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'Growing Up in the Universe' - Richard Dawkins Lectures on Science

Ep 1: Waking Up in the Universe



'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 2: Designed and Designoid Objects




'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 3: Climbing Mount Improbable




'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 4: The Ultraviolet Garden




'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 5: The Genesis of Purpose




'Growing Up in the Universe' Ep 1: Waking Up in the Universe

The Four Horsemen - Dawkins,Dennett,Harris and Hitchens

The Four Horsemen - 2 hours
58 min 4 sec - Dec 14, 2007

On the 30th of September 2007, Richard Dawkins, Daniel Dennett, Sam Harris and ... all » Christopher Hitchens sat down for a first-of-its-kind, unmoderated 2-hour discussion, convened by RDFRS and filmed by Josh Timonen.
All four authors have recently received a large amount of media attention for their writings against religion - some positive, and some negative. In this conversation the group trades stories of the public’s reaction to their recent books, their unexpected successes, criticisms and common misrepresentations. They discuss the tough questions about religion that face to world today, and propose new strategies for going forward.
Authors’ Recommended Books: The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins  Breaking the Spell by Daniel C. Dennett Letter to a Christian Nation by Sam Harris The End of Faith by Sam Harris God is Not Great by Christopher Hitchens





The Four Horsemen - Hour 1

Evolution of Climate Models

Mid 1970s
Early climate models were limited. They only included carbon dioxide, heat from the sun (radiation) and rain, but not clouds.




Mid 1980s
Clouds, land surface and ice were added into the mix in the 1980s. Different types of land behave differently; deserts and ice are more likely to reflect radiation, and forests are more likely to absorb it.




1990 - IPCC’s first report
A simple model of the oceans now joins the picture, as the first IPCC report comes out. To begin with, only the top layer of the sea was modelled.




1996 Second Assessment Report
More sophisticated models of the ocean are added. Volcanoes are also shown. Their eruptions throw particles into the atmosphere, which can block sunlight and temporarily reduce global temperatures.




2001 Third Assessment Report
By bringing the carbon cycle into the picture, the different ways C02 is stored and released into the atmosphere gives greater realism to climate models. Understanding of the oceans is deepened.




2007 Fourth Assessment Report
Chemical reactions in the atmosphere join the climate models; they are now produced using computing power 256 times more powerful than that available in the 1970s.

Movie Documentary - The Story of Stuff - Consumption, money, nature, environment

Movie Documentary - The Story of Stuff - Consumption, money, nature, environment
21 min 7 sec - 4-Dec-07

What is the Story of Stuff? ... From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view. The Story of Stuff is a 20-minute, fast-paced, fact-filled look at the underside of our production and consumption patterns. The Story of Stuff exposes the connections between a huge number of environmental and social issues, and calls us together to create a more sustainable and just world. It'll teach you something, it'll make you laugh, and it just may change the way you look at all the stuff in your life forever.



Movie Documentary - The Story of Stuff - Consumption, money, nature, environment

Murray Gell-Mann: Why pretty theories get all the attention - TED Talks video

About this Talk
Wielding laypeople's terms and a sense of humor, Nobel Prize winner Murray Gell-Mann drops some knowledge about particle physics, asking questions like, Are elegant equations more likely to be right than inelegant ones? Can the fundamental law, the so-called "theory of everything," really explain everything? His answers will surprise you.

About Murray Gell-Mann
Murray Gell-Mann brings visibility to a crucial aspect of our existence that we can't actually see: elemental particles. He won the Nobel Prize in Physics for introducing quarks, one of two fundamental ingredients for all matter in the universe.