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The Problems of Physics, Reconsidered - A Conversation with Tony Leggett
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is, based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Physics Nobel Laureate Tony Leggett. The basis of this conversation is Tony Leggett's book The Problems of Physics and further, explores the insightful plain-speaking itemization that he developed of the physics landscape according to four basic categories, the very small (particle physics), the very large (cosmology), the very complex (condensed matter physics) and the very unclear (foundations of quantum theory) while providing a thoughtful follow-up analysis from a contemporary perspective to assess, how much progress we've made and which, mysteries remain or have, come on the scene, since the book was published.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Gentleman Laureate, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Back to the Future -Setting the Stage
II. The Very Small -Much the same
III. The Very Large -Cosmology
IV. A Glassy Digression -The perils of affirming the consequent
V. The Very Complex -Condensed matter physics meets quantum information
VI. Understanding -What it actually means
VII. Different Regimes -Nature's Scales
VIII. Schrödinger's Cat -Different domains?
IX. The Slings and Arrows of Time -Irreversible?
X. The Anthropic Principle -Better left unsaid?
XI. The Future of Physics -From Louis Armstrong to topological quantum computing
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Science and Pseudoscience
A Conversation with Michael Gordin
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Michael Gordin, Rosengarten Professor of Modern and Contemporary History at Princeton University. This thought-provoking, extensive conversation examines the strange case of Immanuel Velikovsky, author of the bestselling book "Worlds in Collision" that managed to provocatively combine unbridled scientific speculation with ancient myth, as a way of probing the often-problematic boundary between science and pseudoscience.
By all accounts, Velikovsky was a decidedly curious character. The notorious Russian-born doctor-turned psychoanalyst-turned astronomer-historian-autodidact not only had a flair for writing and boatloads of charisma and energy, he also was on record for making a couple of concrete predictions of his radical new theory of the solar system that turned out, much to the dismay of the authorities of the day, to actually be correct.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Harnessing the Fringe, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. A Counterculture Hero -Introducing Immanuel Velikovsky
II. An Ideal Case -The historical allure of Velikovsky
III. The Lysenko Lesson -Science meets politics
IV. A Freudian Cosmology -Validation by hostility
V. Enter Einstein -Velikovsky makes predictions
VI. Responses and Reactions -Publicity and hostility
VII. Digging In -Unorthodox, up to a point
VIII. Science vs. Pseudoscience -In search of a bright line
IX. Fringe Benefits -Seeking a balance
X. Learning From History -Towards better science?
XI. Anthropic Digression -Falsifiability today
XII. Better Science? -Educated by history
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The Science of Emotions
A Conversation with Barbara Fredrickson
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
Why do we smile, laugh and actively seek out personal connections with the people around us? Why does it feel good and what evolutionary purposes do our so-called "positive emotions" serve? This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Barbara Fredrickson, Director Positive Emotions & Psychology Laboratory at UNC Chapel Hill. Topics covered by this extensive conversation include Barbara's work on the science of positive emotions, including her broaden-and-build theory, the undoing effect and upward spirals, while highlighting relevant evolutionary-driven hypotheses together with measurement details of empirical studies.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Only Connect, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Psychological Beginnings - Towards social psychology
Emotions, Scientifically - From endings to moments of intensity
Positive vs. Negative Emotions - Evolutionary conundrums
Positive Psychology Emerges - Examining human flourishing
Broaden and Build - A thesis emerges
Emotional Measurement - Searching for objective criteria
The Undoing Effect - A side benefit of positive emotions
Taking Charge - Cultivating positive emotional states
Responses - The perks and perils of relevance
Personal Flourishing - Bringing it home
Leveraging Positively - Generating upwards spirals.
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Exploring the Sikh Tradition
A Conversation with Eleanor Nesbitt
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Eleanor Nesbitt who is Professor Emeritus of Education Studies at University of Warwick and a poet. Eleanor Nesbitt is an expert on Hindu and Sikh culture and her interdisciplinary approach straddles religious studies, educational theory, ethnography and poetry. After inspiring insights about the time Eleanor Nesbitt spent in India and her academic path, this wide-ranging conversation provides a detailed exploration of the Sikh tradition: the history, religious tenets, other people's misconceptions about it and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Isn'ts, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Looking To Connect - Eleanor explores the world
II. Historical Overview - The first ten gurus and the Guru Granth Sahib
III. Identity - Turbans, Five Ks and evolving perspectives
IV. Towards Deeper Understanding - On all sides
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.
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The Power of Sympathy: Politics and Moral Sentimentalism
A Conversation with Michael Frazer
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Michael Frazer, Senior Lecturer in Political and Social Theory at the University of East Anglia. After a detailed discussion of Michael Frazer's upbringing and intellectual journey, the conversation explores the core ideas behind the sentimentalist theory as outlined in Prof. Frazer's book called The Enlightenment of Sympathy.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, More Than Reasonable, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. New York Origins- A very Woody Allen beginning
II. Sympathy- And how to use it
III. Different Tracks- Hume, Smith and Herder
IV. Disciplinary Boundaries- Political philosophy as Kurdistan
V. Bringing It Home- Moral sentiments in the real world
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Applied Psychology: Thinking Critically
A Conversation with Stephen Kosslyn
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Stephen Kosslyn, a renowned psychologist and Founder, President and Chief Academic Officer of Foundry College.
