Philosophical Society of Washington

Previous Lectures (by semester)

| Fall 1960 | Spring 1961 | Spring 1962 |
| Fall 1990 | Spring 1991 | Fall 1991 | Spring 1992 | Fall 1992 | Spring 1993 | Fall 1993 | Spring 1994 | Fall 1994 | Spring 1995 |
| Fall 1995 | Spring 1996 | Fall 1996 | Spring 1997 | Fall 1997 | Spring 1998 | Fall 1998 | Spring 1999 | Fall 1999 | Spring 2000 |
| Fall 2000 | Spring 2001 | Fall 2001 | Spring 2002 | Fall 2002 | Spring 2003 | Fall 2003 | Spring 2004 | Fall 2004 | Spring 2005 |
| Fall 2005 | Spring 2006 | Fall 2006 | Spring 2007 | Fall 2007 |

Fall 1960
Date Description
October 6, 1960
#1496
Interstellar Communication
Phillip Morrison
Cornell University
Transcript
December 2, 1960
#1500
Sixty Years of Quantum Physics
Edward U. Condon
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri
Transcript
Spring 1961
Date Description
May 12, 1961
#1510
New Developments in High Magnetic Field Research
Francis Bitter
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Transcript
Spring 1962
Date Description
May 11, 1962
#1526
The Theory of the Electron
F. Rohrlich
State University of Iowa
Transcript
Fall 1990
Date Description
September 21, 1990
#1965
Heresy, Excommunication, and Other Weeds in the Garden of Science
Theodore Rockwell
Abstract pending…
October 5, 1990
#1966
Exploring the Natural Resources of Your Dreaming Mind
Robert Van de Castle
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Abstract
October 19, 1990
#1967
New Approaches to the Analysis of Carbohydrates
David Zopf
Abstract pending…
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…
November 16, 1990
#1969
Total Quality Management: What Is It?
Tina Sung
Abstract pending…
November 30, 1990
#1970
The Coldest Atoms in the Universe
William Phillips
Abstract pending…
December 14, 1990
#1971
Maestros and Autocrats: How To Tell Good from Bad in Science and Technology
Arthur M. Squires
Abstract pending…
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
February 1, 1991
#1973
Cybernetics, the Unifying Science of the Century?
Paul Pangaro
Abstract
February 22, 1991
#1974
The Echo of Creation
Gerrit Verschuur
Abstract pending…
March 15, 1991
#1975
Triangle Everywhere
Making a Mesh of Things

Isabel Beichl
National Institute of Science and Technology
Abstract
March 29, 1991
#1976
Cost Effectiveness of Medical Care and Controlling Cost
Marvin M. Kristein
Abstract pending…
April 12, 1991
#1977
Complementarity and Non-Locality: The Non-Local Universe
Menas Kafatos
George Mason University
Abstract
April 26, 1991
#1978
The Physics of Baseball
Peter J. Brancazio
Brooklyn College
Abstract
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
September 13, 1991
#1980
Molecular Approaches to the Study of Evolution
Michael Braun
Abstract pending…
October 4, 1991
#1981
Meditation and Medicine
James S. Gordon
Abstract pending…
October 18, 1991
#1982
Communitarianism: More Responsibilities, Fewer Rights
Amitai Etzioni
Abstract pending…
October 25, 1991
#1983
The Gamma-Ray Universe
Alan N. Bunner
Abstract pending…
November 8, 1991
#1984
Earthquake Prediction: What Does It Really Mean?
Robert L. Wesson
Abstract pending…
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…
December 6, 1991
#1986
The Baltimore Fiasco: A Case Study in Fraud
Walter Stewart and Ned Feder
Abstract pending…
December 20, 1991
#1987
Environmental Interactions in the Chesapeake Bay System
David L. Correll
Abstract pending…
January 10, 1992
#1988
What's the Temperature?
Robert S. Kaeser
Abstract pending…
Spring 1992
Date Description
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…
February 7, 1992
#1990
Sex Differences in the Brain: Good Science, Bad Science
Kathy Olsen
National Science Foundation
Abstract pending…
February 21, 1992
#1991
Fullerenes: Great Balls of Carbon
William Kamatakahara
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract pending…
February 28, 1992
#1992
Ancient Hunters of America: The Origins of the American Indians
Dennis Stanford
Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution
Abstract pending…
March 13, 1992
#1993
Are Low Frequency Electromagnetic Fields Dangerous?
Genevieve Matanoski
Johns Hopkins University School of Hygiene
Abstract pending…
March 27, 1992
#1994
The Riddle of Evil: The Causes and Cures of Human Destructiveness
Andrew Bard Schmookler
Author
Abstract pending…
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…
April 24, 1992
#1996
NASA's Magellan Mission to Venus: Exploration Beyond Earth's Bounds
Wesley T. Huntress, Jr.
