Hausdorff School: Introduction by Karl-Theodor Sturm
Presentation of the Hausdorff School by Karl-Theodor Sturm, coordinator of the Hausdorff Center. The “Hausdorff School for Advanced Studies in Mathematics” is an innovative new program for postdocs by the Hausdorff Center. The official inauguration took place on October 20, 2015.
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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
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The Mind of a Genius: John von Neumann I The Great Courses
If John von Neumann were on LinkedIn, his experience would include the Manhattan Project, early computer science, the atomic bomb, the hydrogen bomb, and the invention of game theory. A famed mathematician, Neumann played a major role in all of these by using applied heuristics. Add heuris
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George W. Bush: A War on Terror (2001 – 2009)
George W. Bush is the second son of a former president to become president, after John Quincy Adams all the way back in 1825. Always the black sheep of the Bush dynasty, he eventually became governor of Texas, and then ran for president in 2000, an election that would go down in history du
From playlist American History
William McKinley: Annex Like the Dickens (1897 - 1901)
William McKinley ushered in a new era for America, one of imperialism that would foreshadow things to come. He was also the third president to be assassinated. He manufactured a reason to go to war, he strengthened the government, hey this is sounding like some 20th century stuff! Let's se
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Student Philosopher: Nietzsche, Apollo & Dionysus
Friedrich Nietzsche believed that human life is fundamentally divided into the 'Apollonian' and the 'Dionysian'. Find out more and 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/
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Frederick Douglass: Crash Course Black American History #17
Clint Smith teaches you about one of the most famous writers, orators, and advocates of the 19th century, Frederick Douglass. Douglass was born in slavery, escaped to the North, and became one of the most influential people of his time. Douglass wrote about the experience of slavery in a w
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Hausdorff School: Lecture by Jean-Pierre Bourguignon
Inauguration of the Hausdorff School The “Hausdorff School for Advanced Studies in Mathematics” is an innovative new program for postdocs by the Hausdorff Center. The official inauguration took place on October 20, 2015. Lecture by Jean-Pierre Bourguignon on "Sound, Shape, and Harmony –
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A rare clip of John Dewey from 1929. #Philosophy #Dewey
From playlist Shorter Clips & Videos - Philosophy Overdose
Prince Charles And Prince William: Royal Rivals Or Father And Son? | Real Stories
This original programme asks how Charles and William have stayed so visibly fond of each other. A generous son to his father, and a great role model for his brother, William was always an enormous comfort for his mother. The death of a mother, the alienation of a wife and a lover in the
From playlist Royal Documentaries
Charles Vs Diana: War of the Wales | My Mother, Diana | Real Stories
How the ‘War of the Wales’ shaped the life of Prince William Nearly thirty years after his parents exchanged their wedding vows, Prince William walked down the aisle at Westminster Abbey with his new bride. 'My Mother Diana' looks at how Diana’s life, her relationship with the House of Wi
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The Student Who Killed His Teacher (True Crime Documentary) | Real Stories
William Cornick, a bright young man from a loving family, shocked the nation when he fatally stabbed his teacher, Ann Maguire, at his Leeds school. This documentary investigates the reasons for his pathological hatred. From Britain's Deadliest Kids S1 Ep 1 Twitter: https://twitter.com/re
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6. World War I, the 1920s, and the 1930s
MIT STS.050 The History of MIT, Spring 2011 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/STS-050S11 Instructor: Merrit Roe Smith, David Mindell, Rosalind Williams License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu
From playlist MIT STS.050 The History of MIT, Spring 2011
Broadway, Seriously: Crash Course Theater #46
We're going to Broadway, everybody, and it's not going to be that fun. In fact, it's going to be a very serious experience with lots of powerful social commentary and indictments of life in America in the 1950s. So be prepared to look at the works of Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and
From playlist Crash Course Theater and Drama
Saul Williams on Pop Culture: "We're all Donald Trump's F--king Apprentice" | Big Think
"We're all Donald Trump's F--king Apprentice" Watch the newest video from Big Think: https://bigth.ink/NewVideo Join Big Think Edge for exclusive videos: https://bigth.ink/Edge ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Saul Williams, the "poet laur
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Patricia Williams, “Anatomy of Short Lives: A Meditation on Repetitions of Regret,”
Professor Patricia Williams delivered the Henry L. Gates Jr. Lecture, “Anatomy of Short Lives: A Meditation on Repetitions of Regret,” on April 21, 2015, at the Whitney Humanities Center, Yale University. The Gates Lecture, established in 2012 and administered by the Department of African
From playlist Henry Louis Gates Jr. Lectures
Britain’s DEADLIEST Kids | Real Stories True Crime Marathon
An investigation into the stories of some of Britain's most infamous children. What led these young people to kill, and could it have been avoided? First episode: William Cornick, a bright young man from a loving family, shocked the nation when he fatally stabbed his teacher, Ann Maguire,
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3. William Barton Rogers & The Foundational Years, 1861-1896
MIT STS.050 The History of MIT, Spring 2011 View the complete course: http://ocw.mit.edu/STS-050S11 Instructor: Merrit Roe Smith, David Mindell License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu
From playlist MIT STS.050 The History of MIT, Spring 2011
William Cecil | Elizabethan England Revision for GCSE History
GCSE history is a great GCSE to learn about the whole and how modern life has been shaped by the past! These grades are the stepping stone to your future, the grades you get now will open doors in the future. Find the online course for GCSE history here https://primrosekitten.org/gcse-his
From playlist AQA GCSE History Revision Playlist
The Philosophy of Schopenhauer
In this lecture, Professor Chris Janaway (University of Southampton) introduces the philosophy of Schopenhauer – the fact that “life … is really constant suffering, or at any rate … a business that does not cover the cost.” This lecture is part of a larger course on the philosophy of Arth
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