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Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation:  The Dolphins (Clip)
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Sea life can sometimes serve as a marker to help navigators stay on track. Shorty Bertelmann describes how one such living marker, a pod of dolphins, helped him see what navigation is really about.

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Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, HIstory

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Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation:  Why Navigate? (Clip)
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00:05:07
What motivates modern navigators? That depends on who you ask. But many explain their passion for voyaging in terms of kuleana--responsibility.

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Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History

Keywords: navigating, stellar navigation


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Never Lost: Polynesian Navigation:  We Are All Astronomers (Clip)
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The intertwining of astronomy, Hawaiian ancestry, and traditional navigation are the subject of this video featuring astrophysicist Paul Coleman, cultural historian Koa Rice, and captain Billy Richards.

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Date: March 23, 2010
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, History

Keywords: astronomers, stellar navigation, hawaiian culture


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Dr. Frank Oppenheimer:  Author K.C. Cole and Others on Frank Oppenheimer (Webcast)
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Join 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.

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

Keywords: frank oppenheimer, frank, k.c cole, exploratorium, history, museum, panel, creation, founder, philosophy, mission


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Dr. Frank Oppenheimer:  Exploratorium - From An Interview with Dr. Frank Oppenheimer (Clip)
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Produced by Thorne Films, this very early 1972 film details some of the history and thought that went into the creation of the Exploratorium as told by its founding director, Frank Oppenheimer.

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Date: November 30, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, General Science, History

Keywords: frank oppenheimer, history of exploratorium


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Exploratorium Audio Salon:  Nature and Culture--A Conversation with Jane Wolff (Podcast)
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A short visit with the inspiring Jane Wolff. She is an artist, landscape architect, educator, and author of 'Delta Primer: a field guide to the California Delta.'

Project: Exploratorium Audio Salon | Browse All

Date: February 18, 2009
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Art, History, Life Science/Biology

Keywords: delta, jane wolff, water, invisible dynamics


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Ice Stories:  Visit to Shackleton's Hut (Webcast)
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Our intrepid Exploratorium team shares experiences from their visit to Shackleton's hut. This hut is at Cape Royds, where Shackleton mounted an expedition to the South Pole and made a first ascent of Mt. Erebus.

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Date: December 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science, History

Keywords: historic, discovery, hut, mcmurdo, exploration


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Ice Stories:  Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds exteriors (Clip)
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Ice Stories:  Shackleton's Hut, Cape Royds Interiors (Clip)
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Pi Day:  20th Anniversary of Pi Day at the Exploratorium (Webcast)
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The Exploratorium celebrates the 20th anniversary of Pi Day with a pie-throwing contest, Pi Day exhibits in Second Life, and more activities honoring everyone's favorite mathematical constant.

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Date: March 13, 2008
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science, History

Keywords: pi day, geometry, history, math, chain reaction


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