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In 1969, Buzz Aldrin’s historical step onto the moon leapt mankind into an era of technological possibility. The awesome power of technology was to be used to solve all of our big problems. Fast forward to present day, and what's happened? Are mobile apps all we have to show for ourselves? Journalist Jason Pontin looks closely at the challenges we face to using technology effectively ... for problems that really matter.
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- Technology
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- Technological innovations Technology -- Political aspects Technology -- Social aspects
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In this archival footage from BBC TV, celebrated physicist Richard Feynman explains what fire, magnets, rubber bands (and more) are like at the scale of the jiggling atoms they're made of. This accessible, enchanting conversation in physics reveals a teeming nano-world that's just plain fun to imagine.
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- Physics
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- Physics -- Popular works Atoms
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On March 17, 2014, a group of physicists announced a thrilling discovery: the “smoking gun” data for the idea of an inflationary universe, a clue to the Big Bang. For non-physicists, what does it mean? TED asked Allan Adams to briefly explain the results, in this improvised talk illustrated by Randall Munroe of xkcd.
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- Physics and Cosmology and Astronomy
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- Inflationary universe Gravitational waves
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To study a system as complex as the entire universe, astrophysicists need to be experts at extracting simple solutions from large data sets. What else could they do with this expertise? In an interdisciplinary talk, TED Fellow and astrophysicist Federica Bianco explains how she uses astrophysical data analysis to solve urban and social problems -- as well as stellar mysteries.
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- Environmental Sciences, Research Methods, and Statistics and Research Method
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- Social problems Astrophysics -- Statistical methods Urban pollution
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This channel contains a complete list of physics videos, as well as hundreds of chemistry, astronomy, math, and mechanical engineering videos. The physics videos explain the fundamental concepts of physics with some easy to follow examples on how to solve physics problems. The chemistry videos cover all the basic topics of chemistry, the astronomy videos explain the wonders of Earth and our Universe, and the math videos cover many topics in algebra, trigonometry, pre-calculus, calculus and differential equations.
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- Chemistry, Mathematics and Statistics, Cosmology and Astronomy, Physics, Mechanical Engineering, and Electrical Engineering
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- Chemistry Astronomy Electrical engineering Physics Mathematics Mechanical engineering Kalman filtering
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In 46 episodes, Phil Plait (aka The Bad Astronomer) teaches you astronomy! This course starts with the astronomical observations we can make with the naked eye and expands out to cover the solar system, stars, galaxies, and the universe itself. The content is loosely based on an introductory university-level curriculum. By the end of this course, you will be able to: * Define the components of the universe, from the planets in the Solar System to dark energy and gamma rays * Understand how astronomers collect and analyze data to study the past and current state of the universe * Explain the difference between asteroids, comets, and meteors * Contextualize observed phenomena within scientific theories about the history and physics of space, such as the Big Bang theory
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- Cosmology and Astronomy
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- Astronomy
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Interested in exploring the deadliest and most mysterious parts of our universe? Or, investigating black holes, which warp the very fabric of space-time around them? We will look at what we know about these objects, and also at the many unsolved mysteries that surround them. We will also study white-dwarf stars and neutron stars, where the mind-bending laws of quantum mechanics collide with relativity. And, examine dwarf novae, classical novae, supernovae and even hypernovae: the most violent explosions in the cosmos. This course is designed for people who would like to get a deeper understanding of astronomy than that offered by popular science articles and television shows.You will need reasonable high-school level Maths and Physics to get the most out of this course.
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- AP1D02 Introduction to Astronomy
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- Environmental Sciences
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- Black holes (Astronomy) Astrophysics Collisions (Astrophysics)
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- MOOC
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A world-class museum that offers virtual tours is Oxford University's History of Science Museum. The tour lets you explore their magnificent exhibits in ultimate comfort -- your own sofa.You'll get to explore their fantastic exhibits and artifacts of some of the most important scientific discoveries in science history. The museum, ever ahead of the times, has been offering virtual tours since 1995, so you can trust the quality of it today.
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- Science museums University of Oxford. Museum of the History of Science History Science
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An overview of the scientific quest to discover life elsewhere in the universe. Topics include the origin of life on Earth, Mars, extra-solar planets, interstellar travel, and extra-terrestrial intelligence.
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- Physics and Cosmology and Astronomy
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- Life on other planets
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- Courseware