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Interview series on variety of science-related subjects, produced by the California Institute of Technology. Features three Cal Tech faculty members: Dr. Peter Lissaman, Dr. Albert R. Hibbs, and Dr. Robert Meghreblian.

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1968-05-09About astroelectronics00:29:20
1968-04-01About high speed ground transportation00:29:18
1968-03-10About the Moon00:29:09
1968-03-10About vision00:29:58
1968-03-05About the new chemistry00:28:45
1968-03-05About the mountains of Venus00:29:11
1968-02-28About fungi00:29:10
1968-02-15About science in Japan00:26:12
1968-01-31About superhot atmospheres00:29:06
1968-01-17About dissecting a star00:29:21
1968-01-08About the nature of life00:28:13
1968-01-02About development in animals00:27:11
1967-12-26About Caltech's patents00:27:28
1967-10-09About metals00:28:29
1967-09-11About bioengineering vital organs00:30:28
1967-08-31About building a virus00:29:25
1967-08-22About continental drift00:28:06
1967-08-22About arms control00:29:18
1967-08-14About space exploration00:28:48
1967-08-04About quasi stellar objects00:28:07
1967-07-25About weather modification00:28:45
1967-07-25About computer languages00:30:08
1967-07-13About science and government00:30:01
1967-07-11About communication between scientists and laymen00:30:02
1967-06-28About radio telescopes00:29:31
1967-06-22About the oldest mountain range00:29:20
1967-06-15About the early universe00:28:48
1967-06-01About the Earth's mantle00:29:18
1967-05-31About current developments in family planning00:27:33
1967-05-22About geologic history in the making00:29:48
1967-05-17About thin shells00:28:42
1967-05-12About fallout00:27:32
1967-05-08About technology in India00:29:27
1967-05-03About elastic water00:29:27
1967-04-16About Africa00:29:35
1967-04-07About engineering aspects of the cardiovascular system00:28:56
1967-04-07About hydromagnetics00:29:30
1967-03-27About the mechanics of chemical reactions00:29:43
1967-03-27About planetary atmospheres00:29:43
1967-03-20About exobiology00:29:32
1967-03-07About soil engineering00:29:15
1967-03-07About soil engineering00:29:15
1967-01-31About international cooperation in space00:29:50
1967-01-10About earthquake engineering00:29:36
1967-01-10About a man-made island00:28:20
1967-01-10About earthquake engineering00:29:36
1967-01-10About a man-made island00:28:20
1967-01-10About microquakes00:28:05
1966-12-22About lead in the atmosphere00:30:10
1966-12-21About solar winds00:28:40
1966-12-21About solar winds00:28:40
1966-12-14About meteorites00:29:37
1966-12-14About meteorites00:29:37
1966-12-14About plastics00:29:15
1966-12-14About plastics00:29:15
1966-11-21About artificial intelligence00:28:18
1966-11-21About artificial intelligence00:28:18
1966-11-21About Surveyor00:28:30
1966-11-17About man-made African lakes00:29:09
1966-11-10About color vision00:28:49
1966-11-10About color vision00:28:49
1966-11-02About sand dunes00:28:16
1966-11-02About sand dunes00:28:16
1966-10-11About earthquakes and faults00:27:35
1966-10-11About earthquakes and faults00:27:35
1966-10-10About life on Mars?00:28:28
1966-10-10About seaweed00:27:59
1966-10-10About ocean pollution00:25:04
1966-10-10About a gilded age?00:28:54
1966-10-10About ocean pollution00:25:04
1966-10-10About seaweed00:27:59
1966-09-29About the space program00:29:30
1966-09-19About comets00:29:29
1966-09-19About comets00:29:29
1966-08-12About airplanes00:29:08
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Subjects
Africa; Airplanes; Arms control; Asia-Pacific; Atmospheric deposition; Bioengineering; Chemistry; Children & Families; Climate; Climatic change; Color vision; Comets; Computer science; Computers--History; Continental drift; Earthquakes; Ecology & the Environment; Exobiology; Family planning; Geology; Law; Marine pollution; Medicine & Health Care; Metals; Meteorites; Moon; Mycology; NAEB Region VI; NAEB Region VI: The West; Oceans; Outer space--Exploration; Patents; Planets--Atmospheres; Politics and government; Psychology & Mental Health; Reservoirs; Sand dunes; Science; Science & Technology; Science--Japan--History--20th century; Seaweed; Seismology; Soil mechanics; Solar wind; Stars; Travel & Leisure; United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration; Virus diseases--Research--History; Viruses; Vision; War & Civil Defense; Weather; Zoology
Creators
California Institute of Technology; Hibbs, Albert R.; KPCC-FM (Radio station : Pasadena, Calif.); Lissaman, Peter B. S.; Meghreblian, Robert V. (Robert Vartan)
Contributors
Allen, Clarence R. (Clarence Roderic), 1925-; Anderson, Don L.; Babcock, Charles D.; Bengelsdorf, Irving; Blatz, Paul J.; Boucot, A. J. (Arthur James), 1924-; Brooks, Norman; Brown, Harrison, 1917-1986; Brune, James N.; Christy, Robert F.; Dennison, Edwin; Edgar, Robert; Elliott, David C.; Fay, Peter; Fender, Derek H.; Feynman, Richard P. (Richard Phillips), 1918-1988; Friedlander, Sheldon K. (Sheldon Kay), 1927-2007; Gillespie, Robert W.; Goddard, Irene; Goldstein, Richard M.; Hammond, George S. (George Simms), 1921-2005; Harvey, James; Hibbs, Albert R.; Horowitz, Norman H. (Norman Harold), 1915-2005; Jaffe, Leonard; James, David; Jennings, Paul C.; Kaplan, Lewis D.; Kevles, Daniel J.; Kuppermann, Aron, 1926-; Lissaman, Peter B. S.; Littleton, Raymond; Lockheimer, F. Roy; MacCready, Paul B.; McCann, Gilbert D.; Meghreblian, Robert V. (Robert Vartan); Moffet, Alan; Munger, Edwin S., 1921-; Murray, Bruce C.; Neugebauer, Marcia; North, Wheeler J.; Oke, John Beverley; Patterson, Clair C.; Plesset, Milton S. (Milton Spinoza); Raichlen, Fredric; Scott, Ronald F.; Scudder, Thayer; Sharp, Robert P. (Robert Phillip); Silver, Leon T. (Leon Theodore), 1925-; Sinsheimer, Robert; Smith, Stewart W. (Stewart Worland), 1905-1975; Soffen, Gerald A.; Taylor, Michael, 1926-2006; Tyler, Albert, 1906-; Vaughan, Arthur, Jr.; Wagoner, Robert V.
Genres
Science; Talk
Time Periods
1960-1969