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Provocative Thinkers in Science Series Events
Monday, December 7, 2009 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speakers: Felice Frankel and George Whitesides (Harvard University)
Science & the City hosts renowned science photographer Felice Frankel and nanotechnology pioneer George Whitesides both of Harvard University, for an evening of astounding art and world-changing science at the launch of their coffee-table book No Small Matter, a book that reveals the virtually invisible realities of nanoscience.
Tuesday, January 5, 2010 | 6:30 PM - 8:00 PM
Speaker: Helen Fisher (Rutgers University)
A biological anthropologist who has conducted fMRI studies on the brains of people in love, Helen Fisher maintains that humans have evolved three core brain systems for mating and reproduction.
Podcasts from Past Science & the City Events
Richard Dawkins launches his newest book in the third S&C Provocative Thinkers in Science event. He argues evolution is an indisputable fact, despite nearly half of Americans believing the opposite.
Hear how Aubrey de Grey, a British biomedical gerontologist, thinks science can help extend our lives by decades. De Grey spoke as part of S&C's Fall Provocative Thinkers series.
Podcast
September 18, 2009
Hear how your executive brain makes decisions from Elkhonon Goldberg, the first speaker in S&C’s Provocative Thinkers in Science series.
Perception expert Daniel Levitin joins Grammy-winning singer/songwriter Rosanne Cash at our Science of Hearing event to explore our sense of hearing -- with a little musical accompaniment, of course.
NYU computer scientist Yann LeCun looks to biological models to create vision systems, and artificial intelligence in machines. From the S&C Spring event series.
Podcast
February 20, 2009
Two taste gurus deconstruct our sense of taste in S&C's Science of the 5 Senses series -- from the molecules that give us flavor to the mystery of the fifth taste.
There's a lot more to vision than first meets the eye. An ex-magician and cognitive neuroscientist team and tackle the science of sight in S&C's Science of the 5 Senses series.
Podcast
December 12, 2008
Two smell scientists tackle the biology, genetics, and psychology behind our noses in S&C's Science of the 5 Senses series.
Podcast
November 21, 2008
An NYU neuroscientist reveals what his research tells us about how our brains process fear and anxiety. LeDoux was featured in the S&C Fall events series.
Think you've got a supercomputer for a brain? Think again. An NYU psychologist argues we've got kluges for brains and evolution to blame. Marcus was part of the S&C Fall events schedule.
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