All Programs / The Institute on Man and Science

A lecture and discussion series on major current problems like urban decay; pollution; space exploration; and the role of science in finding solutions. Talks were held during the summer of 1968 at the Institute on Man and Science, New York.

Available Episodes

1969-04-02The Meaning of Life00:28:24

1969-03-25Understanding Media00:28:27

1969-03-24Probing Space00:28:46

1969-03-17Man is the System00:29:28

1969-03-12Systems Interact, part III00:28:55

1969-03-03Systems Interact, part II00:29:15

1969-02-24Systems Interact, part I00:27:36

1969-02-17From Particles to Systems and Patterns in Science00:27:04

1969-02-10Cosmos and Man00:28:48

1969-02-03Necessity: The Mother of Chaos00:24:05

1969-01-29The Book in China00:28:43

1969-01-23United States Policy in East Asia00:28:47

1969-01-17Chinese People in the United States00:27:33

1969-01-13Creating a Climate and Building Bridges00:30:06

1969-01-04Philosophies Molding Chinese Life00:29:10

1968-12-31Change and Continuity in Modern China00:28:04

1968-12-09China Contributions to Science00:28:39

1968-12-03China Contributions to World Culture00:23:13

1968-11-23China in the World Drama00:30:12

1968-11-20Understanding China00:29:31

1968-11-14A Cosmopolitan Morality00:28:50

1968-10-29Concert of cultures00:28:28

1968-10-22City of Man in historical perspective00:27:57

1968-10-16Cities and the suburbs00:27:22

1968-10-08Crime, revolution and Black Power00:30:01

1968-10-01Role of the urban coalition00:26:44

1968-09-24Can Man Manage the City?00:27:29

1968-09-17Our world situation00:24:56

1968-09-17Response to keynote address00:24:56

Subjects: Advertising; Animal behavior; Artificial satellites in communication; Assimilation (Sociology); Belonging (Social psychology); Books; Broadcasting; Causation; China; China civilisation; China civilization; China--Civilization; China--History--20th century; China--History--May Fourth movement, 1919; China--Politics and government; China--Politics and government--20th century; Chinese Americans; Chinese Americans--History; Communism--China; Competition (Psychology); Culture; Culture conflict; Cycles; Diplomacy; Discoveries in science; Early U.S. History; Ecology & the Environment; Economic development--Social aspects; Economic policy; Economy & Business; Education; Environmental health; Ethics; Forcecasting--Study and teaching; Future, The; Geology; History of Education; History, Modern; Human behavior; Human ecology; Hunger; Info.-Orient; International relations; Japan--History--20th century; Lectures and lecturing; Mass media; Meaning (Philosophy); Medicine & Health Care; Meteorology; Military doctrine; Nature; Nuclear weapons--China; Overpopulation; Philosophers--China; Philosophy; Philosophy--China--History; Poverty; Printing; Printing--China--History; Psychology; Psychology & Mental Health; Religion; Science; Science & Technology; Science--China--History; Sociology; Space sciences--United States; Technological innovations--China; Technology--China--History; Television; The Asia-Pacific; U.S. History (1900-present); U.S. Literature; U.S. Politics; United States--Foreign relations--20th century; United States--Foreign relations--China; United States--History; United States--Politics and government--20th century; World Politics; World War, 1939-1945
Creators: Institute on Man and Science
Contributors: Chai, Ch'u; Chou, Tien Chen; Costello, Timothy W.; Drumright, Everett F., 1906-1993; Goodrich, L. Carrington (Luther Carrington), 1894-1986; Hemenway, Curtis; Herter, Christian, 1919-2007; Hoagland, Hudson, 1899-1982; Hung, William, 1893-1980; Levine, Irving M.; Martin, Gordon, 1932-2016; Martin, Paul, 1903-1992; McLaren, Eugene; Meng, Paul Chih; Parsegian, V. L. (Vazken L.); Sears, Paul B. (Paul Bigelow), 1891-1990; Steinthal, Eric, M.D.; Sung, Betty Lee; Wagar, W. Warren; Walker, Wyatt Tee; Williams, Harold; Wilson, A. G. (Albert George), 1918-2012
Genres: Documentary; Educational
Time Periods: 1960-1969