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Thurgood Marshall: Biography
Thurgood Marshall, born on July 2, 1908 in Baltimore, Maryland, studied law at Howard University. As counsel to the NAACP, he utilized the judiciary to champion equality for Black Americans. In 1954, he won the Brown v. Board of Education case, in which the Supreme Court ended racial segregation in public schools. Marshall was appointed to the Supreme Court in 1967 and served for 24 years. In this video clip, learn more about activist Thurgood Marshall. (2:13)
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Biomes of the World
This is a student project about biomes of the world for a Biology class. The video covers flora, fauna, and main facts of the rainforest, temperate deciduous forest, tundra, taiga, grassland, desert, marine, and freshwater biomes. "Music by Memphis. The songs are, in order, 'I Dreamed We Fell Apart', 'A Little Place in the Wilderness', and
'In the Cinema Alone'." NOTE: The music does not add any educational value and it may be best to turn audio off while viewing. (07:54)
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How Science Solved the Giant Eyeball Mystery
Hank combines two of his favorite things - talking to scientists and strange things washing up on the beach - to bring you the Mystery of the Giant Eyeball. (03:42)
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Rare Seahorse Filmed for the First Time
October 11, 2012 — The rare West African seahorse has been filmed in the wild for possibly the first time. Researchers hope to learn more about the species and help create a more sustainable trade in the animal. It's estimated that around 150 million seahorses are sold annually for traditional medicine worldwide. (01:13)
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6.436J Fundamentals of Probability (MIT)
This is a course on the fundamentals of probability geared towards first or second-year graduate students who are interested in a rigorous development of the subject. The course covers most of the topics in MIT course 6.431 but at a faster pace and in more depth. Topics covered include: probability spaces and measures; discrete and continuous random variables; conditioning and independence; multivariate normal distribution; abstract integration, expectation, and related convergence results; mome
Author(s): Tsitsiklis, John
East Africa Show and Tell
A fictional children's story inspired by the author's travels. Toni and Zora tell why they changed their mind about visiting Africa.
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Calculus 133 - 10/22/12
David Pruis twice-weekly calculus class from Grand Rapids Community College.
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