Julien Clinton Sprott is a professor of physics

Physics

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 who teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Madison

University of Wisconsin–Madison

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Biography

Clint Sprott was born on 16 September 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. He earned his bachelor's degree from MIT

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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 in 1964 and his Ph.D.

Doctor of Philosophy

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 in physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1969. His professional interests are in experimental plasma physics

Plasma (physics)

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 and chaos theory

Chaos theory

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In 1984, the University of Wisconsin–Madison began a program called The Wonders of Physics, which Sprott presented in a typical travelling showman

Showman

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 style to audiences of all ages. The show has been presented on the Madison campus over 200 times to a total audience of over 60,000 over a period of 25 years. His shows are available freely as streaming video

Streaming media

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 from his website.

Trivia

• Clifford A. Pickover
  Clifford A. Pickover
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  's website is hosted on Sprott's web server. In fact, Pickover considers Sprott to be one of "today's people" http://sprott.physics.wisc.edu/pickover/pickover_report.html.

External links

• Sprott's Gateway
• Sprott's home page
• The Wonders of Physics - with free streaming video
• The Wonders of Physics videos on Google Video
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