John Bahcall

By Avi Loeb, Member (1988–93, 2002–03) in the School of Natural Sciences:

“Such examples are often used to support the notion that the scientific method works and that the truth eventually prevails. But these success stories reflect a selection bias...

Of the Hubble Space Telescope, John Norris Bahcall, former Professor in the School of Natural Sciences, and colleagues wrote, “What is at stake is not only a piece of stellar technology but our commitment to the most fundamental human quest...

Neta Bahcall, Member (1982–83) in the School of Natural Sciences, discusses the forty-year effort of John Bahcall, Richard Black Professor in the School from 1971 until his death in 2005, to predict the rate of neutrinos from the Sun. Watch the talk...