Scientists who worked on qibla determination
Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Jābir ibn Sinān al-Raqqī al-Ḥarrānī aṣ-Ṣābiʾ al-Battānī (Arabic: محمد بن جابر بن سنان البتاني) (Latinized as Albategnius, Albategni or Albatenius) (c. 858 – 929) was an astronomer and mathematician from Harran. He introduced a number of trigonometric relations, and his Kitāb az-Zīj was frequently quoted by many medieval astronomers, including Copernicus.Often called the "Ptolemy of the Arabs", al-Battani is perhaps one of the greatest and best known astronomer of the medieval Islamic world. (Wikipedia).
Is Yemen on the brink of civil war?
The Saudis are fighting a proxy war with Iran in Bahrain. While also trying to contain the Shia protests in the eastern parts of the country. Now with Iranian backing a third front of Shia uprising opens in the Arabian Peninsula. Yemen, with a Shia population who make up 45% of the populat
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Origins of ISIS (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria)
Support CaspianReport through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CaspianReport In the aftermath of the invasion of Iraq in 2003, Saddam Hussein, the man who ruled the country with an iron fist, was captured. He was then executed by the new Iraqi government. However despite what most people
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Origins of the crisis in Yemen
Support CaspianReport through Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/CaspianReport In a previous CaspianReport, released back in 2011, we argued about the likelihood of a civil war in Yemen and that the Iranian back Houthi rebellion would trigger a new front in the ongoing Saudi-Iranian cold wa
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Branches of Islam & Family Tree of Shia Imams
Buy the Asian Royal Family Trees chart: https://usefulcharts.com/collections/royal-family-trees/products/asian-royal-family-trees Abbasid Family Tree https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B5mCvrBsOV0 CREDITS: Script by Syawish Rehman Narration by Matt Baker Audio editing by Ali Shahwaiz Intro
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Why is it so hard to cure ALS? - Fernando G. Vieira
Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-is-it-so-hard-to-cure-als-fernando-vieira Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), also called motor neuron disease and Lou Gehrig’s Disease, affects about two out of every 100,000 peop
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AlphaFold: The making of a scientific breakthrough
The inside story of the DeepMind team of scientists and engineers who created AlphaFold, an AI system that is recognised as a solution to "protein folding", a grand scientific challenge for more than 50 years. Find out more: deepmind.com/alphafold Protein references: TBP = To be publ
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Lester Mackey, Stanford University - Stanford Big Data 2015
Bringing together thought leaders in large-scale data analysis and technology to transform the way we diagnose, treat and prevent disease. Visit our website at http://bigdata.stanford.edu/.
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Prisoners' dilemma and Nash equilibrium | Microeconomics | Khan Academy
Why two not-so-loyal criminals would want to snitch each other out Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/nash-equilibrium-tutorial/nash-eq-tutorial/v/more-on-nash-equilibrium?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=microeconomics Mi
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More on Nash equilibrium | Game theory and Nash equilibrium | Microeconomics | Khan Academy
Looking more closely at the definition of Nash Equilibrium Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/economics-finance-domain/microeconomics/nash-equilibrium-tutorial/cartels-cheat-tutorial/v/why-parties-to-cartels-cheat?utm_source=YT&utm_medium=Desc&utm_campaign=microeconomics
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"Don't Fear The Spreadsheet" - A Great Story, Really!: Podcast #1584
Weekend Learn Excel from MrExcel Podcasts allow Bill some greater latitude in topic and means. Today, this Special "Learn Excel / Don't Fear The Spreadsheet" Podcast looks at "The Highwaymen" of Florida. NPR [National Public Radio] originally did a story on 'The Highwaymen' [you can find t
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Saudi military intervention in Bahrain
Saudi Arabia has sent more than a thousand soldiers to Bahrain. More troops are expected to arrive from the United Arab Emirates. This indicates that the military and police forces of Bahrain can no longer guarantee to contain the unrest. It also shows that the gulf Arab countries are not
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Rebuilding a 1,000-Year-Old Humanoid Robot | History Remade with Sabrina
Al-Jazari, one of the greatest inventors during the Golden Age of Islam, developed concepts crucial to devices we still use today. In this episode, Sabrina recreates Al-Jazari's drumming automaton - or drumming robot! #HistoryRemadeWithSabrina Subscribe for more HISTORY: http://histv.co/
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