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Worlds Beyond Earth

Ivan Semeniuk The Globe and Mail

John Grant Smithsonian Institution

Ralf Gellert University of Guelph

Sabine Stanley University of Toronto

October 24, 2009

PIRSA:09100008
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand Long Now Foundation

October 24, 2009

PIRSA:09100073
Lecture Series presented by KPMG- Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians

Craig Kaplan University of Waterloo

October 24, 2009

PIRSA:09100078
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Physics in Sixty Minutes

Damian Pope Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 24, 2009

PIRSA:09100074
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Do We Still Believe in Science?

Mike Lazaridis Quantum Valley Investments

Neil Turok University of Edinburgh

Michael Griffin University of Alabama

Stewart Brand Long Now Foundation

Natalie Angier The New York Times

Steve Paikin TVO

October 23, 2009

PIRSA:09100070
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Sense from Chaos: Controlling the Dynamic Networks of the Brain

Larry Abbott Columbia University

October 23, 2009

PIRSA:09100025
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Robotics Revolution and the Future of Evolution

Michael Belfiore

Hod Lipson Cornell University

Eliezer Yudkowsky Machine Intelligence Research Institute

Cory Doctorow Craphound

Steve Paikin TVO

October 22, 2009

PIRSA:09100069
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 10

Achim Kempf University of Waterloo

October 22, 2009

PIRSA:09100048
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Copyright versus Universal Access to All Human Knowledge and Groups Without Cost: the state of play in the global copyfight

Cory Doctorow Craphound

October 22, 2009

PIRSA:09100023
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Whose DNA is it?

Sean B. Carroll University of Wisconsin–Madison

Margaret Somerville McGill University

Mark Gerstein Yale University

Steve Paikin TVO

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100068
Lecture Series presented by KPMG- Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species

Sean B. Carroll University of Wisconsin–Madison

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100021
Your Voice: Is Technology Dumbing Down Our Kids?

Mike Dover Linux Foundation

Alison Armstrong Freelance Writer

Julie Mueller Wilfrid Laurier University

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100075

Worlds Beyond Earth

Ivan Semeniuk The Globe and Mail

John Grant Smithsonian Institution

Ralf Gellert University of Guelph

Sabine Stanley University of Toronto

October 24, 2009

PIRSA:09100008

It has taken thousands of generations and countless migrations to explore our own small planet. Now, in less than one lifetime, our robot surrogates have ventured to nearly every significant object in the solar system. Vast new territories and landscapes have opened up before our eyes. The experience has transformed the way we understand our species and its place in the universe. It may yet uncover alien life. Join scientists in a discussion of what we are learning today from worlds beyond Earth and find out where this effort is likely to lead us next.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline

Stewart Brand Long Now Foundation

October 24, 2009

PIRSA:09100073

Three profound transformations are under way on Earth right now. Climate change is real and is pushing us toward managing the planet as a whole. Urbanization—half the world’s population now lives in cities, and eighty percent will by midcentury—is altering humanity’s land impact and wealth. And biotechnology is becoming the world’s dominant engineering tool. In light of these changes, environmentalists are going to have to reverse some longheld opinions and embrace tools that they have traditionally distrusted. Only a radical rethinking of traditional green pieties will allow us to forestall the cataclysmic deterioration of the earth’s resources.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG- Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians

Craig Kaplan University of Waterloo

October 24, 2009

PIRSA:09100078

From prehistoric times onward, people have always found ways to incorporate mathematical thinking into art. Today, we have sophisticated mathematical machinery that we can use both to understand the rules that underlie historical patterns and to describe new designs of great beauty and originality. Better yet, computers can serve as a powerful artistic tool, helping make these mathematical visions a reality. This talk will explore some of the exciting contemporary work that lies in the intersection of mathematics and art. We will survey the creations of artists and mathematicians, working alone or in collaboration.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Physics in Sixty Minutes

Damian Pope Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 24, 2009

PIRSA:09100074

Quantum Physics. Along with neuroscience and rocket science, it has a reputation of being abstract, inpenetrable and horrendously complicated. Even Einstein himself struggled to get his head around it. But, there’s hope! Using references from movies, books and art, this presentation will guide you through the quantum world and give an overview of science’s best theory of the subatomic world to date. Prepare yourself for a mind-bending journey.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Do We Still Believe in Science?

