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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
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.
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science, History
Keywords: historic, discovery, hut, mcmurdo, exploration
Project: Ice Stories: Dispatches from Polar Scientists | Browse All
Date: December 28, 2008
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): General Science, History
Keywords: historic, discovery, hut, mcmurdo, exploration
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.
Project: Pi Day | Browse All
Date: March 13, 2008
Format: Event
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science, History
Keywords: pi day, geometry, history, math, chain reaction
Project: Pi Day | Browse All
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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Ancient Writings Revealed: The Evidence Project Presents: Ancient Writings Revealed! (Webcast)
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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
Keywords: archimedes, palimpsest, slac, evidence, monks, greek writings, texts, imaging, x-ray, synchatron radiation, walters art museum, neil calder, will noel, roger eastman, abagail quant, uwe bergmann
Project: Evidence: Ancient Writings Revealed | Browse All
Date: August 4, 2006
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): History, Technology
Keywords: archimedes, palimpsest, slac, evidence, monks, greek writings, texts, imaging, x-ray, synchatron radiation, walters art museum, neil calder, will noel, roger eastman, abagail quant, uwe bergmann
Doctor Atomic: Science, Music, & Morals Part I (Podcast)
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A discussion about the artistic, scientific, and moral interpretations of J. Robert Oppenheimer and his legacy as the father of the atomic bomb. Composer John Adams and librettist Peter Sellars of the Doctor Atomic opera are joined by Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Kip Cranna, musical administrator at the San Francisco Opera, moderates.
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: September 13, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Art, History, Physics
Keywords: j. robert oppenheimer, atomic bomb, manhattan project, san francisco opera, nagasaki, los alamos, opera commentary, nuclear reaction, plutonium, implosion, nuclear fission, leslie groves, edward teller, composing, cold war
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: September 13, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Art, History, Physics
Keywords: j. robert oppenheimer, atomic bomb, manhattan project, san francisco opera, nagasaki, los alamos, opera commentary, nuclear reaction, plutonium, implosion, nuclear fission, leslie groves, edward teller, composing, cold war
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Doctor Atomic: Science, Music, & Morals Part II (Podcast)
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A discussion about the artistic, scientific, and moral interpretations of J. Robert Oppenheimer and his legacy as the father of the atomic bomb. Composer John Adams and librettist Peter Sellars of the Doctor Atomic opera are joined by Richard Rhodes, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning book, The Making of the Atomic Bomb. Kip Cranna, musical administrator at the San Francisco Opera, moderates.
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: September 13, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Art, History, Physics
Keywords: j. robert oppenheimer, atomic bomb, manhattan project, san francisco opera, nagasaki, los alomos, opera commentary, nuclear reaction, plutonium, implosion, nuclear fission, leslie groves, edward teller, composing, cold war
Project: Doctor Atomic | Browse All
Date: September 13, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Art, History, Physics
Keywords: j. robert oppenheimer, atomic bomb, manhattan project, san francisco opera, nagasaki, los alomos, opera commentary, nuclear reaction, plutonium, implosion, nuclear fission, leslie groves, edward teller, composing, cold war
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The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity: Awarding the Nobel Prize with Anders Bárány (Podcast)
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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.
Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All
Date: June 14, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): History of Science
Keywords: nobel prize, anders barany, lecture, nobel museum, nobel laureates
Project: The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity | Browse All
Date: June 14, 2005
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Science
Subject(s): History of Science
Keywords: nobel prize, anders barany, lecture, nobel museum, nobel laureates
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The Nobel Prize: 100 Years of Creativity: Behind the Scenes: Awarding the Nobel Prize (Webcast)
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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
Keywords: alfred nobel, nobel museum, nobel laureate consideration, noable laureate selection, nobel prize
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
Keywords: alfred nobel, nobel museum, nobel laureate consideration, noable laureate selection, nobel prize
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Chaco Canyon: Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon (Webcast)
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Join the Live@ crew and NASA scientists as we delve into the ancient knowledge of the Chacoans, daily sky watchers who amassed a great knowledge about the movements of the sun. And learn why today's astronomers and solar physicists continue to watch the sun, using modern ground-based observatories and orbiting space telescopes.
Project: Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon | Browse All
Date: December 21, 2004
Format: Expedition
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Physics, History
Keywords: winter solstice, chaco canyon, ancient observatories, sun, equinox, native americans, eagle dance, alignments, sun dagger, ancient stories, architecture, fajada butte, pueblo bonito
Project: Ancient Observatories: Chaco Canyon | Browse All
Date: December 21, 2004
Format: Expedition
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Physics, History
Keywords: winter solstice, chaco canyon, ancient observatories, sun, equinox, native americans, eagle dance, alignments, sun dagger, ancient stories, architecture, fajada butte, pueblo bonito
Dr. Frank Oppenheimer: Palace of Delights (Clip)
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00:57:36
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Originally produced for NOVA in 1982, Jon Else's film takes a look behind the scenes at the Exploratorium. The film follows the development of three exhibits from prototype to museum floor. Palace of Delights won a Cine Golden Eagle Award and was shown at the International Film and Television Festival of New York.
Project: Dr. Frank Oppenheimer | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, jon else, exploratorium
Project: Dr. Frank Oppenheimer | Browse All
Date: November 14, 2004
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): History, Physics, Art
Keywords: frank oppenheimer, jon else, exploratorium
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