“Jared Diamond is the author of “Guns, Germs and Steel” and the current New York Times’ best selling “Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.” This lecture examines the factors that caused great civilizations of the past to collapse and what we can learn from their fates. Series: “Voices” [4/2005] [Humanities] [Show ID: 9390]”
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Factors that caused great civilizations of the past to collapse
Posted by pwl on March 11, 2009
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e=mc^2
Posted by pwl on March 11, 2009
“Go behind the famous equation with Hitoshi Murayama. This famous equation, part of the theory of relativity set forth by Einstein, changed our understanding of nature at the most fundamental level. The fascinating story of energy (E) and mass (m) is still evolving a century since Einstein as we understand more of where they come from, how they shape the universe, and the missing pieces of the universe: Dark Matter and Dark Energy. Series: “Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory Summer Lecture Series” [2/2006] [Science] [Show ID: 11026]”
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