Wertheim and Dean Quinlan on the Nature of Discovery

Margaret Wertheim of the Institute for Figuring joined Dean Quinlan for an Essential Conversation on Feb. 25 in the Friends of the USC Libraries Lecture Hall. They exchanged ideas about the intersections of science and art, the role of libraries in discovery and cross-disciplinary dialogue, and countless other topics. In this clip, they discuss the importance of questions--rather than answers--in helping people understand the importance of the Copernican revolution and other scientific discoveries.

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