This wide-ranging conversation explores Kosslyn and his colleagues' extensive analysis of research results on the differences between what the top parts of the brain and the bottom parts of the brain do and what the implications of those results are for everyday life, which led to a new theory of personality to better understand the way we think and behave, the so-called Theory of Cognitive Modes. In addition, the discussion covers how pedagogical principles were applied in the real world of learning and teaching by establishing Minerva Schools at KGI.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Synoptic Progress, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Only Communicate- The PowerPointing Professor
II. Top Brain, Bottom Brain- A new theory of personality
III. Beyond Theory- Testing the hypotheses
IV. Transforming Education- The Minerva Project
V. Making A Difference- Jumping to the front lines
VI. Surveying the Landscape- The evolution of cognitive science
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Indiana Steinhardt and the Quest for Quasicrystals - A Conversation with Paul Steinhardt
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is, based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. This extensive conversation provides a comprehensive account of a marvelous scientific adventure story in the quest for a natural quasicrystal. You will be taken on a fascinating ride through the physics of materials, from theory, to the laboratory, to the discovery of a new state of matter, that culminated in Paul Steinhardt's dramatic Siberian expedition.
Paul Steinhardt talks about his encounters with mineral smugglers, secret diaries and quasi-mythical characters during his "Indiana Jones" expedition from Florence to Israel, Amsterdam to California, Princeton to Kamchatka, which led him to find quasicrystals that are quite literally out of this world...
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Informed Authority, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Introducing Quasicrystals -Innovative symmetries through visual disharmonies
II. Building Models -Forcing forbidden symmetries
III. Out of the Blue -The real world intervenes
IV. Competing Explanations -A three-horse race
V. Looking to Nature -Developing a separation algorithm
VI. New Year's Delight -Persistence pays off
VII. Confronting the Impossible -Encountering rock-hard skepticism
VIII. Tracking Khatyrkite -Smoke, mirrors, and the holotype sample
IX. Kamchatka -Closure, and perhaps another beginning
X. Passing It On -How to keep the flame of science burning brightly
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Eating One's Own: Examining Civil War
A Conversation with David Armitage
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and intellectual historian David Armitage, the Lloyd C. Blanfein Professor of History at Harvard University. This conversation covers David Armitage's research on the history of ideas of civil war from Ancient Rome to the present. A salient feature of Armitage's work is a strong focus on etymology as it relates to our understanding of how people interpreted (or misinterpreted) and perceived events in history which results in a fascinating exploration of how our understanding of various concepts has been prejudiced by past societies and past beliefs that we might not even be aware of, and how they, in turn, go on to influence other societies; and how this cumulative process frames our understanding of these ideas.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Imagining the Possibilities, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Historical Origins - In search of multiple perspectives
II. The Semantic Archaeologist - Analyzing sedimented meanings
III. In Search of a Definition - Francis Lieber's "ticklish business"
IV. Bellum Civile - The Roman reference point
V. What Is To Be Done? - Applying historical understanding to the modern world
VI. Historical Relevance - More prevalent than often recognized
VII. Oceans of Possibilities - Future work.
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Embracing Complexity
A Conversation with David Cannadine
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and eminent historian David Cannadine, Princeton University. This thoughtful conversation includes an examination of different aspects of the societal role of both history and historians while rejecting the simplifying distortions of the historical record that we are regularly presented with. David also provides behind-the-scenes insights into several of his bestselling books, including The Undivided Past: Humanity Beyond Our Differences.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Imposing Order, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Finding One's Historical Feet- Merging subjective and objective
II. The Art of Biography- Trevelyan, Mellon, George V and more
III. The Undivided Past- The origins of a deliberately provocative venture
IV. Transcending Parochialism- The value of history
V. Categorical Examinations- The utility of boxes
VI. Historical Broadening- Changing practices
VII. What to Do, Part I- Advising presidents and educating Princetonians
VIII. What to Do, Part II- Harnessing technology
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Perspectives on Mass Communication
A Conversation with Denis McQuail
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
Perspectives on Mass Communication is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Denis McQuail (1935-2017), who was Emeritus Professor at the University of Amsterdam and Visiting Professor at the University of Southampton. He is widely considered to be one of the most influential scholars in the history of mass communication studies.
This wide-ranging conversation provides detailed insights into how examining the media, and in particular mass media, necessarily involves a careful, probing look at our societal values; the concepts, metrics and ideas that McQuail developed to measure the sociological influence of the media; the critical role of journalism in society and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, A Sense of Perspective, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Plunging into the Media- The beginnings of a unique career
II. Getting Rigorous- "Mass Communication Theory" arrives
III. Journalism and Society- Looking more broadly
IV. Bringing It Home- The view from the street
V. Towards the Future- Optimism and pessimism
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The Value of Voice
A Conversation with Nick Couldry
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Nick Couldry, Professor of Media, Communications and Social Theory in the Department of Media and Communications at the London School of Economics. This wide-ranging conversation explores how the media can be used as a filter to examine power structures, political movements, economic interests, democracy and our evolving notion of culture. Prof. Couldry conveys the importance of voice and the challenge posed by media institutions that order the social, political, cultural, economic, and ethical dimensions of our lives.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Looking into the Mirror, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Round the Houses- From Classics to Media Studies
II. Deconstruction- Probing the Media
III. Investigating Power- Political and economic issues
IV. The Future of Media- Ruminations and speculations
V. Ever Onwards- Listening to alarms, big data and making a difference
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Battling Protestants
A Conversation with David Hollinger
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and intellectual historian David Hollinger, UC Berkeley, and examines the unique role that different strands of religion have played in 20th-century American culture. The conversation examines intriguing aspects of the distinction between Ecumenical and Evangelical Protestantism, the often overlooked role of Ecumenical Protestantism in the history of the USA, secularization theory, the development of the two-party system, the role of missionaries, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Exception that Proves the Rule?, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Diverging Protestants: Ecumenical vs. Evangelical
II. Drifting towards Secularism? American religious exceptionalism
III. Often Overlooked: Reinhold Niebuhr's Legacy
IV. The Missionary Position: Encounters with The Other
V. Demographic Diversification: Cosmopolitan spies and other issues
VI. William James: Interpretations and misinterpretations
VII. Strident Atheists: Evangelism 2.0
VIII. An Empty Stage: America's intellectual exchange deficit
IX. Future Speculations: Pushing a historian out of his comfort zone
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.
