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| Date | Description |
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October 6, 1960
#1496 |
Interstellar Communication
Phillip Morrison Cornell University Transcript |
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December 2, 1960
#1500 |
Sixty Years of Quantum Physics
Edward U. Condon Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri Transcript |
| Spring 1961 | |
| Date | Description |
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May 12, 1961
#1510 |
New Developments in High Magnetic Field Research
Francis Bitter Massachusetts Institute of Technology Transcript |
| Spring 1962 | |
| Date | Description |
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May 11, 1962
#1526 |
The Theory of the Electron
F. Rohrlich State University of Iowa Transcript |
| Fall 1990 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 21, 1990
#1965 |
Heresy, Excommunication, and Other Weeds in the Garden of Science
Theodore Rockwell Abstract pending… |
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October 5, 1990
#1966 |
Exploring the Natural Resources of Your Dreaming Mind
Robert Van de Castle University of Virginia School of Medicine Abstract |
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October 19, 1990
#1967 |
New Approaches to the Analysis of Carbohydrates
David Zopf Abstract pending… |
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November 2, 1990
#1968 |
Untangling the Bureaucratic Web: Should the National Institutes of Health
Remain in the Department of Health and Human Services
Robert P. Charrow Abstract pending… |
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November 16, 1990
#1969 |
Total Quality Management: What Is It?
Tina Sung Abstract pending… |
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November 30, 1990
#1970 |
The Coldest Atoms in the Universe
William Phillips Abstract pending… |
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December 14, 1990
#1971 |
Maestros and Autocrats: How To Tell Good from Bad in Science and Technology
Arthur M. Squires Abstract pending… |
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January 18, 1991
#1972 |
Science Sings the Blues
Too Little Money, Too Many Politicians, or Too Many Scientists? Lisa Heinz Retiring President Abstract |
| Spring 1991 | |
| Date | Description |
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February 1, 1991
#1973 |
Cybernetics, the Unifying Science of the Century?
Paul Pangaro Abstract |
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February 22, 1991
#1974 |
The Echo of Creation
Gerrit Verschuur Abstract pending… |
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March 15, 1991
#1975 |
Triangle Everywhere
Making a Mesh of Things Isabel Beichl National Institute of Science and Technology Abstract |
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March 29, 1991
#1976 |
Cost Effectiveness of Medical Care and Controlling Cost
Marvin M. Kristein Abstract pending… |
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April 12, 1991
#1977 |
Complementarity and Non-Locality: The Non-Local Universe
Menas Kafatos George Mason University Abstract |
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April 26, 1991
#1978 |
The Physics of Baseball
Peter J. Brancazio Brooklyn College Abstract |
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May 10, 1991
#1979 |
The Case for Ending Drug Prohibition and The Emerging Alternative Addiction Paradigm
Joe G. Foreman Scientist and Former President of the Society Abstract |
| Fall 1991 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 13, 1991
#1980 |
Molecular Approaches to the Study of Evolution
Michael Braun Abstract pending… |
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October 4, 1991
#1981 |
Meditation and Medicine
James S. Gordon Abstract pending… |
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October 18, 1991
#1982 |
Communitarianism: More Responsibilities, Fewer Rights
Amitai Etzioni Abstract pending… |
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October 25, 1991
#1983 |
The Gamma-Ray Universe
Alan N. Bunner Abstract pending… |
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November 8, 1991
#1984 |
Earthquake Prediction: What Does It Really Mean?
Robert L. Wesson Abstract pending… |
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November 22, 1991
#1985 |
The New Era in Pharmaceutical Development: Using the Genetic Code to Make
Better Medicine
Paul O. P. Ts'o Abstract pending… |
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December 6, 1991
#1986 |
The Baltimore Fiasco: A Case Study in Fraud
Walter Stewart and Ned Feder Abstract pending… |
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December 20, 1991
#1987 |
Environmental Interactions in the Chesapeake Bay System
David L. Correll Abstract pending… |
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January 10, 1992
#1988 |
What's the Temperature?
