Albert Bartlett

Albert A. Bartlett is an emeritus Professor of Physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. Professor Bartlett has lectured over 1,500 times on "Arithmetic, Population, and Energy".

Bartlett joined the faculty of the University of Colorado in Boulder in September 1950. His B.A. degree in physics is from Colgate University (1944) and his M.A. and Ph.D. degrees in physics are from Harvard University (1948), (1951). In 1978 he was national president of the American Association of Physics Teachers. He is a Fellow of the American Physical Society and of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. In 1969 and 1970 he served two terms as the elected Chair of the four-campus Faculty Council of the University of Colorado.

Bartlett is a modern-day Malthusian.

Professor Bartlett often explains how sustainable growth is an oxymoron. His view is based on the fact that a modest percentage growth can equate to huge escalations over short periods of time. He has famously stated that "The greatest shortcoming of the human race is our inability to understand the exponential function"."

He regards overpopulation as "The Greatest Challenge" facing humanity, and promotes sustainable living. Bartlett opposes the cornucopian school of thought (as advocated by people such as Julian Lincoln Simon), and refers to it as [http://www.hubbertpeak.com/bartlett/flatearth.htm The New Flat Earth Society] .

J. B. Calvert (1999) has proposed that [http://www.du.edu/~jcalvert/econ/bartlett.htm Bartlett's Law] will result in the exhaustion of petrochemical resources due to the exponential growth of the world population (as per the Malthusian Growth Model).

Books

* [http://scimath.unl.edu/exp/expmain.html] "The Essential Exponential For the Future of Our Planet" a collection of essays by Professor Bartlett (2004). Center for Science, Mathematics and Computer Education, University of Nebraska-Lincoln. ISBN 0-9758973-0-6

ee also

* Exponential growth
* Thomas Robert Malthus - the originator of the Malthusian catastrophe argument

References

* [http://www.energybulletin.net/4153.html Professor talks at an exponential rate] Energy Bulletin article by Todd Neff.

External links

* [http://jclahr.com/bartlett/ Albert A. Bartlett's homepage]
* [http://www.hubbertpeak.com/bartlett/bio.htm biography]
* [http://www.globalpublicmedia.com/lectures/461 "Arithmetic, Population, and Energy" by Professor Albert Bartlett] Free audio and video 57 minute lecture
* [http://jclahr.com/bartlett/arithmetic.html "Arithmetic, Population, and Energy" by Professor Albert Bartlett] Text of lecture (extracts)
* [http://globalpublicmedia.com/dr_albert_bartlett_in_depth " "Dr. Albert Bartlett, In Depth" on Global Public Media] June 2007 Interview with Dr. Bartlett
* [http://members.optusnet.com.au/exponentialist/Bartlett.htm Analysis of Bartlett's "Arithmetic, Population, and Energy" presentation] - Exponentialist website
* [http://www.ecofuture.org/pop/rpts/bartlett_pop_prob.html "Is There a Population Problem"?] Ecofuture website
* [http://jclahr.com/bartlett/malthusian.html "The Massive Movement to Marginalise the Modern Malthusian Message"] article by Professor Albert Bartlett
* [http://fire.pppl.gov/energy_population_pt_0704.pdf "Thoughts on Long-term Energy Supplies - Scientists and the Silent Lie"] article on energy and population in Physics Today (2004)
* [http://www.descopist.nl/2006/03/03/u-bent-gewaarschuwd/ "Dutch Management Article"] Article by Willem Middeloop at Dutch management forum De Scopist
* [http://parlinfo.parliament.qld.gov.au/isysquery/f1b65d6e-e179-4249-8e9b-b5e8f5cdc1e8/17/doc/Andrew%20McNamara%20spk%20Hervey%20Bay%202007_06_07_64.pdf#xml=http://parlinfo.parliament.qld.gov.au/isysquery/f1b65d6e-e179-4249-8e9b-b5e8f5cdc1e8/17/hilite/ "Clean Coal Technology"] Speech by Andrew McNamara MP on clean coal and report by Professor Bartlett
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=F-QA2rkpBSY Arithmetic, Population & Energy, Part I] @YouTube.com (Part 1 of 8)
* [http://youtube.com/watch?v=qHuwgxrTKPo Arithmetic, Population & Energy, Part II] @YouTube.com (Part 5 of 8, 1-4 missing)
* [http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-5051121482067161853 Arithmetic, Population & Energy] @Google (entire video)
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM1x4RljmnE Understanding Exponential Growth] - Video clip 8.5min