Webberkeley lab mathematicians james sethian and robert saye have won the 2011 cozzarelli prize for the best scientific paper in the category of engineering and applied. Professor of mathematics james h. Simons chair in mathematics university of california, berkeley berkeley, california, 94720. Webbetween the two i'd take sethian. I took 53 with canic, but from what i've heard from my friends who've had those professors, sethian seems better Weball i know about sethian is that he has the worst grading curve of any college professor i've ever seen. About 50% of his students get a c+ or worse. Webshould i avoid james sethian? I'm deciding whether to take math 53 with taruto or sethian for next semester. Problem is that taruto's 53 lecture is at 8 am. Sethian is at a better. Webjames sethian is professor of mathematics at the university of california at berkeley, as well as head of the mathematics department of the lawrence berkeley national.
