Light and Optics I: What is Light? - Light as Energy (2019)
Learn how light cannot just be seen as colours in a rainbow but also as energy. Learn where light in form of energy is used in our lives and what type of characteristics the different colours have. This is part one of a five-part Mini Lecture series on “Light and Optics”.
Public Lecture by William D. Phillips on "Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe" (2019)
"Time, Einstein and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe" provides a fun and educational overview on how fundamental research influences our daily life.
Keynote by Brian Schmidt at the Opening Ceremony of #LINO19 (2019)
Big Questions for Society, Big Questions for Research
Vaccines II: Herd Immunity (2019)
This part of our Mini Lecture explains how vaccines protect not only individuals, but entire populations through herd immunity. A historical example is the eradication of smallpox. This is part two of a three-part Mini Lecture series on vaccines.
Roy Glauber (2016)
Some Recollections of the Manhattan Project 1943-1945
Christian de Duve (2011)
The Future of Life
Press Conference Mainau Declaration (2015)
Press Conference Mainau Declaration 2015 with Laureates Brian Schmidt, Steven Chu, David Gross, George Smoot, Peter Doherty
Willy Brandt (1972)
Environmental Protection as an International Mission (German presentation)
Dickinson Richards (1969)
Hippocrates and History