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Big Ideas Science offers lectures on a wide range of scientific disciplines from quantum physics and climate science to neuroscience and mathematical art. The speakers presented here are guaranteed to... more
FAQs about Big Ideas: Science:How many episodes does Big Ideas: Science have?The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.
January 06, 2012Julie Payette, Canadian Space Agency Perspectives from SpaceThe Canadian Space Agency's Chief Astronaut, Julie Payette delivers a lecture entitled Canadian Space Agency Perspectives from Space: Research and Diplomacy....more52minPlay
December 30, 2011Roger Penrose on Twistors and Quantum Non-LocalityEmeritus Professor of Mathematics at University of Oxford, Sir Roger Penrose, discusses Twistors and Quantum Non-Locality....more1h 1minPlay
December 16, 2011Keith Devlin on Leonardo and Steve: How Fibonacci Beat AppleKeith Devlin, Executive Director of the H-STAR Institute at Stanford University, discusses Leonardo and Steve: How Fibonacci Beat Apple to Market by 800 Years...more56minPlay
December 12, 2011Thomas Homer-Dixon Questions and AnswersThomas Homer-Dixon answers questions following his lecture entitled Civilization Far From Equilibrium: Energy, Complexity and Human Survival....more11minPlay
December 12, 2011Marc Abrahams on scienceMarc Abrahams, editor of The Annals of Improbable Research and one of the organizers of the annual Ig-Nobel Prize ceremonies at Harvard University, discusses the work of scientists and academics that, "first makes you laugh, and then makes you think". Highlights of the lecture include discussions of a study that proves that Kansas is flatter than a pancake and a paper investigating The Forces Required to Drag Sheep Over Various Surfaces....more35minPlay
November 18, 2011Hod Lipson on Programmable Matter: Shape of Things to ComeHod Lipson of Cornell University discusses the future of 3-D printing in his lecture entitled, Programmable Matter: The Shape of Things to Come...more54minPlay
November 04, 2011Leonard Susskind on The World As HologramLeonard Susskind of the Stanford Institute for Theoretical Physics discusses the indestructability of information and the nature of black holes in a lecture entitled The World As Hologram....more56minPlay
October 21, 2011Thomas Homer-Dixon on Civilization Far From EquilibriumThomas Homer-Dixon presents his lecture Civilization Far From Equilibrium: Energy, Complexity and Human Survival at the Equinox Summit - Energy 2030....more55minPlay
October 07, 2011Freeman Dyson on Living Through Four RevolutionsFreeman Dyson, Professor Emeritus at Princeton University delivers a lecture entitled, Living Through Four Revolutions. Dyson discusses Space Technology, Nuclear Energy, the Genome and the Computer Revolution....more56minPlay
September 23, 2011David Keith on Technology, Energy and NatureDavid Keith, speaking at the Equinox Summit, discusses Technology, Energy and Nature - Human Values and Open Choices. Professor Keith holds the Canada Research Chair in Energy and the Environment....more57minPlay
FAQs about Big Ideas: Science:How many episodes does Big Ideas: Science have?The podcast currently has 102 episodes available.