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Walter Alvarez (born October 3, 1940) is a professor in the Earth and Planetary Science department at the University of California, Berkeley. He is most widely known for the theory that dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact, developed in collaboration with his father, Nobel Prize winning physicist Luis Alvarez.
Born in Berkeley, California, Alvarez is the son of Luis Walter Alvarez, a Nobel prize-winner in physics. His grandfather was the famed physician Walter C. Alvarez and his great-grandfather, Spanish-born Luis F. Alvarez, worked as a doctor in Hawaii and developed a method for the better diagnosis of macular leprosy. His great-aunt Mabel Alvarez was a noted California artist and oil painter.
Alvarez earned his B.A. in geology in 1962 from Carleton College in Minnesota and Ph.D. in geology from Princeton University in 1967. He worked for American Overseas Petroleum Limited in the Netherlands, and in Libya at the time of Colonel Gadaffi’s revolution. Having developed a side interest in archaeological geology, he left the oil company and spent some time in Italy, studying the Roman volcanics and their influence on patterns of settlement in early Roman times.
Walter Alvarez talks about the Dinosaur Impact at the K-T Boundary in Gubbio, Italy with the founding members of the International Big History Association. saekow@berkeley.edu
Professor of Geology Walter Alvarez delivers the 2012 R. Lowry Dobson Memorial Lecture at Sibley Auditorium on the UC Berkeley Campus. Professor Alvarez demonstrates ChronoZoom (http://ChronoZoomProject.org), a timeline tool for visualizing all of history and presents a fascinating look at contingencies in Big History. The R. Lowry Dobson Memorial Lecture was created in 1999 to commemorate the life and passions of Dr. Lowry Dobson, a Berkeley alumnus, faculty member and research scientist. Established by friends and family to honor Dr. Dobson's deep belief in the interdisciplinary exploration of concepts and ideas, this lecture series brings together scientists of all disciplines to share new insights, ask new questions, and find new answers to the challenges that face our world. Lectur...
With his Dad, Luis, Walter Alvarez proposed and proved the asteroid-triggered mass-extinction theory. Now he helps students think even bigger about time and evolution, to appreciate even more the specialness of being here. Made a big impression on Dick Cavett: http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/09/24/further-improbables/ --- At EG4 (2010) in Monterey. http://the-eg.com
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Walter Alvarez, professor of geology in the Earth and Planetary science department, presents "Earth History in the Broadest Possible Context." Alvarez recounts revolutions in geology, his work in Egypt, Libya and Tunisia as well as his interests in the Sahara, the Nile and the Mediterranean. Alvarez also tells the tale of the Berkeley Theory, in which dinosaurs were killed by an asteroid impact, developed in collaboration with his father, Nobel Prize winning physicist Luis Alvarez. Alvarez also unveils ChronoZoom, a new tool for the emerging field of "Big History" that makes browsing the past at all scales comprehensible like never before. Learn more: http://chronozoomtimescale.org/ See the HD supplement "ChronoZoom: Interactive timescales of Cosmos, Earth, Life, Humanity" at htt...
Clarence Larson interview with Luis Walter Alvarez. Tape quality is poor and cuts off before end of interview. http://ethw.org/Luis_Walter_Alvarez
Walter Alvarez, Professor of Geology, reads from his work and is interviewed about his writing. Alvarez's first book, "T-Rex and the Crater of Doom," recounts the history of the theory that an asteroid caused the extinction of the dinosaurs. Alvarez, who joined the Berkeley faculty in 1977, is the recipient of the Penrose Medal, the highest honor of the Geological Society of America and is a member of the National Academy of Sciences. Writers at Work is sponsored by the College Writing Programs http://writing.berkeley.edu/bwaw
Walter Alvarez, a geologist at UC Berkeley who discovered the dinosaur impact theory tells a story about Charles Townes, inventor of the laser. saekow@berkeley.edu
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Predica del Pr. Walter Alvarez, en la Iglesia Rios de Vida Capital.
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