Hyde Park Civilizace

Gerard 't Hooft. A laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics. He described how particles behave after they collide and elucidated the quantum structure of electroweak interactions. He says that we will have intelligent computers. And that Mars should be a one-way ticket only. And that we all should build a colony on the Moon from the Earth, from our living room. How exactly? He answered all this in Hyde Park Civilization. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…cal-physicist/

There are bloodlands between Hitler’s empire and Stalin’s empire. The victims of the biggest demographic and humanitarian catastrophe that man has ever caused in human history. A total of 14 million people died in less than two decades due to the politics of two leaders. History professor Timothy Snyder at Yale University describes this in his books Bloodlands and Black Earth. The expert on the Holocaust and the totalitarian regime in Central and Eastern Europe received the Prize of the Vision 97 of Dagmar and Václav Havel. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…english/22007/

A superstar among Egyptologists, a real Indiana Jones. This is how Dr. Zahi Hawass, the former Secretary General of the Supreme Council of Antiquities, has been dubbed. He is one of the world’s prominent Egyptologists and has lately become internationally recognized even outside of archeological circles thanks to his frequent appearances in documentary shows about the Egyptian civilization. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…english/21780/

If you want to do good, you should think about how to do the most good you can. The philosophy and attitude of an ever-growing number of people. This idea could be summed up into two words: effective altruism. How to do the most good? For whom? And how to live with the fact that we cannot spread ourselves completely thin? The philosopher Peter Singer, the author of the book The Most Good You Can Do, answered your questions. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…english/21190/

He was a Jew who survived the war only because his dad hid him in a closet when the Gestapo came. She was the daughter of a Wehrmacht soldier. He was a French lawyer. She was a German journalist. They met in the 1960s and fell in love. They started hunting war criminals and those who collaborated with the Nazi regime in France and Germany. Mr. and Mrs. Klarsfeld will answer your questions. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…english/21138/

Professor Roger Griffin, an Oxford historian, is considered the top expert on fascism. He also researches contemporary extremism and terrorism. What are the general elements of fascism? Is it only about the myth of regeneration and new creation? Why do some of its forms exist even today? And how has the perception of terrorism and the thinking of society changed after 11 September? Professor Griffin came to Prague for the first time ever. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…es-university/

Documentary films for millions of dollars or short videos on Youtube. Two ways to popularize science. Two enthusiastic scientists who go “out there” to convince people that “Science is beautiful. Science is important. Science is for everybody.” The anthropologist Niobe Thompson researches and explains evolution in the documentary series The Great Human Odyssey. The physicist Derek Muller tries to answer everyday life questions through science in short interactive videos on his Youtube channel Veritasium. We shot an interview with both of them at the festival Academia Film in Olomouc.

The world’s most famous evolution biologist: Richard Dawkins. He claims that genes are selfish and that God does not exist. In his opinion, religion contaminates the mind just like a computer virus. Richard Dawkins popularizes biology, criticizes religion and provokes. The interview was broadcasted live from the deconsecrated Corpus Christi Chapel of the Olomouc Seminary. Richard Dawkins was the main guest of the festival Academia Film in Olomouc. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…ary-biologist/

One of the twelve people who walked on the Moon. Charles Duke. The pilot of the lunar module of Apollo 16. He spent 71 hours on the Moon. He was the voice of NASA when Apollo 11 landed on the Moon and communicated with Neil Armstrong during critical moments. And as a backup member of the Apollo 13 crew, he caught the German measles, which caused a change in the prime Apollo 13 crew. Charles Duke was answering your questions. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…-of-apollo-16/

In his opinion, the current education system is not perfect: children memorize dates or lists of literary works, receive information in a passive way and have very little room for creativity and activity. This and many other traditional teaching methods do not allow children to utilize all their potential. Steve Hughes, the director of the Center for Research on Developmental Education and the former president of the US Academy of Pediatric Neuropsychology, uses modern neuroscience insights and searches for ways of improving the education of even the youngest children. Do the innovative trends, such as Montessori or Waldorf, provide a solution? Who prefers the traditional education system and who does not? And what about children with different disorders, such as an ADHD? Could they be considered “normal” in a different education system? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…english/20157/