Robert S. Kaeser Abstract pending… |
| Spring 1992 | |
| Date | Description |
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January 31, 1992
#1989 |
"The Case for Cold Fusion," and "The Case Against Cold Fusion"
David Linley , Nature Magazine Talbot A. Chubb , Research Systems, Inc. Abstract pending… |
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February 7, 1992
#1990 |
Sex Differences in the Brain: Good Science, Bad Science
Kathy Olsen National Science Foundation Abstract pending… |
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February 21, 1992
#1991 |
Fullerenes: Great Balls of Carbon
William Kamatakahara National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract pending… |
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February 28, 1992
#1992 |
Ancient Hunters of America: The Origins of the American Indians
Dennis Stanford Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Abstract pending… |
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March 13, 1992
#1993 |
Are Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Dangerous?
Genevieve Matanoski Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene Abstract pending… |
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March 27, 1992
#1994 |
The Riddle of Evil: The Causes and Cures of Human Destructiveness
Andrew Bard Schmookler Author Abstract pending… |
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April 10, 1992
#1995 |
Fighting the Kuwait Fires from Outer Space and Other Uses for Commercial Remote
Sensing Vehicles
Peter Zimmerman Center for Strategic and International Studies Abstract pending… |
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April 24, 1992
#1996 |
NASA's Magellan Mission to Venus: Exploration Beyond Earth's Bounds
Wesley T. Huntress, Jr. NASA Abstract pending… |
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May 15, 1992
#1997 |
Subject to be determined.
Gerald Edelman Rockefeller University Abstract pending… |
| Fall 1992 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 11, 1992
#1998 |
Application of the Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID)
Magnetometer in Biomedical Research
Susumu Sato National Institutes of Health Abstract |
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October 2, 1992
#1999 |
I Feel Therefore I Am: The Biology of Emotion
A New Paradigm for Consciousness Ayub Ommaya Neurosurgeon Abstract |
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October 23, 1992
#2000 |
The Universe You Don't See: The Existence and Nature of Dark Matter
Virginia L. Trimble University of Maryland Abstract |
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November 6, 1992
#2001 |
X Marks the Spot: Hubble Telescope Research
Trials and Tribulations Colin Cox Johns Hopkins University Abstract |
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November 20, 1992
#2002 |
Superconductivity: Who Cares?
Fernand D. Bedard National Security Agency Abstract |
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December 4, 1992
#2003 |
Chaos and Fractals: Past and Future
Michael F. Shlesinger Office of Naval Research Abstract |
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December 18, 1992
#2004 |
Beyond Determinism and Indignity: A Reinterpretation of Operant Conditioning
Teed Rockwell Philosopher Abstract |
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January 8, 1993
#2005 |
The Square Root of Minus One and Other Mathematical Oddities
Willard S. Grant Retiring President Abstract |
| Spring 1993 | |
| Date | Description |
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January 22, 1993
#2006 |
Plate Tectonics and the Fossil Record: The Evolution of the Modern World
Daniel E. Appleman National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution Abstract |
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February 5, 1993
#2007 |
The Hemodynamic Basis of Atherosclerosis
Meyer Texon New York University Medical Center Abstract |
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February 19, 1993
#2008 |
The Role of Advanced Technology in Cleaning Up the DOE Nuclear Weapons Complex
Gary E. Voelker U. S. Department of Energy Abstract |
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March 5, 1993
#2009 |
The Limits of Friendship: Ramanujan and Hardy in England
Robert Kanigel Author Abstract |
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March 19, 1993
#2010 |
The Quest of Metallic Hydrogen
Ho-Kwang Mao Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington Abstract |
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April 2, 1993
#2011 |
The Recipe for FDA's Food Policies
Frank E. McLaughlin College of Business and Management, University of Maryland Abstract |
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April 23, 1993
#2012 |
Intraoperative Radiotherapy – A Treatment Option for Cancers That Cannot
Be Removed by Surgery
Alfred F. Goldson Howard University Cancer Center Abstract |
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May 14, 1993
#2013 |
Origin, Evolution, and Distribution of Life in the Universe
Cyril Ponnamperuma Director, Laboratory of Chemical Evolution, University of Maryland Abstract |
| Fall 1993 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 17, 1993
#2014 |
Why is There Something Rather than Nothing?
Reflections on the New Science of Complexity M. Mitchell Waldrop Author and Physicist Abstract |
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October 1, 1993
#2015 |
Historic Artifact Preservation and Study: To What End?
