Lectures tagged "Physics"


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Space and Beyond: US Policy, Space Security, and Arms Control
Space and Beyond: US Policy, Space Security, and Arms Control
Joan Johnson-Freese
December 9, 2009
01:22:33
Joan Johnson-Freese, chair of the Department of National Security Strategy at the Naval War College, and Laura Grego, scientist for the Global Security Program at the Union of Concerned Scientists, discuss space security and the future of space relations in a panel moderated by leading political ana
Cory Doctorow: Makers
Cory Doctorow
November 16, 2009
00:46:03
Sci-fi novelist and technology activist Cory Doctorow reads from Makers, his new novel about the near future of technological innovation.
Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth
Christos H. Papadimitriou
October 28, 2009
00:51:45
Author and computer scientist Christos Papadimitriou discusses his new graphic novel-ized biography of the philosopher and logician Bertrand Russell, Logicomix: An Epic Search for Truth.
The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane
Katherine Howe
October 8, 2009
00:44:40
Katherine Howe discusses how New England's historic past is woven into her work of fiction, The Physick Book of Deliverance Dane. Scholars of the Salem Witch Trials have long discussed what caused the tragic witchcraft hysteria, but author Katherine Howe asks: What if the magic was real?
Physics, Philosophy and Spirituality
P. Venugopala Rao
September 6, 2009
01:22:16
Dr. P. Venugopala Rao discusses the scientific world view derived from science and physics, and their parallels within the faith traditions of both the east and west. The exploration of these ideas has led to fundamental questions about what is real, true, good, and beautiful.
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Jim Holt: The Puzzle of Existence
Jim Holt
July 25, 2009
00:28:00
Author and journalist Jim Holt discusses his forthcoming book on The Puzzle of Existence. In this ThoughtCast interview, science writer Jim Holt takes us on a jaunty tour of being and nothingness, existence and emptiness, quantum tunneling and the uncertainty principle.
One Giant Leap: Space Exploration and the New Pioneers
Ken Davidian
May 13, 2009
01:31:08
Spencer Reiss, contributing editor of Wired Magazine, leads a panel discussion on the present and future of space exploration. Could the key to future space exploration lie in revisiting where we have already been?
John Ochsendorf: Redesigning Communities and Carbon Neutrality
John Ochsendorf
April 28, 2009
01:00:37
MacArthur Award-winning structural engineer John Ochsendorf talks about how his interests in environmental science, history, archeology, and engineering led him to his work with historic structures, and then to his work redesigning communities to make them carbon neutral.