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The Malleability of Memory
A Conversation with Elizabeth Loftus
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Elizabeth Loftus, renowned expert on human memory and Distinguished Professor of Psychological Science; Criminology, Law, and Society; Cognitive Science and Law at UC Irvine. This extensive conversation covers her ground-breaking work on the misinformation effect, false memories and her battles with "repressed memory" advocates, how getting expert memory testimony introduced in legal proceedings and the effect of DNA evidence on convincing judges of the problematic nature of eyewitness testimony.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Benefit of the Doubt, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Memory, Eventually - From mathematics to yellow birds
II. Legal Attraction - A critical lunch leads to the misinformation effect
III. Inside the Courtroom - Real witnesses, real cases, real effects
IV. The Landscape Shifts - DNA evidence and the winds of change
V. Inception - Implanting childhood mall trauma
VI. Confirmation - Extensive reproducibility
VII. The Temperature Mounts - Jane Doe and the podium defense
VIII. Sociological Speculations - How did we get there?
IX. Science and Pseudoscience - In search of hard evidence
X. Structural Reform - Learning from New Jersey
XI. Scanning Memories - Lies, deliberate lies, and statistics
XII. Increasing Awareness - From Sesame Street to Sweden.
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The Power of Principles: Physics Revealed
A Conversation with Nima Arkani-Hamed
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Nima Arkani-Hamed, faculty member at the renowned Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. Nima Arkani-Hamed is one of today's leading particle physicists. In this extensive Ideas Roadshow conversation Nima discusses how we discover the laws of nature, the "scientific method", the relation between theory and experiment and how we can push our understanding well beyond where experiments can currently reach. With his unbridled enthusiasm and engaging eloquence, Nima takes us inside the world of a working theoretical physicist, sharing his frustration at some of the ways that physics is communicated to the general public while revealing how he and his colleagues hope to be steered towards the truth without experiment to guide them.
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A Universe of Particles: Cosmological Reflections
A Conversation with Rocky Kolb
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Rocky Kolb, the Arthur Holly Compton Distinguished Service Professor of Astronomy and Astrophysics at the University of Chicago. After an inspiring story of how Rocky Kolb became interested in science, this wide-ranging conversation covers topics such as the development of and his work on inflationary cosmology, the Standard Model of particle physics, dark matter, dark energy, Modified Newtonian Dynamics (MOND), the Large Hadron Collider, advice for high-school teachers to ignite a passion for learning in students, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Passion Principle, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Cool Beginnings - From the local library to Caltech
II. Cosmic Inflation - Alan Guth causes a stir
III. Dark Matter - Finally recognized ignorance
IV. Dark Energy - Particularly hard to swallow
V. Motivational Insights - The importance of passion
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website: https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/.
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Sheathing the Bodkin: Combating Suicide
A Conversation with Jennifer Micheal Hecht
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and poet, author and historian commentator Jennifer Michael Hecht. After intriguing details about how she combines writing poetry, doing scholarly history and public writing, this wide-ranging conversation movingly embellishes upon Jennifer Michael Hecht's book Stay: A History of Suicide and the Philosophies Against It.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction,...Or To Lend A Hand, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Different Hats- And how to combine them
II. Facing the Unthinkable- Confronting suicide
III. Historical Examinations- A litany of intriguing insights
IV. Suffering- Worth recognizing
V. Meaning and Mattering- The benefits of faith
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Inflated Expectations: A Cosmological Tale
A Conversation with Paul Steinhardt
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Paul Steinhardt, the Albert Einstein Professor of Science and Director of the Center for Theoretical Science at Princeton University. He is one of the originators of the theory of cosmic inflation and has become one of its fiercest critics. This fascinating conversation covers topics such as Paul Steinhardt's scientific development, his formative experiences at Caltech including his encounters with Richard Feynman, his development and later skepticism of the theory of cosmic inflation, the response of the scientific community to the failure of this theory, his theory of cosmology, The Ekpyrotic Universe, and more...
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Not Even Wrong, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Scientific Beginnings- Marie Curie, Richard Feynman, and finding one's path
II. Inflationary Excitement- A captivating talk and subsequent insights
III. Progress, Tuned Appropriately- The Nuffield Workshop and its aftermath
IV. Two Major Issues- The initial value problem and eternal inflation
V. Cosmological Denial- Resolutely clinging to a good story
VI. Bouncing Back?- Considering a key change
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The Physics of Banjos
A Conversation with David Politzer
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and David Politzer, 2004 Nobel Laureate and the Richard Chace Tolman Professor of Theoretical Physics at Caltech. This extensive conversation examines many of the intriguing aspects associated with the physics of banjos, including the ocarina effect, string-stretching, the subtleties of how we hear pitch, transient growth, and the mysterious ringing sound of banjos; while also touching briefly on contemporary issues in black holes and particle physics.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Dancing To His Own Tune, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
The Feynman Experience- Inspirational encounters
Love at First Sound- The joy of the banjo
The Holy Grail- The challenge of qualifying sound
The Ocarina Effect- Probing the effect of rim height of the open-back banjo
Hearing Pitch- Not so simple
Relative Strengths- Break angles
Transient Growth- Coupled, damped oscillators
The Working Physicist- Ruminations from the front lines
The Journey Continues- Joys, frustrations, and the banjo brotherhood
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Sleep Insights - A Conversation with Matthew Walker
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Matthew Walker, Professor of Neuroscience and Psychology and Founder and Director of the Center for Human Sleep Science at UC Berkeley. This extensive conversation gives a clear and compelling picture of our recent understanding of sleep's essential role in our daily lives, from reinforcing learning and memory to regulating emotion.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Dreams of a Final Theory, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Awakenings - From dementia to sleep, and now back again
II. Stages of Sleep - Deconstructing sleep architecture
III. Parasomnias and Evolution - Getting it right, most of the time
IV. Learning and Memory - Three vital aspects
V. Sleeping Better? - Pharmacological effects and self-improvement
VI. Emotional Regulation - How sleep helps keep us balanced
VII. Sleep and Aging - Grappling with the inevitable
VIII. Sleep Stigma - Lazy thinking
IX. Further Questions - Motivation, narcolepsy and vicious circles
X. Lots To Do - Outstanding mysteries and public education
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website: https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/.
