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Robert L. Park

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Physicist & skeptic (1931-2020)

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Robert Lee Park was an American professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a former director of public information at the Washington office of the American Physical Society.

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1998Joseph A. Burton Forum Award
Fellow of the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry

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Robert Lee Park was an American professor of physics at the University of Maryland, College Park, and a former director of public information at the Washington office of the American Physical Society. Park was most noted for his critical commentaries on alternative medicine and pseudoscience, as well as his criticism of how legitimate science is distorted or ignored by the media, some scientists, and public policy advocates as expressed in his book Voodoo Science. He was also noted for his preference for robotic over crewed space exploration.

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Scientists
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Scientist
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Lived 1931 to 2020 · aged 89
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