Robert Hazen's guest appearances

Robert Hazen

Science Sundays

UNSW Centre for Ideas

Chuck Klosterman

Ashton Applewhite

Pankaj Mishra

Stephen Fry

Thomas Piketty

Paul Bloom

Michael Dello-Iacovo

Matt Beard

Emma Johnston

Judith Brett

Jamie Susskind

Serhii Plokhy

Haben Girma

Caroline Ford

Lindsay Kelley

OwlTail

How have the planet’s minerals evolved? If we want to understand the origins of life on earth, and how early life developed, we need to understand the earth itself and what it was made of. When US mineralogist Robert Hazen was asked if he knew what minerals existed on early Earth, he started a research journey that led to a new idea – mineral evolution – a theory that proposes that the mineralogy of terrestrial planets and moons evolves because of the varied physical, chemical, and biological processes that lead to the formation of new minerals.  Join Robert Hazen in discussion with UNSW Sydney geologist and astrobiologist Martin Van Kranendonk as they discuss the story of Earth, mineral evolution, where carbon fits into all of this, and the rich challenges of doing science and being able to study nature. ---The Centre for Ideas’ new series of international conversations brings the world to Sydney. Each digital event brings a leading UNSW thinker together with their international peer or hero to explore inspiration, new ideas and discoveries.

How have the planet’s minerals evolved? If we want to understand the origins of life on earth, and how early life developed, we need to understand the earth itself and what it was made of. When US mineralogist Robert Hazen was asked if he knew what minerals existed on early Earth, he started a research journey that led to a new idea – mineral evolution – a theory that proposes that the mineralogy of terrestrial planets and moons evolves because of the varied physical, chemical, and biological processes that lead to the formation of new minerals.  Join Robert Hazen in discussion with UNSW Sydney geologist and astrobiologist Martin Van Kranendonk as they discuss the story of Earth, mineral evolution, where carbon fits into all of this, and the rich challenges of doing science and being able to study nature. --- The Centre for Ideas’ new series of international conversations brings the world to Sydney. Each digital event brings a leading UNSW thinker together with their international peer or hero to explore inspiration, new ideas and discoveries.

The Story Of Earth | Robert Hazen

The story of Earth is a 4.5-billion-year saga of dramatic transformations driven by physical, chemical and biological processes. 						The co-evolution of life and rocks unfolded in an irreversible sequence of evolutionary stages. Each stage re-sculpted our planet’s surface; introduced new planetary processes and phenomena; and inexorably paved the way for the next.

The story of Earth is a 4.5-billion-year saga of dramatic transformations driven by physical, chemical and biological processes. 			 			The co-evolution of life and rocks unfolded in an irreversible sequence of evolutionary stages. Each stage re-sculpted our planet’s surface; introduced new planetary processes and phenomena; and inexorably paved the way for the next.

Robert Hazen - The Story of Earth: How Life and Rocks Have Co-Evolved