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The Pull of the Stars
A Conversation with Claudia de Rham
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Claudia de Rham, Professor of Theoretical Physics at Imperial College London. After inspiring insights about Claudia de Rham's upbringing in Madagascar and her academic journey, this wide-ranging conversation explores her research in cosmology, the public perception and communication of science to the general-public, gender issues and stereotypes in physics, recommendations for physics teachers to inspire the next generation, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Aesthetic Appeal, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
Stellar Origins- Madagascar and the Milky Way
Mysteries Galore- Trying to make sense of the universe
Public Understanding- Spiritual resonance or pragmatic self-interest?
Gender- Subheading
Passing It On- Inspiring the next generation
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Flourishing Through Spinoza
A Conversation with Hasana Sharp
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Hasana Sharp, Associate Professor of Philosophy at McGill University. This conversation provides detailed insights into Hasana Sharp's book "Spinoza and the Politics of Renaturalization", in which she offers a sophisticated new interpretation of Spinoza's iconoclastic philosophy. Further topics include the implications of Spinoza's naturalism to today's world, from issues of social inequality, feminism, treatment of the elderly and the environment to animal rights, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Philosophical Relevance, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Radical Beginnings- Revolutionary sympathies
II. Finding Spinoza- Investigating failed revolutions
III. The Joy of the Unknown- Naturalism, denaturalism, and the third way
IV. Modern Implications- Identity politics, animal rights and the environment
V. Philanthropic Post-Humanism- Onwards and upwards
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Meaningfulness
A Conversation with Susan Wolf
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Susan Wolf, the Edna J. Koury Professor of Philosophy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. This fascinating conversation explores what it is to live an ethical, meaningful life in keeping with her book, Meaning in Life and Why It Matters, the role that love, fulfillment, self-interest and happiness play in giving meaning to one's life, and how meaningful activities occur when "subjective attraction meets objective attractiveness".
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Takin' It To The Streets, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Philosophical Engagement - The appeal of thinking deeply
II. Investigating Motivation - Beyond pleasure and duty
III. Exploring Fulfillment - A key subjective metric
IV. Subjective Meets Objective - Interpreting a "waste of time"
V. Objectivity Emerges - The meaning of mistakes
VI. Why Meaning Matters, Part I - A personal perspective
VII. Enter Sisyphus - The meaning of rolling stones
VIII. Frames of Reference - Cosmic questions and endoxic icons
IX. Why Meaning Matters, Part II - Improving theoretical understanding
X. Towards a Meaningful World - Making it real
XI. Beyond Happiness - Pursuing what you love
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website: https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/.
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Being Social
A Conversation with Roy Baumeister
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Roy Baumeister, Professor of Psychology at the University of Queensland. This extensive conversation explores Roy Baumeister's unique combination of biological and psychological thinking from recognizing essential energetic factors involved with willpower and decision-making, to framing free will in evolutionary biological terms to measuring the numbness associated with social rejection as a form of analgesic response, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Human Animal, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Psychology, Eventually - Third time lucky
II. A Discipline Evolves - The changing fashions of social psychology
III. The Energetic Agent - Yet another reason to eat more ice cream
IV. A Philosophical Digression - Mind, brain, and the difference between them
V. Free Will - Incorporating cultural factors into our decision-making
VI. Cultural Distinctiveness - And its relevance
VII. Numbed By Rejection - More than just a metaphor
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.
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Pushing the Boundaries
A Conversation with Freeman Dyson
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and former mathematical physicist and writer Freeman Dyson, who was one of the most celebrated polymaths of our age. Freeman Dyson had his academic home for more than 60 years at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton. He has reshaped thinking in fields from math to astrophysics to medicine, while pondering nuclear-propelled spaceships designed to transport human colonists to distant planets.
