Albert Allen Bartlett
Albert Allen Bartlett | |
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Bartlett with Los Alamos wartime security badge (c. 1944) | |
| Born | Albert Allen Bartlett 21 March 1923 Shanghai, China |
| Died | 7 September 2013 (aged 90) Boulder, Colorado, U.S. |
| Nationality | American |
| Alma mater | Colgate University (BA) Harvard University (MA, PhD) |
| Known for | Population growth Sustainability |
| Spouse | Eleanor Bartlett |
| Awards | AAPT Distinguished Service Citation (1970) Thomas Jefferson Award (1972) Robert L. Stearns Award (1974) Robert A. Millikan Award (1981) AAPT Melba Newell Phillips Award (1990) M. King Hubbert Award for Excellence in Energy Education (2005) Lifetime Achievement Pacesetter Award (2006) Global Media Award for Excellence in Population Reporting (2008) |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Physics |
| Institutions | Los Alamos National Laboratory University of Colorado Boulder |
Albert Allen Bartlett (March 21, 1923 – September 7, 2013) was an American professor of physics at the University of Colorado at Boulder. As of July 2001, Professor Bartlett had lectured over 1,742 times since September 1969 on Arithmetic, Population, and Energy. Bartlett regarded the word combination "sustainable growth" as an oxymoron, and argued that modest annual percentage population increases could lead to exponential growth. He therefore regarded human overpopulation as "The Greatest Challenge" facing humanity.