Vivons-nous dans un univers ou dans un multivers ? (video)
Conférence donnée à l'IAP le 7 février 2012 par Aurélien BARRAU, astrophysicien au Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et de Cosmologie de Grenoble.
Dans cette conférence, je proposerai une introduction simple à la cosmologie d'aujourd'hui et aux concepts physiques qui la sous-tendent. De la relativité générale à la théorie des cordes, en passant par les trous noirs et la gravitation quantique, nous en viendrons à interroger le statut de notre univers lui-même. Se pou
Rekenhulpjes bij rekentrappers tot 1000 : Optellen In deze bundel oefen je het rekenen tot 1000 mbv bovenbuur en onderbuur en cirkelrekenen. Dit is volgens de methode Rekentrappers.
Solar System (The Milky Way) 101
How was the Milky Way born? This video tells about how The Milky Way was born, and also gives information about all of the planets, the Sun, the asteroid belt, and the dwarf planets. There are also images of the different parts of the solar system. (3:20)
This month with the President - February 2012
President Patrick Deane talks about the importance of the 3M Teaching Fellowships and congratulates McMaster's winners: social sciences' Marshall Beier and the Centre for Leadership in Learning's Susan Vajoczki.
EARTH - Masterpieces of Ice and Stone
Revel in Earth as Art. Landsat missions were launched for scientific purposes, but they make up one of the most awe-inspiring collections of beautiful images of our home planet. (13:32)
N.E.A.R. Device
THE DETECTIVE: Gwen Wright THE PLACE: Westminster, Colorado THE CASE: History Detectives peers inside a black box that may shed light on some of the darkest days of the Cold War. The US atomic bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945 raised the stakes of modern warfare. Almost immediately after World War Two, America’s former ally, the U.S.S.R., became her Cold War archenemy. the Soviet Union’s surprise testing of its own atomic bomb in 1949 helped trigger a nuclear arms race, with
LBJ Escalates the Vietnam War
In this video segment adapted from American Experience, view archival photos, newsreel footage, and interviews to examine the decision-making process that led Lyndon Johnson to order increased United States military involvement in the Vietnam War. With military and political advisers recommending massive American troop involvement over a number of years, and only one adviser urging complete withdrawal, Johnson chose to continue the commitments made by past presidents. This decision reflecte
The Aztecs
This video highlights the outcomes of the Spanish invasion of the Aztecs. The Spanish received goods such as corn, chocolate, and vanilla. They also could learn to build complex suspension bridges and marveled over the pyramids. The Aztecs were introduced to horses, cannons, steal weapons, and a number of deadly diseases that wiped out half of their population. (1:20)
OrganWise Guys Shorts: Pirates of the Carrot and Bean
Come learn about health and nutrition with the OrganWise Guys! In this short: Health Pirates sail the produce isles in search of high fiber foods. (1min)
A Comedy Segment About Leap Year
This comedy segment explains the purpose of February having twenty-nine days every four years, known as Leap Year. Children will be entertained by the performer, a grown man, saying that he is only seven years old!
1st AEARU Symposium on the Culture of Chinese Characters
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20.02.2012 – Langsam gesprochene Nachrichten
Trainiere dein Hörverstehen mit den Nachrichten der Deutschen Welle von Freitag – als Text und als verständlich gesprochene Audio-Datei.
Der parteilose evangelische Theologe Joachim Gauck wird neuer Bundespräsident. Die Vorsitzenden der schwarz-gelben Koalitionsparteien verständigten sich mit den Oppositionsparteien SPD und Grüne in Berlin auf den einstigen DDR-Bürgerrechtler und früheren Leiter der Stasi-Unterlagenbehörde als gemeinsamen Kandidaten. Gauck sagte nach seiner Nominierun
Wright Brothers Test Flight, 1909
In this clip see history in the making with footage of a 1909 test flight. In the early 20th century, the age of aviation took flight with airplanes invented by Orville and Wilbur Wright. From History Uncut. (1:32)
Fionn Wordsearch
Printable wordsearch based on the story of Fionn and the Fianna. Answers also included.
Need-to-Know Wander Notification
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Targeted Killing: Exploring its Legality, Morality and Effectiveness
Professor Amos N. Guiora (University of Utah) with respondent Professor Jeremy Waldron (New York University School of Law and Chichele Professor of Social and Political Theory, Oxford) give a talk for the ELAC seminar series on 6 Feb 2012
"DMC Upside": Volunteer Income Tax Assistance Program
Del Mar College students trained in tax and accounting software are providing free services through the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) Program that starts Jan. 26 and runs through April 17, 2012.
This segment on the VITA program is featured in the February 2012 edition of the "DMC Upside" TV program, which airs on Cable Channel 19 in Corpus Christi.
Ancient Egyptian Timeline
This 2:31 video uses images and titles to trace the most important aspects of Egypt.
Greek bailout defuses wider blow-up - Breakingviews
Feb. 21 - The Greek bail-out makes the best of a bad job, and it is better to have a deal, even if Greece will try to wriggle out of it later, than to have a blow-up in Athens next month say Breakingviews.
