Complexity

A collection of TED Talks (and more) on the topic of Complexity.

Video playlists about Complexity

How does DNA work?

7 talks • 1h 57m
Your DNA makes you, you -- but how does it work? These talks explore what we know about the genome, the unique genetic sequence that makes up life as we know it.

Talks about Complexity

8:48

Lauren Sallan

A brief tour of the last 4 billion years (dinosaurs not included)

Posted Feb 2020
5:17

Federica Bianco

How we use astrophysics to study earthbound problems

Posted Sep 2019
11:55

Alex Rosenthal

The joyful, perplexing world of puzzle hunts

Posted Dec 2018
11:20

Raphael Arar

How we can teach computers to make sense of our emotions

Posted Apr 2018
21:58

Elif Shafak

The revolutionary power of diverse thought

Posted Oct 2017
15:28

Riccardo Sabatini

How to read the genome and build a human being

Posted Apr 2016
14:41

Russ Altman

What really happens when you mix medications?

Posted Mar 2016
13:57

Harry Cliff

Have we reached the end of physics?

Posted Jan 2016
13:45

Nicolas Perony

Puppies! Now that I’ve got your attention, complexity theory

Posted Jan 2014
7:55

Eric Berlow and Sean Gourley

Mapping ideas worth spreading

Posted Sep 2013
14:10

James B. Glattfelder

Who controls the world?

Posted Feb 2013
10:02

Hannah Fry

Is life really that complex?

Posted Aug 2012
17:33

Geoffrey West

The surprising math of cities and corporations

Posted Jul 2011
15:22

Kevin Slavin

How algorithms shape our world

Posted Jul 2011
3:42

Eric Berlow

Simplifying complexity

Posted Nov 2010
17:56

David McCandless

The beauty of data visualization

Posted Aug 2010
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