Decimal time | Metrication in France
Claude Boniface Collignon (died 1819) was a French attorney who contributed to scientific and social reforms in the time of the French Revolution. He was a member of several European academies of sciences, though not the French Academy of Sciences. In 1788 he proposed the introduction of decimal time. In 1790, perhaps disappointed that the French government had not immediately rewarded him for the plan, he sent his book to George Washington, and proposed to introduce his system in the US. (Wikipedia).
Michel Foucault was a philosophical historian who questioned many of our assumptions about how much better the world is today compared with the past. When he looked at the treatment of the mad, at the medical profession and at sexuality, he didn't see the progress that's routinely assumed.
From playlist WESTERN PHILOSOPHY
5 - Grothendieck et la théorie de Galois
Orateur(s) : T. Szamuely Public : Tous Date : mardi 25 octobre Lieu : Institut Henri Poincaré
From playlist Colloque Evariste Galois
Journées Hénon - 18/21 - Claude Froschlé
Michel Hénon : un patron, un collègue, un ami
From playlist Michel Hénon Memoriam
Bruno Després: Mathematical properties of hierarchies of reduced MHD models
Find this video and other talks given by worldwide mathematicians on CIRM's Audiovisual Mathematics Library: http://library.cirm-math.fr. And discover all its functionalities: - Chapter markers and keywords to watch the parts of your choice in the video - Videos enriched with abstracts, b
From playlist Partial Differential Equations
Présentation de l'exposition "Emile Borel : un mathématicien au pluriel"
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From playlist Bibliothèque
Medieval Europe: Crash Course European History #1
Our European history is going to start around 1500 with the Renaissance, but believe it or not, that is not the actual beginning of history in the continent. So, today, we're going to teach you the broad outlines of the so-called Middle Ages, and look at events like the Black Plague, the H
From playlist Back to School - Expanded
François Gay-Balmaz : A Langrgian Variational Formulation of Nonequilibrium thermodynamics
Recording during the thematic meeting : "Geometrical and Topological Structures of Information" the August 30, 2017 at the Centre International de Rencontres Mathématiques (Marseille, France) Filmmaker: Guillaume Hennenfent
From playlist Geometry
19. The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000: Charlemagne
The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 (HIST 210) In this lecture, Professor Freedman discusses the Carolingian dynasty from its origins through its culmination in the figure of Charlemagne. The Carolingians sought to overthrow the much weakened Merovingian dynasty by establishing their politic
From playlist The Early Middle Ages, 284--1000 with Paul Freedman
8. Inferno XXVI, XXVII, XXVIII
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310) Professor Mazzotta begins this lecture by recapitulating the ambivalent nature of Ulysses' sin and its relevance to Dante's poetic project. Inferno XXVII is then read in conjunction with the preceding canto. The antithetical relationship between Dante's f
From playlist Dante in Translation with Giuseppe Mazzotta
1 - L'édition des œuvres de Galois
Orateur(s) : P. Neumann, N. Verdier Public : Tous Date : mardi 25 octobre Lieu : Institut Henri Poincaré
From playlist Colloque Evariste Galois
Centerline: The Surprising History of Lane Markings
Using a line painted down the center of a road to denote lanes seems to be merely common sense. But it was an innovation that took a surprising amount of time to develop. The history of lane markings is a study in the rapid effect of new technologies, and the ability of a few people with
From playlist History without War
7. Inferno XIX, XXI, XXV, XXVI
Dante in Translation (ITAL 310) This lecture deals primarily with Cantos XIX and XXVI of Inferno. Simony, the sin punished in Inferno XIX, is situated historically to point out the contiguity of the sacred and the profane and its relevance to the prophetic voice Dante established in thi
From playlist Dante in Translation with Giuseppe Mazzotta
Bitcoin Q&A: Samourai, Wasabi, and Privacy
Is privacy a moving target? Will we get anonymity or are we doomed to 1984? Which wallet is best for privacy: Samourai or Wasabi? It is a mistake to get bogged down in debates about who is best, when both are much better for privacy than most wallets. Chapters 0:00 Is privacy a moving tar
From playlist Privacy and Surveillance
Marc Steiner--Messiaen Prelude no. 1, La colombe
Recorded in February, 2003 in Berkeley, CA.
From playlist experimental classical
Journées Hénon - 12/21 - Jean-Marc Petit
Michel Hénon, un esprit ludique et simplificateur !
From playlist Michel Hénon Memoriam
Boniface Nkonga: Models and approximations of some geophysical events
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From playlist Mathematical Physics
Who are The Knights Templar? The Real History of Secret Societies
The thousand-year history of The Knights Templar is full of rumors about buried treasure, secret wars against the papacy, and links to other secret societies. So who were they really? Get the facts here—as long as you know the secret handshake. This video is lecture three from the series
From playlist European History
Réalisation : Quentin Lazzarotto Direction Scientifique : Frédéric Brechenmacher Production : Cédric Villani et Jean-Philippe Uzan Produit par l'Institut Henri Poincaré, en collaboration avec l'Institut Lagrange de Paris, le CNRS Images, l'Université Pierre et Marie Curie, le Labex Carmin
From playlist Bicentenaire Joseph-Louis Lagrange