Sir Alexander Oppenheim, OBE FRSE PMN (4 February 1903 – 13 December 1997) was a British mathematician and university administrator. In Diophantine approximation and the theory of quadratic forms, he proposed the Oppenheim conjecture. He was a professor of mathematics at the University of Malaya, the University of Singapore, and its predecessors. During the Second World War, he was a prisoner of war in the Changi Camp and helped organized a "POW University". After the war, he served as the Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya before holding two professorships in Ghana and Nigeria. (Wikipedia).
Hitler and the Hohenzollerns - The Kaiser's Family & the Nazis
During the Nazi period, the former Imperial Family of Kaiser Wilhelm II maintained a strange relationship with Hitler, hoping that he would re-instate one of them to the post of Emperor. Dr. Mark Felton FRHistS, FRSA, is a well-known British historian, the author of 22 non-fiction books
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Portraits of Power - Hitler - The Road to Revenge Narrated by Henry Fonda Adolf Hitler (20 April 1889 -- 30 April 1945) was an Austrian-born German politician and the leader of the Nazi Party (German: Nationalsozialistische Deutsche Arbeiterpartei (NSDAP); National Socialist German Worker
From playlist Portraits of Power - Those who shaped the Twentieth Century
Symbolism, Depth, & Romanticism (Isaiah Berlin 1965)
Isaiah Berlin at his very best. This comes from his brilliant series on Romanticism, which you should definitely check out: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE_9uxkmfSIt2JJK6oKbXmd- Isaiah Berlin Overdose: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLhP9EhPApKE-z227nn_-_PKw5lGfo
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Murat Erdemsel & Sigrid Van Tilbeurgh - Vals
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Anne-Sandrine Paumier - Quel(s) lieu(x) pour quelle(s) mathématique(s) ?
Quel(s) lieu(x) pour quelle(s) mathématique(s) ? Penser et construire l’Institut de Hautes Études Scientifiques Conférence donnée devant L'Association des Amis de l'IHES à l'IHES le 4 mai 2017. L’IHES est créé officiellement le 27 juin 1958, dans le bureau de Joseph Pérès, doyen de la Fa
From playlist Évenements grand public
Welcome Day 2021 - Robbert Dijkgraaf
From playlist Public Lectures
The History and Mission of the Institute - Robbert Dijkgraaf
IAS Welcome Day - September 27, 2017 https://www.ias.edu/events/welcome-day-2017-18 More videos on http://video.ias.edu
From playlist Robbert Dijkgraaf
From playlist Robbert Dijkgraaf
A Talk on the Mission and History of the Institute - Robbert Dijkgraaf
IAS Welcome Day: September 19, 2016 A Talk on the Mission and History of the Institute Robbert Dijkgraaf, IAS Director and Leon Levy Professor More videos on http://video.ias.edu
From playlist Robbert Dijkgraaf
Images of America: Institute for Advanced Study - Linda Arntzenius
Einstein Legacy Society Lecture: March 4, 2011 "Images of America: Institute for Advanced Study" Linda Arntzenius, Author In a talk sponsored by the Einstein Legacy Society, author Linda Arntzenius discusses her book, Images of America: Institute for Advanced Study. This latest addition
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11 MILITARY INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED WARFARE FOREVER | History Countdown
From chariots to tanks and everything in-between, these pieces of battle tech have fundamentally changed the way war is waged, in this episode of History Countdown. Join us as we explain the wildest, weirdest, most shocking moments of all time in History Countdown - https://histv.co/count
From playlist HISTORY EXPLAINED: History Digital Exclusives
Number of points modulo p when p tends to infinity
Oppenheim Lecture Jean-Pierre Serre, Collège de France, France
From playlist Distinguished Visitors Lecture Series
Gastkommentar: Kunst & Rechtsgeschichte mit Rechtshistoriker Stefan Vogenauer
Was sieht ein Rechtshistoriker in den Werken der Städel Sammlung? In diesem Gastkommentar eröffnet Stefan Vogenauer (Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für Rechtsgeschichte und Rechtstheorie) seine individuelle Sichtweise auf die Kunstwerke im Städel Museum. Er schaut sich Job Adriaenszoon B
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Arthur Schopenhauer was deeply influenced by Buddhist thought and is in many ways the West’s answer to it: he too tells us to reign in our desires and adopt a consolingly pessimistic attitude to our struggles. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a l
From playlist WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
"Deciphering ancient texts in a lab: Glass coloring from cuneiform tablets to the Jabirian Corpus"
By George Saliba and Ahmad El Hellani In this presentation, Dr. George Saliba, the director of Farouk Jabre Center for Arabic and Islamic Science and Philosophy at the American University of Beirut, will give us an overview of the work of A. Leo Oppenheim on glass and glassmaking in ancie
From playlist On Broken Glass (Spring 2021)