Found 80 - 90 results of 90 programs matching keyword " history of exploratorium" |
Origins: Cold Spring Harbor: Dr. Sydney Brenner (Webcast)
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Dr. Sydney Brenner won the Nobel prize in physiology or medicine in 2002 for his work with the tiny nematode, C. elegans. Dr. Brenner recruited the one-millimeter worm in the early sixties as the ideal model organism to study cell differentiation and organ development. In this program, he describes how new model organisms are established for studying basic physiology, recounts his reaction to seeing Watson and Crick's DNA model for the first time, and offers advice to young scientists just starting out.
Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All
Date: February 27, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: history, discovery of dna helix, dna model, dna helix model, genetics, dna structure, genetic mutations, conducting research, problem solving, scientific approach, scientific process, model organsims, research standards, c. elegans,
Project: Origins: Unwinding DNA at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory | Browse All
Date: February 27, 2003
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: history, discovery of dna helix, dna model, dna helix model, genetics, dna structure, genetic mutations, conducting research, problem solving, scientific approach, scientific process, model organsims, research standards, c. elegans,
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Origins: Las Cuevas: History in a Jar (Webcast)
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0:47:31
0:47:31
We explore behind the scenes in the "tank room" of the Darwin Centre, where thousands of biological specimens up to 300 years old are kept.
Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All
Date: November 2, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: origins, biodiversity, tank room, london, england, darwin center, specimens, natural history, jungle, organisms, laboratories, insects, entomology
Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All
Date: November 2, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science/Biology
Keywords: origins, biodiversity, tank room, london, england, darwin center, specimens, natural history, jungle, organisms, laboratories, insects, entomology
Origins: Las Cuevas: Bats! (Webcast)
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0:41:59
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Bat curator Richard Harbord and photographer Frank Greenaway explore questions about our furry flying friends in Belize. We also talk with bat experts in London and at the Exploratorium.
Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All
Date: October 31, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science, Biology
Keywords: bats, bat researchers, belize, natural history musem of london, richard harbord, frank greenaway, bats
Project: Origins: Las Cuevas - From Jungle to Lab: The Story of Life's Complexity | Browse All
Date: October 31, 2002
Format: Expedition
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Life Science, Biology
Keywords: bats, bat researchers, belize, natural history musem of london, richard harbord, frank greenaway, bats
Seeing: Visual Literacy: A Talk With James Elkins (Webcast)
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1:24:22
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What is visual literacy--and who is literate? Join guest lecturer James Elkins in an evening of commentary on the many ways we "read" the visual world and assign meaning to what we see.
Project: Seeing Exhibition | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts
Keywords: visual studies, visual culture, interpretation of images, art history, visual analysis, visual coomunication
Project: Seeing Exhibition | Browse All
Date: August 21, 2002
Format: Interview
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): Arts
Keywords: visual studies, visual culture, interpretation of images, art history, visual analysis, visual coomunication
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Origins: Antarctica: Paul with Writer William Fox (Webcast)
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0:30:39
0:30:39
Join the Origins team as they travel to Antarctica. We sent Mary, Noel, Paul, and Julie to explore scientific wonders from McMurdo to the Pole. Learn all about the extreme science being conducted at the South Pole in a daily dispatch from Terra Australis Incognita!
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 22, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Arts, General Science
Keywords: nsf antarctic artists and writers program, holiday celebrations in antarctica, christmas in antarctica, terra antarctica, extreme environments, poetry, history of artistic, cartographic, and scientific images of antarctica, ice crystals, snow crystals,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 22, 2001
Format: Expedition
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): Arts, General Science
Keywords: nsf antarctic artists and writers program, holiday celebrations in antarctica, christmas in antarctica, terra antarctica, extreme environments, poetry, history of artistic, cartographic, and scientific images of antarctica, ice crystals, snow crystals,
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Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: DASI Telescope (Webcast)
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0:41:11
0:41:11
Learn more from the South Pole, as Mary and Noel speak to scientists about the DASI telescope
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 20, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: nils halvorson, cosmic microwave background radiation, history of the universe, microwave light telescopes in antarctica, , amundsen-scott south pole station, interferometry,
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 20, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Physics, Astronomy/Space Science
Keywords: nils halvorson, cosmic microwave background radiation, history of the universe, microwave light telescopes in antarctica, , amundsen-scott south pole station, interferometry,
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Origins: Antarctica: Antarctica: Check-in with Paul and Physicist Nils Halvorson (Webcast)
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0:22:47
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Dr. Nils Halvorson is in the Live@ studio and sheds light on the DASI telescope at the South Pole.