NASA
Abstract pending…
May 15, 1992
#1997
Subject to be determined.
Gerald Edelman
Rockefeller University
Abstract pending…
Fall 1992
Date Description
September 11, 1992
#1998
Application of the Superconducting Quantum Interference Device (SQUID) Magnetometer in Biomedical Research
Susumu Sato
National Institutes of Health
Abstract
October 2, 1992
#1999
I Feel Therefore I Am: The Biology of Emotion
A New Paradigm for Consciousness

Ayub Ommaya
Neurosurgeon
Abstract
October 23, 1992
#2000
The Universe You Don't See: The Existence and Nature of Dark Matter
Virginia L. Trimble
University of Maryland
Abstract
November 6, 1992
#2001
X Marks the Spot: Hubble Telescope Research
Trials and Tribulations

Colin Cox
Johns Hopkins University
Abstract
November 20, 1992
#2002
Superconductivity: Who Cares?
Fernand D. Bedard
National Security Agency
Abstract
December 4, 1992
#2003
Chaos and Fractals: Past and Future
Michael F. Shlesinger
Office of Naval Research
Abstract
December 18, 1992
#2004
Beyond Determinism and Indignity: A Reinterpretation of Operant Conditioning
Teed Rockwell
Philosopher
Abstract
January 8, 1993
#2005
The Square Root of Minus One and Other Mathematical Oddities
Willard S. Grant
Retiring President
Abstract
Spring 1993
Date Description
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
February 5, 1993
#2007
The Hemodynamic Basis of Atherosclerosis
Meyer Texon
New York University Medical Center
Abstract
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
March 5, 1993
#2009
The Limits of Friendship: Ramanujan and Hardy in England
Robert Kanigel
Author
Abstract
March 19, 1993
#2010
The Quest of Metallic Hydrogen
Ho-Kwang Mao
Geophysical Laboratory, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Abstract
April 2, 1993
#2011
The Recipe for FDA's Food Policies
Frank E. McLaughlin
College of Business and Management, University of Maryland
Abstract
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
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
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
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
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
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
November 19, 1993
#2018
Occurrence of Toxic Organometal Species in the Aquatic Environment
Jon M. Bellama
Department of Chemistry, University of Maryland
Abstract Minutes
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
December 17, 1993
#2020
On What the Mind is Identical With
Teed Rockwell
Philosopher/Musician
Abstract Minutes
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
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
February 4, 1994
#2023
The Silent Revolution: Rare Earth Permanent Magnets and Their Applications
Fred Rothwarf
Applied Technologies Enterprises, Ltd.
Abstract | Minutes
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
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
March 18, 1994
#2026
Adventures of a Physics Reporter
Gloria Lubkin
Editor, Physics Today
Abstract | Minutes
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
April 22, 1994
#2028
The Making of a Soviet Scientist
Roald Sagdeev
Distinguished Professor of Physics, University of Maryland
Abstract | Minutes
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
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
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
October 14, 1994
#2032
Thoughts on Chaos
Mark L. Spano
White Oak Laboratory, Naval Surface Warfare Center
Abstract | Minutes
November 4, 1994
#2033
The Highly Probable Future: 83 Assumptions about the Year 2025
Joseph F. Coates
President, Coates & Jarratt
Abstract | Minutes
November 18, 1994
#2034
The Science of Hearing and the Perceptual Problems of the Hearing-Impaired
Sally Revoile
Gallaudet University
Abstract pending… Minutes
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
December 16, 1994
#2036
Mathematics in Stone and Bronze
Helaman Ferguson and Claire Ferguson
Sculptor/Mathematician, and Author
Abstract pending… Minutes
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
January 20, 1995
#2038
Genes - A New Measure of Man
William A. Haseltine
Human Genome Sciences, Inc.
Abstract | Minutes
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
February 17, 1995
#2040
Making Use of Chaos
Louis M. Pecora
Naval Research Laboratory
Abstract pending… Minutes
March 3, 1995
#2041
Dietary Oxidative Stress: Boon or Bane in Infection?
Orville A. Levander
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract pending… Minutes
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
April 7, 1995
#2043
Timekeeping: Synch or Swim
Donald B. Sullivan
Time and Frequency Division, National Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract pending… Minutes
April 21, 1995
#2044
Worlds Apart: The Inner Planets
Sean C. Solomon
Department of Terrestrial Magnetism, Carnegie Institution of Washington
Abstract pending… Minutes
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
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
September 29, 1995
#2047
Joseph Priestley: Radical, Natural Philosopher, and Theologian
Jack Fruchtman, Jr.
Professor, Political Science Department, Towson State University
Abstract | Minutes
October 20, 1995
#2048
Whatever Happened to "Cold Fusion"?
