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    Thermodynamics and Chemistry

    Thermodynamics and Chemistry

    Thermodynamics and Chemistry is designed primarily as a textbook for a one-semester course in classical chemical thermodynamics at the graduate or undergraduate level. It can also serve as a supplementary text and thermodynamics reference source.

    Subjects:
    Chemistry
    Keywords:
    Thermodynamics Chemistry Textbooks
    Resource Type:
    e-book
     
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    The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Swatches

    The Ultimate Guide to Adobe Illustrator Swatches

    Keeping an organized workspace is essential if you are working in Adobe Illustrator. This article is all about the Swatches panel. You’ll learn everything from adding swatches to handling pattern swatches.

    Subjects:
    Design Elements
    Keywords:
    Color in design
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    Others
     
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    The Principles of Design

    The Principles of Design

    If you are a beginner designer, this article is for you. The creation of a successful design piece is based on a set of principles. These tools can help you structure your design while still keeping it interesting.

    Subjects:
    Design Elements
    Keywords:
    Design
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    Others
     
  • Video 
    The Physics of Surfing

    The Physics of Surfing

    Whether or not you realize it, surfers are masters of complicated physics. The science of surfing begins as soon as a board first hits the water. Surfers may not be thinking about weather patterns in the Pacific, tectonic geology or fluid mechanics, but the art of catching the perfect wave relies on all these things and more. Nick Pizzo dives into the gnarly physics that make surfing possible.

    Subjects:
    Physics
    Keywords:
    Surfing
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    The Muscular System

    The Muscular System

    Now that we know about muscle tissue, let's see how this is arranged to form the muscular system, the incredible network of muscles that covers the skeletal system so that it can pull on bones and allow us to move around at will. There are hundreds of muscles so we won't cover them all, but we will learn some basic ways of categorizing and naming them, and take a look at a bunch of them too!

    Course related:
    RS2040 Functional Anatomy
    Subjects:
    Health Sciences and Rehabilitation Sciences
    Keywords:
    Muscles Musculoskeletal system
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    The Most Dangerous Dams

    The Most Dangerous Dams

    Dams serve a wide variety of purposes from hydropower to flood control to storage of water for municipal and industrials uses. But when a dam’s useful purpose fades away, the structure itself still remains. Dams come in all shapes and sizes, but contrary to what you might think, the most dangerous dams are often the smallest, also known as low head dams.

    Subjects:
    Hydraulic Engineering
    Keywords:
    Dam safety Dams Hydraulics
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    The Mental Health Benefits of Storytelling for Health Care Workers

    The Mental Health Benefits of Storytelling for Health Care Workers

    Health care workers are under more stress than ever before. How can they protect their mental health while handling new and complex pressures? TED Fellow Laurel Braitman shows how writing and sharing personal stories helps physicians, nurses, medical students and other health professionals connect more meaningfully with themselves and others -- and make their emotional well-being a priority.

    Subjects:
    Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Medical personnel -- Mental health
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    The Incredible Chemistry Powering Your Smartphone

    The Incredible Chemistry Powering Your Smartphone

    Ever wondered how your smartphone works? Take a journey down to the atomic level with scientist Cathy Mulzer, who reveals how almost every component of our high-powered devices exists thanks to chemists -- and not the Silicon Valley entrepreneurs that come to most people's minds. As she puts it: "Chemistry is the hero of electronic communications."

    Subjects:
    Chemistry
    Keywords:
    Photolithography Chemistry Smartphones Telecommunication
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
  • Video 
    The Health Benefits of Clowning around

    The Health Benefits of Clowning around

    As a medical clown, TED Resident Matthew A. Wilson takes the old adage that laughter is the best medicine very seriously. In this heartwarming talk, he shares glimpses of how clowning around can help patients (and medical staff) navigate stressful situations -- with no side effects.

    Subjects:
    Psychology and Health Sciences
    Keywords:
    Wit humor in medicine Clowning
    Resource Type:
    Video
     
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    The Global History of Capitalism

    The Global History of Capitalism

    The Global History of Capitalism project hosted the conference ‘Convergence/Divergence: New Approaches to the Global History of Capitalism’ on September 28-29 2019. The conference brought together cultural, economic, and political historians of global capitalism with the aim of starting a new conversation about the relationship between capitalism and global history.

    Subjects:
    Anthropology and Political Science
    Keywords:
    Economics Capitalism
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    Others