Joseph Henry Lecture Archives

May 17, 2024 Meeting #2,496 The 93rd Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by MWZB Law

Unlost – Recovering the Text of Burnt and Carbonized Scrolls

Reading Herculaneum Papyri using X-ray CT and AI

Brent Seales

Professor of Computer Science
University of Kentucky

May 19, 2023 Meeting #2,477 The 92nd Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by University of California San Diego

Architecture for the New Space Age

Learning to Work and Live Beyond Earth

Paul Kessler, Eleanor Morgan, Daniel Inocente, and Corky Clinton

Paul D. Kessler
Aerospace Technical Manager
NASA

Eleanor E. Morgan
Space Architect & Program Manager
Lockheed Martin

Daniel Inocente
Senior Space Architect
Blue Origin

Raymond "Corky" Clinton
Senior Technical Advisor, Science & Technology Office
NASA Marshall Space Flight Center

May 20, 2022 Meeting #2,459 The 91st Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by MWZB Law

Ingenuity: The First Flying Machine on Mars

First Controlled Powered Flight on Another Planet

J. (Bob) Balaram

Chief Engineer of Ingenuity
JPL/CalTech

June 4, 2021 Meeting #2,442 The 90th Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by MWZB Law & PSW Science Member Carl Merril

Quantum Gravity

Carlo Rovelli

Director, The Quantum Gravity Group
Centre de Physique Théorique de Luminy, Aix-Marseille University

May 15, 2020 Meeting #2,421 The 89th Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by MWZB

The Event Horizon Telescope

First Ever Images of a Black Hole

Sheperd S. Doeleman

Founding Director, Event Horizon Telescope
Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics

With Colleagues:
Michael Johnson, Astrophysicist, Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
Andrew Strominger, Professor of Physics, Harvard University

May 17, 2019 Meeting #2,410 The 88th Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by MWZB

The Big Bang and Inflation

Glimpsing The Beginning of Time From the Ends of the Earth

Brian Keating

Professor of Physics
Center for Astrophysics & Space Sciences
University of California at San Diego

June 15, 2018 Meeting #2,394 The 87th Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC

Cassini’s Spectacular Saturn

How it Revolutionized Our View of Planets, Moons, and the Possibilities for Life in the Universe

Speakers from NASA, Cornell, & JPL

May 12, 2017 Meeting #2,379 The 86th Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC

Exoplanets and the Search for Life

An Exploration in Four Lectures

Speakers from NASA & Yale University

April 15, 2016 Meeting #2,362 The 85th Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC

The Exploration of Pluto

Alan Stern

Principal Scientist, New Horizons
Vice President for Research, Southwest Research Institute
CEO, Uwingu and The Golden Spike Company

May 8, 2015 Meeting #2,348 The 84th Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC

Synthetic Biology

The Technology Engine of the 21st Century

Pamela Silver

Professor, Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School

May 9, 2014 Meeting #2,334 The 83rd Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by the Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC

A Worm’s Tale

Secrets of Evolution and Immortality

Craig C. Mello

Nobel Prize, Medicine or Physiology, 2006
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Blais University Chair in Molecular Medicine & Co-Director,
RNA Therapeutics Institute, University of Massachusetts Medical School

May 10, 2013 Meeting #2,318 The 82nd Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC

Curiosity’s Robotic Exploration of Mars’ Gale Crater

John P. Grotzinger

Fletcher Jones Professor of Geology
Chief Mission Scientist, Mars Science Laboratory, aka "Curiosity"

May 25, 2012 Meeting #2,302 The 81st Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, PC

Synthesizing Life

Lee Cronin

Gardiner Professor of Chemistry
University of Glasgow

May 20, 2011 Meeting #2,286 The 80th Joseph Henry Lecture

2020 Vision

A Decadal View of New Worlds and New Horizons in Astronomy and Astrophysics

Debra Elmegreen

Maria Mitchell Professor of Astronomy
Vassar College

May 14, 2010 Meeting #2,270 The 79th Joseph Henry Lecture

Cosmos and Culture

Life in the Universe and Its Implications for Humanity

Steven J. Dick

Chief Historian
NASA (Retired)

May 1, 2009 Meeting #2,255 The 78th Joseph Henry Lecture

Our Microbial Partners and Their Roles in Health and Disease

Claire M. Fraser-Liggett

Director of the Institute for Genome Sciences
University of Maryland

May 16, 2008 Meeting #2,239 The 77th Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by Larry Millstein and Robin Taylor

Arsenic in Ground Water

Aquatic Chemistry and Mitigation through a Sustainable Filtration Technology

Abul Hussam

Associate Professor
Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
George Mason University

May 11, 2007 Meeting #2,223 The 76th Joseph Henry Lecture
Sponsored by Millstein & Taylor, PC

