Martin Van Buren: Best Mutton Chops Ever (1837 - 1841)
Martin Van Buren was an interesting fellow. He was the first president born after American independence from Britain, so he was the first president actually born an American citizen. Also, he was the first president of non-British ancestry, as his parents were Dutch. He was a senator, a go
From playlist American History
Lord Walter Thomas Layton - This I Believe (1950s) - Radio broadcast
Walter Thomas Layton, 1st Baron Layton. A British economist and Liberal Party politician. 1922 - 1938 Editor of The Economist. 1930 - 1940 Editorial director of the News Chronicle.
From playlist Voices of History
A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Norris Bahcall October 29, 2005 Eli Waxman, Buell Jannuzi, Scott Tremaine, Andy Gould and Peter Goldreich John Norris Bahcall, Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics in the School of Natural Sciences at the Institute for Advanced Study, recipie
From playlist Natural Sciences
Franklin Delano Roosevelt: Four-Term Phenomenon (1933 – 1945)
Franklin Delano Roosevelt is a colossal figure in American History. He led the nation through the Great Depression, as well as World War II. He is the only president to be elected four times, and is widely regarded as one of the greatest presidents of all time, along with Washington and Li
From playlist American History
Pete Clark, The torsion subgroup of a CM elliptic curve over a number field
VaNTAGe seminar, June 22, 2021 License CC-BY-NC-SA
From playlist Modular curves and Galois representations
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 Seminar: Life Hacks for Breakthrough Thinking
Olivia Fox Cabane, Author and Speaker Judah Pollack, Riverene Leadership Olivia Fox Cabane and Judah Pollack, co-authors of the book “The Net and the Butterfly: The Art and Practice of Breakthrough Thinking,” share tips on how we can train ourselves to have more “eureka” moments with ment
From playlist Leadership & Management
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
Interview at Cirm: Mark Pollicott
Interview realized during the 'Thematic Month on Dynamical Systems and Interactions' at Cirm, organized by Nicolas Bédaride (Aix-Marseille Université), Julien Cassaigne (Aix-Marseille Université), Pascal Hubert (Aix-Marseille Université). Captation: 23 February 2017 Mark Pollicott (bor
From playlist English interviews - Interviews en anglais
Robert Pippin - Radical Finitude in the Anti-Idealist Modern European Philosophical Tradition”
Robert Pippin is Evelyn Stefansson Nef Distinguished Service Professor in the Committee on Social Thought, the Department of Philosophy, and the College at the University of Chicago. He is the author of Kant’s Theory of Form; Hegel’s Idealism: The Satisfactions of Self-Consciousness; Moder
From playlist Franke Lectures in the Humanities
Foraging for fungi? Discover some fun facts about the beautiful, diverse, and curious fungi kingdom, including mushrooms, yeasts, and molds. Wonder at the beauty of microscopic fungi and learn more about the form and function of fungal spores. This program features: THE ART OF MUSHROOM
From playlist After Dark Online | Thursday Nights | Exploratorium
Richard Dawkins & Lawrence Krauss: Something from Nothing
Critically-acclaimed author and evolutionary biologist Richard Dawkins and world-renowned theoretical physicist and author Lawrence Krauss discuss biology, cosmology, religion, and a host of other topics at this event entitled 'Something from Nothing'. This video was recorded at The Austr
From playlist Richard Dawkins
From the Curator: Jackson Pollock Abstract Expressionist New York The Museum of Modern Art, October 3, 2010--April 11, 2011 MoMA.org/abexny Filmed by Plowshares Media Images courtesy of Pollock-Krasner Foundation; Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Nina Leen; Time & Life Pict
From playlist Expressionism to Pop Art | Art History | Khan Academy
Twisted integral orbit parametrizations - Aaron Pollack
Short talks by postdoctoral members Topic: Twisted integral orbit parametrization Speaker: Aaron Pollack Affiliation: Member, School of Mathematics Date: October 4, 2017 For more videos, please visit http://video.ias.edu
From playlist Mathematics
The Selfish Benefits of Kindness
MY PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/BrainCraft And please consider SUBSCRIBING to BrainCraft http://ow.ly/rt5IE (and ring that bell 🧠) Do something kind for others. It's good for *you*. If you want to learn how to do loving-kindness meditation, check out this guide from UC Berkeley’s Gr
From playlist Everyday Psychology : Season 1
Gregg Pollack interviewed at OSCON 2010
http://www.oscon.com Gregg Pollack works at Envy Labs, where he produces a podcast, creates educational screencasts, and develops websites with Rails. He also runs the Ruby Hero Awards, organizes the Orlando Ruby Users Group, and is also sometimes known as the Ruby on Rails guy in the "
From playlist OSCON 2010
This video I look at the atomic standard model, developed by Murray Gell-Mann - hadrons, quarks, bosons, and more. I also discuss how models are developed in science. Check out my friend Simon Crook, from Crooked Educations, ode to the standard model https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K6ssFg
From playlist New here? A selection of what I do
!!Con 2021 - Enter the Minus World! Nintendo Cartridges Share Secrets! by Paul Pollack
Enter the Minus World! Nintendo Cartridges Share Secrets! by Paul Pollack Secrets in video games are a funny thing. Sometimes they’re gifts from the developers that make you feel like you got somewhere you weren’t supposed to go. Other times… a game winds up in a state it wasn’t built to
From playlist !!Con 2021
John Norris Bahcall - Part III
A Celebration of the Life and Work of John Norris Bahcall October 29, 2005 James Wolfensohn, Peter Goddard, Martin Rees, Boris Kayser, Edward Witten, Freeman Dyson, Vera Rubin, Frank Shu, Norman Lebowitz and Robert O'Dell John Norris Bahcall, Richard Black Professor of Astrophysics in th
From playlist Natural Sciences
Filip Najman, Q-curves over odd degree fields and sporadic points
VaNTAGe seminar June 29, 2021 License: CC-BY-NC-SA
From playlist Modular curves and Galois representations
