Dorothy Horstmann: Polio Pioneer
Yale researcher Dorothy Horstmann made seminal discoveries about the course of polio that supported the ultimate development of a vaccine. Her former mentee, George Miller reflects on Horstmann's science and life. Deputy Dean Carolyn Slayman talks about Horstmann's groundbreaking role as a
From playlist Bicentennial Voices
In response to Professor Lewin's Video for me
From playlist Thank You Professor Lewin
Bill Crowell: National Security in the Information Age
Bill Crowell is the Former Deputy Director of National Security Agency (NSA) and Chairman of the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Senior Advisory Group. In this video, lecturer Ernestine Fu interviews Bill Crowell on the NSA’s approach to security during the emergence of digital c
From playlist Silicon Valley and the U.S. Government
INTERVIEW AT CIRM: PETER SARNAK
Peter Sarnak is a South African-born mathematician with dual South-African and American nationalities. He has been Eugene Higgins Professor of Mathematics at Princeton University since 2002, succeeding Andrew Wiles, and is an editor of the Annals of Mathematics. He is known for his work in
From playlist Jean-Morlet Chair's guests - Interviews
Stanford Faculty - Meet Jonathan Pritchard
Jonathan Pritchard is Professor in the Departments of Genetics and Biology at Stanford University and an Investigator in the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. His lab group uses statistical and computational methods to study questions in genomics and evolutionary biology.
From playlist Genetics & Genomics
Oona A. Hathaway: Foundations of Modern International Law
Oona A. Hathaway is the Gerard C. and Bernice Latrobe Smith Professor of International Law at the Yale Law School. Her current research focuses on the foundations of modern international law, the intersection of U.S. constitutional law and international law, the enforcement of internationa
From playlist The MacMillan Report
James Levinsohn: Jackson Institute for Global Affairs
As the Jackson Institute's first director, Professor Levinsohn, brings a wealth of international experience to that post. His fields of interest include international economics, industrial organization, economic development and applied econometrics. Recently, he has studied the impact of H
From playlist The MacMillan Report
What gives a dollar bill its value? - Doug Levinson
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-gives-a-dollar-bill-its-value-doug-levinson The value of money is determined by how much (or how little) of it is in circulation. But who makes that decision, and how does their choice affect the economy at large? Doug Levinson takes a trip
From playlist More money more problems
How to Spot a (Potential) Fasc!st
An introduction to The Authoritarian Personality study. Timestamps: 0:00 Fascisticus Potentialicus 01:51 Introduction 05:07 Defining Fascism / Ur-Fascism 07:03 Antisemitism and Ethnocentrism 11:31 Fascism, Conservatism and Religion 16:09 The Authoritarian Personality 23:18 Conclusions T
From playlist Prob and Stats
The Guts and Glory of Object Conservation - Shelf Life #15
In the Museum’s Objects Conservation Laboratory, walrus intestines, birch bark, and reindeer hide are all in a day’s work for conservators trying to preserve Siberian anthropology collections for the future. Check out our 360 video about the Jesup North Pacific Expedition: https://www.
From playlist Shelf Life Season 2
Good Days and Bad Days - Still Untitled: The Adam Savage Project - 4/14/20
This week, we talk about the need to take care of ourselves and how we each are dealing with the good and not-so-good days during this lockdown. Adam revisits the work of Elmore Leonard adapted for the big screen, Will finds comfort in binge-worthy television, and Norm recommends two offbe
From playlist The Adam Savage Project
Turing Centennial Conference: About Alan Turing (in Hebrew)
About Alan Turing (in Hebrew) Presented by Prof. Amiram Yehudai, Tel Aviv University Alan M. Turing Centennial Conference - Israel April 4, 2012 The Wohl Centre Bar-Ilan University Ramat-Gan, Israel For more information see: https://sites.google.com/site/turingcentenaryconference/agenda
From playlist Alan M. Turing Centennial Conference - Israel
Grounded Language Understanding | Stanford CS224U Natural Language Understanding | Spring 2021
For more information about Stanford’s Artificial Intelligence professional and graduate programs, visit: https://stanford.io/ai To learn more about this course visit: https://online.stanford.edu/courses/cs224u-natural-language-understanding To follow along with the course schedule and s
From playlist Stanford CS224U: Natural Language Understanding | Spring 2021
MIT 8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2016 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/8-04S16 Instructor: Barton Zwiebach License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu
From playlist MIT 8.04 Quantum Physics I, Spring 2016
Steven Weinberg and the Quest to Explain the World
Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg was one of the world’s foremost theoretical physicists and a passionate advocate for science. Among his many influential contributions is the co-discovery of the electroweak theory that unifies electromagnetism and the weak nuclear force, a central pillar in
From playlist WSF Latest Releases
Affine Combinations and Barycentric Coords | Algebraic Calculus One | Wild Egg
In this video we show how affine combinations and barycentric coordinates express mathematically what Archimedes' Law of the Lever captures in terms of the centre of mass of a triangle. We examine both the one dimensional case of a segment, as well as the more general two dimensional case
From playlist Algebraic Calculus One from Wild Egg
Class 3: Television As A Cultural Form | MIT 21L.432 Understanding Television, Fall 2001
Class 3: Television As A Cultural Form Instructor: David Thorburn View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/21L-432S03 License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu
From playlist MIT 21L.432 Understanding Television, Spring 2003