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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
Introduction to Effective Field Theory - Lecture 5B

Cliff Burgess McMaster University

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100171
Introduction to Effective Field Theory - Lecture 5A

Cliff Burgess McMaster University

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100052
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Wired 24/7?

Raymond Laflamme

Neil Gershenfeld Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Physics and Media Group

Steve Paikin TVO

Tara Hunt

October 20, 2009

PIRSA:09100067
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Programming Bits and Atoms

Neil Gershenfeld Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Physics and Media Group

October 20, 2009

PIRSA:09100139
Viscosity and conductivity in general theories of gravity

Miguel Paulos École Normale Supérieure - PSL

October 20, 2009

PIRSA:09100100

Quantum Fields and Strings
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Are We Bound for Space?

Lawrence Krauss Arizona State University

Robert Richards Odyssey Moon Ltd.

Steve Paikin TVO

Karl Schroeder Freelance Writer

October 19, 2009

PIRSA:09100066
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Life, the Universe and Nothing: Life, and Science, in an Ever Expanding Universe

Lawrence Krauss Arizona State University

October 19, 2009

PIRSA:09100017

Cosmology
Seeing Science Through Fiction

Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100169
State of the Universes

Lawrence Krauss Arizona State University

Neil Turok University of Edinburgh

Katherine Freese The University of Texas at Austin

Jennifer Ouellette Freelance Writer

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100000

Cosmology

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.
Introduction to Effective Field Theory - Lecture 5B

Cliff Burgess McMaster University

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100171
Introduction to Effective Field Theory - Lecture 5A

Cliff Burgess McMaster University

October 21, 2009

PIRSA:09100052
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Wired 24/7?

Raymond Laflamme

Neil Gershenfeld Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Physics and Media Group

Steve Paikin TVO

Tara Hunt

October 20, 2009

PIRSA:09100067

In our lifetime we have seen a broad transformation in the way we interact with technology in our daily lives. And further developments in technology promise a continued impact. Are we comfortable living in a world that never shuts off? How has this technology affected us, our thinking, our relationships and the way our work works? Is technological progress always for the better? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Programming Bits and Atoms

Neil Gershenfeld Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Physics and Media Group

October 20, 2009

PIRSA:09100139

Computer science has served to isolate programs and programmers from knowledge of the mechanisms used to manipulate information, however this fiction is increasingly hard to maintain as devices scale down in size and systems scale up in complexity. This talk will explore the consequences of exposing rather than hiding this underlying physical reality, in areas including logic automata, interdevice internetworking, intelligent infrastructure, digital fabrication and programmable matter. Breaking down these boundaries between bits and atoms can help improve not just the performance but also the relevance of information technologies for some of our greatest technological challenges and opportunities.
Viscosity and conductivity in general theories of gravity

Miguel Paulos École Normale Supérieure - PSL

October 20, 2009

PIRSA:09100100

Quantum Fields and Strings

Recently there has been great interest in calculating transport coefficients for field theories at large coupling, using AdS/CFT. In this talk I will discuss recent work showing how to use the membrane paradigm to easily compute the shear viscosity and conductivity in arbitrary gravity theories. In a certain sense these can be thought of as effective couplings at the black hole horizon dual to the field theory plasma. An explicit Wald-like formula for these couplings is given for a large class of generalized gravity theories.
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Are We Bound for Space?

Lawrence Krauss Arizona State University

Robert Richards Odyssey Moon Ltd.

Steve Paikin TVO

Karl Schroeder Freelance Writer

October 19, 2009

PIRSA:09100066

Commitment to space travel has ebbed and flowed. Physicist Stephen Hawking believes the way to ensure human survival is to continue space exploration. Critics of space travel argue that Planet Earth is in dire need of our attention and resources right now. Is there a trade-off between going to space and fighting climate change, overpopulation and other earthly concerns? Be part of the live studio audience for this special edition of TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin.
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Life, the Universe and Nothing: Life, and Science, in an Ever Expanding Universe

Lawrence Krauss Arizona State University

October 19, 2009

PIRSA:09100017

Cosmology

Over the last decade our picture of the universe has changed almost as much as it had in the preceding century. As a result, our picture of the future, both of the universe, and life within it, has dramatically altered as well. This talk will begin by reviewing the recent revolutionary developments in cosmology, and then address several fascinating questions that have arisen as a result of our discovery that the dominant energy of the universe resides in empty space: Can life be eternal in an eternally expanding universe,? Are the laws of physics tailored for the existence of life? What will science in the far future tell us about the universe?
Seeing Science Through Fiction

Lee Smolin Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100169

You've heard the physicists speculate on parallel universes, space travel, and time travel. Now come and hear a physicist interview the real experts in these subjects: a bestselling science fiction writer and pioneer of virtual reality discuss what you get when you look at science through fiction.
State of the Universes

Lawrence Krauss Arizona State University

Neil Turok University of Edinburgh

Katherine Freese The University of Texas at Austin

Jennifer Ouellette Freelance Writer

October 18, 2009

PIRSA:09100000

Cosmology

What do we really know about the universe? What mysteries are today's top cosmologists investigating? Join a discussion with leading cosmologists to hear fresh perspectives on some of the deepest questions in modern science: What is the mysterious dark matter that fills intergalactic space? Was there another universe before the big bang, and what will happen to ours in the distant future?

Title	Date	Collection	Type	Info
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
Introduction to Effective Field Theory - Lecture 5B	2009‑10‑21	Introduction to Effective Field Theory	Course	View details
Introduction to Effective Field Theory - Lecture 5A	2009‑10‑21	Introduction to Effective Field Theory	Course	View details
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Wired 24/7?	2009‑10‑20	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Programming Bits and Atoms	2009‑10‑20	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Viscosity and conductivity in general theories of gravity	2009‑10‑20	Quantum Fields and Strings	Scientific Series	View details
The Agenda with Steve Paikin: Are We Bound for Space?	2009‑10‑19	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Lecture Series presented by KPMG - Life, the Universe and Nothing: Life, and Science, in an Ever Expanding Universe	2009‑10‑19	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
Seeing Science Through Fiction	2009‑10‑18	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details
State of the Universes	2009‑10‑18	Quantum to Cosmos Festival - 2009		View details

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