James Trefil
Physicist, Author
1938 –
Who is James Trefil?
James S. Trefil is an American physicist and author of more than thirty books. Much of his published work focuses on science for the general audience. Dr. Trefil has previously served as Professor of Physics at the University of Virginia and he now teaches as Robinson Professor of Physics at George Mason University. Among Trefil's books is Are We Unique?, an argument for human uniqueness in which he questions the comparisons between human intelligence and artificial intelligence. Trefil also regularly gives presentations to judges and public officials about the intersections between science and the law.
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- Born
- Sep 10, 1938
Chicago - Also known as
- J. Trefil
- James Stanley Trefil
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- PhD, Stanford University
Physics
( - 1966) - University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign
- University of Oxford
- PhD, Stanford University
- Employment
- George Mason University
- Lived in
- Virginia
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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