During this extensive conversation, Freeman looks back on his simultaneously transformative careers in theoretical physics, mathematics, biology, rocket ship design, nuclear disarmament and writing.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Pure and Applied, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Debating Exceptionalism- Personal and professional
II. In Praise of Rebels- Moving science forwards
III. Against Reductionism- Valuing the specific
IV. Foundational Issues- From the anthropic principle to free will
V. Current Mysteries- From dark energy to quasicrystals
VI. The Origin of Life- RNA as a parasite
VII. Space Travel- Manned vs. unmanned
VIII. Science and Society- Climate change and more
IX. Religion- Another path
X. Final Thoughts- Neuroscience and Chinese string theorists
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The Psychology of Bilingualism
A Conversation with Ellen Bialystok
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Ellen Bialystok, Professor of Psychology at York University. Ellen Bialystok is a world-leading expert on the effects of bilingualism on cognitive processes across our lifespan. This conversation examines how she discovered differences in the development of essential cognitive and language abilities for bilingual children, the use of different brain networks by monolingual and bilingual young adults performing simple conflict tasks, and the postponement of symptoms of dementia in bilingual older adults, and many more fascinating aspects of bilingualism.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Plastic Revolution, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Focusing on Bilingualism- From pedagogy to battling stereotypes
II. Becoming Scientific- Inklings of plasticity
III. Out of the Minds of Babes- Focusing attention from the earliest moments
IV. Differences and Definitions- Statistically significant results, and defining bilingualism
V. Multitasking and Focusing- Real-world applications of bilingualism's advantages
VI. In the Brain- What's happening inside
VII. The Art of Measurement- The power of fMRI
VIII. Bilingualism, Extended- The challenge of isolating relevant factors
IX. Bilingualism and Dementia- Surprising results and current puzzles
X. Public Policy Implications- The societal benefits of bilingualism
XI. Open Questions and Speculations- Ongoing mysteries and the problem with projections
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The Passionate Historian
A Conversation with John Elliott
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and John Elliott, Regius Professor of History Emeritus at the University of Oxford and Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, Oxford and Trinity College, Cambridge. This extensive conversation provides behind-the-scenes insights into how an undergraduate encounter with a 17th-century painting of The Count-Duke Olivares led John Elliott on a lifelong odyssey to study the history of Spain, Europe and the Americas in the early modern period to become one of the greatest Spanish historians of our age.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Two Cheers for Objectivity, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Beginnings - The benefits of travel
II. In Search of Objectivity - Sentimental dangers
III. Past and Present - How to revivify yourself
IV. Circumventing Obstacles - The benefits of pressing on
V. Doing History - Comparing, connecting and writing well
VI. The Power of Imagination - Surprise tests and non-barking dogs
VII. Decline - What it means, exactly
VIII. The Impact of Technology - Strengths and weaknesses
IX. Going Global - Opportunities and challenges
X. History's Due - Beyond the theme park
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website: https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/.
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Free Will: An Investigation - A Conversation with Alfred Mele
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Alfred Mele, the William H. and Lucyle T. Werkmeister Professor of Philosophy at Florida State University. This wide-ranging conversation. This wide-ranging conversation examines free will and the different notions of free will that exist, the connections of free will with developments in neuroscience, social psychology and public opinion polls and Alfred Mele's key concern about how current and future insights might be directly applied to improve our world.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Down to Earth, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Becoming A Philosopher - From Aristotle to Irrationality
II. Outlining The Problem - Defining "free will"
III. Neuroscience - Benjamin Libet stirs things up
IV. Social Science - Eating away at our sense of autonomy
V. Next Steps - And mid-grade investigations
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The Social World, Reexamined
A Conversation with Brian Epstein
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Brian Epstein, Associate Professor of Philosophy at Tufts University. Brian Epstein's career as a management consultant piqued his interest and his later research into the reasons why our current models of economics, politics and other areas of social science so often go terribly wrong. The conversation explores how we can dramatically improve our current economic and political models by reexamining our assumptions about the nature of the social world.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Real World, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Wondering About the World - A philosophical journey
II. Empirical Influences - From management consultancy to metaphysics
III. Unquestioned Assumptions - The cult of the individual
IV. Beyond Emergence - A Supreme Value
V. Ontological Examinations - Grounding and anchoring
VI. Better Models - Beyond agent-based thinking
VII. Modelling Concerns - Fear of mushiness
VIII. Getting Specific - Modelling corruption
IX. No, We Can't - The impact of a small political gene pool
X. Responses and Reactions - The good, the bad, and the ugly
XI. The Value of Breadth - Appreciating the humanities
XII. Learning Our Lessons? - Or perhaps not
XIII. Applied Philosophy - The "social turn"
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a relaxed and informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.
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Babbling Barbarians: How Translators Keep Us Civilized
A Conversation with David Bellos
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
Ever heard people say things like, "A translation is no substitute for the original" or "Humor can't be translated into another language"? In this thought-provoking book, based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Princeton University Professor David Bellos, author of the bestselling book, Is That A Fish in Your Ear? Translation and the Meaning of Everything, many fascinating features of language and translation are explored at length.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Teaching a Man to Fish, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Introductory Musings- On Perec, Chomsky, and other matters
II. An Illustrative Capture- Learning from The Great Escape
III. Getting the Joke- Translating Humour
IV. Probing the Foreign- Dickens, word order, and Anglo-Italian gibberish
V. Films in Translation- Subtitles, dubbing, and "The Bergman Effect"
VI. The Varieties in English- In search of a middle form
VII. Asserting Our Individuality- Language as an expression of our identity
VIII. Translation and Meaning- Extending the Principle of Effability
IX. Mathematics and Music- Pushing the boundaries of "language-like"
X. Language and Thought- Plato, Hopi, and jumping mind-grooves
XI. Paying Respects- Valuing the translator in our midst
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Learning and Memory
A Conversation with Alcino Silva
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Alcino Silva, Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology, Psychiatry and Psychology at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Director of the Integrated Center for Learning and Memory at UCLA.
