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| Speakers | TED areas | Topics |
|---|---|---|
| Jimmy Wales | Technology | How a Ragtag Band Created Wikipedia (2005) |
| John Q. Walker | Technology | John Walker re-creates great performances (2007) |
| Jay Walker | Jay Walker on the world's English mania (2009) | |
| Benjamin Wallace | ||
| Peter Ward (paleontologist) | ||
| Rick Warren | Rick Warren on a life of purpose (2006) | |
| James D. Watson | Technology | The Double Helix and Today's DNA mysteries (2005) |
| Ursus Wehrli | Ursus Wehrli tidies up art | |
| Spencer Wells | ||
| Romulus Whitaker | The real danger lurking in the water (2009) | |
| Matthew White | Matthew White gives the euphonium a new voice (2009) | |
| Fields Wicker-Miurin | Learning from leadership's "missing manual" (2009) | |
| Edith Widder | Glowing life in an underwater world (2010) The weird, wonderful world of bioluminescence (2011) |
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| Evan Williams | ||
| Willard Wigan | Hold your breath for micro-sculpture (2009) | |
| Edward O. Wilson | Technology | TED Prize: Help Build the Encyclopedia of Life (2007) |
| Siegfried Woldhek | ||
| Conrad Wolfram | Technology | Teaching kids real math with computers (2010) |
| Stephen Wolfram | Technology | Computing a theory of everything (2010) |
| Curtis Wong | ||
| Robert Wright | Robert Wright on optimism (2005) The evolution of compassion (2009) |
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| Will Wright | Will Wright makes toys that make worlds (2007) | |
| Tom Wujec | Tom Wujec on 3 ways the brain creates meaning (2009) Tom Wujec demos the 13th-century astrolabe Tom Wujec: Build a tower, build a team (2009) |
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