If you want to lead the free world, you'd better know your physics. That's the lesson from a popular undergraduate class, called 'Physics for future presidents', taught by Richard A. Muller at the University of California, Berkeley. Here he sets some typical questions. An interactive version of this quiz with extended answers is online at http://www.nature.com/news/specials/climatepolitics/index.html
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Muller, R. Climate politics: What every president should know. Nature 450, 345 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1038/450345a
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/450345a