Cold Fusion, Polywater & N-Rays: Notable Scientific Blunders Throughout History
For his seventh Lindau lecture, Nobel Laureate Dan Shechtman discusses scientific ideas that gained popularity before dying out.
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Science’s Broader Scope: The Diplomatic Ground
Lindau Alumna Melania Zauri talks about 'science diplomacy' and gives best practice examples.
After the March: Continuing to Speak up for Science
For scientists deciding how to engage with current politics, there are no easy answers. But history can provide some ideas for action. For scientists deciding how to engage with current politics, there are no easy answers. But history can provide some ideas for action.
Nach dem March for Science: Wie geht es weiter?
Wie können sich Wissenschaftler politisch engagieren? Darauf gibt es keine klare Antwort, aber inspirierende historische Beispiele.
Martin Karplus – A Visionary Pioneer
Theoretical chemist Martin Karplus will be a guest at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings this year for the first time.Theoretical chemist Martin Karplus will be a guest at the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings this year for the first time.
Martin Karplus – Visionärer Vordenker
Der theoretische Chemiker Karplus wird dieses Jahr zum ersten Mal bei den Lindauer Nobelpreisträgertagungen zu Gast sein.Der theoretische Chemiker Karplus wird dieses Jahr zum ersten Mal bei den Lindauer Nobelpreisträgertagungen zu Gast sein.
Dorothy Hodgkin: The Queen of Crystallography
2014 marks the 50th anniversary of Dorothy Hodgkin’s Nobel Prize in Chemistry: memories of a Lindau ‘veteran’ who had already been a living legend when she participated in the Lindau Nobel Laureate Meetings.
Mountains Beyond Mountains
The scientist, by the very nature of his commitment, creates more and more questions, never fewer. Indeed, the measure of our intellectual maturity is our capacity to feel less and less satisfied with our answers to better problems.- G.W. Allport,Becoming, 1955 Science in the popular mind consists of a series of "Eureka!" moments. Such moments […]