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Science and Science Writers
  • Studs Terkel discusses "The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat and Other Clinical Tales" with Oliver W. Sacks

    Mar. 3, 1986

    Oliver Sacks sits down with Studs Terkel to discuss aspects of "other clinical tales" from his book "The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat and Other Clinical Tales". Sacks discusses the important role played by the visual arts, music, drawing and math in the lives of people suffering from autism, Parkinson's disease, and mental challenges. He also discusses the repercussions and loss of unique abilities to make patients more socially acceptable.

  • David Attenborough

    David Attenborough discusses the book and television documentary "Life On Earth"

    Oct. 29, 1981

    Discussing his book and upcoming television series "Life on Earth," with the writer and narrator, David Attenborough.

  • Oliver Sacks

    Oliver W. Sacks talks with Studs Terkel

    Mar. 15, 1995

    Discussing the book "An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales" (published by Knopf) with the author, neurologist Dr. Oliver Sacks.

  • Carl Sagan

    Carl Sagan discusses the book "Contact"

    Oct. 4, 1985

    Discussing the book "Contact" (published by Simon & Schuster) with the author, astronomer and science writer Carl Sagan. Starts with clip from Arthur C. Clarke (1856688-3-1).

  • Carl Sagan

    Discussing the book "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are"

    Oct. 5, 1992

    Discussing the book "Shadows of Forgotten Ancestors: A Search for Who We Are" about the evolution and the future of the human species. Includes an excerpt of the astronomer Harlow Shapley speaking at the beginning. Includes Carl Sagan reading an excerpt from the book at the end.

  • Jacques Cousteau

    Jacques Cousteau discusses his book "The Cousteau Almanac: An Inventory of Life on Our Water Planet"

    Sep. 16, 1981

    Captain Cousteau talks about his book and the environmental movement in the United States and elsewhere.

  • Arthur Charles Clarke

    Arthur Charles Clarke discusses science fiction

    Jan. 27, 1959

    Arthur Charles Clarke discusses science fiction and his books "Childhood's End", "Prelude to Space", and "the Deep Range".

  • Dr. Christopher Evans

    Studs discusses dreams and computers with Dr. Christopher Evans

    1969

    Studs discusses dreams, consciousness and computers with psychologist, computer scientist, and author Dr. Christopher Evans. Topics of conversation include the need for humans to dream, contemporary research on sleep and rest, and computer technology. Dr. Evans draws analogies between the behavior of the sleeping and dreaming human brain and the functions of modern computers.

  • R. Buckminster Fuller

    R. Buckminster (Richard ) Fuller talks with Studs Terkel

    Jan. 20, 1965

    A sprawling conversation with R. Buckminster Fuller including his great aunt Margaret Fuller, future communication, the nature of work, human nature, and physics.

  • Vine Deloria

    Vine Deloria discusses his book "The Metaphysics of Modern Existence"

    Oct. 12, 1979

    Vine Deloria discusses his book "The Metaphysics of Modern Existence", religion, ethics, Native Americans, Native American culture, and Native American history. Includes a previous interview with Vine Deloria at O'Hare Airport.

  • Dr. Eugene Mindel

    Dr Eugene Mindel discusses the book "They Grow in Silence: The Deaf Child and His Family"

    1970

    Dr. Eugene Mindel, child psychologist and author, discusses his book, "They Grow in Silence: The Deaf Child and His Family,". Dr. Mindel and Studs talk about deaf children and how they learn to communicate without the ability to hear or speak. Studs reads an excerpt from the book about a deaf person feeling locked into themselves. Studs and Dr. Mindel talk about the the book "In this sign" by Joanne Greenberg a novel that portrays the isolation and loneliness of the deaf couple and the struggle of their hearing daughter.

  • Discussing Physicians for Social Responsibility and interviewing Dr. Helen Caldicott

    Apr. 7, 1981
  • Oliver W. Sacks discusses deaf experiences as detailed in his book "Seeing Voices"

    Oct. 26, 1990

    Dr. Oliver W. Sacks discusses people and concepts presented in his book "Seeing Voices"; the interview is for the paperback release.

  • Dr. Bertram Carnow

    Dr. Bertram Carnow discusses the environment and pollution

    Aug. 24, 1973

    Interviewing Dr. Bertram Carnow about environmental health, air pollution, and occupational diseases.

  • Dr. Theodor Rosebury

    Dr. Theodor Rosebury discusses his book "Life on Man"

    1969

    Dr. Theodor Rosebury dissects cultural ideas around cleanliness and shame as presented in his book "Life of Man".

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