John Williams Calkin (11 October 1909, New Rochelle, New York – 5 August 1964, Westhampton, New York) was an American mathematician, specializing in functional analysis. The Calkin algebra is named after him. (Wikipedia).
A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Norris Bahcall October 29, 2005 Nathan Seiberg, Art McDonald, Wick Haxton and Carlos Pena-Garay John Norris Bahcall, Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, recipient of the
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A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Norris Bahcall October 29, 2005 Eli Waxman, Buell Jannuzi, Scott Tremaine, Andy Gould and Peter Goldreich John Norris Bahcall, Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, recipie
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TEDxCaltech - Stephen Hawking, John Preskill, Rives, Kip Thorne - Finding Things Out
Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist and cosmologist, whose scientific books and public appearances have made him an academic celebrity. He is known for his contributions to the fields of cosmology and quantum gravity, especially in the context of black holes. He has also achieved su
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A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Norris Bahcall October 29, 2005 James Gunn, Richard Black, Peter Goddard, Neta Bahcall and Family John Norris Bahcall, Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, recipient of th
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John Norris Bahcall - Part III
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Caltech Commencement Address - John Lewis - June 15, 2018
Caltech's 124th Commencement Address by U.S. congressman and leader of the Civil Rights Movement, John Lewis. Introduction by David L. Lee, Ph.D., Chair of Caltech's Board of Trustees. For photos, full ceremony video, news, and more, visit http://commencement.caltech.edu Produced in ass
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Lord Walter Thomas Layton - This I Believe (1950s) - Radio broadcast
Walter Thomas Layton, 1st Baron Layton. A British economist and Liberal Party politician. 1922 - 1938 Editor of The Economist. 1930 - 1940 Editorial director of the News Chronicle.
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TEDxCaltech - Highlights - 1/14/11
Attribution: - Design and Production: Caltech Academic Media Technologies - Hippotizer Visualization: Jon 9 - Music: Composed and performed by Lyle Mays. Mixed and mastered by Bob Rice. - Photos: Caltech Academic Media Technologies, Mary King Sikora, Christopher Sykes, Shannon West, Bi
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Graduate School of Arts and Sciences | Alumni Degree Ceremony
Degree ceremony for Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences Classes of 2020 and 2021 Alumni, Saturday, May 14, 2022 at Woolsey Hall. Featuring remarks by Dean Lynn Cooley and the calling of graduates’ names in celebration of their degrees.
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What If Our Understanding of Gravity Is Wrong?
Thank you to CuriosityStream for supporting PBS. For more information go to https://curiositystream.thld.co/PBSSPACETIME Check Out @PBSVitals here: https://youtu.be/FOL0Hs8UcNs What if there is no such thing as dark matter? What if our understanding of gravity is just wrong? New work is
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How Magnetism Shapes The Universe
Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Check out the Space Time Merch Store https://www.pbsspacetime.com/shop How far can you follow a compass needle? As far as the north magnetic pole, where the needle starts spinning wildly? Com
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Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime There’s one rule on Space Time: It’s never Aliens. But every rule has an exception and this rule is no exception because: It’s never aliens, until it is. So is it aliens yet? And on today’s Sp
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Is ACTION The Most Fundamental Property in Physics?
Learn More About NordVPN at: https://nordvpn.com/spacetime It’s about time we discussed an obscure concept in physics that may be more fundamental than energy and entropy and perhaps time itself. That’s right - the time has come for Action. Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space
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How Vacuum Decay Would Destroy The Universe
Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime The universe is going to end. But of all the possible ends of the universe vacuum decay would have to be the most thorough - because it could totally rewrite the laws of physics. Today I hope
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Where Are The Worlds In Many Worlds?
Sign Up on Patreon to get access to the Space Time Discord! https://www.patreon.com/pbsspacetime Many Worlds interpretation of quantum mechanics proposes that every time a quantum event gets decided, the universe splits so that every possible outcome really does occur. But where exactly a
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Neutron Stars: The Most Extreme Objects in the Universe
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How to Find ALIEN Dyson Spheres
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Colonel Fantock by Edith Sitwell - Read by John Gielgud
Colonel Fantock by Edith Sitwell read by Sir John Gielgud.
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The Hitchhiker's Killer: Pee Wee Gaskins | Real Crime
Make sure you subscribe to get your regular crime fix: youtube.com/c/RealCrime Psychologists and criminology experts analyse the personality of Donald Gaskins Jr. The man, who earned the nickname `meanest man in America', boasted about his private graveyard for victims. He was put to deat
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