Robert Hargraves

Robert Hargraves’ courses at Dartmouth’s Osher Lifelong Learning Institute include energy policy, Internet money, Wikipedia, and conflict between science and politics. He is a Brown physics PhD with an honors AB in mathematics from Dartmouth. where he returned as assistant professor and taught mathematics and the first computer science courses. He founded a software company, became a VP at Met Life, an IT consultant at AD Little, VP of Boston Scientific, then co-founder of ThorConPower.com.

New Nuclear is HOT (Spring Term 2024)

Participant Testimonials: 

I appreciated all of the data that was in the slide deck - it was a lot !

The course was very informative and provided more than enough material, overall very good.

Our Burning Economy, Siren Song, and Fission Promise (Winter Term 2023)

Participant Testimonials:

The course was a detailed treatment of energy production and use, taught by a very enthusiastic expert.

Excellent course! A wide view and great examples.

Fission is in Fashion (Spring Term 2022)

Participant Testimonials:

This course was excellent, the best Osher course I have ever taken. Bob's research and materials were excellent, his presentations clear and compelling, and the class discussion stimulating. I hope Bob will offer more classes!

Excellent, Amazing, Great.

Electrifying the World: For Climate, For People (Fall Term 2021)

Participant Testimonials:

No question about it: Bob is an expert.

This course did much more than the title would suggest, as it contained a great deal of information on climate warming and remedies for slowing that.