birth_date: 1931-01-16 00:00:00
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name: Robert L. Park
about: Robert Lee Park is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park and a former Director of Public Information at the Washington office of the American Physical Society. Park is most noted for his critical commentaries on alternative medicine and other pseudoscience, as well as his criticism of how legitimate science is distorted or ignored by the media, some scientists, and public policy advocates as expressed in his book Voodoo Science. He is also noted for his preference for robotic over to manned space exploration.Goodreads knows of another author, named "Robert Park"; some of the books listed here (e.g. the concrete topics) may well belong there. Robert Lee Park is an emeritus professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park and a former Director of Public Information at the Washington office of the American Physical Society. Park is most noted for his critical commentaries on alternative medicine and other pseudoscience, as well as his criticism of how legitimate science is distorted or ignored by the media, some scientists, and public policy advocates as expressed in his book Voodoo Science. He is also noted for his preference for robotic over to manned space exploration.Goodreads knows of another author, named "Robert Park"; some of the books listed here (e.g. the concrete topics) may well belong there. ...more