Previous Lectures

March 28, 2008
The Dance of the Fertile Universe: Did God do It?

George V. Coyne, S.J. is a Jesuit Priest and an astronomer. He is the Director Emeritus of the Vatican Observatory and Adjunct Professor of Astronomy at University of Arizona. He is the author of Wayfarers in the Cosmos: The Human Quest for Meaning.

March 6, 2008
Islam and the Transformation of Greek Science

George Saliba is Professor of Arabic and Islamic Science at Columbia University. He is the author of Islamic Science and the Making of the European Renaissance and A History of Arabic Astronomy: Planetary Theories during the Golden Age of Islam.

October 25, 2007
Doubt - Where You'd Least Expect It

Jennifer Michael Hecht is a fellow of the New York Institute for the Humanities and teaches in the Graduate Creative Writing Program at The New School, New York. She is the author of Doubt: A History and The Happiness Myth along with her poetry books, The Next Ancient World, Funny, and The End of the Soul.

September 27, 2007
Creationism and Evolution: A Historical Perspective

Dr. Eugenie Scott is a physical anthropologist and Executive Director of National Center for Science Education (NCSE). She is the author of Evolution vs Creationism: An Introduction and is considered the leading critic of creationism and its offshoot intelligent design.

April 12, 2007
Natural & Supernatural: Miracles & the Order of Nature

Lawrence Principe is Professor of chemistry & History of Science, Medicine & Technology at Johns Hopkins University. He is the author of The Aspiring Adept: Robert Boyle And his Alchemical Quest.

March 8, 2007
Evolution and Reilgion: Two Sideshows and the Main Event

David Sloan Wilson is distinguished professor of biology with a joint appointment in anthropology at Binghamton University. He is the author of numerous books, including his first book for a general audience: Evolution for Everyone: How Darwin's Theory Can Change the Way We Think About Our Lives.

October 26, 2006
Bodies and Souls

Paul Bloom is the Professor of Psychology at Yale University. He is the author of Descartes’ Babies: How the science of Child Development Explains what makes us humans.