Tibetan and Himalayan Library - THL

Description: Closer to Truth is a series on PBS television looking at some of the most challenging and important advances and discoveries in science. Hosted by Robert Lawrence Kuhn, the show brings in prominent scientists from various disciplines to explain and offer a range of opinions on key issues to a general audience. Topics such as the future of biology, the science of complexity, our current understanding of the cosmos, how consciousness might be explained, the relationship between religion and science, life elsewhere in the universe, and many other active areas of discussion and research within the science. The website includes clips from each show, short interviews with the show's participants, definitions of technical scientific terms, more in depth discussion of the issues, and links to outside sources where viewers can learn more about the issues. (Zach Rowinski 2004-08-01)