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This is a collection of some of my favorite Net videos. I will probably add more when I find time and/or new videos.

This video demonstrates why I love Carl Sagan, astronomer and spokesperson for the public understanding of science. Narrated by Sagan.

 

Cosmos Excerpt: We Are One Planet
Carl Sagan

 

Cosmos Excerpt: The End of an Early Enlightenment
Carl Sagan


Me jamming on the piano! I'm just making stuff up on the fly. That's my favorite way to play. I just play the way I feel. It's not my best, but I hadn't played in over a month.

 

A Great Speech by Sam Harris, Author of The End of Faith

Click here to see an impressive and informative blog debate between Sam and Andrew Sullivan.


Philosopher Daniel Dennet, author of Breaking The Spell: Religion as a Natural Phenomenon

 

Neil deGrasse Tyson - Astronomer
Gives a great talk on scientists invoking God(s)

 

Christopher Hitchens on Free Speech and Free Expression
Highly Recommended

 

Michael Baum, Professor Emeritus of Surgery at University College London, discusses alternative and complimentary medicines, and how they interact with scientific medicine.

 

 

The Genius of Charles Darwin Series
Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

 

The Root of All Evil? - The God Delusion (1 of 2)
Hosted by Dawkins who disliked the title and got a "?" added on the end

The Root of All Evil? - The Virus of Faith (2 of 2)

 

Richard Dawkins - The Enemies Of Reason - Part1 - Slaves to Superstition

Richard Dawkins - Enemies Of Reason - (Part 2)

 

Dawkins on Intelligent Design

 

Dawkins and Tyson

 

Evolution - An Impressive 7 Part Series by PBS

Part 1: Darwin's Dangerous Idea (First Hour)

Part 1: Darwin's Dangerous Idea (Second Hour)
2: Great Transformations
3: Extinction!
4: The Evolutionary Arms Race
5: Why Sex?
6: The Mind's Big Bang
7: What About God?

 

 
The Journey of Man

How did the human race populate the world? A group of geneticists have worked on the question for a decade, arriving at a startling conclusion: the "global family tree" can be traced to one African man who lived 60,000 years ago. Dr. Spencer Wells hosts this innovative series, featuring commentary by expert scientists, historians, archaeologists, and anthropologists.

Rollover video window below to bring up the chapter selection.

 

ATOM

In this three-part documentary series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever: that all the material world is made up of atoms.

Part 1. THE CLASH OF THE TITANS Professor Al-Khalili takes us from the discovery of the atom to the development of quantum mechanics.

 

Part 2. THE KEY TO THE COSMOS This episode tackles world-changing discoveries such as radioactivity, the Atom Bomb and the Big Bang, and tries to answer the biggest questions of all - why are we here and how were we made?

 

3. THE ILLUSION OF REALITY
Al-Khalili discovers that there might be parallel universes in which different versions of us exist, and finds out that empty space isn’t empty at all, but seething with activity.

 

 

 

 

Cosmos - Carl Sagan's Classic 13 Part Series

Episode 1: "The Shores of the Cosmic Ocean"

The other 12 episodes are not currently available for free, but I highly recommend seeing the whole series. Amazon and many libraries carry it, and an enhanced DVD version was recently made available.

 

J. Bronowski excerpt from The Ascent of Man

 

 

The Ascent of Man - Classic 13 Part Series by J. Bronowski

"Lower than the Angels" - Part 1

"The Harvest of the Seasons" (agriculture and the first settlements)
"The Grain in the Stone" (tools, early human migration)
"The Hidden Structure" (fire, metals and alchemy)
"Music of the Spheres" (the language of numbers)
"The Starry Messenger" (Galileo's universe)
"The Majestic Clockwork" (explores Kepler and Newton's laws)
"The Drive for Power" (the Industrial Revolution)
"The Ladder of Creation" (Darwin and Wallace's ideas on the origin of species)
World within World" (the story of the periodic table)
"Knowledge or Certainty" (There is no absolute knowledge)
"Generation upon Generation" (cloning of identical forms)
"The Long Childhood" (The commitment of man)

 

Dangerous Knowledge

(Great doc on some of the most important mathematicians and physicists you might never have heard about mostly dealing with the infinite)
 

 

Stephen Colbert Roasts Bush on CSPAN (It's great to see someone say these things to Bush's face!)

 

Colbert interviews S. Jacoby about her book, The Age of American Unreason

 

The Story of Stuff
(A must see for anyone who buys... stuff)

Click Here
(Flash Movie)

 

Nature - Silence of the Bees
(Summary of the documentary on vanishing bees - Catch the whole thing on PBS)
 

 

Young Girl Playing a Mozart Fantasy

 

Interesting Kinetic Sculpture at the BMW Museum

 

Elephant Painting an Elephant - Yes, it's real. The elephants are well-trained, hopefully with positive reinforcement.

 

Lion Attacks the Hunter Who Shot Him - It's okay to cheer for the lion.

 

Ryan vs. Dorkman 2
(The best lightsaber battle I've ever seen and the soundtrack is awesome. You guys kick ass!)

Original Ryan vs. Dorkman

 

Jedi Gym
(It's really dumb until Vader shows up)

 

I love Rush Hour and Star Wars so:

Thanks, Kayla.

 

Vivaldi - Summer Excerpt
 

 

Music Player - Some of my favorites

 

 

Robert Rodgers- Artist ¥ Scientist ¥ Writer - Copyright © 2005

 

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