Publius Nigidius Figulus (c. 98 – 45 BC) was a scholar of the Late Roman Republic and one of the praetors for 58 BC. He was a friend of Cicero, to whom he gave his support at the time of the Catilinarian conspiracy. Nigidius sided with the Optimates in the civil war between Julius Caesar and Pompeius Magnus. Among his contemporaries, Nigidius's reputation for learning was second only to that of Varro. Even in his own time, his works were regarded as often abstruse, perhaps because of their esoteric Pythagoreanism, into which Nigidius incorporated Stoic elements. Jerome calls him Pythagoricus et magus, a "Pythagorean and mage," and in the medieval and Renaissance tradition he is portrayed as a magician, diviner, or occultist. His vast works survive only in fragments preserved by other authors. (Wikipedia).
In this video, I discuss YET ANOTHER Figueroa paper. This time he manages to make really strained rings using ninhydrin, substituting TWO nitro groups. https://www.patreon.com/thatchemist Community Discord - https://discord.gg/QWNPETtPcZ -------------------------------------------------
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In this video, we have another Figueroa paper! This is the fourth video in the series. We have all of the classics - cycloadditions of nitriles with alkynes, substitution of nitro groups, and some NMR data that really Hz. https://www.patreon.com/thatchemist Community Discord - https://di
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Tacitus' Histories and Germanicus
In this lecture, Dr Chris Whitton (University of Cambridge) introduces the figure of Tiberius’ adoptive son, Germanicus, focusing in particular on: (i) the shape of the Empire in the early 1st century AD and Germanicus’ position in the Julio-Claudian dynasty; (ii) Tacitus’ presentation of
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Are There Dead Wasps In Figs? | Gross Science
Figs aren't exactly fruits...but that's not the only bizarre thing about them. Discover the gross world of figs! Subscribe to Gross Science! http://bit.ly/1FkxVLb ‖ Twitter! https://twitter.com/gross_science ‖ Tumblr! http://grossscience.tumblr.com/ ↓Want more gross info?↓ Great 1977 pape
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Nudibranch Snacks Along The Ocean Floor | National Geographic
Believe it or not, this creature is from one of the most beautiful families in the animal kingdom. It’s a Melibe viridis, a carnivorous nudibranch, also known as a sea slug. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium de
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New Human Ancestor Discovered: Homo naledi (EXCLUSIVE VIDEO) | National Geographic
Within a deep and narrow cave in South Africa, paleoanthropologist Lee Berger and his team found fossil remains belonging to the newest member of our human family. The Homo naledi discovery adds another exciting chapter to the human evolution story by introducing an ancestor that was primi
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Medusa and Athena - Ancient Greek Goddesses - Greek Mythology
Based on a story by Lin and Don Donn - https://ancienthistory.mrdonn.org/myths.html, used with permission. Medusa and Athena - Ancient Greek Goddesses - Greek Mythology In later myths (mainly in Ovid) Medusa was the only Gorgon to possess snake locks because they were a punishment from A
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The myth of Sisyphus - Alex Gendler
Download a free audiobook version of "Man's Search for Meaning" and support TED-Ed's nonprofit mission: https://adbl.co/2z7JGWx Check out our full book recommendation: https://bit.ly/2JYUn1y Sisyphus was both a clever ruler who made his city prosperous, and a devious tyrant who seduced h
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Figs Eat Wasps Before You Eat The Fig
The life of the fig wasp is nature at its worst—from our human perspective, anyway. In order to lay their eggs, female fig wasps have to squeeze into the flowering body of a fig, losing their wings and antennae along the way. It's all downhill from there. Subscribe to the pin club here: h
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Vacuum Tube Computer P.26 – Memory Map and 4-Bits of RAM
Time to build our first proper PCB that will go on the final memory board, and it’s a doozy! Easily the longest board I’ve ever cut and certainly one of the most involved to solder up and test, this board of *just* 4-bits of RAM was a journey to build. And this is just the beginning, I hav
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