Posted: Jun 30th, 2008 | Comments: 0
The Universe in a Mirror: The Saga of the Hubble Space Telescope and the Visionaries Who Built It
The Hubble Space Telescope has produced the most stunning images of the cosmos humanity has ever seen. It has transformed our understanding of the universe, about its age and evolution, ...
Janet Browne on Charles Darwin
Janet Browne, Aramont Professor of the History of Science at Harvard University, speaks about Charles Darwin in the context of his place and time. She focuses particularly on ...
Posted: May 21st, 2008 | Comments: 0
Darwin is famed for his 1859 book On the Origin of Species, but many people do not know that he was originally a botanist. Is Darwinism relevant today? And how ...
Posted: May 6th, 2008 | Comments: 0
Choed teacher Tsultrim Allione meets with New York University neuroscientist Joseph LeDoux to discuss the sources of fear and to explore how Buddhist practice seeks to master these ...
Posted: Apr 23rd, 2008 | Comments: 3
Language as a Window into Human Nature
Harvard University Psychologist Steven Pinker discusses the relationship between language and human nature. What do the names we give things -- and even the prepositions and tenses we use ...
Posted: Oct 5th, 2007 | Comments: 0
