Understanding Science. Philip Zimbardo: The Secret Powers of Time (Animated) Bio Philip Zimbardo Philip Zimbardo is internationally recognized as a leading "voice and face of contemporary psychology" through his widely seen PBS-TV series, "Discovering Psychology," his media appearances, best-selling trade books on shyness, and his classic research, The Stanford Prison Experiment.
Zimbardo has been a Stanford University professor since 1968 (now an Emeritus Professor), having taught previously at Yale, NYU, and Columbia University. He continues teaching graduate students at the Pacific Graduate School of Psychology, and at the Naval Post Graduate School (Monterey). Atom-Light Interactions. Juan Enriquez shares mindboggling science.
Discover Life. R. P. Feynman and the difference between knowing the name of something and knowing something. Astronomy Simulations and Animations. 5 Great Science Books to Expand Your Mind. From the dynamics of social networks to market bubbles, science has a lot to say about the world of technology.
One of the great discoveries of modern science was the realization of how interconnected the world is. The deterministic, Newtonian view of a clockwork Universe was replaced by the much more dynamic, uncertain and entangled world of Quantum Mechanics. The new world is the one where Godel forever cut hopes for completeness in mathematics and Turing showed that computation, like the future, is fundamentally unpredictable. Despite these unexpected setbacks, modern science is wonderful, powerful and thought provoking - and relevant to technologists.
Skewed views of science. The Origin Of Life: Chemistry + Biology = Abiogenesis. The Human Genome Project Video - 3D Animation Introduction. Learn.Genetics™ Space. How Penicillin Works.
Reality? Singularity (things leading up to it)