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Myhrvold was the long-time chief technology officer at microsoft, trained in physics by stephen hawking, and is a true polymath with interests ranging from physics to food and everything in between. he and his team at intellectual ventures have been working on everything from nuclear power to stopping asteroids from hitting the earth. it's commonly believed that asteroids wiped out the dinosaurs. but myhrvold says asteroid impacts are not just ancient history. take a listen. >> you don't think we pay enough attention to the problem of asteroids. >> so in 1908 an asteroid hit in siberia. it dev...

Myhrvold was the long-time chief technology officer at microsoft, trained in physics by stephen hawking, and is a true polymath with interests ranging from physics to food and math and everything in between. he and his team have been working on nuclear power to stopping asteroids from hitting the either. it's xhenly believed that asteroids wiped out the dinosaurs but he says asteroid impacts are not just ancient history. take a listen. you don't think we pay enough attention to the problem of asteroids. >> so in 1908, an asteroid hit in siberia. it devastated hundreds of square miles. it was h...