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 20, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology
Keywords: nils halvorson, cosmic microwave background radiation, history of the universe, microwave light telescopes in antarctica, amundsen-scott south pole station, interferometry, dasi telescope, volcanic cratering, rift zone, volcanic vent alignment, mount morning, isotop
Project: Origins: Antarctica - Scientific Journeys from McMurdo to the Pole | Browse All
Date: December 20, 2001
Format: Interview
Category: Science in Action
Subject(s): Astronomy/Space Science, Geology
Keywords: nils halvorson, cosmic microwave background radiation, history of the universe, microwave light telescopes in antarctica, amundsen-scott south pole station, interferometry, dasi telescope, volcanic cratering, rift zone, volcanic vent alignment, mount morning, isotop
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Explainer Perspectives: The Gamer's Club (Webcast)
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Learn all about video games: genres, history, and current news. This live Webcast was conceived, written, directed, and produced entirely by High School Explainers at the Exploratorium.
Project: Explainer Perspectives | Browse All
Date: August 18, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: history of video games, video game history,
Project: Explainer Perspectives | Browse All
Date: August 18, 2001
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Popular Culture
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: history of video games, video game history,
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Revealing Bodies: Revealing Bodies Hosted by Sedge Thomson (Webcast)
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This episode of Sedge Thomson's West Coast Live radio variety show links up with the Exploratorium's Revealing Bodies exhibition and series of webcasts. In this webcast, author Betty Ann Kevles discusses her book "Naked to the Bone: Medical Imaging in the Twentieth Century," performance artist Scott Serrano portrays Wilson Quain, a nineteenth-century "self-dissecting" anatomist, +4db (an a capella jazz group) sings, naturalist Claire Peaslee speaks, and house pianist Gini Wilson performs.
Project: Revealing Bodies | Browse All
Date: March 31, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Arts, Medicine
Keywords: revealing, bodies, betty ann kevles, medical imaging, history of body imaging, body-imaging technologies, early x-ray technology, medical imaging in the twentieth century, radiation, mammogram machines, scott serrano, wilson quain, self-dissecting anatomist, +4db, a
Project: Revealing Bodies | Browse All
Date: March 31, 2000
Format: Interview
Category: History of Science
Subject(s): Arts, Medicine
Keywords: revealing, bodies, betty ann kevles, medical imaging, history of body imaging, body-imaging technologies, early x-ray technology, medical imaging in the twentieth century, radiation, mammogram machines, scott serrano, wilson quain, self-dissecting anatomist, +4db, a
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Science of Chocolate: Sweet Science of Chocolate (Webcast)
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2:19:31
2:19:31
Visit a chocolate factory and learn how to make chocolate candles! Host Sedge Thomson talks with chocolatiers, chefs, and scientists about the history and science of this intoxicating food.
Project: Sweet Science of Chocolate | Browse All
Date: February 14, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: origins of choclate, xocoatl, aztec chocolate drink, chocolatier joseph schmidt, angela arzave, pastry, scharffen berger chocolate factory, making chocolate, science of chocolate, chocolate science, harold mcgee, andrew waterhouse, history of chocolate, cocoa, desserts
Project: Sweet Science of Chocolate | Browse All
Date: February 14, 1999
Format: Demonstration / Activity
Category: Everyday Science
Subject(s): General Science
Keywords: origins of choclate, xocoatl, aztec chocolate drink, chocolatier joseph schmidt, angela arzave, pastry, scharffen berger chocolate factory, making chocolate, science of chocolate, chocolate science, harold mcgee, andrew waterhouse, history of chocolate, cocoa, desserts
| Real: 34K |
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