Number theorists

Robert Alexander Rankin

Robert Alexander Rankin FRSE FRSAMD (27 October 1915 – 27 January 2001) was a Scottish mathematician who worked in analytic number theory. (Wikipedia).

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Robert James Phillips NS

The life of Robert James Phillips in pictures (the slideshow shown at his memorial).

From playlist Family

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Donald Bradman Part 7

And here’s a young Bradman at age 21: http://bit.ly/TheThirdTestMatch, or click here for Ezzard Charles and Joe Louis: http://bit.ly/CharlesLouis ___ Specially interested in War? - Check out our ‚War Archive': http://bit.ly/1jHBjmY You're more into girly stuff? Have a look on ‚Vintage Fas

From playlist DONALD BRADMAN

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Lagrange Bicentenary - Luigi Pepe's conference

Scientific biography of Joseph Louis Lagrange Part one, Lagrange in Turin : calculus of variation and vibrating sring Part two, Lagrange in Paris : didactical works and Dean for Scientific activities at the National Institute

From playlist Bicentenaire Joseph-Louis Lagrange

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Donald Bradman - Part 1

Up next, Bradman retires: http://bit.ly/bradmanretires Or click here for Sugar Ray Robinson: http://bit.ly/Sugarray ___ Specially interested in War? - Check out our ‚War Archive': http://bit.ly/1jHBjmY You're more into girly stuff? Have a look on ‚Vintage Fashion': http://bit.ly/1st5iPT

From playlist DONALD BRADMAN

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Joseph Lister: Surgeon & Pioneer | Told by Max Brooks | History at Home

Joseph Lister, a surgeon, who discovered the importance of using an antiseptic in the mid 19th century. #HISTORYAtHome Learn #WithMe #StayHome For more HISTORY At Home: https://www.history.com/history-at-home-activities Subscribe for more from HISTORY: http://histv.co/SubscribeHistoryYT

From playlist History at Home | History

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Lagrange Bicentenary - Cédric Villani's conference

From the stability of the Solar system to the stability of plasmas

From playlist Bicentenaire Joseph-Louis Lagrange

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Donald Bradman Part 5

Here’s Bradman scoring a double century: http://bit.ly/TheCenturyMaker, or click here for boxing from 1942: http://bit.ly/MillsVSHarvey ___ Specially interested in War? - Check out our ‚War Archive': http://bit.ly/1jHBjmY You're more into girly stuff? Have a look on ‚Vintage Fashion': htt

From playlist DONALD BRADMAN

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Who was Newton?

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From playlist Science Unplugged: Physics

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Entropy: Origin of the Second Law of Thermodynamics

How did Clausius create entropy and why? I read his original papers to follow how possibly the most confusing concept in Classical Physics was created. My Patreon Page (thanks!): https://www.patreon.com/user?u=15291200 The music is from the awesome Kim Nalley of course www.KimNalley.

From playlist Laws of Thermodynamics: History

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Famous Remains: The Story of Three Cadavers

The strange story of what happened to three famous people, Oliver Cromwell, Catherine Parr and George 'Big Nose' Parrot, after they had shuffled off their mortal coil, illustrates our convoluted history of, and reaction to, mortal remains. This is original content based on research by The

From playlist Wyoming

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What It Takes to Film Hummingbirds in Slow Motion | National Geographic

Once, high-speed cameras were ungainly contraptions, difficult to operate and lug into the field. Now they can fit in a large pocket and are as essential to hummingbird biologists as binoculars are. The sheer magnitude of information captured by these cameras can be hard to fathom. ➡ Subsc

From playlist News | National Geographic

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REAL CYCLOPS SHARK and more great images -- IMG! #46

LINKS: Music at the end courtesy of Jake Chudnow: http://www.soundcloud.com/JakeChudnow robert de niro and robert de faro: http://imgur.com/gallery/ebadN shoe lace love: http://www.saltywaffle.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/3499593_CP5dAv5X_c_large.jpg Skirt meter: http://www.reddit.co

From playlist IMG!

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How the shy Roentgen created the X-ray Craze

Within weeks of Roentgen's discovery of the x-ray, the world went, basically, x-ray crazy. This is that wild story. My lovely brother-in-law translated the original newspaper account from Old German if you would like to read it (it is amazingly prescient): https://kathylovesphysics.

From playlist History of Science (in order)

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Pleading Freedom Exhibition with Reginald Dwayne Betts and Titus Kaphar

In conversation with  Claudia Rankine, Frederick Iseman Professor of Poetry at Yale University in the departments of African American Studies and English with  Reginald Dwayne Betts, POET and Titus Kaphar, Artist and Founder of NXTHVN on November 9, 2020. Hosted by Crystal Feimster, Associ

From playlist Center for the Study of Race, Indigeneity, and Transnational Migration (RITM)

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Ten Minute English and British History #13 - The First Scottish War of Independence.

Twitter: https://twitter.com/Tenminhistory Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/user?u=4973164 This episode covers the wake of Alexander III's death and Scotland's search for an heir. This led to Edward I of England's intervention and after his dominance was rejected by the Scottish, Edward s

From playlist English and British History

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Physics of How Wilhelm Roentgen Discovered X-rays

What are the physics details of how (and why) Roentgen discovered x-rays and how did he discover the medical x-ray? Watch the video and find out. As usual the music is from the fabulous Kim Nalley whose rendition of "Electricity, Electricity" came from Schoolhouse rocks.

From playlist Nobel Prize History

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Kalina Cycle Power Plant

Kalina cycles uses mixture of fluids as working fluid. Compared to conventional power plants it has got higher thermal efficiency. This video lecture investigates reasons behind Kalina cycle power plant's high performance and explains why it is the power plant technology of future.

From playlist Mechanical Engineering

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Donald Bradman Part 4

Here’s some test match footage of a young Bradman way back in 1930: http://bit.ly/TheThirdTest, or click here for football from the 30s: http://bit.ly/FootballFinaldublin ___ Specially interested in War? - Check out our ‚War Archive': http://bit.ly/1jHBjmY You're more into girly stuff? Ha

From playlist DONALD BRADMAN

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Photoelectric Effect History: A Battle of Einstein vs. Lenard

Einstein won his Nobel Prize for the photoelectric effect, but why? He was more famous for relativity. It all has to do with a man named Philipp Lenard. Lenard's experiments inspired Einstein, and Lenard at first befriended Einstein but then turned and made his life a misery. This is a

From playlist Early History of Quantum Mechanics

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