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Sean B. Carroll on ...
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17:00:00 01/30/10

While the theory of evolution is credited to Charles Darwin, important contributions were also made by Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Wallace. The stories of these ...

Sean B. Carroll on the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin, Al...

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Sean B. Carroll on the theory of evolution, Charles Darwin, Alfred Wallace and Henry Walter Bates.

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While the theory of evolution is credited to Charles Darwin, important contributions were also made by Henry Walter Bates and Alfred Wallace. The stories of these three adventurers are chronicled by Sean B. Carroll, author of the book Remarkable Creatures: Epic Adventures in the Search for the Origins of Species.

Harold Kushner on c...
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17:00:00 01/23/10

Best-selling author Harold Kushner on his latest book Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World.

Harold Kushner on conquering fear

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Harold Kushner on conquering fear

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Best-selling author Harold Kushner on his latest book Conquering Fear: Living Boldly in an Uncertain World.

Wade Davis on disap...
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17:00:00 01/16/10

Anthropologist and author, Wade Davis, delivers the 2009 Massey Lecture entitled The Wayfinders

Wade Davis on disappearing cultures

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Wade Davis on disappearing cultures

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Anthropologist and author, Wade Davis, delivers the 2009 Massey Lecture entitled The Wayfinders

Peter Diamandis on ...
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17:00:00 01/09/10

Dr. Peter Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, a non-profit initiative focused on designing and launching large incentive prizes, such as t...

Peter Diamandis on promoting radical scientific breakthroughs ...

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Peter Diamandis on promoting radical scientific breakthroughs through his X Prize foundation

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Dr. Peter Diamandis is the Chairman and CEO of the X PRIZE Foundation, a non-profit initiative focused on designing and launching large incentive prizes, such as the Google Lunar X PRIZE, to drive radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. This lecture entitled The Best Way to Predict the Future is to Invent it Yourself! was delivered at the Quantum to Cosmos science festival at the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo.

Nick Mount on Samue...
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17:00:00 12/19/09

University of Toronto English professor Nick Mount discusses Samuel Beckett?s controversial play Waiting For Godot.

Nick Mount on Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot

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Nick Mount on Samuel Beckett's Waiting For Godot

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University of Toronto English professor Nick Mount discusses Samuel Beckett?s controversial play Waiting For Godot.

Robert Adams on the...
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17:00:00 12/12/09

The author of A Love of Reading, acclaimed book reviewer Robert Adams, discusses the Man Booker Prize winning novel Mister Pip by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones.

Robert Adams on the Booker Prize winning novel Mister Pip

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Robert Adams on the Booker Prize winning novel Mister Pip

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The author of A Love of Reading, acclaimed book reviewer Robert Adams, discusses the Man Booker Prize winning novel Mister Pip by New Zealand author Lloyd Jones.

Howard Gardner on e...
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17:00:00 12/05/09

Harvard psychologist and author, Howard Gardner, best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, delivers a lecture based on his book Good Work: When Excellen...

Howard Gardner on excellence in education

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Howard Gardner on excellence in education

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Harvard psychologist and author, Howard Gardner, best known for his theory of multiple intelligences, delivers a lecture based on his book Good Work: When Excellence and Ethics Meet.

Shel Israel on Twit...
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17:00:00 11/28/09

Influential blogger, Shel Israel, shares insights from his book Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighbourhoods.

Shel Israel on Twitterville

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Shel Israel on Twitterville

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Influential blogger, Shel Israel, shares insights from his book Twitterville: How Businesses Can Thrive in the New Global Neighbourhoods.

Michael Shermer on ...
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17:00:00 11/21/09

Editor of Skeptic Magazine, Michael Shermer, delivers an entertaining lecture on his book Why People Believe Weird Things.

Michael Shermer on why people believe weird things

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Michael Shermer on why people believe weird things

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Editor of Skeptic Magazine, Michael Shermer, delivers an entertaining lecture on his book Why People Believe Weird Things.

