The Real Network Looking Up With Prof David Block

Looking Up With Prof David Block

Professor David Block is an astronomer and highly sought after motivational speaker, who has devoted over 30 years to sharing the wonders of the Cosmos, as well as to encouraging audiences around the globe to always Look Up – and to never, never, never give up!

He speaks from the heart; sharing in-depth lessons such as:

How to

•Thrive on Chaos
•Create a new mindset in your personal and corporate life
•Stay at, the cutting edge of your dreams and aspirations

In 2013, Professor Block was acclaimed by BHP Billiton and the National Science and Technology Forum as South Africa’s foremost Communicator of Science.

He was elected a Fellow of the Royal Astronomical Society in London, at age 19. Professor Block has been a visiting scientist at Harvard University, the Australian National University – and many others.

“David Block is one of South Africa’s greatest jewels, an ambassador for astronomy” pens the former President of the American Astronomical Society, Debra Elmegreen.

In these broadcasts, Professor Block will share from his vast baskets of experience, in both the worlds of the macrocosm (cutting-edge scientific discoveries) and relating these, to your personal (microscopic) world.
English South Africa Health & Fitness
55 Episodes
40 – 55

Looking Up With Prof David Block

Today Prof David Block is joined by Professor Edvige Corbelli all the way from Florence, Italy. She talks about her life, her work and career focusing on her remarkable insights on the topic of Van Gogh and the colours of the stars.
18 Nov 2014 57 min

Looking Up With Prof. David Block

Professor Block is joined by Professor Marcus Byrne from the University of the Witwatersrand whose research revolves around the use of insects for biological control, which mainly include dung beetles. He tells us all about his findings and how dung beetles are able to use the Milky Way to navigate…
28 Oct 2014 58 min

Looking Up With Prof David Block

Professor Block is joined by Mathematics and Chess guru Adam Earle and they talk about the concept of critical thinking.
7 Oct 2014 56 min

Looking Up with Prof David Block

Today Professor Block looks up with the CEO of the FNB Consumer Division who tells us about his journey and gives us advice on how to succeed in your respective career and life by knowing your strengths and weaknesses and perfecting your timing in everything you set out to do.
29 Sep 2014 50 min

Looking Up With Prof David Block

Prof. Block is joined by SRC President of University of The Witswatersrand, Shafee Verachia, and they discuss what South Africans - especially the youth - can draw from the Mandela Legacy.
22 Sep 2014 57 min

Looking Up With Prof David Block

Professor David Block has a guest Professor Micheal Sears from Wits University and they discuss remote sensing, kimberlite and alterations
16 Sep 2014 54 min

Looking Up With Prof David Block

Dr. Graeme Codrington is a South African author, futurist and strategy consultant and he joins Prof. David Block in studio to tell us what it really is that futurists do all day. Dr. Codrington pulls no punches and does not sugar coat his answers. He tells us what he sees…
9 Sep 2014 55 min

Looking Up With Prof David Block

Prof. David Block speaks to Prof. Ray Durrheim – a geophysicist who holds the South African Research Chair in Earthquake, Exploration and Mining Seismology. He studies the causes and effects of earthquakes, and uses the vibrations produced by earthquakes and explosions to study the Earth’s deep interior and then uses…
2 Sep 2014 57 min

Looking Up With Prof David Block

What is the state of higher education in South Africa? Prof Block and his guest Prof Adam Habib, Vice Chancellor of Wits University, answer these questions and more on higher education in SA.
26 Aug 2014 53 min

Looking Up With Prof David Block

Prof. David Block and his guest Dr Marco Andreoli talk comets - their names, where they’ve been viewed and what happens when one enters the earth's atmosphere.
12 Aug 2014 57 min

Looking Up With Prof. David Block

Prof. Block interviews Clem Sunter and they discuss the earthquake that hit parts of South Africa, the threat of global warming, the future of South Africa, as well as Einstein’s thoughts on the Israeli-Palestine conflict.
5 Aug 2014 57 min

Looking Up With Prof David Block

In his debut of Looking Up With David Block , the Prof chats about moving the cutting edge in your life and letting go of the eclipses that are obscuring your vision
22 Jul 2014 57 min
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