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"Origin Lessons"

Friday, December 17, 2010

Studio 360 commissioned this short story from writer Aimee Bender. It has a modest subject: the Big Bang. To bone up on her science, Bender spoke with Nick Warner, a professor of Physics, Astronomy, and Mathematics at the University of Southern California. "Origin Lessons" is read for us by Kevin Pariseau.

Guests:

Aimee Bender, Kevin Pariseau and Nick Warner

Comments [7]

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Feb. 09 2012 03:59 PM
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colleenbawn from maryland

Where can I get this in text.....want to read it to my grandchildren...its wonderful

Oct. 10 2011 02:15 PM
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brandon from Houston, TX

I found this brief origin lesson intriguing and would like to know where may we find this "much longer discussion" from which this excerpt was produced?

Oct. 08 2011 09:10 PM
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brandon from Houston, TX

I found this brief origin lesson intriguing and would like to know where may we find this "much longer discussion" from which this excerpt was produced?

Oct. 08 2011 09:09 PM
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Shawn Helgerson from Browns Mills NJ

This was a great story. I greatly appreciate it and would love to have a transcript.

Oct. 08 2011 08:03 AM
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Nicholas Warner from USC, California

Yes I believe in the science that I was describing (and it rather more than a fairy story). It would seem from your comment that you have an alternative agenda. Can you please describe this alternative scientific pov that I seem to have neglected? We might both learn something from discussing it here ... providing that we are both really talking about science.

I would also add that the clip that was used here was a very small part of a much longer discussion (of about an hour) and so clips taken out of context might be misleading to all concerned.

Dec. 23 2010 11:56 PM
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anthony brennan from sebastopol CA

I was hoping to learn something from this piece but as usual the prof blankly evaded the significant questions, Someone should have asked him if he actually believed the stories he was telling: twentyfirst century fairy stories. You shouldn't keep propagating these unsupported ideas without having an opposing scientific pov to challenge them.

Dec. 18 2010 04:50 PM
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