Alcino Silva runs a learning and memory lab at UCLA that is focused on a vast number of topics, from schizophrenia and autism to learning and memory. This fascinating conversation explores how he and his colleagues focus on understanding the specific molecular mechanisms of neurobiology with the goal of being able to intervene and repair these mechanisms when they go awry. Further topics include plasticity of the brain, implanting memories, how cognitive deficits associated with developmental disorders can be reversed, the importance of "research maps" for the field and inspired optimism for the future.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Dom Alcino and the Age of Discoveries, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Planting Seeds- Laying the groundwork for future discoveries II. E Pluribus Unum- Exploring cross-species similarities III. Putting the Pieces Together- The sociology of neuroscience and running a lab IV. A Leg to Stand On- Understanding changing synaptic weights V. Justified Confidence- How to know that you know something VI. Smart Mice- Objectively evaluating learning and memory VII. Manipulating Memories- Turning them off and on VIII. Individual Differences- Searching for principles in a diverse world IX. Treating Cognitive Disorders- Towards reversing cognitive deficits X. Justified Optimism- Making a difference, today and tomorrow XI. Managing Discovery- Harnessing opportunities in an open and mature way
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Rabbi with a Cause: Israel and Identity
A Conversation with David J. Goldberg
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and David J. Goldberg (1939-2019), former Senior Rabbi Emeritus of London's Liberal Jewish Synagogue and author and columnist. This wide-ranging conversation is based on Goldberg's book, This Is Not The Way: Jews, Judaism and Israel, which boldly explores a number of themes that interweave religion, politics, culture and identity in a way that is relevant to all of us, regardless of our cultural background or religious orientation. For many of us, caught as we are between love of tradition and the allure of contemporary liberal values, maintaining a coherent sense of personal identity is a highly delicate task indeed but Rabbi Goldberg has consistently been willing to meet the challenge head-on as explored in this thought-provoking discussion.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Chasing Ourselves, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. This Is Not The Way- Motivations and responses
II. Jewish Values- Freedom and Justice
III. Who is a Jew?- The logic of self-identification
IV. Cultural Judaism- Beyond religious sentiments
V. Ever Striving- Multiculturalism, tolerance and losing interfaith
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The Joy of Mathematics
A Conversation with Ian Stewart
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Ian Stewart, Emeritus Professor of Mathematics at the University of Warwick and bestselling science and science fiction writer. For Ian Stewart, mathematics is far more than dreary arithmetic, while mathematical thinking is one of the most important-and overlooked-aspects of contemporary society. This wide-ranging conversation explores what mathematics is and why it's worth doing, symmetry, networks and patterns, the relationship between logic and proof, the role of beauty in mathematical thinking, the future of mathematics, linking mathematical oscillations to animal gaits, how to deal with the peculiarities of the mathematical community, and much more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Counting Sheep, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Fear and Loathing- Mathematics and the wider world
II. Doing Mathematics- An insider's view
III. Teaching Mathematics- How to get unstuck and other valuable lessons
IV. Mathematics and Gender- Portuguese mysteries
V. Mathematics Everywhere- And widely underappreciated
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Harnessing the Sun
A Conversation with Jenny Nelson
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jenny Nelson, Professor of Physics and Head of the Climate Change mitigation team at the Grantham Institute at Imperial College London. After inspiring insights about Jenny Nelson's academic journey, the conversation examines different solar energy processes, solar energy conversion technology, novel varieties of material for use in solar cells, and the materials used to build and improve photovoltaic, and other renewable, technologies, which convert energy from the sun into electricity.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Making A Difference, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Finding Her Place- The wanderings of a socially-conscious physicist
II. Solar Energy- The big picture
III. Materials- An array of different possibilities
IV. Models vs. Labs- An intriguing balance
V. Real-World Impact- Getting from here to there
VI. A Brighter Future? -Hopefully
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Defined By Relationship
A Conversation with Charles Foster
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Charles Foster, who is a writer, traveler, veterinarian, barrister, philosopher and Fellow of Green Templeton College, University of Oxford. This wide-ranging conversation provides a detailed exploration of several of his books in many different fields with a particular focus on "Human Dignity in Bioethics and Law" and the New York Times Bestseller "Being a Beast”.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, At the Heart, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. An Aristotelian Encounter- A mystery solved
II. Studies in Empathy- And the lack thereof
III. Childhood- A brief digression
IV. Engagement- Consciousness, relationships and different perspectives
V. Dignity- An overarching principle
VI. Creating Impact- Changing hearts and minds
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Religious Entrepreneurs? - A Conversation with Nile Green
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is, based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Nile Green who holds the Ibn Khaldn Endowed Chair in World History at UCLA. Nile Green is an expert on Islamic History and religion in the world. He has traveled extensively in India, Turkey, Pakistan, China, Myanmar, Iran, Egypt, Yemen, Syria, Morocco and many more countries, to get a deep sense of the reality of situations on the ground. The basis of this wide-ranging conversation is Nile Green's book Terrains of Exchange which is not only an account of how the Christian missionary movement affected the development of Islam in the 19th and 20th centuries, but also offers a bold new paradigm for understanding the expansion of Islam in the modern world through the model of religious economy.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Economic Enabler, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Origins -How teenage travel can change your life
