Cool Hands, Better Performance

Lecture Description

July 26, 2007 presentation by Craig Heller for the Stanford University Office of Science Outreach's Summer Science Lecture Series.

Craig Heller, Professor of Biological Sciences, shares how and why this novel technique is being developed and its potential to improve the quality of human life and the body's performance.

Course Description

The Stanford Summer Science Lecture Series is a series of outdoor science and engineering lectures offered on campus four or five evenings throughout the summer by some of Stanford's most distinguished professors.

Course Index

1. Recent Advances in Heart Surgery
2. Back to Life: The Rebirth of the Monterey Coast
3. Regenerative Medicine: What Is It?
4. Using Evolution to Understand Human Growth and Disease
5. 100 Years After 1906: Understanding Earthquakes and Effects
6. Global Warming: Is the Science Settled Enough for Policy
7. Cool Hands, Better Performance
8. Archimedes: Ancient Text Revealed with X-Ray Vision
9. Wired for Speech: Voice Interactions with People and Computers
10. Drugs: One Size Does Not Fit All
11. Powering the Future with Sustainable Energy
12. Human Embryonic Stems Cells: Science, Ethics, and Politics