Dr. Rebecca Thompson, the Outreach Director of the American Physical Society ; With Respect 10/21/18

John’s guest this week is Dr. Rebecca Thompson, the Outreach Director of the American Physical Society, an international organization of physicists. She leads their efforts in getting out to the world at large the importance of physics in real life, and brings the concerns of the people in the outside world to the physicists. She uses everyday cultural and scientific examples, such as Wonder Woman and other superheroes, together with journeys through space to illustrate he points.