Barry B. Luokkala

Barry B. Luokkala

Barry Luokkala is an author and a teaching professor and director of undergraduate laboratories in the department of physics at Carnegie Mellon University. He received his BS and MS degrees in physics at the University of Pittsburgh, where he did experimental research in the physics and chemistry of the ionosphere. He received his PhD in experimental condensed matter physics at Carnegie Mellon University. He has also served as program director for the Pennsylvania Governor’s School for the Sciences and has been a science consultant for the Sloan Foundation Screenplay Competition in Carnegie Mellon’s School of Drama.

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Exploring Science through Science Fiction, Second Edition
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Exploring Science through Science Fiction, Second Edition
  • By: Barry B. Luokkala
  • Narrator: Keith Sellon-Wright
  • Length: 13 hours 11 minutes
  • Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
  • Publish date: January 01, 2021
  • Language: English
This audiobook uses science fiction film as a vehicle for exploring science concepts. Over one hundred references to science fiction films and television episodes are included, spanning more than one hundred years of cinematic history. Includes... Read more

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