Natalie Batalha: A Planet for Goldilocks

source: GoogleTechTalks    2015年10月27日
"Not too hot, not too cold" reads the prescription for a world that's just right for life as we know it. Finding evidence of life beyond Earth is one of the primary goals of science agencies in the United States and abroad. The goal looms closer as a result of discoveries made by NASA's Kepler Mission. Launched in March 2009, Kepler is exploring the diversity of planets and planetary systems orbiting other stars in the galaxy. Finding inhabited environments is a path of exploration that stretches decades into the future. It begins by determining if Goldilocks planets abound. In this talk, Dr. Batalha will describe the latest discoveries of NASA's Kepler Mission and the possibilities for finding inhabited environments in the not-so-distant future.

Dr. Natalie Batalha is an astrophysicist at NASA Ames Research Center and the Mission Scientist for NASA's Kepler Mission. She holds a Bachelor's degree in physics from the University of California Berkeley, and a Doctoral degree in astrophysics from UC Santa Cruz. Dr. Batalha has been involved with the Kepler Mission since the proposal stage and has contributed to many different aspects of the science, from studying the stars themselves to detecting and understanding the planets they harbor. She led the analysis that yielded the discovery in 2011 of Kepler-10b — the mission's first confirmation of a rocky planet outside our solar system. Today, she leads the effort to understand planet populations in the galaxy based on Kepler discoveries.

Karole Armitage | Naked Body Language || Radcliffe Institute

source: Harvard University     2015年10月30日
Naked Body Language—Dance Is Time and Gesture Is Meaningless
2015–2016 Julia S. Phelps Annual Lecture in the Arts and Humanities

Known as the “punk ballerina,” Karole Armitage RI ’16 considers how meaning is made in dance without words, plot, or story, exploring material from theoretical physics to a personal search for meaning. She is the Mildred Londa Weisman fellow at the Radcliffe Institute.
Armitage is then joined in conversation with Richard Colton, who founded and directs, with Amy Spencer, Summer Stages Dance at Concord Academy, a nationally renowned dance workshop and performance series that takes place each summer at the Institute of Contemporary Arts/Boston.
Introduction by Lizabeth Cohen, dean of the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study and the Howard Mumford Jones Professor of American Studies at Harvard University

Who was Confucius? - Bryan W. Van Norden

source: TED-Ed    2015年10月27日
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Most people recognize his name and know that he is famous for having said something, but considering the long-lasting impact his teachings have had on the world, very few people know who Confucius really was, what he really said... and why. Bryan W. Van Norden reveals the man behind the mystery.
Lesson by Bryan W. Van Norden, animation by Tomás Pichardo-Espaillat.

Basic Physics II (Summer 2013)--Roger McWilliams / UC Irvine

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UCI Physics 3B: Basic Physics II (Summer 2013)
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Description: Second part of the Basic Physics 3 series. This course covers topics such as: fluid mechanics, thermodynamics,electrostatics (including dc circuits), magnetism (including eletromagnetic induction). The course assumes a working knowledge of calculus and trigonometry.

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Lecture 01 (extended intro) 1:25:14
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Basic Physics III (Fall 2013)--Michael Smy / UC Irvine

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UCI Physics 3C: Basic Physics III (Fall 2013)
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Description: This class is the third and last of the Physics 3 series. In this class, primarily the course will focus on waves, however, the concepts of force and energy will continue to be important. This course will cover the following topics: Waves and sound; optics; quantum ideas; atomic and nuclear physics; relativity.

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Basic Physics (Spring 2013)--Michael Dennin / UC Irvine

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UCI Physics 3A: Basic Physics (Spring 2013)
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Description: Introduction to basic physics. This course will introduce the conceptual and mathematical framework for kinematics and Newtonian dynamics, and also to teach problem solving techniques that are used in Physics. Other topics include: vectors; motion, force, and energy.

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Lecture 01. 33:29
Lecture 02. Describing Motion. 48:49
Lecture 03. Position/Displacement 45:49
Lecture 04. Learning Conversion of English Statements to Math Statements 41:55
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Lecture 07. Constant Acceleration in 2D Motion. 42:35
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