Raico the Great [Foreword to Great Wars and Great Leaders by Ralph Raico (2010)] For many years, I have described Ralph Raico as "my favorite historian." When David Theroux and I we
15.394: Dilemmas in Launching New Ventures
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3.4 Environmental effects of reservoir construction
Water is arguably the most important physical resource as it is the one that is essential to human survival. Understanding the global water cycle and how we use water is essential to planning a sustainable source of water for the future. In the UK there area areas where water supplies are limited, shown by recent droughts. Globally, there are many areas that do not have enought water to support the currently population adequately. Decisions will have to be made on the best way to use water in a
1.2 Genetic counselling
This Unit looks at three different uses of genetic testing: pre-natal diagnosis, childhood testing and adult testing. Such tests provide genetic information in the form of a predictive diagnosis, and as such are described as predictive tests. Pre-natal diagnosis uses techniques such as amniocentesis to test fetuses in the womb. For example, it is commonly offered to women over 35 to test for Down's syndrome. Childhood testing involves testing children for genetic diseases that may not become a p
3.3 Maps and the modern world Maps play a fundamental role in the functioning of modern Western societies. They are important as legal documents in both the public and private spheres: your proof of the boundaries of your property as well as the location of international borders. Maps are important in military campaigns, territorial disputes, explorations for mineral resources. Maps may be a source of conflict and competing claims to land and water. In some cases the conflicts are also cross-cultural. Western-style corpor
3 Great Screen Sharing & Narration Tools for teachers and students
I find it really easy to learn tasks from a good video tutorial whether it be a youtube video on how to renovate a house or narrated screen tutorial of how to do complex tasks in Photoshop. I found these three tools on Edutecher another
003 Operators and Measurement
Third lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009
010 Transformation of Kets, Continuous and Discrete Transformations and the Rotation Operator
Tenth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009
012 Angular Momentum and Motion in a Magnetic Field
Twelfth lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009.
007 Back to Two-Slit Interference, Generalization to Three Dimensions and the Virial Theorem
Seventh Lecture of the Quantum Mechanics course given in Michaelmas Term 2009
Holbein : sciences et ambassadeurs
Une interview de Michel Blay et Michela Malpangotto
Le film intégral : http://www.canal-educatif.fr/videos/art/25/holbein/les-ambassadeurs.html
7.3 Hume on Liberty and Necessity
Part 7.3. Looks at Hume's views on liberty and its relationship to causal necessity; that we have free will but it is causally determined.
8.1 Introduction to Personal Identity
Part 8.1. Introduces the concept of personal identity, what is it to be a person, whether someone is the same person over time and Leibniz's law of sameness.
4.2 Possible Answers to External World Scepticism
Part 4.2. Investigates some of the possible solutions to Descartes' sceptical problem of the external world, looking at G.E Moore's response, among others, to the problem.
Laurence Whitehead; Haiti after the Earthquake
Laurence Whitehead talks about the extent of the damage done in Haiti by the earthquake of last year and how the people of Haiti are coping with living after the disaster
Verifying La Bella Principessa - The science behind the art
Martin Kemp discusses 'La Bella Principessa', a profile portrait of a Milanese lady, a newly rediscovered work by Leonardo Da Vinci. In this podcast, Martin Kemp discusses the science of verifying the painting as a genuine Leonardo painting
EVIL TWIN DEBATE 2010 - UR SCHOOL OF LAW - IP INSTITUTE
The Intellectual Property Institute's annual Evil Twin debate at the University of Richmond School of Law on 11/5/2010. DEBATE TOPIC: "The Google Books Settlement: Standing Copyright on Its Head?"
featuring (in no particular order):
Attorney and policy expert Jonathan Band (http://www.policybandwidth.com/)
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Professor James Grimmelmann of New York Law School (http://james.grimmelmann.net/)
