100 Incredible Lectures from the World’s Top Scientists [1]

If you, like me, have an interest in all things scientific, then you will enjoy the treat provided by Sarah Russel at BestCollegesOnline [3]. She has gathered together a list of 100 fantastic lectures by some of the world's leading scientists, including:

• Richard Dawkins [4]
• Stephen Wolfram [5]
• Steven Chu [6]
• Craig Venter [7]
• Stephen Hawking [8]

The topics are sorted into the following categories:

• General
• Science and Engineering
• Biology and Medicine
• Chemistry
• Physics and Astronomy
• Earth and Environment
• Technology
• Science in the Future
• Science and Business
• Miscellaneous

Some of the lectures are on:

• The history of science
• The evolution vs creation debate
• Exploring Mars and life on Mars
• The physics behind the collapse of the WTC towers
• The space shuttle
• How drugs are researched and developed
• The evolution of the human species
• Cancer research
• Nuclear power plants
• Nanotechnology

The lectures are primarily sourced from TED [9], MIT World [10] and Academic Earth [11].

100 Incredible Lectures from the World’s Top Scientists [12]

See also the related 100 Coolest Science Videos on YouTube [13] (thanks Crispian Jago [14]).