TEDxSantaCruz: Nancy Abrams and Joel Primack - Changing The World Through A Shared Cosmology
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Nancy Ellen Abrams is a lawyer (J.D., U. of Michigan) with a B.A. from the University of Chicago in the history and philosophy of science. She specializes in the role of science in a new politics and is an award-winning writer and lecturer at UCSC. Joel R. Primack is Distinguished Professor of Physics at UCSC. He received his A.B. in Physics ... Read more
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July 8, 2011 (almost 13 years ago)Nancy Ellen Abrams is a lawyer (J.D., U. of Michigan) with a B.A. from the University of Chicago in the history and philosophy of science. She specializes in the role of science in a new politics and is an award-winning writer and lecturer at UCSC. Joel R. Primack is Distinguished Professor of ...
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- -: Sir Martin Rees: Earth in its final century?
April 15, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In a taut soliloquy that takes us from the origins of the universe to the last days of a dying sun 6 billion years later, renowned cosmologist Sir Martin Rees explains why the 21st century is a pivotal moment in the history of humanity: the first time in history when we can ma...
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- -: John Hodgman: A brief digression on matters of lost time
October 21, 2008 (over 15 years ago)http://www.ted.com Humorist John Hodgman rambles through a new story about aliens, physics, time, space and the way all of these somehow contribute to a sweet, perfect memory of falling in love.
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- -: The Origin of the Universe and the Arrow of Time
August 24, 2010 (over 13 years ago)Google Tech Talk August 13, 2010 ABSTRACT Presented by Sean Carroll. One of the most obvious facts about the universe is that the past is different from the future. We can remember yesterday, but not tomorrow; we can turn an egg into an omelet, but can't turn an omelet into an egg. That's th...
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- -: How Big Is the Universe? Theories on the Cosmos with Martin Rees
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Martin Rees: 2011 Templeton Prize Acceptance Speech
April 6, 2011 (about 13 years ago)Martin J. Rees gives his acceptance speech upon winning the 2011 Templeton Prize for his dedication to answering old - and provoking new - questions about the Cosmos.
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