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  • Tom Griffiths - Aerodynamics For Cognition [8.21.17]

    TOM GRIFFITHS is a professor of psychology and cognitive science and director of the Computational Cognitive Science Lab and the Institute of Cognitive and Brain Sciences at the University of California, Berkeley. He is co-author (with Brian Christian) of Algorithms to Live By. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/tom_griffiths-aerodynamics-for-cognition

    49 min
  • Brian Keating - Shut Up and Measure [10.20.17]

    Professor BRIAN KEATING is an astrophysicist with the University of California San Diego’s Department of Physics. He and his team develop instrumentation to study the early universe at radio, microwave, and infrared wavelengths. He is the author of over 100 scientific publications and holds two U.S. patents.

    The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/brian_g_keating-shut-up-and-measure

    47 min
  • Tania Lombrozo - Learning By Thinking [7.28.17]

    TANIA LOMBROZO is a professor of psychology at the University of California, Berkeley, as well as an affiliate of the Department of Philosophy and a member of the Institute for Cognitive and Brain Sciences. She is a contributor to Psychology Today and the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos and Culture. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/tania_lombrozo-learning-by-thinking

    44 min
  • Daniel Goleman - Compassionate Systems [6.22.17]

    DANIEL GOLEMAN is the New York Times bestselling author of Emotional Intelligence. A psychologist and science journalist, he reported on brain and behavioral research for The New York Times for many years. He is the author of more than a dozen books, including three accounts of meetings he has moderated between the Dalai Lama and scientists, psychotherapists, and social activists.

    The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/daniel_goleman-compassionate-systems

    27 min
  • Martin Rees - Curtains For Us All? [5.31.17]

    LORD MARTIN REES is a Fellow of Trinity College and Emeritus Professor of Cosmology and Astrophysics at the University of Cambridge. He is the UK's Astronomer Royal and a Past President of the Royal Society. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/martin_rees-curtains-for-us-all

    52 min
  • Venki Ramakrishnan - Soul of a Molecular Machine [5.1.17]

    VENKATRAMAN "VENKI" RAMAKRISHNAN is a Nobel Prize-winning biologist whose many scientific contributions include his work on the atomic structure of the ribosome. He is Group Leader and Former Deputy Director of the MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology in Cambridge, and the current President of the Royal Society. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/venki_ramakrishnan-soul-of-a-molecular-machine

    53 min
  • Ross Anderson - The Threat [5.8.17]

    ROSS ANDERSON is professor of security engineering at Cambridge University, and one of the founders of the field of information security economics. He chairs the Foundation for Information Policy Research, is a fellow of the Royal Society and the Royal Academy of Engineering, and is a winner of the Lovelace Medal, the UK’s top award in computing. The Conversation: https://www.edge.org/conversation/ross_anderson-the-threat

    45 min
  • Jonathan Losos: Urban Evolution [3.31.2017]

    JONATHAN B. LOSOS is the Monique and Philip Lehner Professor for the Study of Latin America and Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology at Harvard University, and Curator in Herpetology at the Museum of Comparative Zoology. He is the author of Improbable Destinies: Fate, Chance, and the Future of Evolution. Jonathan B. Losos's Edge Bio Page

    The Conversation:

    https://www.edge.org/conversation/jonathan_b_losos-urban-evolution

    41 min

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