Thinking Like a Scientist

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August 19, 2001

Suppose you grew up with one of the world’s great scientists.  How would that shape your view of the world?  In this hour of To the Best of Our Knowledge, an intimate look at the great conservationist Aldo Leopold: we’ll talk with three of his children.  Also, comic novelist David Lodge re-visits the war between science and the humanities.

Sarah Flannery on "A Mathematical Journey"

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Sarah Flannery talks about how her father taught her to excel at math by giving her puzzles and she gives a few examples.  Sarah won the Young Scientist of the Year Award in Ireland and in Europe in 1999.

The Leopold Family on Aldo Leopold's Work

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three of Aldo Leopold’s children talk about what it was like to grow up as part of a pioneering experiment in prairie restoration.  They had no idea what they were doing, but they loved it!

Robert Park on "Voodoo Science"

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physicist Robert Park says we’re inundated with pseudo-science and gives some examples of famous “scientific” scams and failures.  Park’s book is “Voodoo Science.”

David Lodge on "Thinks"

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Comic novelist David Lodge takes on the old battle between science and the humanities in his latest book, “Thinks.”

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August 19, 2001
Guests: 

Sarah Flannery

Mathematician

Estella Leopold

Aldo Leopold

Biologist
aldoleopold.org

Nina Leopold Bradley

Carl Leopold

Robert L. Park

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David Lodge

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Nature
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August 02, 2024