Robert Woodrow Wilson, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics – an exclusive guest of Hyde Park Civilization. “How was the universe created? By the Big Bang. And here is the proof – we measured the cosmic microwave background radiation,” Robert W. Wilson could say in 1964. He and his colleague Arno Penzias thus confirmed the answer to one of the key questions of mankind: “What was at the very beginning?” How did they measure the radiation? What role did pigeon droppings play in this discovery? What did he like and dislike when working at the famous Bell Laboratories? And what should physicists focus on now? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…und-radiation/

Andrei Zubov was dismissed this spring from his post at the State Institute of International Relations after he wrote an article criticizing Russia’s conduct during the Crimean crisis. Officially for “immoral behavior.” Professor Zubov is the head of the authors of the book The History of Russia in the 20th Century. He replaced Alexander Solzhenitsyn as the editor-in-chief. What is modern-day Russia like? What is life in Russia like for those who criticize Russia? And is it possible to describe the history of such a complicated country without being biased? Andrei Zubov wants to live in Moscow to be able to point out the mistakes of the Russian government as best as possible. Our conversation is in the original version. Professor Zubov speaks in Russian while the moderator speaks in Czech.

The European Organization for Nuclear Research, the largest science center on the Earth is celebrating 60 years of its existence. Rolf-Dieter Heuer, the CEO of CERN, came to Prague for a short time. What is elementary particle physics about? What tools does it use? What image of the micro world does it provide? What are its future prospects and what is the role of CERN in all this? Take a peep into the world of particles with Hyde Park Civilization. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…ector-of-cern/

Programmer Llewellyn Falco is e.g. the author of the project Teaching Kids Programming. Professor Jack Copeland is a philosopher who specializes in computers and keeps the Turing Archive. Will computers be able to think one day like humans do? And what do they expect the near future of computers to be? We shot this at Academia Film Olomouc. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…english/16509/

Denis McQuail, an English scientist specializing in media and communication theories. He wrote more than 12 books on mass media that focus on the usefulness and danger of mass communication. What is the importance of mass media? How do they affect individuals and groups of people? Are media in a crisis? See what one of the most famous media theoreticians thinks about it. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…edia-theorist/

O české přírodě a čtení z letokruhů stromů. O rostlinách, keřích i nejstarších stromech. O českých zahrádkách i o tom, co - jak říká - "musí být k snědku". www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…0411058090118/

Lawrence M. Krauss considerably contributed to dark matter research and is so far the only holder of the awards of all three most prestigious physical companies in the world. The magazine Scientific American dubbed him one of the socially most involved intellectuals of our times. He stars in the film Unbelievers where he, together with such icons as Stephen Hawking, Richard Dawkins and Woody Allen, fights for critical and rational thinking in society. He was nominated for the Grammy Award for his commentary to the music in the cult film Star Trek. We broadcasted live from Academia Film Olomouc. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…d-cosmologist/

Professor Paul von Blum at the University of California focuses on African-American studies, history and the fight for civil rights. He has almost 50 years of experience with political activism – since the 1960s when the African-American Civil Rights Movement started. He personally participated in several political demonstrations, including the legendary March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on 28 August 1963, during which Martin Luther King gave his famous speech “I Have a Dream.” What is his personal experience from the fight for civil rights? And what is the situation today? Do we still judge by the color of skin or by the quality of character? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…n-los-angeles/

The former science director of the European Southern Observatory, the world’s largest astronomical observatory. He helped to develop the world’s most powerful telescope (VLT) in Chile and contributed to many major discoveries of current astronomy. He was a member of one of the two teams that confirmed the accelerating expansion of the universe. Three US astronomers were awarded the 2011 Nobel Prize in Physics for this discovery. What is the structure of the universe? Bruno Leibundgut gave us the answer. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…english/14981/

What is the future of maritime transport? What is the protection against pirates? These questions were answered in Hyde Park Civilization by Karel Zeman, captain of long-distance maritime transport who managed an attack of pirates by the Philippine Coast. And what is it like to steer the world’s biggest icebreaker? You asked Valentine Davydyants, captain of the icebreaker “50 Years of Victory” who brought the Olympic torch to the North Pole. His answers are in Russian. The moderator speaks in Czech. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…english/14980/

