Explorations

September 2005

Week of September 27 - October 3

The entire program is devoted to the life of Albert Einstein, his religion and his politics, as well as his scientific theories.

In the first half, Dr. Kaku and his guest, John Brinster, a Princeton graduate and former associate of Dr. Einstein, talk about Einstein's religious attitudes.

The second half of this program is about Einstein's political views. Fred Jerome, author of the book, The Einstein File, discusses the thousands of pages of documents about Einstein compiled by J. Edgar Hoover, the former FBI director.

GUESTS: John Brinster and Fred Jerome.

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Week of September 20 - September 26

There is a new Pentagon planning document that says that the use of nuclear weapons shall be to deter terrorism. As if suicide bombers can be deterred by a hydrogen bomb.

Global warming in Greenland is becoming the focus of scientists' attention.

A gamma ray burster explosion 12.5 billion years ago, not long after the birth of the universe itself, and one of the largest explosions ever recorded in the history of science, has been noted by Italian astronomers.

The people of Utah, including the governor, are up in arms over the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's decision to dump the country's nuclear waste on an Indian reservation in the state.

Pomegranate consumption may guard against osteoarthritis, hardening of arteries, and the return of prostate cancer. Coffee contains more antioxidants than tea and seems to offer protection against liver cancer and certain forms of diabeties.

GUEST: University of Wisconsin biology professor, Dr. Sean Carroll, author of the book, Endless Forms Most Beautiful, and Dr. Kaku talk about evolution.

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Week of September 13 - September 19

Hurricane Katrina's aftermath reveals that an accident was waiting to happen. Who is to blame? What about the future accident waiting to happen?

GUEST: Berkeley astronomer and the author of such books as Magnificent Universe and Magnificent Mars, Ken Croswell talks about the tenth planet, if it actually exists, new evidence of a dark galaxy, and the state of the universe.

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Week of September 6 - September 12

Is the political far right imposing ideology on science?

GUEST: Chris Mooney is the author of The Republican War on Science.

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Week of August 30 - September 5

The subject of the program this week is the social responsibility of scientists. Should scientists be responsible for the weapons they unleash on the world?

GUEST: Daniel Charles. Mr. Charles, formerly a writer for New Scientist magazine, is the author of Mastermind: The Rise and Fall of Fritz Haber, the Nobel Laureate who Launched the Age of Chemical Warfare.

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