Actionner un moulin grâce à de la chaleur (video)
Un petit moulin réalisé dans une feuille de carton ou de métal très léger se met à tourner dès qu'on allume les bougies placées sous ses pales. On montre ainsi que l'air chaud est plus léger que l'air froid, et s'élève grâce à la poussée d'Archimède créée par la différence des deux densités.
Revolutionary Stories
New vignettes reveal revolutionary citizens from different angles, explains Bill Weldon, Colonial Williamsburg's manager of public history.
Interview With Raymond Brown About Experiences In World War II
Raymond Brown grew up on a farm in Olpe, Kansas, during the 1920's and 30's. He was twenty-six when the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor and in 1942 he joined the newly activated 95th Infantry Division, part of General Patton's Third Army. On September 15, 1944, Private Brown landed on Omaha Beach with the 379th Infantry Regiment. They were in contact with the enemy over 100 days in a row and suffered enormous casualties. Hear his personal reminiscences about the "Victory" Divison's drive across
Latvian Language, History and Culture
Latvian Language, History and Culture
Video Interview - Czech History
Video Interview - Czech History
Video Interviews - Covering Czech: Economy, History and Literature
Video Interviews - Covering Czech: Economy, History and Literature
Estonian History
Estonian History
Greg Kochanski on Phonetics
Dr Greg Kochanski, a Research Fellow at the Oxford University Phonetics Laboratory, talks about how experiments in phonetics are conducted, how we study the history of language, and how speech changes over time.
Governance: An Eloquent Corpse; Dedan Kimathi
Dan Branch (History, University of Warwick).
Lisa Appignanesi - Love and the Novel
Lisa Appignanesi considers the subject of love and the novel and reads extracts from her book The Things We Do For Love. She discusses the treatment of love throughout the history of the novel, in particular the work of Henry James.
Gems of the Bodleian: Magna Carta and Wind In The Willows
A short history of how the Bodleian library stores original copies of the Magna Carta and the original Wind in the Willows letters.
Stormy Weather: Floods
This podcast features two stories recorded by visitors to the Forces of Nature exhibit, currently on display at the Kansas Museum of History through January 9th, 2009. In the first segment, farmer and author Thomas Holmquist describes a 2007 flood on his farm in Saline County near Smolan. The second recording is by Holmquist's wife, Marlysue Esping-Holmquist. She describes the history of their farm and how it was obtained through an allotment system in 1868 by her ancestors, who didn't realize i
If I were you, I wouldn't start from here: understanding Oxford through its past
Local history lecture, by Chris Day, giving an overview of the history of the University of Oxford. Visit http://media.conted.ox.ac.uk/lh01 to view the full presentation from Chris Day, including his slides.
If I were you, I wouldn't start from here: understanding Oxford through its past
Local history lecture, by Chris Day, giving an overview of the history of the University of Oxford. Visit http://media.conted.ox.ac.uk/lh01 to view the full presentation from Chris Day, including his slides.
A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.
A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.
A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.
A romp through the history of philosophy from the Pre-Socratics to the present day.
Incorporating oral history into the K-12 curriculum
Oral history techniques for use with students at all levels, from kindergarten through high school.
Interview with Rana Mitter
Dr Rana Mitter is an academic at the Institute of Chinese Studies, specialising in modern Chinese history
Interview with Rana Mitter
Dr Rana Mitter is an academic at the Institute of Chinese Studies, specialising in modern Chinese history
2.2 Going up: using scientific notation for large numbers
Atoms, elements and molecules are the building blocks of everything that makes up our world, including ourselves. In this unit you will learn the basic chemistry of how these components work together, starting with a chemical compound we are all very familiar with – water.
