Art, buckyballs and chemistry: The ABCs of discovery.with Nobel Laureate Sir Harold KrotoNovember 2, 2007Topics: 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... |
Take the Neuron Express for a brief tour of consciousnesswith neuroscientist V.S. RamachandranJune 10, 2006Topics: Speakers: V.S. Ramachandran Run Time: 1 hours 53 minutes V.S. Ramachandran is Director of the Center for Brain and Cognition and Professor with the Psychology Department and the Neurosciences Program at the... |
A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness: From Impostor Poodles to Purple Numberswith neuroscientist V.S. RamachandranMay 24, 2006Topics: Speakers: V.S. Ramachandran Run Time: 45 minutes In A Brief Tour of Human Consciousness, Ramachandran guides readers through one of the strangest and mysterious places in the natural world - the... |
Francis Crick: Discoverer of the Genetic Codewith science writer Matt RidleyJune 16, 2006Topics: Speakers: Matt Ridley Run Time: 54 minutes Matt Ridley's biography traces Francis Crick's life from his childhood, through his famed scientific discovery of the genetic code, up to his last... |
Session 1Michael Shermer, Roger Bingham, Christof Koch, Alison GopnikTopics: Speakers: Michael Shermer, Roger Bingham, Christof Koch, Alison Gopnik Run Time: 2 hours 45 minutes Michael Shermer, Skeptics Society"Demon-Haunted Brain"Roger Bingham, The Science Network"Aun Aprendo: Still Learning About... |
Session 2Richard McNally, Terry Sejnowski, Susan BlackmoreTopics: Speakers: Richard McNally, Terrence Sejnowski, Susan Blackmore Run Time: 2 hours 23 minutes Richard McNally, Harvard University"In Search of Memory - True, False, Remembered, Repressed, Recovered"Terry Sejnowski, Salk... |
Session 3Topics: Speakers: John Allman, Paul Zak, Hank Schlinger, Ursula Goodenough, Terrence Sejnowski, Susan Blackmore, Roger Bingham Run Time: 2 hours 42 minutes John Allman, California Institute of TechnologyThe Search for the Neurobiological Basis of the Social Emotions"Paul Zak, Claremont Graduate... |
Session 4Stuart Hameroff, V.S. RamachandranNovember 5, 2006Topics: Speakers: Roger Bingham, Stuart Hameroff, V.S. Ramachandran Run Time: 1 hours 52 minutes Books by V.S. Ramachandran: The Tell-Tale Brain: A Neuroscientist's Quest for What Makes Us Human A Brief Tour of... |
From grandmother cells to tales of a great-grandfathera conversation with Horace BarlowMay 15, 2009Topics: Speakers: Horace Barlow Run Time: 1 hours 12 minutes Horace Barlow is a British visual neuroscientist who has done much work towards understanding human vision and consciousness, beginning with his... |
Selectivity and Symmetry in the Function of the Cerebral CortexHorace BarlowMay 15, 2009Topics: Speakers: Horace Barlow Run Time: 1 hours 11 minutes Horace Barlow is a British visual neuroscientist who has done much work towards understanding human vision and consciousness, beginning with his... |
The Neuroscientific Basis of ConsciousnessSusan GreenfieldMay 22, 2009Topics: Speakers: Susan Greenfield Run Time: 1 hours 29 minutes Baroness Susan Greenfield is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster and a member of the House of Lords. She is known as a popularizer of science,... |
The Baroness, Consciousness, and the TwitterverseA Conversation with Susan GreenfieldMay 22, 2009Topics: Speakers: Susan Greenfield Run Time: 48 minutes Baroness Susan Greenfield is a British scientist, writer, broadcaster and a member of the House of Lords. She is known as a popularizer of science,... |
A Neuroscientist's Neuroscientist Talks ScienceChuck StevensTopics: Speakers: Chuck Stevens Run Time: 57 minutes "Neuroscientist's Neuroscientist" Chuck Stevens talks with Roger Bingham about his trajectory through research science, his interest in... |
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