Palindromists | Recreational cryptographers
Leigh Mercer (1893–1977) was a noted British wordplay and recreational mathematics expert. (Wikipedia).
Sylvia Earle: Oceanographer, Explorer, Pioneer, Remarkable Woman
Former U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration chief scientist Sylvia Earle has danced the an octopus and explored the depths of the Mississippi River. Despite it being "unusual" for a woman to be interested in science while she was growing up, Earle's persistence and the supp
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A passion for her profession & the planet
Walmart's Chief Sustainability Officer, Kathleen McLaughlin, discusses her experience at the top.
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Freeman Dyson: A ‘Rebel’ Without a Ph.D.
A wide-ranging interview with the legendary mathematical physicist Freeman Dyson in which he discusses his work with Richard Feynman, his attempts to build a spaceship propelled by nuclear bombs and his controversial views on climate change. QUANTA MAGAZINE Website: https://www.quantama
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Day at Work: Deputy Chief of Staff
Paul Henderson is the Deputy Chief of Staff and Director of Public Safety for the Mayor’s office in San Francisco. He revisits his path to success and shares how he went from living out of his car during college to becoming a legal and political analyst, speaker, and writer. Want more in
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Ken Ono: A Life Inspired by an Unexpected Genius
Ken Ono explains how Ramanujan has served as his “guardian angel” throughout his life and career. QUANTA MAGAZINE Website: https://www.quantamagazine.org/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/QuantaNews Twitter: https://twitter.com/QuantaMagazine You can also sign up for our weekly newsl
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Barbara McClintock: professional pre-genetics geneticist, corn-experimenter, and award-collector.
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Quasiperiodic Schroedinger Operators with Multiple Frequencies - Wilhelm Schlag
Analysis and Beyond - Celebrating Jean Bourgain's Work and Impact May 23, 2016 More videos on http://video.ias.edu
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THE FIRST SUPERCAR | 100MPH IN 1913
#supercar #mercerraceabout America's first supercar wasn't a #corvette, it was the New Jersey made Mercer. Join our chief historian Leslie Kendall as we take a deeper historical look at the low stance, high-performance supercar that is the 1913 Mercer Type 35-J. This 1913 Mercer was was l
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360 Tour: Mercers' Yard | The B1M
Mercers’ Yard is an exciting new space that is taking shape in the heart of London’s Covent Garden. We catch-up with Osborne’s Luke Forster and explore every angle of it in this 360 degree video! For more videos by The B1M subscribe now - http://ow.ly/GxW7y Read the full story on this vid
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Royal Society Brian Mercer Award 2014 for innovation
Professor Michael Kelly, University of Cambridge, is the recipient of the 2014 Brian Mercer Award for Innovation for 'Manufacture, Sale and Evaluation of Tunnel Detector Diodes'. This video features Professor Kelly's key collaborator, Mo Missous. The Brian Mercer Award for Innovation help
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RailsConf 2014 - Branding for Open Source Success by Bree Thomas
If you build it, they might come. We all want our open source projects to be widely adopted, but competition in the open source landscape is fierce. Reaching levels of notoriety and adoption akin to the likes of Linux, Rails, or WordPress is increasingly challenging amongst today's volume
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Eleanor Roosevelt: Transformative First Lady with Margo Horn
Eleanor Roosevelt rose from a demure debutante to a major figure on the 20th century world stage. She broke the mold for first ladies, and no first lady since has achieved her influence. How did Eleanor Roosevelt overcome personal struggles to become the transformative first lady she was,
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Artemisia Gentileschi: The woman behind the paintings - Allison Leigh
Get to know the story of Artemisia Gentileschi, one of the most accomplished artists of the 17th century. -- The biblical story of the heroine Judith slaying the brutal Holofernes is featured in countless works of art, including the Sistine Chapel. But the most iconic depiction was pain
From playlist Well-behaved women seldom make history
Why should you read "The Handmaid's Tale"? - Naomi R. Mercer
Download a free audiobook and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://adbl.co/2KGjWUk Check out Margaret Atwood's "The Handmaid's Tale": http://bit.ly/2FASwQV View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-should-you-read-the-handmaid-s-tale-naomi-r-mercer Margaret Atwood's specul
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"Gone With The Wind" Premiere (1940)
America Acclaims British Star, Vivien Leigh to play the tile role of Scarlett O'Hara in the epic film "Gone With the Wind". Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America (USA). LS Over crowd of Dakota aircraft taxiing to standstill. MS Move in to CU writing on side of plane "Atlanta Pre
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Institute for Advanced Study May 20, 2005 Peter Goddard, Phyllis Marchand, Brian Hughes, Bonnie Watson Coleman and Robert Menschel
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Private Lives by Noël Coward - Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier - 1940 Radio drama
Private Lives by Noël Coward Starring Vivien Leigh, Laurence Olivier, Heather Angel, Tom Conway An episode of the radio anthology series "Screen Guild Theater", broadcast 13 October 1940. The first time that Vivien Leigh and Laurence Olivier had appeared together on the air in a full-l
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Source Boston 2010: Mary Ann Davidson Keynote 1/6
Clip 1/6 Speaker: Mary Ann Davidson, Chief Security Officer, Oracle Corporation Mary Ann Davidson is the Chief Security Officer at Oracle Corporation, responsible for Oracle product security, as well as security evaluations, assessments and incident handling. She represents Oracle on the
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One Of America's FIRST SPORTS CAR! #shorts
Believed to be the most original Mercer Type 35-J in existence, this car was delivered new by the Whiting Motor Co. in New York to Mr. and Mrs. John F. Gray, in whose family it remained for over 30 years. A subsequent owner shipped the Raceabout to the west coast and used it for several ye
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