David J. Nagel
Naval Research Laboratory
Abstract | Minutes
November 3, 1995
#2049
DNA Identification of the Last Romanovs
Thomas J. Parsons
Armed Forces Institution of Pathology
Abstract | Minutes
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
December 1, 1995
#2051
Science and the Future of Cities
James Trefil
George Mason University
Abstract pending… Minutes
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
January 5, 1996
#2053
The Best Two Out of Three and Other Interesting Computer Tales
James Ohlmacher
Abstract pending…
Spring 1996
Date Description
January 19, 1996
#2054
Pros and Cons of Genetic Studies
Lameh Fananapazir
Co-Chief, Inherited Cardiac Diseases, National Institutes of Health
Abstract | Minutes
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
March 1, 1996
#2056
Genetic Variation and Nutrition
Artemis Simopouloss
Center for Genetics, Nutrition, and Health
Abstract pending… Minutes
March 15, 1996
#2057
Light, Heat and Materials: Thermal Imaging and Nondestructive Evaluation
John Murphy
Applied Physics Laboratory, Johns Hopkins University
Abstract pending… Minutes
March 29, 1996
#2058
Beginnings of Cellular Life: Metabolism Recapitulates Biogenesis
Harold Morowitz
George Mason University
Abstract pending… Minutes
April 19, 1996
#2059
Cryo-Electronics: A Hot New Topic
Stuart A. Wolf
Naval Research Laboratory
Abstract pending… Minutes
May 3, 1996
#2060
How do Protein Molecules Self-Assemble?
George D. Rose
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Abstract pending…
Fall 1996
Date Description
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
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
October 18, 1996
#2063
Evolution of Consciousness as Emotion
Ayub K. Ommaya
Professor of Neurological Surgery, George Washington University
Abstract pending… Minutes
November 15, 1996
#2064
Preserving Ancient Statues from 'Ain Ghazal, Jordan
Carol Grissom
Senior Objects Conservator, Conservation Analytical Laboratory, Smithsonian Institution
Abstract pending… Minutes
November 15, 1996
#2065
A Model for a Real Aether
Allen Rothward
Professor, Electronics and Computer Engineering, Drexel University
Abstract pending… Minutes
December 13, 1996
#2066
Lessons Learned from a Medieval Map: The Vinland Map
Jacqueline Olin
Abstract pending… Minutes
January 3, 1997
#2067
Principles of Contemporary Technology
Joseph Coates
President, Coates & Jarratt
Abstract pending…
Spring 1997
Date Description
January 24, 1997
#2068
Manifesto for a New Medicine
James S. Gordon
Georgetown University School of Medicine
Abstract pending…
February 7, 1997
#2069
Metrology, the Science and the Philosophy
H. Steffen Peiser
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract | Minutes
February 21, 1997
#2070
The Controversy on the Distance to Gamma Ray Bursters
Jay Norris
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Abstract pending… Minutes
March 7, 1997
#2071
Hyperspectral Imaging
Lee J. Rickard
Naval Research Laboratory
Abstract | Minutes
March 21, 1997
#2072
Scientific Determination of the Causes of Aging
Anna M. McCormick
National Institutes of Aging
Abstract pending…
April 4, 1997
#2073
Psychoanalysis, Psychotherapy and Prozac
Harvey L. Rich
Washington Psychoanalytical Association
Abstract pending… Minutes
April 18, 1997
#2074
Uneconomic Growth: In Theory, in Fact, and Some Consequences
Herman E. Daly
University of Maryland
Abstract pending… Minutes
May 2, 1997
#2075
Mars in Fact versus Fiction
Donna Lee Shirley
Jet Propulsion Laboratory
Abstract pending…
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
September 5, 1997
#2077
Manufacturing Infrastructure for Optoelectronics
Victor R. McCrary
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract pending… Minutes
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
October 17, 1997
#2079
What Can You Do with a Broken Computer?
Russell A. Kirsch
Director of Research, Sturvil Corporation
Abstract pending… Minutes
November 7, 1997
#2080
Snow and Ice Crystals
William P. Wergin
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Abstract pending… Minutes
November 21, 1997
#2081
Antimatter Fountain in the Galactic Center
Charles D. Dermer
Naval Research Laboratory
Abstract pending… Minutes
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
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
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
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
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
March 6, 1998
#2087
Birds, Eels, and Turtles: Migration and Magnetism
Eugenie Mielczarek
Dept. of Physics and Astronomy, George Mason University
Abstract | Minutes
March 20, 1998
#2088
Clusters of Galaxies as Cosmological Probes
Richard Mushotzky
Astrophysicist, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Abstract | Minutes
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
April 24, 1998
#2090
Are We Unique?
