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
1969-02-10Cosmos and Man00:28:48
1969-01-29The Book in China00:28:43
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
1968-10-16Cities and the suburbs00:27:22
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