How to avoid boring peoplewith Nobel Laureate James D. WatsonSeptember 24, 2007Topics: Speakers: James D. Watson Run Time: 1 hours 10 minutes James D. Watson is a molecular biologist celebrated for his discovery of the structure of DNA with Francis Crick for which he received the Nobel... |
Find out why we're addicted to lovewith anthropologist Helen FisherJune 9, 2006Topics: Speakers: Helen Fisher Run Time: 1 hours 54 minutes Helen Fisher is an anthropologist who studies the evolution of love, sex, marriage and gender differences in humans. She is a Research Professor and... |
Sonja LyubomirskyHuman Flourishing/EudaimonicsOctober 4, 2008Topics: Speakers: Sonja Lyubomirsky Run Time: 16 minutes Sonja Lyubomirsky is Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Riverside. Her honors include a Faculty of the Year Award, Faculty... |
Panel: Human Flourishing / EudaimonicsLyubomirsky, Flanagan, Güzeldere, Grayling, KoobOctober 4, 2008Topics: Speakers: Güven Güzeldere, Sonja Lyubmirsky, Owen Flanagan, AC Graying, George Koob, Roger Bingham Run Time: 22 minutes Panel: Human Flourishing/EudaimonicsWith Sonja Lyubomirsky, Owen Flanagan, Güven Güzeldere, Anthony Grayling, and George KoobModerated by... |
Harold KrotoThis Is Your Brain on Politics, continuedOctober 5, 2008Topics: Speakers: Harold Kroto Run Time: 21 minutes Sir Harold Kroto is Francis Eppes Professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Florida State University. In 1996, he was awarded the... |
Chris Mooney & Sheril KirshenbaumThis is Your Brain on Politics, continuedOctober 5, 2008Topics: Speakers: Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum Run Time: 22 minutes Sheril Kirshenbaum is co-author of Unscientific America: How Scientific Illiteracy Threatens Our Future with Chris Mooney describing the growing... |
Panel: This is Your Brain on Politics, continuedKrauss, Lederman, Mooney, Kirshenbaum, Shermer, Golomb, KrotoOctober 5, 2008Topics: Speakers: Roger Bingham, Lawrence Krauss, Leon Lederman, Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michael Shermer, Beatrice Golomb, Harold Kroto Run Time: 34 minutes Panel: This is Your Brain on Politics, continuedWith Lawrence Krauss, Leon Lederman, Chris Mooney, Sheril Kirshenbaum, Michael Shermer, Beatrice... |
Panel 2: Human Uniqueness, Culture and MoralitySession 4: Consciousness, Complex Cognition, and Language to Culture, Cooperation, Morality and InstitutionsApril 5, 2009Topics: Speakers: Roger Bingham, Sue Rosser, Kim Hill, Rob Boyd, Robert Kurzban, Polly Wiessner, Jonathan Haidt Run Time: 1 hours 04 minutes
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Panel 3: The State, Social Norms, and InstitutionsSession 4: Consciousness, Complex Cognition, and Language to Culture, Cooperation, Morality and InstitutionsApril 5, 2009Topics: Speakers: Roger Bingham, AC Grayling, Michael Macy, Margaret Levi Run Time: 36 minutes Books by AC Grayling: The Good Book: A Humanist Bible Meditations for the Humanist: Ethics for a Secular Age ... |
Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Upwith K.C. ColeAugust 10, 2009Topics: Speakers: K.C. Cole Run Time: 51 minutes Filmed at Warwick's in La Jolla, California.Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens follows the life of Frank Oppenheimer, who grew up, like his... |
Complex adaptive systems and childish wonderA conversation with David KrakauerTopics: Speakers: David Krakauer Run Time: 45 minutes David Krakauer is the Chair of the Faculty and Professor at the Santa Fe Institute. His research is focused on the evolutionary history of... |
Steven PinkerHarvard UniversitySeptember 24, 2009Topics: Speakers: Steven Pinker Run Time: 34 minutes Steven Pinker is Harvard College Professor and Johnstone Family Professor in the Department of Psychology at Harvard University. Until 2003, he... |
The Rightful Place with Martin ReesPresident of the Royal SocietyTopics: Speakers: Martin Rees Lord Martin Rees is a Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics and Master of Trinity College at the University of Cambridge. He holds the... |
The Rightful Place with Michael CrowArizona State UniversityTopics: Speakers: Michael Crow Michael Crow is the 16th President of Arizona State University. He has established a number of important interdisciplinary research initiatives... |
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