Princeton historian and cultural commentator Sean Wilentz explores the place that legendary artist Bob Dylan holds in America. How is he the product of his time and place? What are the roots of his continuing influence?
Recorded October 27, 2011
Monthly Archives: October 2011
Reinventing Discovery
Michael Nielsen, a pioneer of quantum computing, discusses the need to change the way scientific research is conducted and the way data is handled in the modern scientific era. How is technology revolutionizing the way scientific problems are solved? How can a system traditionally based on individual discovery adapt to support collaboration and teamwork?
Wednesday, November 9 @ 7pm
The Ron Burns Memorial Forum on Science and Technology is co-sponsored by Janet Burns and the Harvard Book Store
Something Wicked This Way Comes
Author Gregory Maguire has re-imagined the stories of Oz beginning with Wicked which took the viewpoint of one of the wicked witches. With the recent publication of Out of Oz, the fourth and final volume of the series, he looks back on his journey of imagination.
What is the relationship between the original and the story-teller’s retelling? What are the satisfactions in re-imagining a beloved tale? What are the pitfalls?
America the Vulnerable: Digital Espionage, Crime, and Warfare
Former National Security Agency insider Joel Brenner explores the chilling future of espionage and warfare in the digital matrix that bounds our world. The threats, he argues, are more serious than acts of identity theft and Wikileaks that we are familiar with. Do the laws and protocols that govern “real” world crime apply to digital crime as well? How can this new world “disorder” be regulated?
Recorded 2011