[Mitworld] New: Sive on the Brain, Panel on Narratives of Science

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[FORM FROM THE FORMLESS: THE AWESOME POWER OF THE EMBRYO ]

Sive explores embryonic brain development in the earliest days of life,
and shows an amazing video of zebra fish embryo development.

[SPEAKERS]

**Hazel Sive**
Member, Whitehead Institute and Professor of Biology, MIT

PLAY NOW:  <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/283/>

Quote:
"Things go wrong surprisingly infrequently (in embryos), due to checks
and balances. There are feedback loops, where the embryo does something,

and checks to see if it has done the right thing."
-- Hazel Sive


EVENT HOST: Whitehead Institute for Biomedical Research
<http://www.wi.mit.edu/index.html >

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[NARRATIVES OF SCIENCE]

In the final panel from this series, writers Kanigel, Levenson, and
Lightman discuss the role of storytelling, travelogues and biography in
the evolution of science writing.

[SPEAKERS]

**Robert Kanigel**
Professor of Science Writing
**Thomas Levenson**
Associate Professor, Program in Writing and Humanistic Studies Graduate
Program in Science Writing
**Alan Lightman**
Adjunct Professor of Humanities


PLAY NOW:  <http://mitworld.mit.edu/video/284/>

Quote:

"In a biography of Beethoven, you'd be writing about the struggle to
compose --  in a way not so different from a scientist's struggle to do
a perfect experiment. If you were living up to the promise of a
biography of a genius, you'd feel the appropriate burden of conveying
the genius of Beethoven's music, just as you would the difficulty of
reflecting the genius of a scientist."
-- Robert Kanigel

EVENT HOST: MIT Communications Forum
<http://web.mit.edu/comm-forum/>

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IN THE PIPELINE:

With these two new videos, MIT World will take a brief hiatus until mid
September. We will be back for the start of our **5th year** with a wide

range of new material including:

  * MIT Physics Professor Walter Lewin on "The Mystery of Light"
  * Noam Chomsky on the "30th Anniversary of the end of the War in
Vietnam"
  * Alice Gast, Penny Chisholm, Rosalind Williams, Moungi Bawendi, and
Alex Slocum on "Interdisciplinary Research at MIT"
  * Alan Brody, Jay Scheib, Krzysztof Wodiczko, and Evan Ziporyn on "Art

and Technology"

Thanks to our partners, sponsors, and audience for ongoing feedback and
support. See you in September.

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	**2005 Aerospace & Defense Industry Conference**
	"Enabling Technologies Take Flight"

	During this one and a half day program, participants will have
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	October 18-19, 2005
	Online agenda, brochure and registration
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