My Gobal Warming information comes from many sources. But this Dr. Seitz you mention, I looked at the link. Did you?
Cutter you must have some special powers or something to be able to condense a lifetime of achievement into three or four derogatory words! The link YOU supplied clearly outlines Dr. Seitz - the man you mention. He had a fantastically successful and productive career.
Apparently he said some controversial things near the end and, well, the CEO of R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company says "the man is quite elderly and not sufficiently rational to offer advice".
However he was correct about second-hand cigarette smoke so perhaps he didn't lose any marbles.
The man had a stellar career. What the hell are you talking about? Take your meds cutter.
Frederick Seitz (born
July 4,
1911) is an American scientist.
Seitz studied under
Eugene Wigner at
Princeton University, graduating in
1934. They invented the
Wigner-Seitz unit cell, which is an important concept in
solid state physics. In 1940,
he published a prominent physics textbook,
The Modern Theory of Solids.
Seitz has commented on the role of curiosity in the process of scientific discovery:
"Over a long time, things that people learn purely out of curiosity can have a revolutionary effect on human affairs."
[1] He served as the
president of the
National Academy of Sciences from
1962 until
1969. From
1968 through
1978, he was
president of
Rockefeller University.
Shortly before his retirement from Rockefeller University in
1979, Seitz began working as a paid permanent consultant for the
R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Company, advising their research program.
By 1989, the CEO of R.J. Reynolds, William Hobbs, concluded that "Dr. Seitz is quite elderly and not sufficiently rational to offer advice." [2] However, in
1994, Seitz authored a report published by the
George C. Marshall Institute, of which he was a founder and chairman of the board, entitled "Global warming and ozone hole controversies. A challenge to scientific judgment." In a broader discussion of environmental toxins, he concluded "there is no good scientific evidence that passive inhalation is truly dangerous under normal circumstances."
[3]
Seitz continues to question whether
global warming is
anthropogenic [4]. He supports the position of the
Oregon Institute of Science and Medicine (OISM) on global warming and in an open letter invited scientists to sign the OISM's
global warming petition. Seitz also signed the 1995
Leipzig Declaration.
Seitz is also critical of the view that
CFCs are damaging to the
ozone layer [5].
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