Description
Every decade has its discoveries. For astronomy the 1960s were special. For example, the first Nobel prize in astronomy was awarded for a discovery made in 1967. This talk is a mixture of the history, people, science, and revolutionary breakthroughs in astronomy during this prolific decade.
John Matthews is a professor in the department of physics and astronomy at UNM. His research has been in particle physics and most recently in high energy gamma-ray astrophysics. His first love in teaching is introductory astronomy where there is something in the news every day.