Talk 2

Albert Einstein famously said that imagination is more important than knowledge. The classical scientific method involves testing hypotheses with experimental data, but where do hypotheses come from anyway? All scientists are people with stories, and the actual practice of science by real people involves imagining what is and was and yet may be. Explore the interplay of imagination and experiment in science with an accomplished climate scientist.

Scott Denning is currently a professor of Atmospheric Science at Colorado State University, where he has been working since 1998. He works with many groups to learn about and understand the metabolism of the Earth’s biosphere. He is also the Director of Education and Diversity for the Center of Multiscale Modeling of Atmospheric Processes. He graduated from the University of Maine with a Geology degree, then got his PhD at Colorado State University. He speaks about global climate to a variety of age groups.

https://biocycle.atmos.colostate.edu/people/scott-denning/