Albert Allen Bartlett
| Albert Allen Bartlett | |
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Albert A. Bartlett Los Alamos wartime security badge (c. 1944)
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| Born | Albert Allen Bartlett 21 March 1923 Shanghai, China |
| Died | 7 September 2013 (aged 90) Boulder, Colorado |
| Residence | United States |
| Nationality | United States |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions |
Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Colorado Boulder |
| Alma mater |
Colgate University Harvard University |
| Known for |
Population growth Sustainability Superconducting quantum interference device(No citation or evidence?) |
| Notable awards | AAPT Distinguished Service Citation (1970) Thomas Jefferson Award (1972) Robert L. Stearns Award (1974) Robert A. Millikan Award (1981) AAPT Melba Newell Phillips Award (1990) M. King Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education (2005) Lifetime Achievement Pacesetter Award (2006) Global Media Award for Excellence in Population Reporting (2008) |
| Spouse | Eleanor Bartlett |
Albert Allen Bartlett (born March 21, 1923 in Shanghai, died September 7, 2013 in Boulder, Colorado) was an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder, USA. As of July 2001[update] Professor Bartlett had lectured over 1,742 times since September, 1969 on Arithmetic, Population, and Energy. Bartlett regarded the word combination "sustainable growth" as an oxymoron, since even modest annual percentage population increases will inevitably equate to huge exponential growth over sustained periods of time. He therefore regarded human overpopulation as "The Greatest Challenge" facing humanity.
Bartlett received a B.A. in physics at Colgate University (1944), and an A.M. (1948) and Ph.D. (1951) in physics at Harvard University. Bartlett joined the faculty at the University of Colorado at Boulder in September 1950. In 1978 he was national president of the American Association of Physics Teachers. He was 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 at the university. He won the Robert A. Millikan award.
Professor Bartlett often explained how sustainable growth is a contradiction. His view was based on the fact that a modest percentage growth will equate to huge escalations over relatively short periods of time.
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