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Can You INVENT a Number? Yes. #shorts
208 views / 0 likes - addedWhat do you do when you've got a mathematical expression that's unsolvable because the numbers you need don't exist? You do what Hero of Alexandria did: you just invent one. That's how we got the concept of imaginary numbers, which Rene Descartes derided
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Mysteries Of Vernacular: X-ray - Jessica Oreck And Rachael Teel
738 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/mysteries-of-vernacular-x-ray-jessica-oreck-and-rachael-teel The story of the word X-Ray is one of great thinkers. French philosopher Rene Descartes isolated the letters X, Y and Z to stand for unknowns, and cen
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Cartesian Diver - Sick Science! #138
829 views / 1 likes - addedRead the full experiment here http://www.stevespanglerscience.com/experiment/eye-dropper-cartesian-diverThis experiment is named after Rene Descartes (1596-1650), a French scientist and mathematician. It's a classic science experiment using an eye-dropper
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The exceptional life of Benjamin Banneker - Rose-Margaret Ekeng-Itua
935 views / 9 likes - addedView full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/the-exceptional-life-of-benjamin-banneker-rose-margaret-ekeng-itua Born in 1731 to freed slaves on a farm in Baltimore, Benjamin Banneker was obsessed with math and science. And his appetite for knowledge only g
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Civilisation: A Personal View by Kenneth Clark, Ep. 08 "The Light of Experience"
352 views / 0 likes - addedClark tells of new worlds in space and in a drop of waterworlds that the telescope and microscope revealedand the new realism in the Dutch paintings of Rembrandt and other artists that took the observation of human character to a new stage of development
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Marvel Remembers the Legacy of Stan Lee
466 views / 3 likes - addedMarvel Comics and The Walt Disney Company salute the life and career of Stan Lee and offer our undying gratitude for his unmatchable accomplishments within our halls. Please join us in remembering Stan "The Man" Lee. ► Subscribe to Marvel: http://bit.ly/W
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Alexander the Great and the Situation ... the Great? Crash Course World History #8
1,157 views / 4 likes - addedIn which you are introduced to the life and accomplishments of Alexander the Great, his empire, his horse Bucephalus, the empires that came after him, and the idea of Greatness. Is greatness a question of accomplishment, of impact, or are people great bec
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Nature: Prairie dogs in the Badlands
178 views / 0 likes - addedWith the dog days of August at hand, "Sunday Morning" takes us among prairie dogs in the South Dakota Badlands. Videographer: Kevin Kjergaard."CBS Sunday Morning" features stories on the arts, music, nature, entertainment, sports, history, science and Ame
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Locke, Berkeley, & Empiricism: Crash Course Philosophy #6
758 views / 0 likes - addedThis week we answer skeptics like Descartes with empiricism. Hank explains John Locke’s primary and secondary qualities and why George Berkeley doesn’t think that distinction works -- leaving us with literally nothing but our minds, ideas, and perceptions
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Nuclear blasts, preserved on film
463 views / 0 likes - addedBeginning in 1945, and until atmospheric nuclear testing was banned, the United States conducted 210 above-ground nuclear tests, documented on film. Now, footage that has survived, now being preserved by the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, is bein
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Arnaud Jerald dives -101 metres deep on a single breath
854 views / 0 likes - addedFollow me for more crazy images : Instagram : https://www.instagram.com/arnaudjerald FaceBook : https://www.facebook.com/arnaudjerald13 ------------------------ Booking inquiries : contact (at) arnaudjerald (dot) com Arnaud is a rising star of the freediv
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What is imposter syndrome and how can you combat it? - Elizabeth Cox
529 views / 0 likes - addedView full lesson: https://ed.ted.com/lessons/what-is-imposter-syndrome-and-how-can-you-combat-it-elizabeth-cox Check out our Patreon page: https://www.patreon.com/teded Even after writing eleven books and winning several awards, Maya Angelou couldn’t esca
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The breathtaking courage of Harriet Tubman - Janell Hobson
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Humphry Davy's Potassium Volcano
597 views / 0 likes - addedJoin this free online course on FutureLearn to learn more about Davy, his scientific achievements and his role as a romantic poet.: http://bit.ly/2whg9G0 Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibe Humphry Davy is one of the best know
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How Are Skyscrapers Engineered? - with Roma Agrawal
292 views / 0 likes - addedHow high can we build skyscrapers with the help of new materials and technologies?Subscribe for regular science videos: http://bit.ly/RiSubscRibeBuy Roma's book "Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures" now - https://geni.us/UcXf3Roma Agrawal delv
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Inside Japans Earthquake Simulator
53 views / 0 likes - addedThis is the worlds largest earthquake simulator, heres how it works. For a free trial to Shopify go to https://www.shopify.com/veritasium.If youre looking for a molecular modeling kit, head to https://ve42.co/SnatomsV to try Snatoms a kit I invented where
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What the Fahrenheit?!
904 views / 0 likes - addedThe crazy story of the arbitrary temperature scale used in a tiny minority of countries. Check out Audible: http://bit.ly/AudibleVe Snatoms are available again! http://www.snatoms.com Support Veritasium on Patreon: http://bit.ly/VePatreon Celsius didn't i
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The Oldest Unsolved Problem in Math
66 views / 0 likes - addedDo odd perfect numbers exist? Head to https://brilliant.org/veritasium to start your free 30-day trial, and the first 200 people get 20% off an annual premium subscription.If youre looking for a molecular modeling kit, try Snatoms, a kit I invented where
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