2015-09-18

What makes the Great Wall of China so extraordinary - Megan Campisi and ...


source: TED-Ed       2015年9月17日
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The Great Wall of China is a 13,000-mile dragon of earth and stone that winds its way through the countryside of China. As it turns out, the wall’s history is almost as long and serpentine as its structure. Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen detail the building and subsequent decay of this massive, impressive wall.
Lesson by Megan Campisi and Pen-Pen Chen, animation by Steff Lee.

Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na'vi real languages? - John McWhorter


source: TED-Ed     2013年9月26日
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What do Game of Thrones' Dothraki, Avatar's Na'vi, Star Trek's Klingon and LOTR's Elvish have in common? They are all fantasy constructed languages, or conlangs. Conlangs have all the delicious complexities of real languages: a high volume of words, grammar rules, and room for messiness and evolution. John McWhorter explains why these invented languages captivate fans long past the rolling credits.
Lesson by John McWhorter, animation by Enjoyanimation.

Survey of Astronomy--Becky Baker / Missouri State University

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source: Missouri State University     Last updated on May 21, 2015
AST 114: Survey of Astronomy
What is science? Is the Moon made of green cheese? What is a star made of? How hot is the sun? What's the difference between a galactic cluster and a globular cluster? How did the Solar System form? How did the Universe form? Will it last forever? This course tries to answer these questions and many more, providing a comprehensive overview of the objects and events beyond the Earth's atmosphere and the Earth itself, as a planetary member of the Solar System. We'll explore the Sun, the planets, the many other objects found in the Solar System, stars and galaxies, dark matter, dark energy, the fate of the universe, and the possibility of extraterrestrial life.
Learn more about Missouri State iCourses at http://outreach.missouristate.edu/icourses.htm

Lecture 1 - Introduction 32:41
Lecture 2 - Birth of Astronomy 39:53
Lecture 3 - Orbits and Gravity 41:49
Lecture 4 - Constellations I 44:52
Lecture 5 - Constellations II 49:05
Lecture 6 - The Moon 35:36
Lecture 7 - Waves and Light 36:15
Lecture 8 - The Solar System 25:30
Lecture 9 - Earth 54:59
Lecture 10 - Mercury 32:44
Lecture 11 - Venus 41:12
Lecture 12 - Mars 52:39
Lecture 13 - The Gas Giants 56:08
Lecture 14 - Moons, Rings and Pluto 54:56
Lecture 15 - Comets and Asteroids 1:00:06
Lecture 16 - Our Sun I 45:44
Lecture 17 - Our Sun II 44:17
Lecture 18 - Analyzing Starlight 19:33
Lecture 19 - Census and Distance 31:59
Lecture 20 - Stellar Formation 29:23
Lecture 21 - Main Sequence Stars 23:23
Lecture 22 - Stars 39:27
Lecture 23 - Evolution of Stars 50:59
Lecture 24 - Star Review 33:18
Lecture 25 - The Universe / Galaxies 36:20
Lecture 26 - The Milky Way 32:37
Lecture 27 - Colliding Galaxies 57:47
Lecture 28 - Thoughts About The Universe 40:45
Lecture 29 - Cosmology 17:51

College Algebra (Patti Blanton / Missouri State University)

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MTH 135: College Algebra
This course includes the study of linear and quadratic equations, inequalities and their applications, polynomial, rational, exponential, and logarithmic functions, and systems of equations.
Learn more about Missouri State iCourses at http://outreach.missouristate.edu/icourses.htm

Course Introduction 14:57
Lecture 1 - Basics of Graphing 46:05
Lecture 2 - Basics of Function 41:48
Lecture 3 - Linear Equations 38:12
Review 1 - Systems of Equations 48:10
Review 2 - Factoring Polynomials 51:12
Review 3 - Complex Number System 48:32
Lecture 4 - Piecewise-Defined Functions 39:48
Lecture 5 - Transformations I 45:23
Lecture 6 - Transformations II 50:22
Lecture 7 - Creating Mega-Functions with Arithmetic Operations of Functions 49:19
Lecture 8 - Creating Mega-Functions with Function Composition 47:05
Lecture 9 - Inverse Functions or In Reverse 40:45
Lecture 10 - Solving Linear and Rational Equations 42:19
Lecture 11 - Solving Quadratic Equations 46:43
Lecture 12 - Solving Equations with Advanced Factoring 45:26
Lecture 13 - Solving Radical Equations 30:54
Lecture 14 - Graphing and Applying Quadratic Equations 47:06
Lecture 15 - Graphing Polynomials 35:58
Lecture 16 - Graphing Rational Functions Part 1 48:59
Lecture 17 - Graphing Rational Functions Part 2 46:09
Lecture 18 - Solving Polynomial and Rational Inequalities 48:21
Lecture 19 - Absolute Values 32:48
Lecture 20 - Basics of Exponential Functions 38:27
Lecture 21 - Interesting Applications 45:51
Lecture 22 - Basic Logarithms 42:22
Lecture 23 - Log Properties 45:07
Lecture 24 - Solving Exponential Equations 42:59
Lecture 25 - Solving Equations with Logarithms 34:41
Lecture 26 - Exponential Growth Day 1 38:33
Lecture 27 - Exponential Growth Day 2 24:03
Lecture 28 - Basics of Sequences 46:04
Lecture 29 - Arithmetic Sequences and Series 47:43
Lecture 30 - Geometric Sequences and Series 48:19
Lecture 31 - Binomial Expansions 54:03
Lecture 33 - Linear Equations and Direct Variation  36:28
Lecture 34 - Inverse, Joint and Combined Variations 22:36
Lecture 35 - Non-Linear Systems 40:01
Lecture 36 - Basics of Modeling 37:08

Sylvère Lotringer. Baudrillard and Bataille. 2011


source: European Graduate School        2012年1月6日
http://www.egs.edu/, Sylvère Lotringer, literary critic and cultural
theorist talking about Baudrillard and Bataille, La Boetie's voluntary servitude, Foucault's exclusion of madness, Baudrillard's exclusion of death, power as a relation, power and domination, liberal economy. Excerpt of seminar at the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe 2011.

Sylvère Lotringer. Deleuze and Baudrillard. 2011


source: European Graduate School      2012年1月6日
http://www.egs.edu/, Sylvère Lotringer, literary critic and cultural theorist talking about what is an event, May '68 and the commune of 1871, repression, Nazism and Bolshevism, Egypt on the lines, Forget Foucault, power in Deleuze and Foucault. Excerpt of seminar at the European Graduate School EGS Media and Communication Studies department program Saas-Fee Switzerland Europe 2011. Sylvère Lotringer.

Sylvère Lotringer, Ph.D., born in Paris, is Jean Baudrillard
Chair at the European Graduate School EGS and Professor Emeritus of French literature and philosophy at Columbia University. He is based currently in Los Angeles and Baja, California. Sylvère Lotringer is a literary critic and cultural theorist, and as general editor of Semiotext(e) and Foreign Agents book series was instrumental in introducing French theory to the United States. His interests range from philosophy, literature and art to architecture, anthropology, semiotics, avant-garde movements, structuralism and post-structuralism.