Research Channel Videos

Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison is one the best authors and speakers when it comes to articulating the experience of manic-depressive illness.

Walter Lewin, professor of physics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, sheds light on everyday phenomena such as rainbows and what makes the sky blue.

Dr. Kay Redfield Jamison is a psychologist who specializes in manic-depressive disorder, which she has dealt with herself and detailed in her memoir An Unquiet Mind: A Memoir of Moods and Madness. But in this joyous talk delivered at the Teacher Wellness Conference, Dr. Jamison talks about her book Exuberance: The Passion for Life.

In this lecture, Isaacson talks about one of his earliest subjects, the early American statesman, inventor and writer, Benjamin Franklin.

In this Tufts University video, Daniel C. Dennett, philosophy professor and co-director of the Center for Cognitive Studies at Tufts University, offers a unique perspective on the role of philosophy in the cognitive and behavioral sciences.

Tyson also discusses his outreach success in making science accessible to the general public.