James Trefil has served as Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia and, since 1988, as Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University.
17 Facts About James Trefil
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James Trefil was born on 10 September 1938 in Chicago, Illinois.
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James Trefil was the son of Stanley James Trefil and Sylvia Trefil.
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James Trefil obtained his Bachelor of Science at the University of Illinois in 1960, and later that year matriculated at Merton College, Oxford, where he took a second class degree in physics in 1962.
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James Trefil read his Master of Arts at Oxford University in 1962 where he studied as a Marshall Scholar.
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James Trefil is a physicist, author, public speaker, radio broadcaster, commentator, and educator.
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James Trefil was appointed a fellow of the Stanford Linear Accelerator Center, Stanford, California in 1966.
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James Trefil served as a fellow of the European Center for Nuclear Research, Geneva, Switzerland from 1966 to 1967.
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James Trefil was a fellow of the Laboratory for Nuclear Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge from 1967 to 1968.
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James Trefil was appointed assistant professor of physics at the University of Illinois, Urbana from 1968 to 1970.
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James Trefil was appointed professor of physics at University of Virginia from 1975 to 1988.
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James Trefil was the Phi Beta Kappa visiting scholar from 2003 to 2004.
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James Trefil has appeared on National Public Radio as a science advisor and commentator.
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James Trefil has been a science consultant to the Smithsonian Magazine, a technical consultant to the American Heritage Dictionary and a consultant to the Adler Planetarium.
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James Trefil is a fellow of the American Physical Society, the World Economic Forum, and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.
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James Trefil has been recognised by Who's Who for his more than 50 years of contributions to the field of Physics.
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James Trefil has written on several controversial subjects including abortion and Intelligent Design, the latter of which he has been very critical.