Meridian Talks

RealMedia (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Mark Pendergrast
Mirror Mirror: A History of How the Human Fascination with Reflective Surfaces Has Led to Inward Contemplation and Outward Exploration of the Universe
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2009/03/24
RealMedia (Lo Bandwidth)
Podcast(640x480 mp4)
Windows Media(wmv)
Mark's presentation (ppt)
Flash(flv)

RealMedia (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Wolfgang Ketterle (MIT)
When Freezing Cold is Not Cold Enough -- New Forms of Matter Close to Absolute Zero Temperature
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2009/02/12
RealMedia (Lo Bandwidth)
Podcast(640x480 mp4)
Windows Media(wmv)
Wolfgang's presentation (ppt)

RealMedia (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Mario Livio:"Is God a Mathematician?"
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2009/01/29
RealMedia (Lo Bandwidth)
Podcast(640x480 mp4)
Windows Media(wmv)
Mario's presentation (pdf)

RealMedia (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Christopher Chyba (Princeton University) (The Nuclear, Biological, and Space Arms Control Challenges Facing the Next Administration)
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2008/11/05
RealMedia (Lo Bandwidth)
Windows Media (wmv)
Podcast(640x480 mp4)

Yesterday's Paradigm is Tomorrow's Wooden Nickel: The Fate of Major Astronomical Questions and Ideas (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Virginia Trimble
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2008/05/29
Yesterday's Paradigm is Tomorrow's Wooden Nickel: The Fate of Major Astronomical Questions and Ideas (Lo Bandwidth)

Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Steven Squyres
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2008/02/26
Roving Mars: Spirit, Opportunity, and the Exploration of the Red Planet (Lo Bandwidth))

The Jasons (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Ann Finkbeiner
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2007/11/01
The Jasons (Lo Bandwidth)

Star in a Jar? (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Lawrence Crum
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2007/03/29
Star in a Jar? (Lo Bandwidth)
Larry's presentation (ppt)

Reconstructing Accretion Histories of Galaxies (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Sallie Baliunas
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2006/12/07
Reconstructing Accretion Histories of Galaxies (Lo Bandwidth)

Microscope to Telescope (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: David Malin
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2006/11/02
Microscope to Telescope (Lo Bandwidth)
David's presentation (ppt)

Is Pluto a Planet?: The Great Planet Debate (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Keith Noll
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2006/10/20
Is Pluto a Planet?: The Great Planet Debate (Lo Bandwidth)

A Global Network Observatory for Extended Time Series and Transient Phenomenea Observations (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: Wayne Rosing
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2006/05/04
Wayne's ppt (ppt)
A Global Network Observatory for Extended Time Series and Transient Phenomenea Observations (Lo Bandwidth)

A History of the Early HST (Hi Bandwidth)
Presenter: C.R. O'Dell
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2006/04/21
A History of the Early HST (Lo Bandwidth)
Bob's presentation (ppt)

The Making of the Hubble Ultra Deep Field
Presenter: Steve Beckwith (STScI)
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2006/03/16
Supporting Material

Water Footprints and Virtual Water
Presenter: Carol Christian (STScI)
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2006/02/02
Supporting Material

Columbia Accident Investigation Board
Presenter: Douglas Osheroff
Duration: 2 hours
Event date: 2005/12/15
Arc Jet Cable (mpeg)
Debris Strike E212 (quicktime)
Debris Strike ET208 (quicktime)
Understanding the Columbia Shuttle Accident (ppt)

Project Orion
Presenter: Freeman Dyson
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2005/11/17

The Equation that Couldn't be Solved: How Mathematical Genius Discovered the Language of Symmetry
Presenter: Mario Livio
Duration: 1 hour
Event date: 2005/09/22
Supporting Material