Scientific Imagination

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Collective Imagination – Marques D Anderson
Marques D. Anderson, is an innovator and thought leader working at the nexus of indigenous wisdom, modern technology and future communities.After a professional pivot from the NFL in 2006, Marques founded and directed the World Education Foundation whic
Encountering Serendipity – Samantha Copeland Encountering Serendipity - Samantha Copeland
Dr. Samantha Copeland came to philosophy through the humanities, graduating […]
Analogue Astronauts – Sabrina Kerber & Charlotte Pouwels Analogue Astronauts - Sabrina Kerber & Charlotte Pouwels
Analogue Astronauts missions are all about visualisation. The main focus on conventional analogue missions is to investigate how a crew of up to 6 astronauts fares on a mission of 1 week to 6 months. This includes scientific research in various discipline
Eye on Orbit – Erik Laan Eye on Orbit - Erik Laan
Erik Laan is a Space Industry Consultant, a technical specialist in optical science instrument satellite payloads, with system engineering experience in the field of space robotics and microgravity. His technical specialities are Space Systems Engineering
Constricted Inventions – Vincent Icke
Vincent Icke is Professor of theoretical Astronomy at Leiden University, and Professor of Cosmology at the University of Amsterdam. He studied theoretical Physics and Astronomy at Utrecht, and obtained his PhD at Leiden in 1972 with his thesis "Formation
Molecules – Stach Kuijpers
In this second episode of Scientific Imagination, I will be talking to Stach Kuijpers, a PhD student at the Spec-tros-skopy of Cold Molecules group of professor Bas v.d. Meerakker at the Radboud University Nijmegen. In his research, he studies the fundame
Space – Nancy Vermeulen
Nancy Vermeulen is a commercial airline pilot-instructor, Master in theoretical physics and astronomy, she was Commander of a Mars simulation in Utah and took part in the ESA astronaut selections of 2008. Bringing the universe closer to people and the peo