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Camille Paglia on The Future of Education

Educator and author, Camille Paglia, discusses The Future of Education ...

Educator and author, Camille Paglia, discusses The Future of Education at the 2010 Globe and Mail Open House Festival in Toronto. The event moderator is broadcaster, Valerie Pringle.

Sean M Carroll on Origin of the Universe & the Arrow of Time

Sean M. Carroll of CalTech discusses how the direction of ...

Sean M. Carroll of CalTech discusses how the direction of the arrow of time was defined by the Big Bang. He also speculates about what might have come before the Big Bang. The lecture is entitled The Origin of the Universe & the Arrow of Time.

Werner Bohleber on The Phenomenon of Adolescent Violence

German psychoanalyst, Werner Bohleber, on The Phenomenon of Adolescent Violence.

Craig Kaplan on Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians

Craig Kaplan discusses origami, tiling patterns and other areas of ...

Craig Kaplan discusses origami, tiling patterns and other areas of art where mathematics and computers have had a significant impact. The lecture, entitled Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians, was deliverd at the Quantum to Cosmos Festival.

Art historian Francis Broun on The Art of Sir Edwin Landseer

Art historian Francis Broun presents his lecture entitled Genius Denied: ...

Art historian Francis Broun presents his lecture entitled Genius Denied: The Art of Sir Edwin Landseer. It was recorded at the Women's Art Association in Toronto on May 24th, 2010.

William R. Newman on Why Did Isaac Newton Believe in Alchemy

Indiana University professor of History and Philosophy of Science, William ...

Indiana University professor of History and Philosophy of Science, William R. Newman presents his lecture, entitled Why Did Isaac Newton Believe in Alchemy? Through historical documents and experiments that demonstrate alchemical processes, this lecture explains why one of the most insightful scientists in history was convinced that alchemical transformations were scientifically plausible. It was delivered at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario, on October 6th, 2010.

James Hansen on Human-Made Climate Change

Dr. James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute delivers a ...

Dr. James Hansen of the NASA Goddard Institute delivers a lecture on Human-Made Climate Change: A Moral, Political, and Legal Issue.

Climate Reality

A panel discussion on climate science and climate justice with ...

A panel discussion on climate science and climate justice with the world 19s foremost climate scientist, Dr. James Hansen, as well as Naomi Klein, author of The Shock Doctrine: The Rise of Disaster Capitalism, and Clayton Thomas-Muller, the Indigenous Environmental Network's Tar Sands Campaigner. The event moderator is Dr. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux.

S. James Gates, Jr. on Does Reality Have a Genetic Basis?

S. James Gates Jr., Director of the Center for String ...

S. James Gates Jr., Director of the Center for String and Particle Theory at the University of Maryland, discusses the question "Does Reality Have a Genetic Basis?"

Nick Mount on Sylvia Plath's Ariel

As part of the Literature for Our Time series, University ...

As part of the Literature for Our Time series, University of Toronto English Professor Nick Mount examines Ariel, Sylvia Plath's posthumously published collection of poems