TED Conference
TED: Ideas worth spreading. The slogan really exemplifies what occurs at this conference, namely: high quality topics, speakers and presentations.
I have not seen all the presentations, but wanted to include 3 that I thought would be relevant to this site (each presentation is about 20 minutes in length).
Dr. James Watson: The double helix and today’s DNA mysteries
-How he (and others) discovered the structure of DNA and current DNA research
-I really get a kick out of seeing our founding members still active in research
Bill Gates: How I’m trying to change the world now
-He presents scientific work related to malaria as well as a number of fascinating statistics related to education
Kevin Kelly: The first 5,000 days of the web, and the next 5,000
-Although this presentation is not crystallographic in nature, it is too good to miss
-I enjoy when people make a compelling case regarding what they think will occur in the future
The two books that are mentioned in the above talks are available through Amazon:
If there are any other talks you enjoyed, please feel free to leave a comment!