Science

Paul Bauer

August 20, 2012

Paul Bauer Principal Geologist at New Mexico Bureau of Geology and Mineral Resources at New Mexico Tech; he’s author of the book The Rio Grande: A River Guide to the Geology and Landscapes of Northern New Mexico

 

Alex Filippenko

Alex Filippenko Professor of Astronomy at the University of California at Berkeley. He was a member of both teams that discovered the accelerating expansion of the universe, work that earned the Nobel Prize in physics for the leaders of both teams.

Duncan Watts

July 26, 2012

Duncan Watts Sociologist, principal researcher at Microsoft, former professor of Sociology at Columbia University and external faculty of the Santa Fe Institute, visiting fellow Nuffield College, Oxford. His latest book is Everything is Obvious Once You Know the Answer: How Common Sense Fails Us