Naturally Curious

Professor Hurley talks about how he got into computer science, different programming languages, why is C so influential, logic, and more. Links for this episode: Imitation Game C Unix The International Obfuscated C Code Contest The Two Generals’ Problem Intro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Akram-Lodhi talks about how he got into development studies, world hunger, food system, real food, the importance of education, how local development is global development, and more. Links for this episode: Haroon Akram-Lodhi (AHAkramLodhi) on Twitter Professor Akram Lodhi's website Oakland Ross India's "Right to Food" Act Community Food Centre Canada Food Republic, "Why Do Canadian Eat So Much Mac 'N Cheese The Lancet, "More than a diet" La Via Campesina Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Brown talks about how he was like when he was a kid, Shakespeare, Don Quixote, poetry, comedy, and more. Also, we went off on a lot of tangents. Links for this episode: Stephen Brown's Ted Talk "Why Shakespeare? Because it's 2016" Frankenstein by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Jane Austen "I'll give thee a wind" Macbeth (Act I Scene III) Edward Albee Iambic Pentameter Paul Muldoon The Newsroom - Encyclopedia vs The Internet Encyclopedia Britannica Ian Brown's article on encyclopedia Stephen Brown's talk about the Encyclopedia Britannica Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes A Clockwork Orange by Anthony Burgess The Life and Opinions of Tristam Shandy by Laurence Stern Derry Girls Larry King reads the Bible Moby Dick, or, the Whale W.H. Auden Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Steffi Sze talks about her experience of competing in the U19 Lacrosse Championship, how she get into sports and lacrosse, sports and school, and more. Thanks to Hong Kong Lacrosse Association for coordination. Links for this episode: Hong Kong Lacrosse Association Website Hong Kong Lacrosse Association (hklacrosse) on Twitter Hong Kong Lacrosse Association (hklacrosse) on Instagram U19 Women's Lacrosse Championship Website Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Burr talks about how he got into statistics, why is statistics a field of its own rather than a sub-field in Mathematics, natural science before the invention of statistics, p-value, statistics in education, and more. Links for this episode: Wesley Burr (wsburr) on Twitter Wesley Burr | wesleyburr.com Time Series | Wikipedia Signal Processing | Wikipedia Ronald Fisher | Wikipedia Moving beyond P-value | American Statistical Association Information Explosion | Wikipedia Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Joseph talks about his experience as a graduate student, why he decided to get a master degree, giving advice for current undergraduate student who wish to do graduate school, and more. Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Kara and I talk about school-life balance, stress, productivity, and more. Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Shiell talks about why he came to Canada , quantum mechanics, human eyes, philosophy of physics, and more. Links to the things we've talked about in this episode: Quantum mechanics wikipedia page https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quantum_mechanics 2018 Physics Nobel Prize https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/physics/2018/summary/ The 10 trillion frames per second camera https://techcrunch.com/2018/10/12/at-10-trillion-frames-per-second-this-camera-captures-light-in-slow-motion/ Map of Physics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZihywtixUYo Stuart Firestein: The pursuit of ignorance https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nq0_zGzSc8g Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Dart talks about how he came across business, entrepreneurship, NGOs, business books, and more. Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Kay talks about how she got into history, West and East Germany, what does it mean to be a historian, music and films, and more. Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Norlock talks about how she became a philosopher, ethics, virtues and vices, utilitarianism, video games, and more. Intro and outro music credit to LEMMiNO: youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318

Professor Bilaniuk talks about him in his youth, teaching, twin prime, Riemann Hypothesis, coffee, and more. Intro music credit to LEMMiNO: https://youtu.be/I2O7blSSzpI?t=318