The Structure and Interpretation of Computer Programs

American Studies C132B, 001 - Fall 2014 Intellectual History of the United States since 1865 - Richard Candida Smith All Rights Reserved

Saul Perlmutter tells why he loves working at UC Berkeley, one of the only places where research like that which led to his Nobel Prize, can be carried out. Perlmutter, who led one of two teams that simultaneously discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe, has been awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics, to be shared with two other scientists, including former UC Berkeley postdoc Adam Riess. The discovery in 1998 led to the realization that the universe is largely composed of an enigmatic "dark energy." Video produced by Roxanne Makasdjian, UC Berkeley Media Relations http://newscenter.berkeley.edu/

David Simon presented his lecture as part of the Townsend Center for the Humanities' Forum on the Humanities and the Public World. Simon is a Baltimore-based author, journalist and writer-producer of television, specializing in criminal justice and urban issues. He is the creator, executive producer and head writer of the critically acclaimed original HBO series "The Wire."