This web page allows you to purchase all of the Behind the Science with Joe Palca lectures (6 total). If you are interested in buying individual lectures, click on the dates highlighted below.
Scientists are among the most interesting people you’ll ever meet, and they do some of the most exciting and creative work imaginable. But for most of us, that work can often seem abstract and hard to grasp.
Joe Palca, NPR science correspondent, is ready to come to the rescue. He’s gathered a group of notable scientists working in six hot-topic disciplines and planned a series that offers insights into what they do—and why it’s important to you. Informal conversations will reveal dynamic fields filled with innovation, passion, and promise that are worlds away from coolly clinical, lab-coated stereotypes. You’ll come away from these entertaining and accessible sessions with plenty of new information, as well as a deeper confidence in your ability to make the connection between science and your life.
Oct. 15 Evolutionary Biology- See Location Change Information Below
Sean B. Carroll, Howard Hughes Medical Institute and University of Wisconsin
DUE TO THE GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN THE LOCATION FOR THE OCT. 15 LECTURE HAS BEEN CHANGED.
New Location:
Hill Center at the Old Naval Hospital
921 Pennsylvania Avenue, SE, Washington, DC, 20003
Closest Metro: Eastern Market (Blue/Orange lines), about 2 blocks away
Parking & Directions Information
Nov. 19 Climate Science (originally Paleontology and Deep Time with Kirk Johnson)
Daniel Kirk-Davidoff, University of Maryland College Park
Dec. 17 Paleontology and Deep Time (originally Climate Science with Daniel Kirk-Davidoff)
Kirk Johnson, director, Natural History Museum
Jan. 21 Physics
S. James Gates, University of Maryland College Park
Feb. 18 Planetary Science
Sean Solomon, Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
March 18 Neuroscience
Sam Wang, Princeton Neuroscience Institute
Full Series Information:
- 6 sessions
- Package Code: 1B0-010
