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7 - The Mad, Mad World of Schrodinger's Cat: Why no one Understands Quantum Mechanics
9:10 AM.Professor Tom Barnes from The University of Auckland explains the confused state-of-being of Schrodinger's cat and other mysteries of Quantum physics. Audio
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6 - Einstein: Who Was He, and What Were His Ideas About the Universe?
9:10 AM.Richard Hall, Phoenix Astronomical Society and Dr Lesley Hall, Victoria University, bring their own theoretical perspectives to a discussion of this complex man. Audio
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5 - To See What Cannot be Seen: Rutherford and The Discovery of the Atom
9:10 AM.Professor Paul Callaghan from the MacDiarmid Institute traverses historical themes surrounding the atom, as well as touching on the new challenges of the 21st century.
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4 - Age of The Earth: The Victorians
9:10 AM.Dr Hamish Campbell, Geological and Nuclear Sciences/Te Papa, discusses a number of exciting earth science research projects: the age of New Zealand's oldest rocks, the origin of New Zealand's oldest… Read more Audio
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3 - Galileo's Dilemma: Science and Religion
9:11 AM.John Stenhouse, Department of History, Otago University, shows why the 'science versus religion' interpretation doesn't adequately explains either the Galileo affair, or the general historical… Read more Audio
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2 - Keeping Time: The Ancients
9:11 AM.The smooth functioning of an ordered society depends in part on the possession of a technology which can measure the passage of time, and of a calendar by means of which a society can organise its… Read more Audio
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1 - Star Birth And Death: The Crucible Of Life
9:11 AM.Dr Visser, Victoria University of Wellington, explains key features of the big bang in clear language and relates them to Einstein's miracle years of 1905 and 1915.
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