Jacqueline Olin Smithsonian Institution Objectivity as a Means of Connoisseurship Charles Olin Smithsonian Institution Abstract |
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October 15, 1993
#2016 |
There Is Smell in Your Life – How It Got There, How It Works, and What
Happens to It when You Age
Robert I. Henkin Center for Molecular Nutrition and Sensory Disorders, Taste and Smell Clinic Abstract |
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November 5, 1993
#2017 |
A View of the World Through the Human Pre-Frontal Cortex
Jordan Grafman National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke Abstract |
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November 19, 1993
#2018 |
Occurrence of Toxic Organometal Species in the Aquatic Environment
Jon M. Bellama Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland Abstract Minutes |
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December 3, 1993
#2019 |
Coupling Between the Upper and Lower Atmospheres: The Electrical Connection
Richard Goldberg Senior Scientist, Laboratory of Extra-Terrestrial Physics, Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract Minutes |
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December 17, 1993
#2020 |
On What the Mind is Identical With
Teed Rockwell Philosopher/Musician Abstract Minutes |
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January 7, 1994
#2021 |
Tapping into Our Living History – Past Presidents of the Society and
Traditions
William Spargo MPR Associates Abstract |
| Spring 1994 | |
| Date | Description |
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January 21, 1994
#2022 |
The Human Genome Project: Unravelling the Instructions for Creating Life
Robert J. Robbins Applied Research Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University Abstract | Minutes |
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February 4, 1994
#2023 |
The Silent Revolution: Rare Earth Permanent Magnets and Their Applications
Fred Rothwarf Applied Technologies Enterprises, Ltd. Abstract | Minutes |
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February 18, 1994
#2024 |
The Crisis of Life on Earth and the Nature of Human Nature
Michael Robinson National Zoological Park, Smithsonian Institution Abstract | Minutes |
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March 4, 1994
#2025 |
Anthropology Looks at the Old Testament: The God-Nature Continuum
Milton Jacobs Professor Emeritus Anthropology, State University of New York Abstract | Minutes |
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March 18, 1994
#2026 |
Adventures of a Physics Reporter
Gloria Lubkin Editor, Physics Today Abstract | Minutes |
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April 8, 1994
#2027 |
Do Weak Electromagnetic Fields Cause Bioeffects? Why Is There Such Skepticism?
What Are the Answers?
Theodore Litovitz Professor of Physics, Catholic University Abstract | Minutes |
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April 22, 1994
#2028 |
The Making of a Soviet Scientist
Roald Sagdeev Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Maryland Abstract | Minutes |
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May 13, 1994
#2029 |
Environmental Influences on Brain Structure and Function
Marian Diamond Professor of Anatomy, Department of Integrative Biology, and Director, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley Abstract |
| Fall 1994 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 16, 1994
#2030 |
What Is Science and Why Do Postmodern Philosophers Have So Little Useful to Say
about It?
James Trefil George Mason University Abstract pending… Minutes |
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September 30, 1994
#2031 |
The Decay of the Neutron, The Big Bang and "Dark" Matter in the Universe
Geoffrey L. Greene National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract | Minutes |
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October 14, 1994
#2032 |
Thoughts on Chaos
Mark L. Spano White Oak Laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Center Abstract | Minutes |
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November 4, 1994
#2033 |
The Highly Probable Future: 83 Assumptions about the Year 2025
Joseph F. Coates President, Coates & Jarratt Abstract | Minutes |
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November 18, 1994
#2034 |
The Science of Hearing and the Perceptual Problems of the Hearing-Impaired
Sally Revoile Gallaudet University Abstract pending… Minutes |
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December 2, 1994
#2035 |
Within Sight of the White House: The Working Women of Washington, DC
Donna J. Seifert Archeologist, John Milner Associates, Inc. Abstract pending… Minutes |
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December 16, 1994
#2036 |
Mathematics in Stone and Bronze
Helaman Ferguson and Claire Ferguson Sculptor/Mathematician, and Author Abstract pending… Minutes |
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January 6, 1995
#2037 |
Sic Transit Trans
— Science Salvages the Truth in Spite of Potent Economic Interventions
Mary G. Enig Abstract |
| Spring 1995 | |
| Date | Description |
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January 20, 1995
#2038 |
Genes - A New Measure of Man
William A. Haseltine Human Genome Sciences, Inc. Abstract | Minutes |
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February 3, 1995
#2039 |
A Week of Experiences at the 1994 Nobel Prize Ceremonies
Robert D. Shull National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract pending… Minutes |
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February 17, 1995
#2040 |
Making Use of Chaos
Louis M. Pecora Naval Research Laboratory Abstract pending… Minutes |
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March 3, 1995
#2041 |
Dietary Oxidative Stress: Boon or Bane in Infection?
