Dr. Gerald Pollack: Institute for Venture Science — Funding “Out of the Box” Ideas | EU2014

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  In recent decades the scientific enterprise has produced many technological revolutions but few conceptual revolutions. Professor Gerald Pollack describes the reasons why. He goes on to describe how the newly founded Institute for Venture Science will restore science to the creative enterprise it once was. Dr. Pollack is a…

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Electric Spin and Ballerinas

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Electric Spin and Ballerinas By Hilton Ratcliffe There is a particular and almost magical property of matter that has a profound effect on every single thing we’ve ever come across. It’s called spin. In a sub-atomic particle, or a planet, or a star, or a galaxy, or the silken touch…

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Dr. Pierre Latour: Engineering Earth’s Thermostat with CO2 | EU2014

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In Dr. Latour’s presentation, physics, chemistry, mathematics, engineering, economics, history and ethics are deployed to identify the barriers to designing the thermostat to control Earth’s atmospheric temperature by adjusting its CO2 input. He explains that Earth’s temperature is a chemical process system. Review of control system engineering of Earth’s thermostat…

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