Liaquat Ahamed on h...
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14:00:00 11/14/09

The author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, Liaquat Ahamed, discusses the connections between the world's financial decision makers in the per...

Liaquat Ahamed on his book Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who B...

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Liaquat Ahamed on his book Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World

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The author of Lords of Finance: The Bankers Who Broke the World, Liaquat Ahamed, discusses the connections between the world's financial decision makers in the period leading up to the Great Depression and their counterparts in the current global financial crisis.

Michael Marrus (Pt....
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14:00:00 11/01/09

The second part of the lecture entitled Justice and Theatre: Great Moments in Great Trials examines Nicolae Bukharin and the Moscow Show Trials and the 1945 Nuremb...

Michael Marrus (Pt. 2) on great moments in great trials

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Michael Marrus (Pt. 2) on great moments in great trials

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The second part of the lecture entitled Justice and Theatre: Great Moments in Great Trials examines Nicolae Bukharin and the Moscow Show Trials and the 1945 Nuremberg Trials.

Michael Marrus on g...
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15:00:00 10/31/09

The first of this two-part lecture entitled Justice and Theatre: Great Moments in Great Trials looks at the libel trial of Oscar Wilde in 1895.

Michael Marrus on great moments in great trials

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Michael Marrus on great moments in great trials

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The first of this two-part lecture entitled Justice and Theatre: Great Moments in Great Trials looks at the libel trial of Oscar Wilde in 1895.

Richard Leakey on C...
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15:00:00 10/24/09

Richard Leakey, professor of Anthropology at Stony Brook University in New York is best known for his paleontological work in Africa. His lecture, entitled Climate...

Richard Leakey on Climate Change and the Future of Life on Earth

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Richard Leakey on Climate Change and the Future of Life on Earth

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Richard Leakey, professor of Anthropology at Stony Brook University in New York is best known for his paleontological work in Africa. His lecture, entitled Climate Change and the Future of Life on Earth deals with wildlife conservation and was recorded at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto on May 30th, 2009.

Leonard Mlodinow on...
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15:00:00 10/17/09

Leonard Mlodinow, of the California Institute of Technology is the author of The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives. His lecture on the subject of ran...

Leonard Mlodinow on randomness and his book The Drunkard's Walk

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Leonard Mlodinow on randomness and his book The Drunkard's Walk

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Leonard Mlodinow, of the California Institute of Technology is the author of The Drunkard's Walk: How Randomness Rules Our Lives. His lecture on the subject of randomness was presented by the Perimeter Institute in Waterloo, Ontario on May 6th, 2009.

Lawrence Krauss on ...
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15:00:00 10/10/09

Lawrence Krauss is a professor in the Department of Physics at Arizona State University. His lecture entitled Life, the Universe and Nothing was recorded at the Is...

Lawrence Krauss on dark matter, dark energy and the end of the...

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Lawrence Krauss on dark matter, dark energy and the end of the universe as we know it

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Lawrence Krauss is a professor in the Department of Physics at Arizona State University. His lecture entitled Life, the Universe and Nothing was recorded at the Isabel Bader Theatre in Toronto on March 27th, 2009.

Christopher Hitchen...
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15:00:00 10/03/09

Christopher Hitchens, author of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, delivers a lecture at the Royal Ontario Museum entitled The Three New Commandmen...

Christopher Hitchens on The Ten Commandments

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Christopher Hitchens on The Ten Commandments

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Christopher Hitchens, author of God is Not Great: How Religion Poisons Everything, delivers a lecture at the Royal Ontario Museum entitled The Three New Commandments in conjunction with the exhibit of the Dead Sea Scrolls.

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Guy Proulx on the aging brain

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Guy Proulx on the aging brain
08/30/08

Dr. Guy Proulx, Director of Psychology and NeuroRehabilitation at the Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care delivers a lecture entitled, Wisdom Versus Dementia: A Walk Through the Aging Brain.