Description:
From genetics to cosmology to nanotechnology, science is on the brink of numerous and extraordinary mega-revolutions that will change the very nature of life. Closer to Truth brings together leading scientists, scholars and artists to debate many of today's fundamental issues. Joining host Robert Kuhn are astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson; author/astronomer Timothy Ferris; evolutionary biologist Francisco Ayala; professor of neuroscience and philosophy Patricia Smith Churchland; and child psychologist Rochel Gelman. The panelists discuss the role of independent scientific study; how 'paradigms' work in science; and whether scientific discoveries are conditioned by the prevailing culture.
Speaker(s):
Neil deGrasse Tyson, Ph.D., director, Hayden Planetarium, American Museum of Natural History
Timothy Ferris, emeritus professor, University of California at Berkeley; consultant to NASA on long-term space exploration policy
Francisco Ayala, professor of biology and philosophy, University of California at Irvine
Patricia Smith Churchland, professor of neuroscience and philosophy, University of California at San Diego
Robert Lawrence Kuhn, Ph.D., UCLA; Closer to Truth host
Rochel Gelman, Ph.D., professor, Psychology, UCLA
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