On a rocky outcropping off the northeastern coast of England, the monastery of Lindisfarne once stood as an outpost of religious, philosophic, and intellectual study against the “dark” times of early medieval Europe. Inspired by the foresight and dogged determination of these medieval monks, William Irwin Thompson founded the Lindisfarne Association in 1972 to gather together bold scientists, scholars, artists, and contemplatives to realize a new planetary culture in the face of the politica ...
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Finding inspiration and a will to persevere might be challenging at times, especially when you have been prevented by outside forces, in a way or another, to achieve your goals. Although actions speak louder than words, stories of people that succeeded despite opposition can have the power to put wind into someones deflated sails and perhaps also fight against the impostor syndrome so many of us experience . Here I hope you will find such stories, which are mostly focused on scientific figur ...
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Mice as discovery driver or how to be small, but help achieve great things
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Mice (17th century- current) Some find them cute, some find them repulsive, and science finds them useful. Mice have been a model organism for a bit over a century and is by far the most used nowadays. Let’s find out what these little creatures did for scientific discoveries and learn cool facts about them at the same time. Resources: https://www.n…
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Prof. Rita Levi-Montalcini or how to create a completely new science field in one's bedroom
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Professor Rita Levi-Montalcini (1909-2012) A developmental biologist who left an indelible mark on the field of neuroscience through her groundbreaking discoveries and unwavering dedication to scientific inquiry, despite being forced at one point to conduct her research from the confinements of her bedroom in Turin. From her pioneering research on …
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Williamina Paton Fleming or how to go from being a maid to changing astronomy forever
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Fleming, Williamina Paton (1857–1911) A single mum, deserted by her husband in a time when women were second class citizens and weren’t allowed to get a higher education, Williamina Paton Fleming rose from the humble position of maid to one of the most famous astronomers in history. She supervised the cataloging of hundreds of thousands of stars, r…
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Prof. Dr. Frits Zernike or how the Nazis did something good by mistake
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Frits Zernike Although he spent his whole life from birth to retirement in the cities of Amsterdam and then Groningen, his life was far from ordinary. Incredibly intelligent and gifted, having the rare combination of simultaneously being a fine theoretician and skilled experimentalist, Frits Zernike started his scientific journey in astronomy and t…
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Prof. Dr. Lynn Margulis or how to be so good you get to use swearwords in your scientific titles
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Although now Lynn Margulis is as the historian Jan Sapp has said "as synonymous with symbiosis as Charles Darwin's is with evolution", she faced intense criticism in her lifetime. At the beginning her ideas elicited responses such as, "Your research is crap. Don't ever bother to apply again" and has been intitally rejected by 15 journals, in the en…
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Dr. Walle Nauta or how to stick it to the Nazis while revolutionising neuroscience
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Dr. Walle Nauta was not only a brilliant neuroanatomist and scientist of the 20th century, but also a selfless, brave soul. He revolutionised research tools in neuroscience, making it possible to better understand one of the biggest mysteries of humankind, our brain. Exigent, but kind, intuitive, but rigorous, and most of all, humble, he lived a li…
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Dr. Hilde Mangold or how to live your life on fast forward
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The short but fruitful life of Hilde Mangold produced one of the few doctoral dissertation that has ever been directly linked to a Nobel prize. Hilde performed transplantations of cells from one darker newt embryo (type of amphibian) into a receiver lighter embryo in order to see if the transplanted cells will trigger the formation of parallel body…
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Dr. George Washington Carver or how to have God as your lab assistant
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Born just as slavery was abolished, Dr. George Washington Carver has managed to change the agricultural landscape of America through pure empiricism and perseverance and was one of the first African-American pioneers and inventors who rose all by himself to popularity and international recognition. Take a listen to te biography of a man that has to…
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Dr. Eng. Eliza Leonida-Zamfirescu (or how to crush your oposition with an ungodly amount of patience and work)
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Have you ever asked yourself who were the first women that had the courage to go against society's expectations and pursue "unfeminine" careers such as engineering? (the only answer accepted here is "yes", sorry). Then you might be interested in finding out more about one of the first womn engineer, Eliza Leonida-Zamfirescu, a courageous woman who …
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Sir John Bertrand Gurdon (or how to succeed at proving people wrong)
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For the pilot episode of Choosing Science, we are going to learn about a Nobel Prize winner in Medicine who by all accounts of his school teachers shouldn't have even be able to pass a science test. He is a great example of inspiring rebellion and wholesome self acceptance, combined with pure curiosity and scientific passion. I recommend watching t…
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Gregory Bateson: How We Know What We Know
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The Lindisfarne Tapes are selected recordings of presentations and conversations at the Lindisfarne Fellows’ meetings. In March of 2013 William Thompson granted permission to the Schumacher Center for a New Economics to transfer the talks from the old reel-to-reel tapes to digital format so that they could be posted online and shared freely. In 202…
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E.F. Schumacher: Moving from Cleverness to Wisdom
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Kathleen Raine: Spirituality in William Blake
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Stewart Brand: How Could We Possibly Get a Photograph of the Whole Earth?
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Thomas Banyacya: The Prophecy of 1948
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David Spangler: Co-Creating our Future in the New Age
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Rosabeth Kanter: What Makes or Breaks an Alternative Community?
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Gary Snyder: Songs of the Life Cycle
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Nechung Rinpoche: Development of Compassion in Buddhist Thought
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Sean Wellesley-Miller: The Bioshelter, The Home, and The Community
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Gil Friend: Local Action for Global Transformation
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Alice Tepper Marlin: The Competitive Advantage of Better Business
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David Ehrenfeld: Ecological Wisdom in Jewish Thought
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Wendell Berry: Sexual Capitalism and the Preservation of Wilderness
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Seyyed Hossein Nasr: The Metaphysical and Cosmological Roots of the Ecological Crisis
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Janet McCloud: The Struggle for Indigenous Sovereignty
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Elise Boulding: A Historical Account of Women in Community
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John Todd: Ecological Design and New Alchemy
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Russell Schweickart: Discovering a New Planetary Culture from Outer Space
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Hazel Henderson: Sweeping Away the Conceptual Wreckage of the Industrial Age
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Nancy Jack Todd: The Role of Women in Cultural Change
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Murray Bookchin: Can We Effect Meaningful Change in an Anti-Ecological Society?
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Gregory Bateson: The Grammar of Evolution and Consciousness
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Donella Meadows: Deconstructing Policymaking
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E.F. Schumacher: The Metaphysical Roots of Decentralist Economics
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William Irwin Thompson: Planetary Culture and a New Image of Humanity
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