Colloquia

Professor Richter is the co-winner of the 1976 Nobel Prize in physics for the discovery of the J/Ψ particle which was the first observation of a particle containing a fourth quark named the charm quark and was a central part of the so-called November revolution of particle physics. He has accumulated many other honors in his career including a long tenure as the director of Stanford Linear Acceleratory Laboratory from 1984 to 1999. He has also been the recipient of the E.O. Lawrence Medal, has served as president of the American Physical Society, and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. He presently serves on the board of directors of Scientists and Engineers for America, an organization focused on promoting sound science in American government and is a Senior Fellow by Courtesy of the Center for Environmental Science and Policy at Stanford Institute for International Studies. In the past several years Professor Richter has turned his attention to the central problem of the 21st century, the effect of human activity on the global climate. He has written a book with the same title as his lecture.