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Adam Smith

Adam SMITH is Chief Scientific Officer of the Nobel Foundation’s media company, Nobel Media AB. After Fellowships in molecular biology, neuroscience and physiology in Oxford, Harvard and Heidelberg he pursued research in developmental neuroscience at Oxford University before moving into science publishing. At Nature Publishing Group he launched Nature Reviews Drug Discovery as Chief Editor and then, as […]

Trondheim Symphony Orchestra

The orchestra has enjoyed a long musical tradition. Up to the 19th century, Trondheim was a centre for sacred music, with many significant musicians settling in the area. Keeping pace with the expanding European music culture, several music societies were formed. TSO was founded in 1909. In more recent times, the orchestra has established a […]

Buzz Aldrin

Buzz Aldrin grew up in Montclair, New Jersey. His mother, Marion Moon, was the daughter of an Army Chaplain and his father Edwin Eugene Aldrin was an aviation pioneer. Buzz graduated one year early from Montclair High School and he attended the US Military Academy at West Point, graduating third in his class with a […]

Terry Virts

Colonel Terry Virts (USAF Retired) knew he wanted to be an astronaut as a kindergartener reading his first book about the Apollo missions while growing up in Columbia, Maryland.  He excelled in school, graduated from the U.S. Air Force Academy in 1989, and earned a Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry-Riddle.  Terry was commissioned as […]

Kelly Snook

Professor Kelly Snook is a music producer, engineer, and data sonification researcher based in London and Portland, Oregon. She is one of the developers of the mi.mu gloves for gestural control of music and visuals. She currently serves as Professor of Media Arts Technology at the University of Brighton and holds a Ph.D. in Aeronautics […]

Jennie Abrahamson

To be released in full during autumn 2014, Gemini Gemini will be the fourth full-length album from Jennie Abrahamson. Written in the spring, recorded in the summer and completed in the winter, Gemini Gemini encompasses this full seasonal shift reflected in the polarity of people. Produced by Jennie with longterm colleague Johannes Berglund (The Knife, […]

Claude Nicollier

Claude Nicollier studied Physics at the University of Lausanne and received a Bachelor of Science degree in 1970. He then worked as a graduate scientist from 1970 to 1973 at the Institute of Astronomy at the University and at the Geneva Observatory before obtaining a Master of Science degree in Astrophysics from the University of Geneva in 1975. Nicollier has spent over […]

Nancy Knowlton

Nancy Knowlton is a coral reef biologist and is the Smithsonian Institution’s Sant Chair for Marine Science. She graduated from Harvard University, and from the University of California, Berkeley, with a PhD. She was a professor at Yale University, then joined the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama. She is an adjunct professor of marine […]

Neil deGrasse Tyson

Neil deGrasse Tyson was born and raised in New York City where he was educated in the public schools clear through his graduation from the Bronx High School of Science. Tyson went on to earn his BA in Physics from Harvard and his PhD in Astrophysics from Columbia. Tyson’s professional research interests are broad, but […]

ARTONE

Artone is one of the leading bulgarian producers & DJs in Deep House and Chillout-Lounge Music. He is known for his original, deep, lush and soulful style. Artone has got many musical projects behind his back and with these projects he has assembled a remarkable line of tracks. Artone has been involved with working and […]