Orville A. Levander U.S. Department of Agriculture Abstract pending… Minutes |
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March 17, 1995
#2042 |
Neutrinos and the Quest for Grand Unity in Physics
Rabindra Nath Mohapatra Department of Physics, University of Maryland Abstract pending… Minutes |
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April 7, 1995
#2043 |
Timekeeping: Synch or Swim
Donald B. Sullivan Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract pending… Minutes |
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April 21, 1995
#2044 |
Worlds Apart: The Inner Planets
Sean C. Solomon Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington Abstract pending… Minutes |
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May 12, 1995
#2045 |
Designer Brain: Receptor-Neurotransmitter Research, the Scientific and
Social-Ethical Implications
Richard M. Restak George Washington Medical School Abstract pending… |
| Fall 1995 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 15, 1995
#2046 |
COBE and How We Know There Was A Big Bang, The Solar Neutrino Problem and How
We Know the Stars Run on Nuclear Energy, Gamma Ray Bursters and How Sometimes
We Don't Know Anything (Updates on Three Problems in Modern Astronomy)
Virginia L. Trimble Professor Physics Department, University of California at Irvine and Astronomy Department, University of Maryland at College Park Abstract | Minutes |
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September 29, 1995
#2047 |
Joseph Priestley: Radical, Natural Philosopher, and Theologian
Jack Fruchtman, Jr. Professor, Political Science Department, Towson State University Abstract | Minutes |
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October 20, 1995
#2048 |
Whatever Happened to "Cold Fusion"?
David J. Nagel Naval Research Laboratory Abstract | Minutes |
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November 3, 1995
#2049 |
DNA Identification of the Last Romanovs
Thomas J. Parsons Armed Forces Institution of Pathology Abstract | Minutes |
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November 17, 1995
#2050 |
Ecological Biogeography of Rare Plant Species in the Mid-Atlantic Region
Larry E. Morse Chief Botanist, The Nature Conservancy Abstract pending… Minutes |
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December 1, 1995
#2051 |
Science and the Future of Cities
James Trefil George Mason University Abstract pending… Minutes |
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December 15, 1995
#2052 |
Recent Results from the Hubble on Star and Planet Formation
Christopher Burroughs European Space Agency and Space Science Telescope Institute Abstract pending… Minutes |
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January 5, 1996
#2053 |
The Best Two Out of Three and Other Interesting Computer Tales
James Ohlmacher Abstract pending… |
| Spring 1996 | |
| Date | Description |
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January 19, 1996
#2054 |
Pros and Cons of Genetic Studies
Lameh Fananapazir Co-Chief, Inherited Cardiac Diseases, National Institutes of Health Abstract | Minutes |
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February 2, 1996
#2055 |
Mapping Language and Memory Functions in the Human Brain
Teresa Blaxton National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, NIH Abstract pending… Minutes |
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March 1, 1996
#2056 |
Genetic Variation and Nutrition
Artemis Simopouloss Center for Genetics, Nutrition, and Health Abstract pending… Minutes |
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March 15, 1996
#2057 |
Light, Heat and Materials: Thermal Imaging and Nondestructive Evaluation
John Murphy Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University Abstract pending… Minutes |
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March 29, 1996
#2058 |
Beginnings of Cellular Life: Metabolism Recapitulates Biogenesis
Harold Morowitz George Mason University Abstract pending… Minutes |
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April 19, 1996
#2059 |
Cryo-Electronics: A Hot New Topic
Stuart A. Wolf Naval Research Laboratory Abstract pending… Minutes |
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May 3, 1996
#2060 |
How do Protein Molecules Self-Assemble?
