Problem Solving Introduction: This material introduces knowledge system theory and structured problem solving. The concept of science usability is introduced. The student should become familiar with the concepts of legitimacy, credibility, and salience. A good exercise is to choose at least one [...]
Early in my career, at NASA, I became a manager of organizations that employed scientists and computational specialists. I did not aspire to management. In fact, among my friends, management was looked down upon; it was not "science." My recruitment into management [...]
Uncertainty Introduction (30:34 Minute Lecture, slides, pdf): Science does not produce facts; it produces knowledge with a description of uncertainty. Knowledge is imperfect for many reasons. This lectures describes and categorizes different sources of uncertainty, and introduces how to use different sources [...]
This material has evolved from several years of doing one or two guest lectures in classes at the University of Michigan in many disciplines. The students are usually climate interested, and they want a summary lecture or two. They want to understand the [...]
Picture: Munising Falls, Munising, Michigan, in the Upper Peninsula, April 2015. This material has evolved from several years of doing one or two guest lectures in classes at the University of Michigan in many disciplines. The students are usually climate interested, and [...]
This is a collection of recorded lectures that serve as a 1 - 3 hour introduction to climate change science. It is made of two other collections: https://openclimate.org/one-hour-summary-of-climate-change-short-course/ and https://openclimate.org/basics-of-the-causes-of-climate-change/ This material has evolved from several years of doing one or [...]