policy, and nuclear proliferation, Holdren is the second physicist to join the president-elect’s team, following Nobel Laureate Stephen Chu’s appointment as Secretary of Energy.
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December 18th, 2008 at 5:08 pm
[…] fellow Hive Overmind blogger Melissa Lafsky and Science magazine comes the news that Obama may be picking physicist John Holdren as his science […]
December 18th, 2008 at 5:59 pm
see also http://blogs.physicstoday.org/politics08/2008/12/john_holdren_to_be_announced_a.html for some more background information
December 18th, 2008 at 10:28 pm
It will be so nice to have actual science in use where science is cited. For eight years, facts have been treated as optional.
December 18th, 2008 at 10:45 pm
As exciting as all these announcements are, I think the problem is he’s picking people who would be great at solving environmental and energy problems, not devising national schemes to create incentives for others to come up with solutions. Nonetheless I’ll keep my fingers crossed with everyone else.
January 5th, 2009 at 3:01 am
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