George D. Rose Johns Hopkins School of Medicine Abstract pending… |
| Fall 1996 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 6, 1996
#2061 |
When Congress Writes the Prescription: Voodoo Medicine at the National
Institutes of Health
Robert Park Professor, University of Maryland; Director of Public Information, American Physical Society Abstract | Minutes |
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October 4, 1996
#2062 |
Satellite Laser Ranging: A Joint Agency Effort for Precise Satellite Positioning
Charmaine Gilbreath Electro-Optics Center Naval Research Laboratory Abstract | Minutes |
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October 18, 1996
#2063 |
Evolution of Consciousness as Emotion
Ayub K. Ommaya Professor of Neurological Surgery, George Washington University Abstract pending… Minutes |
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November 15, 1996
#2064 |
Preserving Ancient Statues from 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan
Carol Grissom Senior Objects Conservator, Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution Abstract pending… Minutes |
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November 15, 1996
#2065 |
A Model for a Real Aether
Allen Rothward Professor, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Drexel University Abstract pending… Minutes |
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December 13, 1996
#2066 |
Lessons Learned from a Medieval Map: The Vinland Map
Jacqueline Olin Abstract pending… Minutes |
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January 3, 1997
#2067 |
Principles of Contemporary Technology
Joseph Coates President, Coates & Jarratt Abstract pending… |
| Spring 1997 | |
| Date | Description |
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January 24, 1997
#2068 |
Manifesto for a New Medicine
James S. Gordon Georgetown University School of Medicine Abstract pending… |
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February 7, 1997
#2069 |
Metrology, the Science and the Philosophy
H. Steffen Peiser National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract | Minutes |
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February 21, 1997
#2070 |
The Controversy on the Distance to Gamma Ray Bursters
Jay Norris NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract pending… Minutes |
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March 7, 1997
#2071 |
Hyperspectral Imaging
Lee J. Rickard Naval Research Laboratory Abstract | Minutes |
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March 21, 1997
#2072 |
Scientific Determination of the Causes of Aging
Anna M. McCormick National Institutes of Aging Abstract pending… |
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April 4, 1997
#2073 |
Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Prozac
Harvey L. Rich Washington Psychoanalytical Association Abstract pending… Minutes |
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April 18, 1997
#2074 |
Uneconomic Growth: In Theory, in Fact, and Some Consequences
Herman E. Daly University of Maryland Abstract pending… Minutes |
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May 2, 1997
#2075 |
Mars in Fact versus Fiction
Donna Lee Shirley Jet Propulsion Laboratory Abstract pending… |
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May 12, 1997
#2076 |
"Frequent Interchange of Ideas and Appreciative Encouragement": The Role of
Scientific Societies in the Life of Joseph Henry
Marc Rothenberg Curator, Joseph Henry Papers Project, Smithsonian Institution Abstract |
| Fall 1997 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 5, 1997
#2077 |
Manufacturing Infrastructure for Optoelectronics
Victor R. McCrary National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract pending… Minutes |
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September 12, 1997
#2078 |
The First Aerospace Aluminum Alloy: The Wright Flyer Crankcase
Frank W. Gayle National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract pending… Minutes |
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October 17, 1997
#2079 |
What Can You Do with a Broken Computer?
Russell A. Kirsch Director of Research, Sturvil Corporation Abstract pending… Minutes |
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November 7, 1997
#2080 |
Snow and Ice Crystals
William P. Wergin U.S. Department of Agriculture Abstract pending… Minutes |
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November 21, 1997
#2081 |
Antimatter Fountain in the Galactic Center
Charles D. Dermer Naval Research Laboratory Abstract pending… Minutes |
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December 12, 1997
#2082 |
Exploring Washington History: The Research Library of the Historical Society
of Washington, D.C.
