Myles Tierney (September 1937 – 5 October 2017) was an American mathematician and Professor at Rutgers University who founded the theory of elementary toposes with William Lawvere. Tierney obtained his B.A. from Brown University in 1959 and his Ph.D. from Columbia University in 1965. His dissertation, On the classifying spaces for K-Theory mod p, was written under the supervision of Samuel Eilenberg. Following positions at Rice University (1965–66) and ETH Zurich (1966–68), he became an associate professor at Rutgers in 1968. Tierney was named a Fellow of the American Mathematical Society. (Wikipedia).
Isaac Newton - English Physicist & Formulated the Laws of Gravity |Mini Bio | BIO
Watch a short biography of Isaac Newton, a key figure in the scientific revolution who is most famous for formulating laws of gravity. #Biography Subscribe for more Biography: http://aetv.us/2AsWMPH Delve deeper into Biography on our site: http://www.biography.com Follow Biography for mo
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Excerpt from Awakening the Mind: Awakening of Movement
Awakening the Mind is a tribute to the remarkable life and work of Dr. Oliver Sacks. A physician, best-selling author, professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine, and regular contributor to the World Science Festival, The New York Times called him “a poet laureate of contemporary
From playlist Awakening the Mind: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Oliver Sacks
Watch Tierney Cyren (NodeSource) & Michael Dawson (Community Lead for Nodejs at IBM) discuss what's next for NodeJS. EVENT: Node Summit 2018 PERMISSIONS: Node Summit Organizer provided Coding Tech with the permission to publish this video.
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Awakening the Mind: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Oliver Sacks
Awakening the Mind is a tribute to the remarkable life and work of Dr. Oliver Sacks. A physician, best-selling author, professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine, and regular contributor to the World Science Festival, The New York Times called him “a poet laureate of contemporary
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Strange Sunfish and Hope for the Ocean | National Geographic
National Geographic Explorer Tierney Thys, marine biologist and adventurer extraordinaire, is perhaps best known for her work tracking massive 10-foot long, 5,000-pound ocean sunfish, or mola, around the globe. Her research on giant mola has spanned over a decade, and this breezy Northern
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Two English Teachers Go To Lunch
No grammar in this video, that will follow in the next video. Music Eddie Lang "April kisses" (in the public domain).
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The smallest solution to one of our biggest problems - Tierney Thys & Christian Sardet
Explore the possibility of plastivores— organisms that can eat and break down plastic— helping reduce the plastic waste on Earth. -- Each year humanity produces roughly 400 million tons of plastic, 80% of which is discarded as trash. Of that plastic waste, only one-tenth is recycled. 60%
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The Military Career of Comanche's rider, Myles Keogh
The only verified survivor of Custer's last stand was a horse. Its rider deserves to be remembered. Myles Keogh served in three wars on two continents. The History Guy uses media that are in the public domain. As photographs of actual events are sometimes not available, photographs of s
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How life came to land - Tierney Thys
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/how-life-came-to-land-tierney-thys Spiders and crustaceans, also known as arthropods, led the charge from water to land--now outnumbering all terrestrial animals. But what about arthropods makes them so adaptable to life on land? Marine biologis
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Why are sharks so awesome? - Tierney Thys
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-are-sharks-so-awesome-tierney-thys Sharks have been celebrated as powerful gods by some native cultures. And today, sharks are recognized as apex predators of the world’s ocean. What is it that makes these fish worthy of our ancient legends
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The surprising reasons animals play dead - Tierney Thys
Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded View full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-surprising-reasons-animals-play-dead-tierney-thys From lemurs to lizards, ants to amphibians, sharks to chickens, hundreds of animals "play dead" as a survival tactic. But how and w
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Excerpt from Awakening the Mind: The Faster Horse
Awakening the Mind is a tribute to the remarkable life and work of Dr. Oliver Sacks. A physician, best-selling author, professor of neurology at the NYU School of Medicine, and regular contributor to the World Science Festival, The New York Times called him “a poet laureate of contemporary
From playlist Awakening the Mind: A Celebration of the Life and Work of Oliver Sacks
This Is Your Brain on Nature | Nat Geo Live
Marine biologist Tierney Thys, inventor Tan Le, and forest ecologist Nalini Nadkarni delve into the inner workings of our brains to figure out the science behind nature's health effects, and how we can enhance those benefits. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Nat Geo Li
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An A-Class Reject (with Ed Copeland) - Numberphile Podcast
He dreamed of being a great cricketer - but his love for equations led Ed Copeland to a career in theoretical physics. Check out opportunities with episode sponsor Jane Street - https://www.janestreet.com/join-jane-street/overview/ Ed Copeland at the University of Nottingham - https://ww
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The life of Robert James Phillips in pictures (the slideshow shown at his memorial).
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O'Reilly Webcasts: Bandit Algorithms for The Web
*Note: Audio quality is not very clear In this webcast presented by John Myles White, author of Bandit Algorithms for Website Optimization, Machine Learning for Hackers, and Machine Learning for Email, we'll describe how to build better websites by using a family of algorithms called Band
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Michael Jibson: Playing Myles Standish | Saints & Strangers
British actor Michael Jibson, who plays Myles Standish in the film, shares what he found most surprising about this very American tale. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration,
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