James Trefil
Clarence J. Robinson Professor of Physics, George Mason University
Abstract pending… Minutes
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
September 18, 1998
#2092
Dr. Spock's Legacy
Thomas Maier
Journalist and Author
Abstract | Minutes
October 2, 1998
#2093
Superstrings: Why Einstein Would Love Spaghetti in Fundamental Physics
S. James Gates
University of Maryland, Department of Physics
Abstract | Minutes
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
November 6, 1998
#2095
Forensic Metallurgy of the RMS Titanic
Timothy Foecke
National Institute of Standards and Technology
Abstract | Minutes
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
December 11, 1998
#2097
Changing Concepts of New World Origins
Dennis Stanford
Smithsonian Institution
Abstract | Minutes
January 8, 1999
#2098
Freud, Scientist of the Mind
Eloise Agger
Retiring President's Address
Abstract
Spring 1999
Date Description
January 22, 1999
#2099
Surviving the Age of Bad Information
Joel Achenbach
Washington Post
Abstract | Minutes
February 5, 1999
#2100
Probing the Depths of Geology
Paul G. Silver
Carnegie Institution of Washington
Abstract | Minutes
February 19, 1999
#2101
World Wide, Web-Enabled Experiments in Protein Structure Prediction
John Moult
University of Maryland Biotechnology Institute
Abstract | Minutes
March 5, 1999
#2102
The Next Billion Years
Joseph N. Pelton
George Washington University
Abstract | Minutes
March 19, 1999
#2103
An Astronaut's View of the Planet Earth
Mary Cleave
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center
Abstract | Minutes
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
April 23, 1999
#2105
The Problem of Mass
Jonathan A. Bagger
Johns Hopkins University
Abstract | Minutes
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
October 1, 1999
#2107
The Nature of Time in Physics and Human Experience
Robert A. Nelson
President, Satellite Engineering Research Corporation
Abstract | Minutes
October 15, 1999
#2108
The L'Enfant Plan for Washington and Its Fate
Don Hawkins
Architect
Abstract | Minutes
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
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
December 10, 1999
#2111
Deconstructing the Milky Way
Henry T. Freudenreich
NASA Goddard Spaceflight Center
Abstract | Minutes
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
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
February 11, 2000
#2114
Risks and Trade-Offs
Robert L. Hershey
Consulting Engineer
Abstract | Minutes
February 25, 2000
#2115
The Politics of Science 2000
Daniel S. Greenberg
Abstract | Minutes
March 17, 2000
#2116
Time Measurement
Robert A. Nelson
Abstract | Minutes
April 14, 2000
#2117
The Kensington Rune Stone
Ronald O. Hietala
Organizational Psychologist
Abstract | Minutes
May 12, 2000
#2118
Global Warming: Hot Talk, Cold Science
S. Fred Singer
President, Science and Environmental Policy Project
Abstract
Fall 2000
Date Description
September 22, 2000
#2119
Art and Science
John Safer
Abstract | Minutes
October 6, 2000
#2120
The Extraterrestrial Life Debate: Historical, Philosophical and Scientific Perspectives
Steven Dick
U.S. Naval Observatory
Abstract | Minutes
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
November 3, 2000
#2122
Light-Gas Gun Satellite Launchers
Harold Gilreath
Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Lab
Abstract | Minutes
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
December 8, 2000
#2124
Who will Speak for the Truth? The Case of Nuclear Radiation
Theodore Rockwell
Abstract | Minutes
January 5, 2001
#2125
John Wesley Powell Didn't Throw in the Towel
Phil Cantelon
President, Cosmos Club
Abstract | Transcript
Spring 2001
Date Description
January 26, 2001
#2126
Genetically Engineered Plants
Maxine Singer
President, Carnegie Institute of Washington
Abstract | Minutes
February 9, 2001
#2127
The Issue of Life on Mars and Its Implications on Science and Philosophy
Gil Levin
President, Biospherics, Inc.
Abstract | Minutes
February 23, 2001
#2128
Rethinking Motivation and Personality: An Introduction to Reversal Theory
Michael J. Apter
Visiting Researcher, Georgetown University
Abstract | Minutes
March 9, 2001
#2129
Fire in Space
Gregory T. Linteris
Fire Science Division, NIST
Abstract | Minutes
March 30, 2001
#2130
Lobbying for Time in Nineteenth-Century America
Ian R. Bartky
Abstract | Minutes
April 27, 2001
#2131
Atoms and Light: From Laser Cooled Atoms to Atom Lasers
Paul D. Lett
Atomic Physics Division, NIST
Abstract | Minutes
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
Date Description
September 21, 2001
#2133
(Discovery of) Extrasolar Planets
R. Paul Butler
Carnegie Institute of Washington
Abstract | Minutes
October 12, 2001
#2134
The Cl