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The joy of science, the existence of God, and Galileo's fingerwith chemist Peter AtkinsNovember 3, 2007Program: The Science Studio Topics: Speakers: Peter Atkins Run Time: 1 hours 25 minutes Peter Atkins is Professor of Chemistry at the University of Oxford, Fellow of Lincoln College. He is the author of nearly 60 books, including... |
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Welcome by Roger BinghamDirector of The Science NetworkNovember 2, 2007Program: Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 Speakers: Roger Bingham Run Time: 03 minutes Roger Bingham is a scientist in the Computational Neurobiology Laboratory at the Salk Institute, and a member of the research faculty at the Center... |
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Sam HarrisAuthor, The End of FaithNovember 2, 2007Program: Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 Run Time: 1 hours 02 minutes Sam Harris has authored the New York Times bestsellers, The End of Faith: Religion, Terror and the Future of Reason, which won the 2005 PEN/Martha... |
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Daniel SmailHarvard University (with Patricia Churchland on Aristotle)November 2, 2007Program: Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 Speakers: Daniel Smail Run Time: 45 minutes Daniel Lord Smail has an abiding passion: to bring time depth back into the ways in which we teach and research history in this country. He is a... |
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Jeff HawkinsNumentaNovember 2, 2007Program: Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 Speakers: Jeff Hawkins Run Time: 06 minutes Jeff Hawkins is the founder of two computer companies, Palm and Handspring, and the designer of many computing products including the PalmPilot and... |
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PZ Myers (overview from audience)University of MinnesotaNovember 2, 2007Program: Beyond Belief: Enlightenment 2.0 Speakers: PZ Myers, Roger Bingham Run Time: 07 minutes PZ Myers is a developmental biologist at the University of Minnesota, Morris who focuses on the interplay of developmental and evolutionary... |
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Art, buckyballs and chemistry: The ABCs of discovery.with Nobel Laureate Sir Harold KrotoNovember 2, 2007Program: The Science Studio Topics: Speakers: Harold Kroto Run Time: 1 hours 23 minutes Sir Harold Kroto, Chairman of the Board of the Vega Science Trust, a UK educational charity, in 1996 shared the Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Robert... |
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On preaching and teachingwith philosopher Daniel DennettNovember 2, 2007Program: The Science Studio Topics: Speakers: Daniel Dennett Run Time: 1 hours 19 minutes Daniel C. Dennett, the author of Breaking the Spell; Freedom Evolves; and Darwin’s Dangerous Idea, is University Professor and Austin B.... |
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