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Introduction to Human Anatomy
by John K. Young
Available on: Audio Download
Learn about your body with this lecture delivered by Professor John K. Young on the axial skeleton of the human. Professor Young starts the lecture with some definitions of basic human anatomy terms.
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Einstein & the Mind of God
by Paul Davies
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
Part one of this series takes Einstein's science as a starting point for exploring the great physicist's perspective on ideas such as mystery, eternity, and the mind of God.
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Consciousness, Creativity, and the Brain
by David Lynch
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Video Download | Online Video
Award-winning writer, director, and producer David Lynch answers questions on his films, his 32-year practice of Transcendental Meditation, and the role of consciousness in the creative process.
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General Biology 1B
Available on: Podcast | Online Video
General Biology. Lectures include; Roots, Structure and Development...
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A Beautiful Mind
by Sylvia Nasar
Available on: Online Video
Dr. Sylvia Nasar, the author of "A Beautiful Mind" tells the extraordinary story of mathematician John Nash…
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Zaadz Notes: The 80/20 Principle
by Brian Johnson
Available on: Audio Download
The 80-20 principle states that for many phenomena 80% of consequences stem from 20% of the causes.
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The Wonders of Electricity and Magnetism
by Walter Lewin
Available on: Online Video
The inimitable Walter Lewin gives a literally hair-raising performance in this MIT Museum lecture/demonstration for learners young and old.
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MRI
by Laurie Hall
Available on: Online Video
Nuclear magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) provides a powerful means of not only distinguishing between different types of tissue but also of identifying whether the tissues are normal or diseased.
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Jill Bolte Taylor's Stroke of Insight
by Jill Bolte Taylor
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Jill Bolte Taylor got a research opportunity few brain scientists would wish for: She had a massive stroke, and watched as her brain functions -- motion, speech, self-awareness -- shut down one by one.
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Parts Of a Whole
by David Bohm
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Audio Download
This internationally known physicist has developed a theory of quantum physics which addresses the totality of existence, including matter and consciousness, as an unbroken whole.
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Earth and the Universe
by James Kaler
Available on: Audio Download
In this lecture Professor James Kaler puts Earth in perspective within the solar system, the galaxy, and the whole universe.
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Mammalian Cloning and Stem Cell Therapy
by Rudolf Jaenisch
Available on: Online Video
In this talk, leading genetist Rudolf Jaenisch delivers a clear overview of the challenges facing the cloning, dispelling many of the misconceptions about cloning that are pervasive in popular media.
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New Queries
by Richard P. Feynman
Available on: Online Video
What does it mean, and where is it all leading?
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The Big Bang, Stephen Hawking, and God Part 1 of 2
by Fritz Schaefer
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio | Online Video
In this talk Dr. Schaefer weaves a discussion of cosmology with an informative biography of well-known physicist Stephen Hawking.
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The Jesus Dynasty
by James D. Tabor
Available on: Audio Download | Online Audio
By studying the earliest surviving documents of Christianity and participating in major archaeological excavations, James Tabor has collected an impressive body of research about the historical Jesus.
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Brian Greene on String Theory
by Brian Greene
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
Physicist Brian Greene explains superstring theory, the idea that minscule strands of energy vibrating in 11 dimensions create every particle and force in the universe.
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The Next 100 Years of Science
by Kevin Kelly
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Starting from this long-term view of science's past transformation, Kevin Kelly speculates on how the practice of science will change in the future.
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Charles Darwin: Evolution & Wonder
by James Moore
Available on: Audio Download
We'll take a fresh and thought-provoking look at Darwin's life and ideas.
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Richard Dawkins: The Universe is Queerer Than We Can Suppose
by Richard Dawkins
Available on: Audio Download | Video Download | Online Video
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.
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Patrick Hunt: Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History
by Patrick Hunt
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Patrick Hunt discusses Ten Discoveries That Rewrote History.
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Nanotechnology
by Colin Blakemore
Available on: Online Video
What is nanotechnology? Will it change the world, as some have promised? What's all this about molecular machines in our blood?
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Oliver Sacks: Musicophilia
by Oliver Sacks
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video
Neurologist Oliver Sacks discusses his newest book Musicophilia: Tales of Music and the Brain.
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James Watson on How He Discovered DNA
by James Watson
Available on: Audio Download | Online Video | Video Download
Nobel laureate James Watson opens TED2005 with the frank and funny story of how he and his research partner, Francis Crick, discovered the structure of DNA.
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The Birth and Death of Stars
by Walter Lewin
Available on: Online Video
We know that some stars exist because we can see them with our own eyes. In this lecture Walter Lewin provides illuminating evidence of stars we cannot see.
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The Monticello Dialogues
by William McDonough
Available on: Audio CD | Audio Cassette | Audio Download
From the lineage of Thomas Jefferson and Buckminster Fuller emerges another brilliant prophet of the possible.
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