This is a list of scientific units named after people. For other lists of eponyms (names derived from people) see eponym.Note that by convention, the name of the unit is properly written in all-lowercase, but its abbreviation is capitalized. (Wikipedia).
Includes ideas of scientists centuries before the scientific revolution, such as Ibn al-Haytham, as well as the ideas of modern philosophers of science such as Thomas Kuhn and Karl Popper. My Patreon page is at https://www.patreon.com/EugeneK
From playlist Physics
Unknown truths about Nikola Tesla
Humanity has progressed incredibly throughout the years, and this progress can be attributed to inventors. Thanks to their cumulative work, we are able to live our lives conveniently and solve our daily problems with ease. If we were to write all the inventors’ names that helped further
From playlist Engineering Wonders
http://www.teachastronomy.com/ Albert Einstein was the most famous scientist of the twentieth century and perhaps of all time. The man who invented the theories of special and general relativity was an unconventional scientist who spent most of his career outside the mainstream. His Gree
From playlist 07. Geology and Physics
People of Science with Brian Cox - Dame Julia Higgins on Michael Faraday
President of the Institute of Physics Professor Julia Higgins joins Professor Brian Cox to explore the life and work of Michael Faraday and how his curiosity and passion for communicating science inspires her. (5/6) #BrianCox #Faraday #Electromagnetism #Electricity #Physics #RoyalInstitu
From playlist People of Science with Brian Cox
What are the Types of Numbers? Real vs. Imaginary, Rational vs. Irrational
We've mentioned in passing some different ways to classify numbers, like rational, irrational, real, imaginary, integers, fractions, and more. If this is confusing, then take a look at this handy-dandy guide to the taxonomy of numbers! It turns out we can use a hierarchical scheme just lik
From playlist Algebra 1 & 2
http://www.teachastronomy.com/ Perhaps the greatest scientist who ever lived, Isaac Newton was born just after the death of Galileo. Lonely and moody as a child, his early education was unremarkable, but when he went to university at Cambridge his true intelligence came forth. During a t
From playlist 03. Concepts and History of Astronomy and Physics
Why Do Elements Have Such Crazy Names?
In 1990 a new system for naming an element was put in place by the International Union of Pure Applied Chemistry to curb controversies.
From playlist The Periodic Table of Elements: An Origin Story
Statistical Rethinking 2023 - 20 - Horoscopes
Course: https://github.com/rmcelreath/stat_rethinking_2023 Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2GbpXqL5P8&t=0s Outline 00:00 Introduction 11:40 Planning 30:49 Working 54:41 Pause 55:15 Reporting 1:24:45 Science reform
From playlist Statistical Rethinking 2023
Statistical Rethinking 2022 Lecture 20 - Horoscopes
Slides and other course materials: https://github.com/rmcelreath/stat_rethinking_2022 Music: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g2GbpXqL5P8 Pause: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pxPdsqrQByM Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 08:26 Subjective responsibilities 14:36 Planning 34:34 Working 58:28 Re
From playlist Statistical Rethinking 2022
Earth System Science 23. Air Pollution. Lecture 1. Logistics/Definition of Air Pollution
UCI ESS 23: Air Pollution (Fall 2013) Lec 01. Air Pollution -- Logistics/Definition pf Air Pollution -- View the complete course: http://ocw.uci.edu/courses/ess_23_air_pollution.html Instructor: Saewung Kim, Ph.D. License: Creative Commons CC-BY-SA Terms of Use: http://ocw.uci.edu/info. M
From playlist Earth System Science 23: Air Pollution and Global Environments
Stanford Seminar - Jupyter Notebooks and Academic Publication
Fernando Perez University of California, Berkeley Guido van Rossum Dropbox May 15, 2019 Jupyter Notebooks are a emerging way to express and present research results. Notebooks are a kind of IDE Framework for doing science, one which is better suited to presenting algorithms and data tha
From playlist Stanford EE380-Colloquium on Computer Systems - Seminar Series
Live CEOing Ep 126: Language Design in Wolfram Language
Watch Stephen Wolfram and teams of developers in a live, working, language design meeting. This episode is about Language Design in the Wolfram Language.
From playlist Behind the Scenes in Real-Life Software Design
History of science and biology, Newton (1600s) to Lamarck (1800s)
This video describes the contributions of Newton, Linnaeus, Cuvier, Lyell, and Lamarck to our understanding of science and biology. By the end of this period of time scientists believed in invoking only observable phenomena to support ideas. They were also coming to understand the diversit
From playlist TAMU: Bio 312 - Evolution | CosmoLearning Biology
A (very) Brief History of Leonhard Euler
An incredibly brief history of Leonhard Euler! Not much math in this video, so just a heads up in the event you expect math-heavy. DISCORD ►► https://discord.gg/Jd3tCeK PATREON ►► https://www.patreon.com/moderndaymath
From playlist Mathematics named after Leonhard Euler
Cancer Cure Cover-Up? (Conspiracy Documentary) | Real Stories
The modern biographical story of Stanislaw Burzynski, MD, PhD who discovered an innovative patent-protected cancer therapy currently enrolled in FDA clinical trials. This story sheds light on the current regulatory and industry roadblocks preventing these life-saving medications from reach
From playlist Medical Stories
Michael Carson Persistence of the White Plague TB
Persistence of the White Plague (Tuberculosis): An Infectious Disease Perspective of Public Health A public health seminar recorded on May 1, 2017 featuring Michael Carson, M.S. SEMINAR ABSTRACT The White Plague (Tuberculosis) is as old as the human race, and still persists today. To un
From playlist Public Health: Collections
Lone Star Ruby Conference 2011 - Misunderstanding by Glenn Vanderburg
As programmers, we're familiar with complex logic and decisions: complex boolean expressions, long if/else cascades, and convoluted cases. But we quickly learn to avoid them as much as possible, finding ways to simplify. That's because even though computers can handle that complex stuff, w
From playlist Lone Star Ruby Conference 2011
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
What is Science? by Pierre Hohenberg (New York University)
28 December 2016, 16:00 to 17:00 VENUE ICTS campus, Bengaluru In this talk we propose a new definition of science based on the distinction between the activity of scientists and the product of that activity: the former is denoted (lower-case) science and the latter (upper-case) Science. Th
From playlist DISTINGUISHED LECTURES