May 31, 2009

Great living scientists info pages

Here is the list of scientists that resulted from this post (thanks contributors) with links to their wikipedia pages so you can read a bit more about who they are and what they have done:


Click on the photo to enlarge it. The photo shows them in the order they are mentioned here.

10 comments, click here to add your comment:

Paolo Terni said...

What a Sunday treat!
Thanks!!

Michael Klingenstierna Hjerth said...

Ok, next step...
(1) Gather a list of available video lectures by these people (I have a bunch)
(2) Gather a list of link to their labs and research

Coert Visser said...

Hi Michael, Lets do that! Let's share the best videos we have of them so that soon we'll be able to post: great living scientists videos

Coert Visser said...

Here is a start:

Barbara Fredrickson: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ds_9Df6dK7c&feature=channel_page

Carol Dweck: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r-wD3M59Uiw

Jeffrey Sachs: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4gLANHEZWA

Richard Dawkins: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HzRKsgQjZ8&feature=related

James randi:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SUMY7epfsHs

Martin Seligman:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9FBxfd7DL3E

Coert Visser said...

Hi Paolo, how do you like Michael's idea? Do you know some interesting videos?

Coert Visser said...

And while we're at it, let's also include there research pages.

Here is a start:

Carol Dweck: http://www-psych.stanford.edu/~dweck/

Barbara Fredrickson: http://www.unc.edu/peplab/barb_fredrickson_page.html

Robert H. Frank: http://www.robert-h-frank.com/papers.html

Jeffrey Pfeffer: http://faculty-gsb.stanford.edu/pfeffer/

Anders Ericsson: http://www.psy.fsu.edu/faculty/ericsson.dp.html

Coert Visser said...

Dear, Paolo, Micheal, Peter, Kirsten and all other who follow this thread of posts,

I have now found nearly all research/lab pages. suggestions for videos remain welcome!

I'll post this tomorrow

Coert

Coert Visser said...

Here is the page with info on the scientists including videos: http://www.m-cc.nl/scientists.htm

As you see, some information is still lacking, in particular a few videos. Suggestions are welcome.

Michael Klingenstierna Hjerth said...

I have a whole lot of stuff...Give me some time to collect it

Michael

Coert Visser said...

sure!