Roger Maxwell Ramey (9 September 1905 – 4 March 1963) was an American officer who reached the rank of Lieutenant General in the United States Air Force. He retired in January 1957 over heart problems and died six years later. (Wikipedia).
Rami Nakhla: How to Advocate Change in a Powerful Way
Rami Nakhla, a Syrian pro-democracy advocate and Yale World Fellow, advises those who want to advocate change and encourages all to think beyond the construct of borders and as a member of an international community. This video is part of the Yale Global Perspectives series. To learn more
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Interview at Cirm: Howard Masur
Howard Masur is an American mathematician who works on topology, geometry and combinatorial group theory. Masur was an invited speaker at the 1994 International Congress of Mathematicians in Zürich. and is a fellow of the American Mathematical Society. Along with Yair Minsky, Masur is one
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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
Marvin Minsky Toshiba Professor of Media Arts and Sciences and Computer Science and Engineering, emeritus Head, Society of Mind Group Marvin Minsky was the Toshiba professor of media arts and sciences and computer science and engineering emeritus at MIT. Professor Minsky was a pioneer in
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When an object crashed outside of Roswell, New Mexico in 1947, initial reports from both civilians and intelligence officers described the wreckage as a disc. But within a day the story changed. What happened, exactly? Read More: "Roswell UFO incident" http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roswe
From playlist Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, New Episodes!
In the decades following the 1947 Roswell crash, researchers scrambled to find the truth behind the rumors of classified government projects, UFOs and mysterious wreckage. Some scholars believe they've found an explanation: the top-secret program known as Project MOGUL. But what was it? Wh
From playlist Stuff They Don't Want You To Know, New Episodes!
The electrifying speeches of Sojourner Truth - Daina Ramey Berry
Get to know the story of Sojourner Truth, a woman born into slavery who became known as a powerful orator and outspoken activist. -- Isabella Baumfree was born into slavery in late 18th century New York. Fleeing bondage with her youngest daughter, she renamed herself Sojourner Truth and
From playlist Well-behaved women seldom make history
Gary Flake interviewed at Fluent 2012
Gary Flake CEO, Clipboard Inc. Dr. Gary William Flake is the CEO of Clipboard Inc., a seed stage Internet startup that allows users to save, organize and share their favorite parts of the web. Prior to founding Clipboard, Gary held executive positions at Microsoft, Yahoo!, and Overture,
From playlist Fluent 2012
NASA Honors Legacy of Renowned Astrophysicist Stephen Hawking
NASA is honoring visionary physicist Stephen Hawking, who died at his home in Cambridge, England, early Wednesday morning. Acting NASA Administrator Robert Lightfoot noted Hawking’s role as a “passionate communicator who wanted to share the excitement of discovery with all,” adding that
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Learning Deeply With NVIDIA's Head of Developer Programs (Will Ramey) - KNN Ep.33
In this Episode of KNN, I had the pleasure of speaking with Will Ramey. Will is a senior director at NVIDIA, where he leads global teams responsible for the NVIDIA Developer Program and Deep Learning Institute. Since joining the company in 2003 he has served in several technical and leader
From playlist Ken's Nearest Neighbors Podcast
The Montgomery Bus Boycott: Crash Course Black American History #35
For 381 days in 1955 and 1956, the Black citizens of Montgomery, Alabama boycotted the city bus system. Black riders had been mistreated on public transit all over the country for decades, and the national coverage of the Montgomery Bus Boycott intensified the public conversation about Civ
From playlist Back to School - Expanded
Women's Experience Under Slavery: Crash Course Black American History #11
Slavery was inherently cruel and unjust, and it was cruel and unjust to different people in different ways. Today, Clint Smith teaches you about the experience of enslaved women, and how their experience of slavery was different than men. Women had a unique vantage point to understand slav
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ScienceLIVE: The Quest for Another Earth
ScienceLIVE: The Quest for Another Earth
From playlist ScienceLIVE
Q&A - Fashion, Faith and Fantasy in Physics - with Roger Penrose
Roger Penrose answers questions on the nature of science after his talk, followed by a special announcement of the Penrose Institute. Watch the full talk here: https://youtu.be/iH4XJHJ8AOw Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Can the following of fashion, blind
From playlist Ri Talks
Pooneh Afsharijoo, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu - Paris Rive Gauche
November 18, Pooneh Afsharijoo, Institut de Mathématiques de Jussieu - Paris Rive Gauche Two new members of Rogers-Ramanujan identities
From playlist Fall 2021 Online Kolchin Seminar in Differential Algebra
One of America's most notorious airports is getting a multi-billion dollar upgrade. See how tools like Autodesk Build are streamlining infrastructure projects like this - https://bit.ly/3GKTirC Read the full story on this video, including images and useful links, here: https://www.theb1m
From playlist Megaprojects - The B1M
Khintchine-type theorems for values of homogeneous polynomials....(Lecture 3) by Dmitry Kleinbock
PROGRAM SMOOTH AND HOMOGENEOUS DYNAMICS ORGANIZERS: Anish Ghosh, Stefano Luzzatto and Marcelo Viana DATE: 23 September 2019 to 04 October 2019 VENUE: Ramanujan Lecture Hall, ICTS Bangalore Ergodic theory has its origins in the the work of L. Boltzmann on the kinetic theory of gases.
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POLITICAL THEORY - John Maynard Keynes
John Maynard Keynes was arguably the greatest economist of the 20th century. He discovered the idea that governments should stimulate demand during economic downturns – and was the creator of both the IMF and the World Bank. His ideas continue to underpin a lot of the modern economic syste
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Partitions, Dyson, and Ramanujan - George Andrews
George Andrews The Pennsylvania State University September 27, 2013 More videos on http://video.ias.edu
From playlist Dreams of Earth and Sky
