Edward J. Larson: Scott, Amundsen and Science: The 100th Anniversary of Robert Falcon Scott Reaching the South PoleEdward J. Larson, Visiting Professor of Law, Stanford University; University Professor of History, Pepperdine UniversityPulitzer Prize-winning historian Larson is a master of the history of science and exploration. He now delves into the heroic age of Antarctic exploration, which culminated 100 years ago when Roald Amundsen and Robert F. Scott ...
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Lawrence Lessig - How Money Corrupts Congress and a Plan to Stop It -- SOLD OUTThe Long Now Foundation's monthly series Seminars About Long-term Thinkinghttp://longnow.org/seminars/02012/jan/17/how-money-corrupts-congress-and-plan-stop-it/Lawrence Lessig presentsHow Money Corrupts Congress and a Plan to Stop ItA dazzlingly incisive presenter, Lawrence Lessig specializes in identifying deep systemic problems in public process (such as copyright malfunction and Congressional dysfunction) and then showing how they can be cured. ...
