Morris Howard Hansen (1910–1990) was an American statistician. While at the United States Census Bureau, he was one of the first to develop methods for statistical sampling and made contributions in many areas of surveys and censuses. (Wikipedia).
Albert Einstein, Holograms and Quantum Gravity
In the latest campaign to reconcile Einstein’s theory of gravity with quantum mechanics, many physicists are studying how a higher dimensional space that includes gravity arises like a hologram from a lower dimensional particle theory. Read about the second episode of the new season here:
From playlist In Theory
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From playlist MWRC 2009
The Forgotten Congressional Presidents
George Washington became the first President of the United States in 1789. But that leaves thirteen years between when the United States declared independence and when Washington accepted the highest office in the land. In that time, fourteen men held the office of president in the United
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Episode 058: Can I Persuade You To Stop Smoking? Thank You For Smoking (2005) with Ed Hansen
Join Alex and returning guest host Dr. Ed Hansen (https://psy.fsu.edu/faculty/hansene/hansen.dp.php) in a discussion of the various psychological concepts in the hilarious and sardonic dark comedy Thank You For Smoking (2005) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427944). The film was written and
From playlist CinemaPsych Podcast
Robert Lazarsfeld: Cayley-Bacharach theorems with excess vanishing
A classical result usually attributed to Cayley and Bacharach asserts that if two plane curves of degrees c and d meet in cd points, then any curve of degree (c + d - 3) passing through all but one of these points must also pass through the remaining one. In the late 1970s, Griffiths and H
From playlist Algebraic and Complex Geometry
Global Warming: The Decade We Lost Earth
The story of how one man cost us a world with less than 2°C of warming in 1989. To try everything Brilliant has to offer—free—for a full 30 days, visit https://www.brilliant.org/simonclark. The first 200 of you will get 20% off Brilliant's annual premium subscription. This is a follow-up
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Best of The History Guy: Forgotten Heroes of the American Revolution
From The History Guy Vaults, five episodes about forgotten heroes of the American Revolution. Nearly a full hour of The History Guy. 0:00 - Hercules Mulligan, Patriot Spy 11:55 -John Laurens, Forgotten Patriot 25:21 - Samuel Whittemore, Official Hero of the State of Massachusetts 31:35
From playlist American Revolution
Australians Tour Opens At Worcester Aka Bradman Hits First Century (1948)
See here the Seasons first cricket match in 1948. Donald Bradman hits his first century. This is a duplicate of item 1428.02 - check for best quality. Full title reads: "BRADMAN HITS FIRST CENTURY". Worcester, Worcestershire. Australian cricketers coming out of pavilion to field
From playlist DONALD BRADMAN
Legendary Cricketer Don Bradman Hits First Century of 1948 | British Pathé
It’s the start of the Australian cricket team tour and legendary player Don Bradman hits his first century of 1948 while playing against Worcester. For Archive Licensing Enquiries Visit: https://goo.gl/W4hZBv Explore Our Online Channel For FULL Documentaries, Fascinating Interviews & Clas
From playlist British Pathé | Explore the Archive
Ballistic Aggregation in Systems of Fractal Objects by Subir K Das
Indian Statistical Physics Community Meeting 2018 DATE:16 February 2018 to 18 February 2018 VENUE:Ramanujan Lecture Hall, ICTS Bangalore This is an annual discussion meeting of the Indian statistical physics community which is attended by scientists, postdoctoral fellows, and graduate s
From playlist Indian Statistical Physics Community Meeting 2018
(October 8, 2012) Leonard Susskind continues his discussion of Riemannian geometry and uses it as a foundation for general relativity. This series is the fourth installment of a six-quarter series that explore the foundations of modern physics. In this quarter, Susskind focuses on Einst
From playlist Lecture Collection | General Relativity
Robert Ghrist (5/1/21): Laplacians and Network Sheaves
This talk will begin with a simple introduction to cellular sheaves as a generalized notion of a network of algebraic objects. With a little bit of geometry, one can often define a Laplacian for such sheaves. The resulting Hodge theory relates the geometry of the Laplacian to the algebraic
From playlist TDA: Tutte Institute & Western University - 2021
The Secret Global Sewer System
Thanks to the University of Minnesota for sponsoring this video! http://twin-cities.umn.edu/ Ditches and drain pipes help crops survive but can negatively impact the broader landscape. Thanks also to our Patreon patrons https://www.patreon.com/MinuteEarth and our YouTube members. _______
From playlist Food, Farms, & Fish