Jearl Walker

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Jearl Walker
Born1945 (age 78–79)
University of Maryland
Known forThe Amateur Scientist column
The Flying Circus of Physics
AwardsOutstanding Teaching Award (Cleveland State University College of Science)
Scientific career
FieldsPhysics
InstitutionsCleveland State University

Jearl Dalton Walker (born 1945 in Pensacola, Florida) is a physicist noted for his book The Flying Circus of Physics, first published in 1975; the second edition was published in June 2006. He teaches physics at Cleveland State University.[1]

Walker has also revised and edited the textbook

David Halliday and Robert Resnick.[2]

Walker is a well-known popularizer of physics, and appeared on

Cleveland, Ohio
.

Walker was born in

University of Maryland
in 1973.

Walker authored

Quirks and Quarks.[7]

From 1981 to 1982 he hosted The Kinetic Karnival of Jearl Walker, a six-episode series for PBS syndication in the US. In each 30-minute program he performed humorous demonstrations before a live audience. The show was distributed to schools as a teaching aide.

He is the first recipient, in 2005, of the Outstanding Teaching Award from Cleveland State University's College of Science. The College's Faculty Affairs Committee selected Walker as the first honoree based on his contributions to science education over the last 30 years.[8] The award was thereafter named "The Jearl Walker Outstanding Teaching Award" in his honor.[8]

References

  1. ^ Faculty profile, Cleveland State University
  2. OCLC 436030602
    .
  3. ^ "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (Professor Jearl Walker, Patrick Duffy)". The Paley Center for Media. Paley Center for Media. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  4. ^ "Kinetic Karnival". TV Guide. CBS Interactive. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  5. ^ "Scientific American's The Amateur Scientist Index". Science Hobbyist. Retrieved December 20, 2016.
  6. JSTOR 24968949
    .
  7. ISBN 9781771640893
    .
  8. ^ a b Antos, Patrick (July 7, 2005). "'Flying Circus' lands Walker science award". The Cleveland Stater. Archived from the original on July 6, 2010. Retrieved December 20, 2016.

External links

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