12.409 Hands-On Astronomy: Observing Stars and Planets (MIT)
This class introduces the student to the use of small telescopes, either for formal research or as a hobby. This course covers background for and techniques of visual observation, electronic imaging, and spectroscopy of the Moon, planets, satellites, stars, and brighter deep-space objects. Weekly outdoor observing sessions using 8-inch diameter telescopes when weather permits. Indoor sessions introduce needed skills. Introduction to contemporary observational astronomy including astronomical com
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15.342J Organizations and Environments (MIT)
The goal of this doctoral course is to familiarize students with major conceptual frameworks, debates, and developments in contemporary organization theory. This is an inter-disciplinary domain of inquiry drawing primarily from sociology, and secondarily from economics, psychology, anthropology, and political science. The course focuses on inter-organizational processes, and also addresses the economic, institutional and cultural contexts that organizations must face. This is an introduction to
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18.435J Quantum Computation (MIT)
This course provides an introduction to the theory and practice of quantum computation. Topics covered include: physics of information processing, quantum logic, quantum algorithms including Shor's factoring algorithm and Grover's search algorithm, quantum error correction, quantum communication, and cryptography.
Author(s): Shor, Peter

Good Reasons for "Believing" in God - Dan Dennett, AAI 2007
Dan Dennett's talk at the AAI 2007 Conference in Washington, D.C. He is presented with the 2007 Richard Dawkins award at the introduction. Read Dan Dennett's 'THANK GOODNESS!' artilcle here: http://richarddawkins.net/article,280,n,n Buy the DVD with all the AAI 2007 videos here: http://store.richarddawkins.net/products/aai-2007-conference-video-by-rdfs http://richarddawkins.net http://richarddawkinsfoundation.org http://atheistalliance.org Filmed by JOSH TIMONEN WAYNE MARSALA
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The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science - An Introduction
An introduction to the current and prospective projects undertaken by The Richard Dawkins Foundation for Reason and Science. Score by JOSH TIMONEN "The Politics of Driving" by The Life and Times from their album "Tragic Boogie" http://thelifeandtimes.com Get it on iTunes: http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/tragic-boogie/id309896191
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The Xerox Alto: A Personal Retrospective
[Recorded: June 4, 2001] Founded in 1970, the Xerox Palo Alto Research Center (PARC) created, over a relatively short period, a paradigm shift in computing. Many of the technologies in modern personal computers, including high-quality graphical user interfaces featuring windows and icons, computer generated bitmapped graphics, Ethernet networked distributed computing, and laser printing, were mature technologies at PARC by the end of the 1970s. The platform on which many of these technologies w
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Authors@Google: Jeffrey Ma
Jeff Ma is the author of The House Advantage: Playing the Odds to Win Big In Business. As part of the notorious MIT Team depicted in Ben Mezrich's now classic Bringing Down the House, Jeff Ma used math and statistics to master the game of blackjack and reap handsome rewards at casinos. Years later, Ma has inspired not only a bestselling novel and hit movie, but has also started three different companies—the latest of which, Citizen Sports, is an innovative marriage of sports, betting, and
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Harold Varmus: 2010 National Book Festival
Nobel Prize winning scientist Harold Varmus appears at the 2010 National Book Festival. Speaker Biography: In 1989 Harold Varmus and Michael Bishop shared the Nobel Prize in physiology or medicine for their "identification of a large family of genes which control the normal growth and division of cells." Varmus is the former director of the National Institutes of Health and is the former chief executive officer of Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City. In July, he became the d
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Introduction to the topic of Holocaust Denial
Professor Dina Porat of Tel Aviv University discusses the issue of Holocaust Denial as an introduction to the International Task Force Chair Project of 2010.
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Introduction to the topic of Antisemitism Today/New Antisemitism
Professor Dina Porat of Tel Aviv University discusses new forms of antisemitism and how they manifest in the 21st century, as an introduction to the International Task Force Chair Project of 2010.
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Introduction to the topic of Preservation and Marking of Sites
Professor Dina Porat of Tel Aviv University discusses the importance of learning about the preservation and marking of historical sites. This is an introduction to the International Task Force Chair Project of 2010.
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Introduction to the topic of the Holocaust and Minority Rights
Professor Dina Porat of Tel Aviv University discusses the importance of studying the Holocaust as it relates to minority rights. This is an introduction to the International Task Force Chair Project of 2010.
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Introduction to the topic of the Holocaust and Genocide
Professor Dina Porat of Tel Aviv University discusses the topic of the Holocaust and genocide as an introduction to the International Task Force Chair Project of 2010.
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Current Antisemitism in Germany
A future cadet asks Professor Julianne Wetzel about the statistics of antisemitism in Germany today.
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Differential & Integral Calculus, Lec 15, Math 31A, UCLA
Course Description: Math 31A is a course that provides insight into differential calculus and applications as well as an introduction to integration. About the Professor: Steve Butler is a NSF Postdoctoral Scholar and Assistant Adjunct Professor of the UCLA Department of Mathematics. He received his Ph. D. from UCSD in June of 2008 and has been at UCLA since the Fall of 2008 (where he will be staying for a total of three years). His area of research consists of Combinatorics as well as particul
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Differential & Integral Calculus, Lec 16, Math 31A, UCLA
Course Description: Math 31A is a course that provides insight into differential calculus and applications as well as an introduction to integration. About the Professor: Steve Butler is a NSF Postdoctoral Scholar and Assistant Adjunct Professor of the UCLA Department of Mathematics. He received his Ph. D. from UCSD in June of 2008 and has been at UCLA since the Fall of 2008 (where he will be staying for a total of three years). His area of research consists of Combinatorics as well as particul
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Differential & Integral Calculus, Lec 17, Math 31A, UCLA
Course Description: Math 31A is a course that provides insight into differential calculus and applications as well as an introduction to integration. About the Professor: Steve Butler is a NSF Postdoctoral Scholar and Assistant Adjunct Professor of the UCLA Department of Mathematics. He received his Ph. D. from UCSD in June of 2008 and has been at UCLA since the Fall of 2008 (where he will be staying for a total of three years). His area of research consists of Combinatorics as well as particul
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Differential & Integral Calculus, Lec 18, Math 31A, UCLA
Course Description: Math 31A is a course that provides insight into differential calculus and applications as well as an introduction to integration. About the Professor: Steve Butler is a NSF Postdoctoral Scholar and Assistant Adjunct Professor of the UCLA Department of Mathematics. He received his Ph. D. from UCSD in June of 2008 and has been at UCLA since the Fall of 2008 (where he will be staying for a total of three years). His area of research consists of Combinatorics as well as particul
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Differential & Integral Calculus, Lec 19, Math 31A, UCLA
Course Description: Math 31A is a course that provides insight into differential calculus and applications as well as an introduction to integration. About the Professor: Steve Butler is a NSF Postdoctoral Scholar and Assistant Adjunct Professor of the UCLA Department of Mathematics. He received his Ph. D. from UCSD in June of 2008 and has been at UCLA since the Fall of 2008 (where he will be staying for a total of three years). His area of research consists of Combinatorics as well as particul
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Differential & Integral Calculus, Lec 20, Math 31A, UCLA
Course Description: Math 31A is a course that provides insight into differential calculus and applications as well as an introduction to integration. About the Professor: Steve Butler is a NSF Postdoctoral Scholar and Assistant Adjunct Professor of the UCLA Department of Mathematics. He received his Ph. D. from UCSD in June of 2008 and has been at UCLA since the Fall of 2008 (where he will be staying for a total of three years). His area of research consists of Combinatorics as well as particul
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