Gail R. Redmann Historical Society of Washington, D.C. Abstract pending… Minutes |
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January 9, 1998
#2083 |
Scientific Exchanges with other Countries: My Experiences in Egypt, China and
India
Thomas R. Lettieri National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract pending… |
| Spring 1998 | |
| Date | Description |
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January 23, 1998
#2084 |
The Visible Human Project: A Public Resource for Anatomical Visualization
Michael Akerman Asst. Dir. High Performance Computing and Communications, NIB Abstract | Minutes |
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February 6, 1998
#2085 |
An Exhibit Denied: Lobbying the History of the Enola Gay
Martin Harwit Astrophysicist, Former Director, National Air and Space Museum Abstract pending… Minutes |
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February 20, 1998
#2086 |
Latest Results From the Mars Pathfinder and the Mars Global Surveyor, and an
Update from the Hubble Space Telescope
H. John Wood Astronomer and Optics Lead Engineer, Hubble Space Telescope Project, NASA Goddard Optics Branch Abstract | Minutes |
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March 6, 1998
#2087 |
Birds, Eels, and Turtles: Migration and Magnetism
Eugenie Mielczarek Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University Abstract | Minutes |
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March 20, 1998
#2088 |
Clusters of Galaxies as Cosmological Probes
Richard Mushotzky Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract | Minutes |
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April 3, 1998
#2089 |
Malignant Leaders and Vulnerable Followers: The Psychopolitics of Hatred
Jerrod Post Professor of Psychiatry and Political Psychology and International Affairs, George Washington University Abstract pending… Minutes |
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April 24, 1998
#2090 |
Are We Unique?
James Trefil Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics, George Mason University Abstract pending… Minutes |
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May 8, 1998
#2091 |
What Hubble Didn't Know About the Universe
Vera C. Rubin Carnegie Institution of Washington Abstract pending… |
| Fall 1998 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 18, 1998
#2092 |
Dr. Spock's Legacy
Thomas Maier Journalist and Author Abstract | Minutes |
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October 2, 1998
#2093 |
Superstrings: Why Einstein Would Love Spaghetti in Fundamental Physics
S. James Gates University of Maryland, Department of Physics Abstract | Minutes |
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October 23, 1998
#2094 |
Science in the Service of the State: Magic Bullets, Medical Research and
Wartime Human Radiation Experiments
Greg Herken Historian and Curator of Military Space, National Air and Space Museum Abstract | Minutes |
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November 6, 1998
#2095 |
Forensic Metallurgy of the RMS Titanic
Timothy Foecke National Institute of Standards and Technology Abstract | Minutes |
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November 20, 1998
#2096 |
The Life and Works of George Gamov: Theoretical Physicist, Cosmologist, and
Popular Science Writer
G. David Anderson George Washington University Abstract | Minutes |
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December 11, 1998
#2097 |
Changing Concepts of New World Origins
Dennis Stanford Smithsonian Institution Abstract | Minutes |
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January 8, 1999
#2098 |
Freud, Scientist of the Mind
Eloise Agger Retiring President's Address Abstract |
| Spring 1999 | |
| Date | Description |
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January 22, 1999
#2099 |
Surviving the Age of Bad Information
Joel Achenbach Washington Post Abstract | Minutes |
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February 5, 1999
#2100 |
Probing the Depths of Geology
Paul G. Silver Carnegie Institution of Washington Abstract | Minutes |
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February 19, 1999
#2101 |
World Wide, Web-Enabled Experiments in Protein Structure Prediction
John Moult University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute Abstract | Minutes |
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March 5, 1999
#2102 |
The Next Billion Years
Joseph N. Pelton George Washington University Abstract | Minutes |
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March 19, 1999
#2103 |
An Astronaut's View of the Planet Earth
Mary Cleave NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Abstract | Minutes |
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April 2, 1999
#2104 |
Does Solar Energy Have a Future in Utility Power?
