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Historian Arthur Schlesinger, editor of Times Books' American Presidents Series, moderated a discussion of the lives of some lesser-known American presidents. The panelists were authors of s…

Three photographers discussed a selection of their own works that have appeared in National Geographic publications. The panelists gave a behind-the-scene’s look at the magazine’s photograph…

Ellen Goodman discussed her book, "Paper Trail: Common Sense in Uncommon Times", with Linda Wertheimer Senior National Correspondent at National Public Radio. The book, published by Simon a…

Caroline Kennedy discussed the book she edited "Profiles in Courage for Our Time". She gave her presentation at the George Washington University. Sen. Edward Kennedy (D-MA) introduced his ni…

Mr. Lillibridge talked about public health practices, focusing on advances made in the field over the last century and about emerging threats to human health and the challenges of finding so…

Professor Kurzweil, author of The Age of Spiritual Machines, spoke about changing technologies, artificial intelligence, and the possibility of building machines that act more “human.” He al…

Scientists talked about ongoing efforts to detect signals from extraterrestrial sources. Among the issues they addressed were the technologies involved, the chances of detecting signals, and…

Professor Gershenfeld and others demonstrated several new technologies which may serve as prototypes for new inventions in the 21st century. Among the technologies were machines which used t…

John Ross talked about his book The Polar Bear Strategy: Reflections on Risk in Modern Life, published by Perseus Books. In the book, Ross argues that the science of risk assessment has give…