II. Sufism -Beyond the stereotype
III. The Model of Religious Economy -A use for economics, finally
IV. Global History -A new way of looking at historical process
V. Terrains of Exchange -Motivations and responses
VI. Modern Implications -Lessons from history?
VII. Ever Onwards -Much to do
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Investigating Intelligence
A Conversation with John Duncan
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and neuroscientist John Duncan, University of Cambridge, and examines fascinating questions in neuroscience such as: What is intelligence and what does IQ testing tell us? Can intelligence be measured and improved? What role does our frontal lobe play in executive control? John Duncan has rigorously investigated these types of issues for years and this conversation covers all those questions plus topics such as impairments following brain damage, functional brain imaging, and the brain basis for attention, intelligence and cognitive control.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Thinking Deeper, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Searching For A Definition -A curious correlation
II. Trusting Your Gut -Intuitions and contradictions
III. Paradigmatic Examples -Some test are more g-relevant than others
IV. Different Types of Knowledge -Crystallized vs. fluid
V. Another Correlation -The power of organization
VI. Selecting Solutions -Finding focus
VII. Looking Inside -Harnessing modern technology
VIII. Implications -Future possibilities
IX. Assessing the Landscape -Reactions and speculations
X. Pure and Applied -Bringing it all home
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Saving The World At Business School (Part 2)
A Conversation with Andy Hoffman
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-dept, remotely filmed follow-up conversation between Howard Burton and Andy Hoffman, Holcim Professor of Sustainable Enterprise at the University of Michigan's Ross School of Business and School of Environment and Sustainability. They discuss Andy Hoffman's research and scholarly insights which are extremely relevant to today's society. Andy Hoffman is passionately committed to encouraging fellow academics to play a much stronger role in communicating knowledge, facts and information to the regular public and politicians which has culminated into his two new books 'The Engaged Scholar' and 'Management As A Calling'.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Exceptional Times, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Reprise - 7 years on
II. Truth Decay - Facts under fire?
III. The Value of Wisdom - Beyond knowledge
IV. Investigating Rewards - Intrinsic vs. extrinsic
V. Concrete Opportunities - And concrete scepticism
VI. Management as a Calling - Focusing on the students
VII. Opinionated Ignorance - Hardly what the Founding Fathers had in mind
VIII. Qualified Optimism - Hopeful signs
IX. Spreading the Word - Creating new platforms through technology
X. Getting Personal - Slings, arrows and the learning experience
XI. Shattered Leadership? - Desperately trying to pick up the pieces
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website: https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/.
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The Epicurean Republic - A Conversation with Matthew Stewart
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and award-winning author and independent scholar Matthew Stewart. In his later years, Thomas Jefferson referred to "the revolutionary part of the [American] Revolution", which for him meant the founding ideals that would serve as a model for the world on how to build a modern state, as opposed to an incidental squabble between one country and its former colonists. This wide-ranging conversation explores how many of these ideals that Jefferson referred to are part of an intellectual thread that passes through key Enlightenment thinkers such as Spinoza and can be traced all the way back to Epicurus.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Collective Unconscious, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Setting the Stage - Clues from a mountain man
II. Deism - Functional atheism?
III. The Power of Ideas - Tracing a path
IV. The Pursuit of Happiness - Well beyond hedonism
V. The Heart of the Matter - Religious sentiment, exceptionalism and the future
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website: https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/.
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Criminal Justice: An Examination
A Conversation with Julian Roberts
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Julian Roberts, Professor of Criminology at the University of Oxford. Julian Roberts is an international expert on sentencing throughout the common-law world and is strongly involved in connecting scholars with practitioners as well as promoting greater public understanding of sentencing. This thought-provoking conversation covers a wide range of topics related to criminal justice, including plea bargaining, the involvement of victims in criminal sentencing procedures, victim impact statements, parole, sentencing multiple and repeat crimes, community-based sentencing, alternate dispute resolution, rehabilitation, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Copping a Plea, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Sentencing and Deterrence - Considerable ambiguity
II. Plea Bargaining - Reasonable or worrying?
III. Involving the Victim - An additional perspective
IV. Punishment - Parole, prisons and philosophy
V. Comparing and Contrasting - Best and worst practices
VI. Towards the Future - Progress?
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert through a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website: https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/.
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Neurolaw
A Conversation with Nita Farahany
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Nita Farahany, Robert O. Everett Distinguished Professor of Law and Professor of Philosophy at Duke University. Nita Farahany is a leading scholar on the ethical, legal, and social implications of emerging technologies. This wide-ranging conversation examines the growing impact of modern neuroscience on the law, deepening our understanding of a wide range of issues, from legal responsibility to the American Constitution's Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Using our Heads, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Neurolegal Beginnings- From cadavers to courtrooms
II. Framing the Issues- Atypicalities, compulsion and plea bargaining
III. Ineffective Legal Counsel- Waking up to neuroscience
IV. Taking the Fifth- Neuroscience as a legal lens
V. Moral Ownership- Neuroscience and responsibility
VI. Administering Bioethics- Comparing different approaches
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Knowing One's Place: Space and the Brain
A Conversation with Jennifer Groh
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth, filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Jennifer Groh, Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience at Duke University. After an inspiring story about how she became interested in neuroscience, this extensive conversation examines Jennifer Groh's extensive research on how the brain combines various streams of sensory input to determine where things are, together with the corresponding implications for a wide range of issues, from neuroplasticity to evolutionary mechanisms.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Framing Evolution, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. From Ticks to Brains - Becoming a neuroscientist
II. Historical Background - On the shoulders of giants
III. Frames of Reference - Integrating sensory systems
IV. Mysterious Overlap - Fitting the pieces together
V. Smell - An overlooked sense?
VI. Brain Maps - Making a picture
VII. Ice Cream Cones and Multiplexing - Same neurons, different functions?
VIII. Navigating Rats - Place fields and memory
IX. Neuroplasticity - Phantom limbs, cochlear implants and feedback
X. Evolutionary Mechanisms? - Repeat performance?
XI. The Road Ahead - Testing neurons for contrast
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks.
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Constructing Our World: The Brain's-Eye View
A Conversation with Lisa Feldman Barrett
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Lisa Feldman Barrett, University Distinguished Professor in Psychology at Northeastern University. This extensive conversations covers topics such as Lisa's winding career path from pre-med to clinical psychology to an academic career in neuroscience and her research on how the brain works and the development of her theory of emotion: every moment of our life, our brain is anticipating and making sense of sensory inputs from its environment-the combination of the internal environment of the body and the external environment-and our brain uses conceptual knowledge to do that.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Putting the Pieces Together, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
Beginnings - A winding road
Confronting Variability - Essentialism vs. conceptual categories
Convergent Pathways - Applying conceptual knowledge
Networks - A key conceptual category
Slow Progress - Some slower than others
Towards Genuine Dialogue - The benefits of interacting with essentialists
Final Thoughts - Some philosophical reflections.