Orley Ashenfelter, a professor of economics at Princeton University, a former president of the American Economic Association and an editor-in-chief of the American Economic Review. He was one of the first to use natural experiments in economics years ago, which up until then had been used exclusively in natural sciences. What does one of the world’s most prominent academic economists think about the world economic situation? How has the role of economic research for top US government changed? How does he research the international Big Mac Index? And how did his analysis of the prices and quality of French wine get on the first page of New York Times? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…on-university/

George Elwood Smith, a laureate of the Nobel Prize in Physics, was an exclusive guest of Hyde Park Civilization. He is a co-inventor of the charge-coupled device (CCD) that has changed our lives forever. It is used on a daily basis - e.g. in phones and cameras, in medicine by physicians, in mapping by geodesists, in telescopes by astronomers looking into the deep of the universe. Yet, its basic structure was done in an hour. How did he come up with such a revolutionary device? What was it like to work at the famous Bell Laboratories? And what were his first words when he found out that he had been awarded the Nobel Prize? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…he-ccd-sensor/

He participated in Skylab projects and international space stations. He designs habitats for extreme environments not only on the Earth but also e.g. on the Moon or Mars. Space architect David Nixon was the guest of Hyde Park Civilization. https://www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/10441294653-hyde-park-civilizace/213411058091109-david-nixon

Natalya Gorbanevskaya, a courageous woman who with seven others took part in the 1968 Red Square demonstration against the Soviet occupation of Czechoslovakia. She was incarcerated, declared to be of unsound mind and locked up in a psychiatric hospital. After her release, she became involved in protests against Alexander Solzhenitsyn’s deportation from the USSR and against the use of psychiatric facilities to torture political prisoners. One of the magnificent eight answered your questions in Hyde Park Civilization. Watch the dissident’s answers in Russian. The moderator speaks in Czech. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…vakia-in-1968/

Astronaut Andrew Feustel was an exclusive guest of Hyde Park Civilization. We overcame 8,793 km and seven time zones to pre-shoot the interview to fit Andrew’s time schedule. The connection between Prague and the Johnson Space Center in Houston worked. We talked about the Space Shuttle Columbia and Challenger disasters and about three other space shuttles. In the studio we also had the book Cosmic Songs and the plush toy Mole that Andrew took with him on his missions in Space Shuttle Atlantis and Endeavour. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…stronaut-nasa/

Professor Gregorii Toshinski, an 85-year-old Russian scientist, one of the fathers of nuclear energy and the inventor of the fastest nuclear submarines in the world and a small reactor that could be the future of nuclear energy, accepted our invitation to Hyde Park Civilization. We pre-shot the interview with our questions in September and provide the Russian version of the professor’s answers. The moderator speaks in Czech. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…ar-submarines/

Rick McCallum produced The Star Wars Trilogy, The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles as well as the music video “Undercover” for The Rolling Stones, which MTV named the Best Video of the Decade. How are mega films produced? What are his best memories of the 30-year cooperation with George Lucas? How difficult are the best US actors to work with? What is he planning now? And does he like 3D movies? You will find Rick McCallum’s answers in English (the moderator speaks in Czech) here. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…wars-producer/

The Internet – how will it evolve? Where does the freedom on the web end and its abuse start? We contacted Vint Cerf, the vice-president of Google and “the father of the Internet,” in the USA via Google Hangout. He is now working on an interplanetary Internet, i.e. on how to communicate with space probes. The interview is in the original version. Hyde Park Civilization also invited Josef Šlerka, the head of New Media Studies at the Faculty of Philosophy of Charles University. This part was in Czech. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…st-for-google/

He broke the barrier that was supposed to be unbreakable and thanks to him we can see for example how cells in our brain change - Stefan Hell, a laureate of the 2014 Nobel Prize in Chemistry. He invented the STED microscope that allows us to look at living cells and their parts in much more detail than ever before. The invention has an enormous impact on medicine, biology and chemistry. He was born in communist Romania and at 15 fled with his parents to West Germany. His scientific career was successful even though he had to spend a lot of it fighting for research funding. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…english/30883/

Freewill, consciousness, understanding but also technology and the impact of religion on our society - these are the topics studied by professor Daniel Dennett. He is a philosofer of the mind who combines his views with evolutionary biology. Among other things he says: We live in a world where people are losing respect for facts. Where are the limits of our free will? How should we approach new technology and why does he think that religion is one of the greatest if not the greatest threats to the rationality and scientific development of mankind? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…t-philosopher/