The Very First Light

The True Inside Story of the Scientific Journey Back to the Dawn of the Universe

John Mather

Co-Recipicent of the Nobel Prize in Physics (2006)
Senior Astrophysicist
Observational Cosmology Laboratory
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

May 12, 2006 Meeting #2,207 The 75th Joseph Henry Lecture

Latest Scientific Results from the Mars Exploration Rovers

Jim Garvin

Chief Scientist
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center

May 13, 2005 Meeting #2,193 The 74th Joseph Henry Lecture

Time, Einstein, and the Coolest Stuff in the Universe

William Phillips

NIST, Nobel Laureate

May 28, 2004 Meeting #2,178 The 73rd Joseph Henry Lecture

Oceans and Human Health

A Symbiotic Relationship between People and the Sea

Rita R. Colwell

Retiring Director, National Science Foundation

May 16, 2003 Meeting #2,163 The 72nd Joseph Henry Lecture

Biology and Humans in Space

Baruch Blumberg

1976 Nobel Prize in Medicine

May 17, 2002 Meeting #2,147 The 71st Joseph Henry Lecture

The Cholesterol Myths

Uffe Ravnskov

Independent Researcher

May 11, 2001 Meeting #2,132 The 70th Joseph Henry Lecture

The Human Computer and the Birth of the Information Age

David A. Grier

Associate Professor, George Washington University

May 12, 2000 Meeting #2,118 The 69th Joseph Henry Lecture

Global Warming

Hot Talk, Cold Science

S. Fred Singer

President, Science and Environmental Policy Project

May 7, 1999 Meeting #2,106 The 68th Joseph Henry Lecture

Quantum Crystallography, a Tool for Enhancing Information from Crystallographic Data

Isabella Karle

Naval Research Lab

May 8, 1998 Meeting #2,091 The 67th Joseph Henry Lecture

What Hubble Didn’t Know About the Universe

Vera C. Rubin

Carnegie Institution of Washington

May 2, 1997 Meeting #2,075 The 66th Joseph Henry Lecture

Mars in Fact versus Fiction

Donna Lee Shirley

Jet Propulsion Laboratory

May 3, 1996 Meeting #2,060 The 65th Joseph Henry Lecture

How do Protein Molecules Self-Assemble?

George D. Rose

Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

May 12, 1995 Meeting #2,045 The 64th Joseph Henry Lecture

Designer Brain

Receptor-Neurotransmitter Research, the Scientific and Social-Ethical Implications

Richard M. Restak

George Washington Medical School

May 13, 1994 Meeting #2,029 The 63rd Joseph Henry Lecture

Environmental Influences on Brain Structure and Function

Marian Diamond

Professor of Anatomy, Department of Integrative Biology, and Director, Lawrence Hall of Science, University of California, Berkeley

May 14, 1993 Meeting #2,013 The 62nd Joseph Henry Lecture

Origin, Evolution, and Distribution of Life in the Universe

Cyril Ponnamperuma

Director, Laboratory of Chemical Evolution
University of Maryland

May 15, 1992 Meeting #1,997 The 61st Joseph Henry Lecture

Is It Possible to Construct a Perception Machine?

Gerald M. Edelman

Rockefeller University

May 10, 1991 Meeting #1,979 The 60th Joseph Henry Lecture

The Case for Ending Drug Prohibition

The Emerging Alternative Addiction Paradigm

Joe G. Foreman

Scientist and Former President of the Society

May 11, 1962 Meeting #1,526 The 31st Joseph Henry Lecture

The Theory of the Electron

Fritz Rohrlich

State University of Iowa

May 12, 1961 Meeting #1,510 The 30th Joseph Henry Lecture

New Developments in High Magnetic Field Research

Francis Bitter

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

February 1, 1936 Meeting #1,095 The 6th Joseph Henry Lecture

The Physical Universe

Hebert Dingle

Imperial College of Science and Technology, London

March 30, 1935 Meeting #1,083 The 5th Joseph Henry Lecture

What is Electricity?

Paul R. Heyl

National Bureau of Standards

March 31, 1934 Meeting #1,068 The 4th Joseph Henry Lecture

Spinors

Oswald Veblen

Professor
The Institute for Advanced Study

March 11, 1933 Meeting #1,051 The 3rd Joseph Henry Lecture

High Voltage

Karl T. Compton

President
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

April 23, 1932 Meeting #1,038 The 2nd Joseph Henry Lecture

The Work of Joseph Henry in Relation to Applied Science and Engineering

Arthur E. Kennelly

Professor Emeritus of Electrical Engineering
Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology

October 24, 1931 Meeting #1,026 The 1st Joseph Henry Lecture

Certain Aspects of Henry’s Experiments on Electromagnetic Induction

Joseph S. Ames

President
Johns Hopkins University