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Kant, Applied
A Conversation with Onora O'Neill
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on, an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Onora O'Neill, Emeritus Professor of Philosophy at the University of Cambridge and a crossbench member of the House of Lords. After intriguing insights into Onora O'Neill's path to becoming a Kant scholar, this wide-ranging conversation explores how Kant's philosophy is relevant for many thorny issues in our contemporary social world, from human rights to patient consent to corporate transparency and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, The Benefits of Struggling, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. A Circuitous Route- Philosophy via history, psychology and physiology
II. Becoming Philosophical- Towards Kant
III. The Categorical Imperative- And its complications
IV. Human Rights- Duties and how to implement them
V. Implementation- Trust, trustworthiness and appreciating limits
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Embracing the Anthropocene: Managing Human Impact
A Conversation with Mark Maslin
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Mark Maslin, Professor of Geography at University College London. The conversation explores Prof. Maslin's research on the Anthropocene which according to his definition began when human impacts on the planet irrevocably started to change the course of the Earth's biological and geographical trajectory, leading to climate change, loss of biodiversity, deforestation, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, On Being A Superpower, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Becoming A Geographer - A serendipitous journey
II. The Anthropocene - Exploring three starting dates
III. What We Know - Ice ages, snowballs and hockey sticks
IV. Unchecked Opinion - Examining beliefs
V. Planetary Perspectives - Which type of Anthropocene do we want?
VI. Becoming Social - Investigating a watershed moment.
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Beyond Mirror Neurons
A Conversation with Greg Hickok
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth, filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Greg Hickok, Professor of Cognitive science at UC Irvine, where he directs the Center for Language Science and the Auditory and Language Neuroscience Lab. This thought-provoking conversation examines Greg Hickok's neuroscience research related to speech and language, which led him to eventually reject many aspects of the mirror neuron hypothesis, while giving his views on the mechanisms behind imitation and what mirror neurons really do.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Monkey See, Monkey Don't, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Talking Neuroscience- Speech, language and cognition
II. Enter Mirror Neurons- Grasping monkeys and old theories
III. One Size Fits All?- The kitchen sink of cognitive science
IV. Imitation - What it is and what it isn't
V. Seeking a Controller- Structural investigations
VI. The Community Responds- Sceptics and believers
VII. A Different Perspective- Prediction and sensory states
VIII. Sociological Explorations- The merits of primary sources
IX. Neuroplasticity- Speculations on the underlying mechanisms
X. On the Front Burner- Lots to investigate
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Enlightened Entrepreneurialism
A Conversation with Margaret Jacob
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and Margaret Jacob, Distinguished Professor of History at UCLA. Topics examined during this extensive conversation include Margaret Jacob's motivations to become a historian and her comprehensive analysis of the history of the Industrial Revolution and interpretation of the major economic motivations on the ground, comparing daily life experiences in England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. A sophisticated understanding of the past naturally involves a composite approach that marries economic motivations with associated cultural factors of educational trends, religious influences and scientific and technological awareness, and more.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Measuring Motivations, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Historical Origins - Rebel-turned scholar
II. Decrypting Newton - From physics to theology
III. Beyond the Numbers - Searching for causes
IV. Apprenticeship - Pivotal time to develop
V. Religion and Geography - Unitarianism and other factors
VI. Theory vs. Practice - France's surprising underdevelopment
VII. Lessons Learned? - Towards cultivating the innovative spirit
VIII. History Today? - Reflections on research and teaching
IX. Past and Future - New books and bizarre faucets
X. Righting Wrongs, Slowly - Gender discrimination in the academy
About Ideas Roadshow Conversations Series:
This book is part of an expanding series of 100+ Ideas Roadshow conversations, each one presenting a wealth of candid insights from a leading expert in a focused yet informal setting to give non-specialists a uniquely accessible window into frontline research and scholarship that wouldn't otherwise be encountered through standard lectures and textbooks. For other books in this series visit our website: https://ideas-on-film.com/ideasroadshow/.
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Philosophy of Brain
A Conversation with Pat Churchland
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and neurophilosopher Pat Churchland, UC San Diego. Pat Churchland has done extensive research in the fields of philosophy of neuroscience, philosophy of the mind and neuroethics. During this mind-stretching conversation Pat explores how the brain works, how we are able to represent the external world of objects and our inner world of thoughts, self and consciousness.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Of Mice and Men, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
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Democracy: Clarifying the Muddle
A Conversation with John Duun
by Howard Burton
Part of the Ideas Roadshow Conversations series
This book is based on an in-depth filmed conversation between Howard Burton and renowned political theorist John Dunn, University of Cambridge. Through an engaging dialogue format, John Dunn candidly shares his deep insights on the historical development and current significance and future of democracy in different parts of the world and the relevance of political science departments in achieving democracy and other worthwhile goals.
This carefully-edited book includes an introduction, Democratic Daze, and questions for discussion at the end of each chapter:
I. Illusions and Confusions -Unmasking American stereotypes
II. Historical Examinations -The power of etymology
III. Thinking Deeper -Minimizing political bads
IV. Trust and Belief -Thinking critically
V. China -Challenging Western ideals?
VI. India -The world's largest democracy
VII. Power to the People -Overthrowing autocracy and what happens next
VIII. Towards Progress -Why we should care about all of this
IX. Professional Indulgence -Critically examining "political science"