Clint Sprott

Sprott presenting his show, "The Wonders of Physics", at the 2011 National Science Olympiad in Madison, Wisconsin.

Julien Clinton Sprott is a professor of physics who teaches at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Biography

Clint Sprott was born on 16 September 1942 in Memphis, Tennessee. He earned his bachelor's degree from MIT in 1964 and his Ph.D. in physics from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1969. His professional interests are in experimental plasma physics and chaos theory.

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

Trivia

• Clifford A. Pickover's website is hosted on Sprott's web server. In fact, Pickover considers Sprott to be one of "today's people" [1].

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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