"Anticipating a New Golden Age"
Frank Wilczek, Nobel Laureate and Professor, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Fundamental physics is poised to take a great leap forward in coming years. An extraordinary instrument - the Large Hadron Collider, or LHC - will enable us to see whether some gorgeous ideas about the ultimate laws of physics describe reality correctly. Nature has given us hints: Is she teaching, or teasing? In a multimedia presentation including rap video, spectacular images, some amazing ideas, and a few jokes, Mr. Wilczek demonstrates why this is an especially exciting time to be a physicist - or a curious person.
Sponsored by the UC Berkeley Department of Physics
http://physics.berkeley.edu
http://www.frankwilczek.com/
"Identity"
John Perry, H.W. Stuart Professor of Philosphy, Stanford University
Conversations host Harry Kreisler welcomes Professor John Perry who discusses the evolution of his thinking on the problem of identity. Topics covered also include: how a philosopher thinks, philosophical thinking and public discourse, and what philosophy and humor have in common. Professor Perry talks about his role as co-host of the radio program, "Philisophy Talk." http://www.philosophytalk.org/
He also reflects on the utility of procrastination.
Recorded March 12, 2009
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/iis/Kreisler.html
http://globetrotter.berkeley.edu/conversations
Applied Science & Technology 210 / Electrical Engineering 213: Soft X-Rays and Extreme Ultraviolet Radiation
Lecture 2: Introduction, part B
http://www.coe.berkeley.edu/AST/sxreuv/
Professor David T. Attwood, Electrical Engineering Professor in Residence, Professor Attwood's research interests include short wavelength electromagnetics, soft x-ray microscopy, coherence, and EUV lithography.
[courses] [ee213] [fall2005]
Adam Hochschild is the author of eight books; the latest, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans and the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939, appeared in 2016. Bury the Chains: Prophets and Rebels in the Fight to Free an Empire's Slaves won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, the PEN USA Literary Award, the Gold Medal of the California Book Awards, and was a finalist for the National Book Award. He has twice been a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award.
Due to technical difficulties, the first few minutes of Adam Hochschild’s talk are missing. He begins by discussing his book, Spain in Our Hearts: Americans in the Spanish Civil War, 1936-1939.
https://journalism.berkeley.edu/faculty/adam_hochschild/