Mike Lazaridis Quantum Valley Investments

Neil Turok University of Edinburgh

Michael Griffin University of Alabama

Stewart Brand Long Now Foundation

Natalie Angier The New York Times

Steve Paikin TVO

October 23, 2009

PIRSA:09100070

From the Enlightenment onward, science gained our trust and we followed its logic readily. But in an increasingly complex and skeptical world, will advancements in genetics, Artificial Intelligence, and countless other endeavours keep us believing, or will we lose the taste for a life shaped by science and technology? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Sense from Chaos: Controlling the Dynamic Networks of the Brain

Larry Abbott Columbia University

October 23, 2009

PIRSA:09100025

Activity recorded from neurons in the brain often looks random or chaotic. How do we make sense of the world and produce precisely controlled responses when so much of the activity in our brains is chaotic? This talk will show how brain circuits can switch between chaotic and well-controlled patterns of activity, illustrating these points with computer demonstrations of network models. This talk will also discuss how chaotic activity may be useful for a healthy brain function and demonstrate what goes wrong when activity is insufficiently chaotic.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Robotics Revolution and the Future of Evolution

Michael Belfiore

Hod Lipson Cornell University

Eliezer Yudkowsky Machine Intelligence Research Institute

Cory Doctorow Craphound

Steve Paikin TVO

October 22, 2009

PIRSA:09100069

How will robotics change us and our lives? Will AI driven robots put us on and accelerated evolutionary path? Why would we want a more heavily robotized society? Do we have choice in the matter? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's Agenda with Steve Paikin.
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 10

Achim Kempf University of Waterloo

October 22, 2009

PIRSA:09100048
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Copyright versus Universal Access to All Human Knowledge and Groups Without Cost: the state of play in the global copyfight

Cory Doctorow Craphound

October 22, 2009

PIRSA:09100023

The Internet promises the realization of two of humanity's noblest dreams: universal access to all human knowledge and the capacity to form and coordinate groups at virtually no cost. As great as this sounds, it's bad news for certain kinds of top-heavy organizations and the kinds of companies that got rich on exclusion from information. From the UN to shady back-room "plurilateral" treaty negotiations, from the blogosphere to staid standards-committees, the fight over the future rages, with diplomacy and activism at its core.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Whose DNA is it?

Sean B. Carroll University of Wisconsin–Madison

Margaret Somerville McGill University

Mark Gerstein Yale University

Steve Paikin TVO

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100068

Are we ready to come face to face with our innermost genetic secrets? Will this knowledge help us make wise choices? Can we trust ourselves and others with safeguarding this most potent knowledge? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG- Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species

Sean B. Carroll University of Wisconsin–Madison

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100021

The search for the origins of species has entailed a series of great adventures over the past 200 years. This talk will chronicle the exploits of a group of explorers who walked where no one had walked, saw what no one had seen, and thought what no one else had thought. Their achievements sparked a revolution that changed, profoundly and forever, our perception of the living world and our place within it.
Your Voice: Is Technology Dumbing Down Our Kids?

Mike Dover Linux Foundation

Alison Armstrong Freelance Writer

Julie Mueller Wilfrid Laurier University

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100075

With studies suggesting the vocabularies of young people today are shrinking and some university professors claiming the essay is hardly worth assigning anymore due to shortened attention spans, some wonder whether technology has done more harm to our kids than good. Our panel of experts will debate the issue.

Title	Date	Collection	Type	Info
Worlds Beyond Earth	2009‑10‑24	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Whole Earth Discipline	2009‑10‑24	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG- Mathematical Art and Artistic Mathematicians	2009‑10‑24	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Quantum Physics in Sixty Minutes	2009‑10‑24	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Do We Still Believe in Science?	2009‑10‑23	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Sense from Chaos: Controlling the Dynamic Networks of the Brain	2009‑10‑23	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Robotics Revolution and the Future of Evolution	2009‑10‑22	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
General Relativity for Cosmology - Lecture 10	2009‑10‑22	General Relativity for Cosmology	Course	View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Copyright versus Universal Access to All Human Knowledge and Groups Without Cost: the state of play in the global copyfight	2009‑10‑22	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Whose DNA is it?	2009‑10‑21	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG- Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species	2009‑10‑21	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Your Voice: Is Technology Dumbing Down Our Kids?	2009‑10‑21	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details

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