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Exploratorium History: Author K.C. Cole and Others on Frank Oppenheimer (webcast)

Running Time:
01:36:04

Join A, K. C. Cole, author of Something Incredibly Wonderful Happens: Frank Oppenheimer and the World He Made Up, in conversation with Exploratorium Director Dr. Dennis Bartels, eminent San Francisco Chronicle science writer David Perlman, Cinema Arts Director Liz Keim, and Exploratorium physicist Thomas Humphrey. A question-and-answer session followed the panel discussion.

Project: History of the Exploratorium | Browse All

Date: December 1, 2009
Format: Lecture
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): Art, Cognitive Science/Psychology, General Science, History, Physics

Ancient Writings Revealed: The Evidence Project Presents: Ancient Writings Revealed! (webcast)

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00:58:32

Watch ancient text revealed and read for the first time in a thousand years! Archimedes was one of the world's greatest scientific and mathematical minds. His thoughts were inscribed on goatskin parchment, but the letters and diagrams were scraped off and written over by Greek monks in the Middle Ages. Now, using an intense x-ray beam generated at Stanford University's linear accelerator, some of the original Greek text will be revealed for the first time in the modern world.

Project: Evidence: Ancient Writings Revealed | Browse All

Date: August 4, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): History, Technology

The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity: Awarding the Nobel Prize with Anders Bárány (webcast)

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01:26:20

Professor Anders Barany, Deputy Director of the Nobel Museum and former secretary of the physics committee that awards the Nobel Prize, speaks about how laureates are chosen and celebrated. (Audio-only webcast)

Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All

Date: June 14, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): History of Science

The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity: Behind the Scenes: Awarding the Nobel Prize (webcast)

Running Time:
1:26:20

Professor Anders Barany, Deputy Director of the Nobel Museum and former secretary of the physics commitee that awards the Nobel Prize, speaks about what makes the Nobel Prize one of the world's most prestigious honors. He gives an insider's tour of Alfred Nobel's will and how laureates are chosen and celebrated.

Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All

Date: June 14, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, General Science

Exploratorium Miscellaneous Press Video and Audio: Exploratorium B-Roll Sample (clip)

Running Time:
00:00:35

This short preview clip of the larger B-Roll video has footage of the Exploratorium, inside and out, including scenes of children interacting with museum exhibits.

Project: Exploratorium Miscellaneous Press Video and Audio | Browse All

Date: January 10, 2005
Format: Exhibit
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science