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Today, scientists are familiar to us, but they weren\u2019t always. Even the word \u201cscientist\u201d is relatively modern, dating from the Victorian Era.\nAnd it is to that era we turn as we travel to the University of Notre Dame to celebrate the 150th anniversary of its College of Science with a show recorded in front of a live audience.\nFind out how the modern hunt for planets around other stars compares to our knowledge of the cosmos a century and a half ago. Also how faster computers have ushered in the realm of Big Data.\nAnd a science historian describes us what major science frontiers were being crossed during the era of Charles Darwin and germ theory.\nIt\u2019s then versus now on Sesquicentennial Science!\nRecorded at the Eck Center at the University of Notre Dame, February 4th, 2015\nGuests:\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Justin Crepp \u2013 Professor of physics, University of Notre Dame\n\u2022\xa0\xa0Nitesh Chawla \u2013 Professor of computer science and engineering and director of the Interdisciplinary Center for Network Sciences and Applications at Notre Dame\n\u2022\xa0\xa0John Durant \u2013 Historian of science, director of the MIT Museum\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices