Big Ideas Video
Big Ideas offers lectures on a variety of thought-provoking topics which range across politics, culture, economics, art history, science.... By nature of its lecture format, pacing and inquisitive approach, it is the antithesis of the prevailing sound-bit
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Jill Tarter on the Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence
Dr. Jill Tarter, Director at the Centre for SETI Research, ...
Dr. Jill Tarter, Director at the Centre for SETI Research, discusses the ongoing Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence and how new tools including the Allen Telescope Array and the Keplar Spacecraft are helping to make the search much more likely to succeed.
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Stephen Lewis on Climate Change
Stephen Lewis, social sciences scholar in residence at McMaster University, ...
Stephen Lewis, social sciences scholar in residence at McMaster University, delivers a talk entitled, Climate Change; the New Big Thing.
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Jordan Peterson on Redemption and Psychology in Christianity
University of Toronto Psychology Professor, Jordan Peterson, on Redemption and ...
University of Toronto Psychology Professor, Jordan Peterson, on Redemption and Psychology in Christianity. Dr. Peterson's lecture was the keynote address at the 2012 Meaning Conference held in Toronto.
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Stephen Lewis of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law
Stephen Lewis of the Global Commission on HIV and the ...
Stephen Lewis of the Global Commission on HIV and the Law, and author of Race Against Time speaks at The Grandest Challenge Symposium.
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Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child
Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada, ...
Samantha Nutt, Founder and Executive Director of War Child Canada, and author of the book Damned Nations speaks at The Grandest Challenge Symposium.
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Rupinder Brar on Relativity, Einstein, and How to Stay Young
Rupinder Brar lectures on the topic of Einstein's special relativity ...
Rupinder Brar lectures on the topic of Einstein's special relativity theory and it's explanation of time dilation and simultaneity. The lecture is entitled Relativity, Einstein, the Speed of Light and How to Stay Young.
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Rupinder Brar profile - Astronomy and political aspirations
Rupinder Brar (Physics - University of Ontario Institute of Technology) ...
Rupinder Brar (Physics - University of Ontario Institute of Technology) is profiled, focusing on his interest in astronomy, his desire to be an astronaut and his political aspirations.
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Julian Barbour on Does Time Exist?
Julian Barbour, visiting professor at the University of Oxford and ...
Julian Barbour, visiting professor at the University of Oxford and the author of The End of Time, addresses the question, Does Time Exist? Barbour explores the history of scientific thought on the concept of time and presents his own interpretations of what time is.
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Margaret Atwood: Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth
Preeminent author, Margaret Atwood, delivers the 2008 Massey Lecture, "Payback: ...
Preeminent author, Margaret Atwood, delivers the 2008 Massey Lecture, "Payback: Debt and the Shadow Side of Wealth".
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Tyler Cowen and Andrew Coyne on The Great Stagnation
Tyler Cowen discusses his book The Great Stagnation: How America ...
Tyler Cowen discusses his book The Great Stagnation: How America Ate All the Low-Hanging Fruit of Modern History, Got Sick and Will (Eventually) Feel Better. Andrew Coyne (National Post) presents a rebuttal and the pair discuss Cowen's thesis focusing on issues of productivity, innovation and government policy (moderated by Wendy Dobson).
