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Stuff They Don't Want You To Know - William Shakespeare

William Shakespeare is one of the most well-known, influential writers in the English language -- at least, that is, if he actually wrote it. Tune in to learn more about the controversial debate surrounding William Shakespeare's identity. http://howstuffworks.com http://facebook.com/Consp

From playlist Stuff They Don't Want You To Know

William Blake: Biography of a Great Thinker

William Blake (1757 -- 1827) was an English poet, artist, and visionary. Considered something of an oddity during his lifetime, he is now celebrated as one of the central figures of the Romantic Movement in art and literature. Be sure to subscribe so you don't miss videos from Socratica

From playlist It Starts With Literacy

POLITICAL THEORY - William Morris

William Morris wanted to change the way workers approach their jobs and how consumers decide what they want to buy. Please subscribe here: http://tinyurl.com/o28mut7 If you like our films take a look at our shop (we ship worldwide): http://www.theschooloflife.com/shop/all/ Brought to you

From playlist GREAT IDEAS

How to make Data Visual: Extending Tufte and Playfair

Animation on how apply modern techniques to William Playfair's graphs. Also extends the ideas of Edward Tufte. Like us on: http://www.facebook.com/PartyMoreStudyLess David Longstreet Professor of the Universe Professor of the Universe: David Longstreet http://www.linkedin.com/in/david

From playlist Visualization of Data

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

'Lord of the Flies' Character Analysis: Piggy

In this video we analyse the character of Piggy from ‘Lord of the Flies’. Sources referenced: ‘William Golding: The Dark Fields of Discovery’ by Virginia Tiger (1974); ‘William Golding: The Man Who Wrote Lord of the Flies’, by Professor John Carey, (2009); ‘William Golding : Lord of the F

From playlist 'Lord of the Flies' by William Golding

Kim Rees keynote Strata Conference London 2012 "The Dirty Truth about Data Literacy"

Kim Rees is a founding partner of Periscopic: http://www.periscopic.com, an award-winning information visualization firm. Their work has been featured in the MoMA as well as several online and print publications, including CommArts' Interactive Annual, The Information Design Sourcebook, Pr

From playlist Strata in London 2012

Derangements - Numberphile

Derangements featuring Dr James Grime. More links & stuff in full description below ↓↓↓ Extra footage from this interview: https://youtu.be/qYAWjIVY7Zw More Dr Grime on Numberphile: http://bit.ly/grimevideos e video: https://youtu.be/AuA2EAgAegE Special thanks to these Patrons on Patreo

From playlist James Grime on Numberphile

We (could) live on a 4D Pringle (Non-Euclidean Geometry and the shape of the Universe)

Everything we were taught in geometry falls apart if our universe is curved. This video is a friendly introduction to non-Euclidean geometry and how cosmologists used the Cosmic Microwave Background to calculate the curvature of our universe. See Part Two of the shape of the universe duo

From playlist Summer of Math Exposition 2 videos

DEFCON 18: Tales from the Crypt 2/4

Speaker: G. Mark Hardy Learn how to crack crypto contests like a pro. The speaker has awarded half a dozen free round-trip plane tickets to previous contest winners. Maybe you'll be next. From the daily newspaper puzzle to badge contests to codes that keep the National Security Agency a

From playlist DEFCON 18-1

DOUBLE PUPILS and more! IMG #45

LINKS: follow @tweetsauce for more IMG!s, DONGs, LÜTs, and facts. Big mac hat: http://daysrunaway.tumblr.com/post/13754034903/want-this-hat cat/bunny salad: http://i.imgur.com/rHOBT.jpg a55ho7e plate: http://www.dumage.com/road-laugh/ Spray paint clouds: http://2leep.com/ba

From playlist IMG!

James Galway Plays Syrinx by Debussy

James Galway performing Syrinx by Debussy.

From playlist experimental classical

Colin Beveridge - An Old-Timey Cipher - G4G13 Apr 2018

Or, how I failed to solve a puzzle (and you can too!).

From playlist G4G13 Videos

King George VI - 25th October 1945

King George VI and Queen Elizabeth in 1945 visited Imperial College to commemorate the centenary of the Royal College of Science, oldest forerunner to Imperial. King George said: "You students here assembled - men and women who soon will be going out from the Imperial College to your work

From playlist King George VI - Speeches and Broadcasts

Millard Fillmore: Last of the Whigs (1850 - 1853)

There's a reason you've never heard of Millard Fillmore. He wasn't that good of a president. He was so mediocre that he pretty much killed off the Whig Party. But it's still worth learning a bit about him, so let's take a look! Script by Michael Thomas Watch the whole American History pl

From playlist American History

John Gielgud - Interview on 'Great Acting' (Audio Only) - 1966

From playlist John Gielgud's Recordings

Paul Laurence Dunbar: Beyond Blackness

The Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference, sponsored by Stanford's American Studies Program, explores new critical perspectives on the diversity of Dunbar's literary production as a poet, novelist, lyricist, dramatist, and journalist. Jennifer James, "Dunbar's 'The Fanatics' and t

From playlist Event | Paul Laurence Dunbar Centennial Conference

St. Crispin's Day Speech - Sir Laurence Olivier - 1947

Excerpt from audio dramatization of Shakespeare's Henry V recorded in 1947. Starring Laurence Oliver as Henry V.

From playlist Laurence Olivier

Ruby Conf 2011 Better Than ROT13 by Bradley Grzesiak

We use encryption every day, from SSL to SSH to passing notes to your crush during Social Studies class. But how does it actually work? I'll avoid most of the math but cover the concepts of both symmetric and asymmetric encryption, including hashing and signing. I'll also show how to use O

From playlist Ruby Conference 2011

Did Shakespeare write his plays? - Natalya St. Clair and Aaron Williams

View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/did-shakespeare-write-his-plays-natalya-st-clair-and-aaron-williams Some people question whether Shakespeare really wrote the works that bear his name – or whether he even existed at all. Could it be true that the greatest writer in the English

From playlist The works of William Shakespeare