Richard Dawkins on our "queer" universe
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http://www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading thinkers and doers give the talk of their lives i... Read more
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- -: Richard Dawkins on our "queer" universe
January 16, 2007 (over 17 years ago)http://www.ted.com Biologist Richard Dawkins makes a case for "thinking the improbable" by looking at how the human frame of reference limits our understanding of the universe. TEDTalks is a daily video podcast of the best talks and performances from the TED Conference, where the world's leading...
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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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- -: Brian Greene: The universe on a string
April 23, 2008 (about 16 years ago)http://www.ted.com In clear, nontechnical language, string theorist Brian Greene explains how our understanding of the universe has evolved from Einstein's notions of gravity and space-time to superstring theory, where minuscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle ...
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- -: Lee Cronin: Making matter come alive
September 9, 2011 (over 12 years ago)http://www.ted.com Before life existed on Earth, there was just matter, inorganic dead "stuff." How improbable is it that life arose? And -- could it use a different type of chemistry? Using an elegant definition of life (anything that can evolve), chemist Lee Cronin is exploring this question by...
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- -: TEDxMidAtlantic 2011 - Jane Rigby - Putting Telescopes into Space
December 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Dr. Jane Rigby is an Astrophysicist at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center. She serves as Deputy Operations Project Scientist for the James Webb Space Telescope. As a user of the Hubble, Spitzer, Chandra, and Herschel space observatories, and the Keck and Magellan observatories on Earth, her res...
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- -: Authors@Google: Sean Carroll
February 11, 2009 (about 15 years ago)Author Sean Carroll visits Google's Santa Monica, CA office to discuss his book Dark Matter and Dark Energy. This event took place on November 17, 2008, as a part of the Authors@Google series.
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- -: TEDxArabia 2011 Yasser Bahjatt | Matter Net ياسر بهجت
November 1, 2011 (over 12 years ago)Organized by : N-Tech Media in Dar Alhikma ,Download our iPhone app to watch all videos and know about next events: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/tedxarabia/id466545286?ls=1 or visit our website : http://tedxarabia.com/ or like us on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/TEDxArabia1
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- -: Neil DeGrasse Tyson - Death By Black Hole
March 12, 2008 (about 16 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/02/19/Neil_DeGrasse_Tyson_Death_by_Black_Hole Celebrity astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson describes the (hypothetical) experience of death by falling into a black hole. ----- Neil DeGrasse Tyson discusses "Death by Black Hole: And Other Cosmic Quandries....
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- -: Dark Matter vs Dark Energy - Leonard Susskind
August 12, 2008 (over 15 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2008/07/23/Leonard_Susskind_-_The_Black_Hole_War Stanford University physicist Leonard Susskind differentiates the theoretical concept of "dark matter" from its somewhat more controversial cousin, "dark energy." ----- Recognizing a contradiction in Stephen Haw...
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- -: What's Wrong with the Big Bang Theory?
August 18, 2009 (over 14 years ago)Complete video at: http://fora.tv/2009/05/23/Marcus_Chown_in_Conversation_with_Fred_Watson Marcus Chown argues that as more and more ideas are "tacked on" to the original big bang theory, it's becoming apparent that there is "a really, really big idea missing." He predicts "someone in the next.....
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