Superman, Spider-Man, Ant-Man, Flash, Thor or Iron Man - superheroes that save the world and help teach students. The physicist James Kakalios has a special use for them. Their extraordinary feats help him explain various principles of physics - from Newton's laws to quantum mechanics. And he does even more than that. Do you know how your alarm clock or your fridge work? The man who has the answer claims that the human superpower is intelligence and it's only up to us how we use it. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…comicsologist/

The human brain is not designed for math, it is made for language and stories, says Cedric Villani, a mathematician and a laureate of the Fields Medal, considered by many to be the Nobel Prize in mathematics. He is mainly working on an equations that deals with chaos, how specifically? Where can we see mathematics around us? And why does he think that being a mathematician is a lot like being a police detective? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…2010-laureate/

Chimpanzees have their own language, they use tools, eat meat, their groups have a strict hierarchy and in many ways they behave just like humans. Those are just some of the discoveries made by Jane Goodall who spent dozens of years with chimpanzees. Gradually she gained the trust of a troop and partially even became its member. Now she mainly fight for the protection of chimpanzees and wild nature. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…primatologist/

Paul Rusesabagina saved 1,268 people by hiding them during the Rwanda genocide in the hotel that he managed. He risked his life as well as the life of his family so that others would have a chance to survive. Where does one find the strength to do something like this? And the motivation? “There was nothing heroic about this,” says Paul, who sees himself as a regular man. How did his wife Tatiana see the whole situation? We will ask her as well during her very first TV interview. Robert Fremr, the judge of the International Criminal Court for Rwanda, will discuss the legal aspect of the Rwanda conflict. This time Hyde Park Civilization is an hour and a half long. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…al-for-rwanda/

Interview about Václav Havel, relationship with China, pope Francis, the crisis in the Middle East, religious harmony, education and relationship between science and religion. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…ritual-leader/

How thin is the line between good and evil? How and why good people become evil. Would we all become evil under certain conditions? Professor Philip Zimbardo, a psychologist and the author and participant in the famous Stanford prison experiment, will answer these questions in Hyde Park Civilization. He also researched the nature of good and evil in modern prisons and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib. In Hyde Park Civilization, he talked about the dark side of human nature as well as about how to protect ourselves against evil. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…on-experiment/

The father of modern linguistics. A political activist. One of the world’s most cited scientists. About learning languages. Human rights. US and Russian politics. Events in the Ukraine and the Arab Spring? With your questions. In Hyde Park Civilization. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…ical-activist/

John Searle, one of the most famous US philosophers, in Hyde Park Civilization. How does he describe the Chinese Room Argument, a thought experiment which shows the insufficiency of the Turing test? What does he think about artificial intelligence? What fundamental thing distinguishes man from a machine? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…-and-linguist/

Pomáhá, třeba i prezidentům nebo nejlepším sportovcům světa. A přitom pořád vychází z motorického vývoje dítěte. Profesor Pavel Kolář. Říká, že při jakémkoli pohybu, který děláte, potřebujete vnímat. Tedy správně sbírat ty správné informace a správně je vyhodnotit. Jak vidí a cítí svět kolem sebe sportovci jako Jaromír Jágr nebo Novak Djoković? Jak ovlivňuje jazyk hod oštěpem? A jak propojit vlastní tělo? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…6411058090409/

Přeživší holocaustu, osvětimská knihovnice.

„Vychovejme nejdříve dobrého člověka, potom vrcholového sportovce.“ Říká Marian Jelínek, pedagog, trenér a odborník na sportovní psychologii. Sám vnímá sport jako život na načisto, kde všechny jeho aspekty mohou připravit člověka na realitu. Proč ve vrcholovém sportu hraje největší roli hlava? Jak ovlivnit naše myšlenky, když se nám nedaří? Co máme během výkonu pod kontrolo a co ne? A jak správně vést děti k pohybu? Marian Jelínek, odborník na sportovní psychologii a mentální koučink, v Hyde Parku Civilizace. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…0411058090111/

