The humanities are academic disciplines which study the human condition, using methods that are primarily analytic, critical, or speculative, as distinguished from the mainly empirical approaches of the natural and social sciences.

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Newton on the Beach: Principia Mathematica Historian Simon Schaffer, the 2008 Harry Camp Memorial Lecturer, spoke on Newton's fascination with discoveries about ancient Indian philosophy and discussed the global network of information on which Newton relied for his Principia Mathematica. Schaffer is the co-author, with Steven Shapin, of "Leviathan and the Air Pump" (1985) and joint winner of the 2005 Erasmus Prize. Recent publications include edited collections "The Sciences in Enlightened Europe" (1999) and "The Mindful Hand" (2007). Stanford University: www.stanford.edu Stanford Humanities Center: shc.stanford.edu Stanford University Channel on YouTube: www.youtube.com

EO Wilson: Synergism Between Science and the Humanities Scientist and author Edward O. Wilson, draws on studies from a broad spectrum of disciplines to show how various fields of inquiry, and especially the humanities and sciences, intersect with each other. According to Wilson, "the greatest enterprise of the mind has always been and always will be the attempted linkage of the sciences and the humanities." Series: "Frontiers of Knowledge" [5/2002] [Humanities] [Science] [Show ID: 6434]

The Public Good: Humanities in a Civil Society March 9, 2009. "HISTORY & LEGITIMACY IN JUDICIAL DECISIONS" -DAVID SOUTER (Supreme Court Justice). George Washington University, Washington, DC. Hosted by the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Visit www.amacad.org

Why Study Humanities in 60 Seconds Michael Elliott (Professor of English and American Studies, Emory College) has one minute to explain the importance of the humanities. See what Emory is doing in the humanities at the Bill and Carol Fox Center for Humanistic Inquiry (chi.emory.edu For more information on Professor Elliott, see english.emory.edu

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