Wonderfest 2000 Curriculum Guides Wonderfest 2000 Sessions Stanford University Obtain RealPlayer  Are life-supporting  worlds common in the cosmos? Douglas Lin, Professor of Astronomy  & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz Geoffrey Marcy, Professor of Astronomy, UC Berkeley Video Is intelligence  likely to evolve elsewhere in the Universe? Christopher McKay, Planetary Scientist, NASA-Ames Research Center Seth Shostak, Public Programs Scientist, SETI Institute Video Do we know how best to search for extraterrestrial intelligence? Frank Drake, Professor of Astronomy  & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz Dan Werthimer, Director of Project SERENDIP, UC Berkeley Video Can machines think? Terry  Winograd, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford Nils Nilsson,  Professor of Computer Science, Stanford Video Do We Understand the Depth of Animal Awareness? Francine Patterson,  Director of Research, The Gorilla Foundation Walter Freeman, Professor of Neurobiology, UC Berkeley Video Do we understand the origin of cosmic structure? George Blumenthal, Prof of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz Jeff Willick, Assistant Professor of Physics, Stanford U. Video UC San Francisco Obtain RealPlayer  Is the fountain of youth in our genes? Elizabeth Blackburn, Professor of  Microbiology & Immunology, UCSF Cynthia Kenyon, Professor of Biochemistry  & Biophysics, UCSF Video Can we control new epidemic diseases? Donald Ganem, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, UCSF Ann Arvin, Professor of Medicine,  Stanford U. Video Do parents matter? Alison Gopnik, Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley Eleanor Maccoby, Professor Emeritus, Psychology, Stanford U. Video Do We Know How to Sleep? William C. Dement, Director of the Stanford Sleep Disorder Center and Professor of Psychiatry,  Stanford University Sharon Keenan, Founder & Director of the School of Sleep Medicine, Palo Alto Video N/A Will Earth's oceans survive the next century? Ed Ueber, Director, Farallones National Marine Sanctuary Terry Gosliner,  Director of Research, Invertebrate Zoology, California Academy of Sciences Video UC Berkeley Obtain RealPlayer  Can  Darwin unravel sex, personality, & the family? Lucia Jacobs, Assistant Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley Frank Sulloway, Miller Research Professor of Psychology, UC Berkeley Video Does biology determine morality? George Lakoff, Professor of  Linguistics, UC Berkeley George Barlow, Professor of Integrative Biology, Emeritus, UC Berkeley Video Is the weirdness of  quantum physics manifested in the everyday world? Charles Marcus, Professor of Physics, Harvard U. Paul McEuen, Associate Professor of Physics, UC  Berkeley Video Is the Universe 11-Dimensional Hirosi Ooguri, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley Stephen Shenker, Professor of Physics, Stanford Video Have we already discovered all the mathematics worth knowing? Keith Devlin, Dean of  Science and Professor of Mathematics, St. Mary¹s College Robert Osserman, Assistant Director, Mathematical Sciences Research Institute Video Wonderfest 2000 Speakers Ann Arvin, Professor of Microbiology & Immunology, Stanford: Can we control new  epidemic diseases? Bio... Elizabeth Blackburn, Professor of Microbiology &  Immunology, UCSF: Is the fountain of youth in our genes? Bio... George Blumenthal , Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz: Do we understand the origin of cosmic structure? Bio... George Barlow, Professor of Integrative Biology, Emeritus, UC Berkeley: Does biology determine morality? Bio... William C. Dement , Director of the Stanford Sleep Disorder Center and Professor of Psychiatry, Stanford  University: Do We Know  How to Sleep? Bio... Keith Devlin, Dean of Science and  Professor of Mathematics, St. Mary¹s College: Have we already discovered all the mathematics worth knowing? Bio... Frank Drake, Professor of Astronomy & Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz: Do we know how best to search for extraterrestrial  intelligence? Bio... Walter Freeman, Professor of Neurobiology, UC Berkeley: Do We Understand the Depth of Animal  Awareness? Bio... Donald Ganem, Prof. of Microbioloby &  Immunology, UCSF: Can we control new epidemic diseases? Bio... Alison Gopnik, Prof. of Psychology, U.C.  Berkeley: Do parents matter? Bio... Terry Gosliner, Director of  Research, Invertebrate Zoology, California Academy of Sciences: Will Earth's  oceans survive the next century? Bio... Lucia Jacobs, Assistant Professor of Psychology, U.C. Berkeley: Can Darwin unravel sex, personality, & the  family? Bio... Sharon Keenan, Founder &  Director of the School of Sleep Medicine, Palo Alto: Do we know how to  sleep? Bio... Cynthia Kenyon, Professor of Biochemistry &  Biophysics, UCSF: Is the fountain of youth in our genes? Bio... George Lakoff, Professor of Linguistics, U.C. Berkeley: Does biology determine morality? Bio... Douglas N. C. Lin, Prof. of Astronomy & Astrophysics, U.C. Santa Cruz: Are life-supporting worlds common in the  cosmos? Bio... Eleanor Maccoby, Professor Emeritus, Psychology,  Stanford: Do parents matter? Bio... Geoffrey Marcy, Distinguished Prof. of Science,  San Francisco State U.: Are life-supporting worlds common in the  cosmos? Bio... Charles Marcus, Professor of Physics, Harvard: Is  the strangeness of quantum physics manifested in the everyday world? Bio... Christopher McKay, Planetary Scientist, NASA-Ames Research Center: Is intelligence likely to evolve elsewhere in the Universe? Bio... Paul McEuen, Associate Professor of Physics,  U.C. Berkeley: Is the strangeness of quantum physics manifested in the everyday world? Bio... Nils Nilsson, Professor of Computer Science, Stanford: Can machines think? Bio... Hirosi Ooguri, Professor of Physics, UC Berkeley: Is the Universe  11-Dimensional? Bio... Robert Osserman, Assistant Director,  Mathematical Sciences Research Institute: Have we already discovered all the  mathematics worth knowing? Bio... Francine Patterson, Director of  Research, The Gorilla Foundation: Do We Understand the Depth of Animal  Awareness? Bio... Stephen Shenker, Professor of Physics, Stanford: Is  the Universe 11-Dimensional? Bio... Seth Shostak Public Programs Scientist, SETI  Institute: Is intelligence likely to evolve elsewhere in the  Universe? Bio... Frank Sulloway, Miller Research Professor of Psychology: Can Darwin unravel sex, personality, & the family? Bio... Ed Ueber, Director of the  Farallones National Marine Sanctuary: Will Earth's oceans survive the next  century? Bio... Dan Werthimer, Director of Project SERENDIP, U.C. Berkeley, Wonderfest Advisory Board member, Wonderfest Trustee: Do we know how best to search for extraterrestrial intelligence? Bio... Jeff Willick, Assistant Professor of Physics,  Stanford: Do we understand the origin of cosmic structure? Bio... Terry Winograd Professor of Computer  Science, Stanford: Can machines think? Bio... Tucker Hiatt (Director):Will Wonderfest  capture the popular imagination and do some good for science? Bio...

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