Logarithmic scales of measurement

Darwin (unit)

The darwin (d) is a unit of evolutionary change, defined by J. B. S. Haldane in 1949. One darwin is defined to be an e-fold (about 2.718) change in a trait over one million years. Haldane named the unit after Charles Darwin. (Wikipedia).

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More Standard Deviation and Variance

Further explanations and examples of standard deviation and variance

From playlist Unit 1: Descriptive Statistics

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Percentiles, Deciles, Quartiles

Understanding percentiles, quartiles, and deciles through definitions and examples

From playlist Unit 1: Descriptive Statistics

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Inverse normal with Z Table

Determining values of a variable at a particular percentile in a normal distribution

From playlist Unit 2: Normal Distributions

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Measures of Spread Overview

Introduction to standard deviation, IQR [Inter-Quartile Range], and range

From playlist Unit 1: Descriptive Statistics

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Unit Scale

This video shows how to use unit scale to determine the actual dimensions of a model and how to determine the dimensions of a model from an actual dimensions. http://mathispower4u.yolasite.com/

From playlist Unit Scale and Scale Factor

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Quickly fill in the unit circle by understanding reference angles and quadrants

👉 Learn about the unit circle. A unit circle is a circle which radius is 1 and is centered at the origin in the cartesian coordinate system. To construct the unit circle we take note of the points where the unit circle intersects the x- and the y- axis. The points of intersection are (1, 0

From playlist Trigonometric Functions and The Unit Circle

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What is the formula for the unit vector

http://www.freemathvideos.com In this video series I will show you how to find the unit vector when given a vector in component form and as a linear combination. A unit vector is simply a vector with the same direction but with a magnitude of 1 and an initial point at the origin. It is i

From playlist Vectors

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Mean v Median and the implications

Differences between the mean and median suggest the presence of outliers and/or the possible shape of a distribution

From playlist Unit 1: Descriptive Statistics

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Apes and Academics, Debates and Sermons

Keith S. Thomson delivers the third of four Terry lectures, "Jefferson and Darwin: Science and Religion in Troubled Times." In the last 300 years, science and religion, however construed, have diverged so much as almost no longer to be recognizable to each other, according to Thomson, a

From playlist Terry Lectures

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Darwin's Legacy | Lecture 1

September 22, 2008 introductory lecture by William Durham for the Stanford Continuing Studies course on Darwin's Legacy (DAR 200). Professor Durham provides an overview of the course; Professor Robert Siegel touches upon "Darwin's Own Evolution;" Professor Durham returns for a talk on "Da

From playlist Lecture Collection | Darwin's Legacy

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Darwin's Legacy | Lecture 7

November 3, 2008 lecture by Professor Melissa Brown for the Stanford Continuing Studies course on Darwin's Legacy (DAR 200). Professor Brown speaks about the history and consequences of social Darwinism, and offers insight into new ways of thinking about social evolution. Stanford Conti

From playlist Lecture Collection | Darwin's Legacy

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Darwin's Legacy | Lecture 3

October 6, 2008 lecture by Janet Browne for the Stanford Continuing Studies course on Darwin's Legacy (DAR 200). Dr. Browne presents a biography on Charles Darwin and explores Darwin's Origin of Species. The lecture is concluded with a panel discussion with Craig Heller and Robert Procto

From playlist Lecture Collection | Darwin's Legacy

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7. Atoms III

MIT 8.421 Atomic and Optical Physics I, Spring 2014 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/8-421S14 Instructor: Wolfgang Ketterle In this lecture, the professor continued to talk about helium and discussed about fine structure of atoms and lamb shift. License: Creative Commons BY-N

From playlist MIT 8.421 Atomic and Optical Physics I, Spring 2014

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The Future of Human Evolution | What Darwin Didn't Know

Thanks to currently-existing technology and medicine, future humans could have larger heads and extensive robotic implants. In other words, evolution could be handed over from nature to science. Consult some old sci-fi novels and grab your art supplies; that classic "monkey-to-human evolut

From playlist Biology and Health

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Darwinism vs. Social Darwinism part 2 | US History | Khan Academy

KA fellows Kim (US history) and Emily (Biology) continue their discussion of the theory of evolution and how Gilded Age sociologists mistakenly applied it to race and class. Watch the next lesson: https://www.khanacademy.org/humanities/us-history/the-gilded-age/south-after-civil-war/v/jim

From playlist Period 6: 1865-1898 | AP US History | Khan Academy

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Lec 1 | MIT 21L.448J Darwin and Design, Fall 2010

Lecture 1: Darwin and Design Instructor: James Paradis View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/21L-448JF10 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu

From playlist MIT 21L.448J Darwin and Design, Fall 2010

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Eugenics and Francis Galton: Crash Course History of Science #23

After Darwin blew the doors off the scientific community, a lot of people did some weird and unscientific stuff with his ideas. Francis Galton and a few others decided natural selection could be used to make the human race "better" and came up with Eugenics. *** Crash Course is on Patre

From playlist History of Science

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What is the formula for a unit vector from a vector in component form

http://www.freemathvideos.com In this video series I will show you how to find the unit vector when given a vector in component form and as a linear combination. A unit vector is simply a vector with the same direction but with a magnitude of 1 and an initial point at the origin. It is i

From playlist Vectors

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Amazing Scientist Story Time! | SciShow Kids Compilation

Squeaks is feeling a little wired and needs some story time to get sleepy this evening, so Jessi is showing him some videos about amazing scientists from history! Hosted by: Jessi Knudsen Castañeda ---------- Love SciShow Kids and want to help support it? Become a Patron on Patreon: htt

From playlist SciShow Kids

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