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José Bowen | TED Speaker

José Bowen is an accomplished musician and teacher who explores how technology has shaped the history of music.
Professor of music
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jose_bowen

Nizar Ibrahim | TED Speaker

Nizar Ibrahim scours Northern Africa for clues to what things were like there in the Cretaceous period. A 2015 TED Fellow, he has spearheaded the recent search for the semi-aquatic dinosaur Spinosaurus.
Paleontologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/nizar_ibrahim

Hubertus Knabe | TED Speaker

Hubertus Knabe studies the history of torture, oppression and surveillance in former East Germany.
Historian
https://www.ted.com/speakers/hubertus_knabe

Steve Silberman | TED Speaker

Steve Silberman is a writer and contributing editor for Wired who covers science and society. His newest book explores neurodiversity and the link between autism and genius.
Writer and editor
https://www.ted.com/speakers/steve_silberman

James Watson | TED Speaker

Nobel laureate James Watson took part in one of the most important scientific breakthroughs of the 20th century: the discovery of the structure of DNA. More than 50 years later, he continues to investigate biology's deepest secrets.
Biologist, Nobel laureate
https://www.ted.com/speakers/james_watson

Ian Ritchie | TED Speaker

Ian Ritchie
Software entrepreneur
https://www.ted.com/speakers/ian_ritchie

Kevin Kelly | TED Speaker

Kevin Kelly packages ideas -- both other people's and his own.
Editor, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/kevin_kelly

John Graham-Cumming | TED Speaker

Computer programmer John Graham-Cumming keeps geek history alive by raising awareness for its heroes and their inventions.
Computer programmer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/john_graham_cumming

Stephen Cave | TED Speaker

Philosopher Stephen Cave wants to know: Why is humanity so obsessed with living forever?
Philosopher
https://www.ted.com/speakers/stephen_cave

Titus Kaphar | TED Speaker

Titus Kaphar's artworks interact with the history of art by appropriating its styles and mediums.
Artist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/titus_kaphar

Deborah Lipstadt | TED Speaker

Deborah Lipstadt's research focuses on the development of Holocaust denial and how to fight for the truth in an era marked by "alternative facts."
Historian
https://www.ted.com/speakers/deborah_lipstadt

Tiffany Watt Smith | TED Speaker

Tiffany Watt Smith investigates the hidden cultural forces which shape our emotions.
Cultural historian
https://www.ted.com/speakers/tiffany_watt_smith

Steven Johnson | TED Speaker

Steven Johnson is a leading authority on innovation and the bestselling author of 13 books about history of health, medicine and technology.
Writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/steven_johnson

Yuval Noah Harari | TED Speaker

Yuval Noah Harari is a historian, philosopher and the bestselling author of "Sapiens," "Homo Deus," "21 Lessons for the 21st Century" and the graphic novel series "Sapiens: A Graphic History." He is considered one of the world's most influential public intellectuals today.
Historian, author
https://www.ted.com/speakers/yuval_noah_harari

Dong Woo Jang | TED Speaker

Dong Woo Jang turns an unusual stick of bamboo into an archer’s bow, an exploration of his cultural heritage and a metaphor for his perfect world.
Bow designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/dong_woo_jang

Rajesh Rao | TED Speaker

Rajesh Rao seeks to understand the human brain through computational modeling, on two fronts: developing computer models of our minds, and using tech to decipher the 4,000-year-old lost script of the Indus Valley civilization.
Computational neuroscientist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/rajesh_rao

Jonathan Klein | TED Speaker

Jonathan Klein runs Getty Images, a stock photo agency whose vast archive of still photography and illustrations is a mainstay of the creative class.
Executive
https://www.ted.com/speakers/jonathan_klein

Colin Grant | TED Speaker

Colin Grant is an author and historian whose works focus on larger-than-life figures of the African diaspora.
Author, historian
https://www.ted.com/speakers/colin_grant

Laurel Braitman | TED Speaker

Laurel Braitman is a bestselling author and the director of writing and storytelling at the Stanford University School of Medicine.
Writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/laurel_braitman

Carl Schoonover | TED Speaker

Carl Schoonover is a neuroscientist and one of the founders of NeuWrite, a collaboration between writers and neuroscientist.
Neuroscience PhD student + writer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/carl_schoonover

Naomi Oreskes | TED Speaker

Naomi Oreskes is a historian of science who uses reason to fight climate change denial.
Historian of science
https://www.ted.com/speakers/naomi_oreskes

Frances Larson | TED Speaker

Frances Larson explores the dark and varied obsessions that our culture has had with decapitated heads and skulls throughout history.
Anthropologist
https://www.ted.com/speakers/frances_larson

Laura Snyder | TED Speaker

Laura Snyder weaves tales of Victorian-era scientists that have been described as “fit for Masterpiece Theater.”
Science historian
https://www.ted.com/speakers/laura_snyder

Sheikha Al Mayassa | TED Speaker

Sheikha Al Mayassa is the young and progressive force behind Qatar's mission to become the Middle East's foremost destination for the arts and culture.
Founder, Doha Film Institute
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sheikha_al_mayassa

Vishal Vaid | TED Speaker

Vishal Vaid brings a modern perspective to the traditional music of India, creating melodies that evoke his culture’s past while shaping popular music’s future.
Musician
https://www.ted.com/speakers/vishal_vaid

Felix Dennis | TED Speaker

Former hippie, former jailbird, former aficionado of crack cocaine, Felix Dennis built one of the most successful privately owned magazine empires in the world.
Publisher, philanthropist, poet
https://www.ted.com/speakers/felix_dennis

Sarah Parcak | TED Speaker

Like a modern-day Indiana Jones, Sarah Parcak uses satellite images to locate lost ancient sites. The winner of the 2016 TED Prize, her wish is to protect the world’s shared cultural heritage.
Satellite archaeologist + TED Prize winner
https://www.ted.com/speakers/sarah_parcak

Brenda Romero | TED Speaker

Brenda Romero designs games that turn some of history's most tragic lessons into interactive, emotional experiences.
Game designer
https://www.ted.com/speakers/brenda_brathwaite

Natalie MacMaster | TED Speaker

Natalie MacMaster is a star of Cape Breton fiddling, a Canadian tradition with Scottish roots. Her energetic style and virtuoso talent has brought her star billing on the international folk circuit.
Fiddler
https://www.ted.com/speakers/natalie_macmaster

Siegfried Woldhek | TED Speaker

Siegfried Woldhek knows faces -- he's drawn more than 1,100 of them. Using sophisticated image analysis and his own skills as an artist, he's come up with a fascinating discovery about Leonardo Da Vinci.
Illustrator
https://www.ted.com/speakers/siegfried_woldhek
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