Vyšetřoval Orlické vraždy, zmizení devítileté Aničky Janatkové a desítky dalších případů. "I u dobře naplánované vraždy je nějaké množství náhody. Vždycky se stane něco, na co ten pachatel není připraven.“ Říká bývalý šéf pražské mordparty Josef Mareš. Jak kriminalisté hledají chyby? Proč chodil za vrahy do vězení? A proč teď po téměř 30 letech odchází do civilu? Josef Mareš v Hyde Parku Civilizace v sobotu od 20:05 na ČT24. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…9411058091214/

Onkalo, v překladu jeskyně, je první skutečně hlubinné úložiště radioaktivního odpadu na světě. Ve Finsku nedaleko jaderné elektrárny Olkiluoto se testuje jeho provoz. Jak těžké je úložiště postavit? Co všechno musí vydržet? A kdy bude mít svoje trvalé úložiště i Česká republika? V Hyde Parku Civilizace se přímo do Finska zeptáme Tiiny Jalonen, viceprezidentky firmy Posiva, která první trvalé úložiště staví. Hosty v pražském studiu budou Dana Drábová, předsedkyně Státního úřadu pro jadernou bezpečnost a Lukáš Vondrovic ze Správy úložišť radioaktivního odpadu. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…9411058091123/

Klíčové trendy, které ve vybraných regionech formovaly dění během posledních třiceti let. Změny v ekonomice, společnosti i technologiích. Pozvání do pořadu Hyde Park Civilizace přijali: iberoamerikanista Josef Opatrný, ekonom Pavel Hnát a sinolog Martin Hála. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…9411058091116/

Na začátku jsou příliš rychlé atomy. Na cestě extrémně přesné atomové hodiny. A na konci navigace v mobilu. I tohle jsou kroky, které museli vědci zvládnout, abychom se snadněji dostali tam, kam potřebujeme. A u všeho byla fyzika. Profesor William Daniel Phillips získal Nobelovu cenu za fyziku díky tomu, že vymyslel, jak laserem zpomalit atomy. Jak do nich strkal světlem, aby se nepohybovaly tak rychle? Jak získat ještě přesnější atomové hodiny? A proč je nezměrná zábava, "hrát" si s tekutým dusíkem? Fyzika nízkých teplot v jedinečném podání v Hyde Parku Civilizace... www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…9411058091109/

"Mrakodrapy jsou katedrály 21. století," říká architektka Eva Le Peutrec, která jich navrhla 24, stejně jako třeba město pro milion obyvatel. Žila a pracovala na čtyřech kontinentech, z ostrova v Tichém oceánu létá do práce 10 tisíc kilometrů. www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…9411058091026/

Jak dýchají buňky a jak umí vyřešit nedostatek kyslíku? Jak se vyvíjel vesmír a je v něm Země unikátní? Jak skladovat energii v bateriích, které jdou opakovaně nabíjet? Hyde Park Civilizace o letošních Nobelových cenách ve vědeckých kategoriích. hosté: Jan Černý, Katedra buněčné biologie, Přírodovědecká fakulta UK Petr Kabáth, astronom, Astronomický ústav AV ČR Pavel Hrzina, Laboratoř diagnostiky fotovoltaických systémů, FEL ČVUT www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…9411058091012/

"Je to bouře v prostoročasu", říká Kip Thorne o gravitačních vlnách. Albert Einstein je předpověděl, Kip Thorne je pomohl zachytit. Nositel Nobelovy ceny za fyziku, který s kolegy zopakoval to, co dokázal Galileo Galilei. Muž, který o černých dírách umí vyprávět tak, že byste jednu chtěli mít doma - vědecký poradce Interstellaru a Kontaktu. Blízký přítel Stephena Hawkinga, který ve vysílání prozradí jednu pikantní sázku, kterou s ním uzavřel. V sobotním Hyde Parku Civilizace od 20:05 na ČT24... www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…9411058090907/

Sir Fraser Stoddart pomohl na cestě k molekulárním strojům. A dostal za to Nobelovu cenu za chemii. Jak dokážeme molekulární stroje dnes využívat? A jaký potenciál mají v budoucnosti? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…9411058090525/

"Dům je pro mě hudebním nástrojem, který je potřeba rozeznít." Říká architekt roku 2018, profesor Petr Hájek. Jak propojuje vědu a architekturu? Proč je pro něj vymýšlení domů dřina? A proč do návrhů vždy dává i kus hry? www.ceskatelevize.cz/porady/1044129…9411058090511/