Science and Our Spirit, 1989

by: Roger Weir

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Science and Our Spirit

2 of 13 presentations available
Thursdays, Oct 5, 1989 to Dec 28, 1989


Thirteen Classic Books on Thirteen Central Issues Facing a Planetary Culture in a Coming Interstellar Civilization.
  • The Tao of Physics: Fritjof Capra, Second Edition, (1983)
    An Exploration of the Parallels Between Modern Physics and Eastern Mysticism
      Recorded: October 5, 1989
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  • Li, Qi, and Shu-Ho Peng Yoke, (1985)
    An Introduction to Joseph Needham's Science and Civilization in China
      Recorded: October 12, 1989
    no audio available

  • The Philosophy of Niels Bohr-Henry J.Folse,Jr. (1985)
    The Framework of Complementarity
      Recorded: October 19, 1989
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  • Science and the Common Understanding: J. Robert Oppenheimer (1954)
    Emphasis on his essay entitled Atom and Void in the Third Millennium
      Recorded: October 26, 1989
    no audio available

  • QED: The Strange Theory of Light and Matter: Richard P. Feynman (1985)
    Explores Quantum Electrodynamics
      Recorded: November 2, 1989
    no audio available

  • The First Three Minutes: Steven Weinberg (1976)
    A Modern View of the Origin of the Universe
      Recorded: November 9, 1989
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  • The Double Helix: James D. Watson, Critical Edition (1980)
    Being a Person Account of the Discovery of the Structure of DNA
      Recorded: November 16, 1989
    no audio available

  • Thanksgiving Holiday
      Recorded: November 23, 1989
    no audio available

  • Neural Darwinism: Gerald Edelman (1987)
    The Theory of Neuronal Group Selection
      Recorded: November 30, 1989
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  • Origins: Richard E. Leakey and Roger Lewin (1982)
      Recorded: December 7, 1989
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  • Human Understanding by Stephen Toulmin (1972)
    The Collective use and Evaluation of Concepts
      Recorded: December 14, 1989
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  • First on the Moon: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. (1970)
    The Voyage of Apollo 11
      Recorded: December 21, 1989
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  • Galaxies: Timothy Ferris (1980)
    "Heaven's net cast wide. Though its meshes are coarse, nothing slips through." Lao Tzu.
      Recorded: December 28, 1989
    no audio available

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