If so, When and Why? George D. Cody Exxon Corporate Research Abstract | Minutes |
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April 23, 1999
#2105 |
The Problem of Mass
Jonathan A. Bagger Johns Hopkins University Abstract | Minutes |
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May 7, 1999
#2106 |
Visualization of an Ion Channel by use of Crystallography
Isabella Karle , Naval Research Laboratory Quantum Crystallography, a Tool for Enhancing Information from Crystallographic Data Jerome Karle , Naval Research Laboratory Abstract |
| Fall 1999 | |
| Date | Description |
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October 1, 1999
#2107 |
The Nature of Time in Physics and Human Experience
Robert A. Nelson President, Satellite Engineering Research Corporation Abstract | Minutes |
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October 15, 1999
#2108 |
The L'Enfant Plan for Washington and Its Fate
Don Hawkins Architect Abstract | Minutes |
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October 29, 1999
#2109 |
Buildout: an Examination of Environmental Carrying Capacity around Chesapeake
Bay from 1607 to the Present
Kent Mountford Senior Scientist, USEPA Chesapeake Bay Program Abstract | Minutes |
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November 12, 1999
#2110 |
The Chemical Biology of Nitric Oxide: Getting to K(NO)w a Radical
David Wink Senior Staff Fellow, National Cancer Institute Abstract |
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December 10, 1999
#2111 |
Deconstructing the Milky Way
Henry T. Freudenreich NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center Abstract | Minutes |
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January 14, 2000
#2112 |
Hilbert's Space: aspects of one century and prospects for the next
John S. Garavelli Associate Director, Protein Information Resource Abstract | Transcript |
| Spring 2000 | |
| Date | Description |
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January 28, 2000
#2113 |
Microbial Genome Sequencing: A Window into Physiology and Evolution
Karen E. Nelson Institute for Genomic Research, Carnegie Institution of Washington Abstract | Minutes |
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February 11, 2000
#2114 |
Risks and Trade-Offs
Robert L. Hershey Consulting Engineer Abstract | Minutes |
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February 25, 2000
#2115 |
The Politics of Science 2000
Daniel S. Greenberg Abstract | Minutes |
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March 17, 2000
#2116 |
Time Measurement
Robert A. Nelson Abstract | Minutes |
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April 14, 2000
#2117 |
The Kensington Rune Stone
Ronald O. Hietala Organizational Psychologist Abstract | Minutes |
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May 12, 2000
#2118 |
Global Warming: Hot Talk, Cold Science
S. Fred Singer President, Science and Environmental Policy Project Abstract |
| Fall 2000 | |
| Date | Description |
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September 22, 2000
#2119 |
Art and Science
John Safer Abstract | Minutes |
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October 6, 2000
#2120 |
The Extraterrestrial Life Debate: Historical, Philosophical and Scientific
Perspectives
Steven Dick U.S. Naval Observatory Abstract | Minutes |
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October 20, 2000
#2121 |
Brain-Immune Interactions in Health and Disease: Implications for
Susceptibility to Arthritis and Infectious Disease
Esther M. Sternberg National Institute of Mental Health Abstract | Minutes |
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November 3, 2000
#2122 |
Light-Gas Gun Satellite Launchers
Harold Gilreath Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab Abstract | Minutes |
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November 17, 2000
#2123 |
Debunking the PC Rhetoric from the Merchants of Fat
Mary G. Enig Director, Nutritional Sciences Division, Enig Associates, Inc. Abstract | Minutes |
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December 8, 2000
#2124 |
Who will Speak for the Truth? The Case of Nuclear Radiation
Theodore Rockwell Abstract | Minutes |
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January 5, 2001
#2125 |
John Wesley Powell Didn't Throw in the Towel
Phil Cantelon President, Cosmos Club Abstract | Transcript |
| Spring 2001 | |
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January 26, 2001
#2126 |
Genetically Engineered Plants
Maxine Singer President, Carnegie Institute of Washington Abstract | Minutes |
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February 9, 2001
#2127 |
The Issue of Life on Mars and Its Implications on Science and Philosophy
Gil Levin President, Biospherics, Inc. Abstract | Minutes |
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February 23, 2001
#2128 |
Rethinking Motivation and Personality: An Introduction to Reversal Theory
Michael J. Apter Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University Abstract | Minutes |
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March 9, 2001
#2129 |
Fire in Space
Gregory T. Linteris Fire Science Division, NIST Abstract | Minutes |
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March 30, 2001
#2130 |
Lobbying for Time in Nineteenth-Century America
Ian R. Bartky Abstract | Minutes |
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April 27, 2001
#2131 |
Atoms and Light: From Laser Cooled Atoms to Atom Lasers
Paul D. Lett Atomic Physics Division, NIST Abstract | Minutes |
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May 11, 2001
#2132 |
The Human Computer and the Birth of the Information Age
David A. Grier Associate Professor, George Washington University Abstract | Transcript |
Fall 2001 |
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September 21, 2001
#2133 |
(Discovery of) Extrasolar Planets
R. Paul Butler Carnegie Institute of Washington Abstract | Minutes |
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October 12, 2001
#2134 |
The Cl |