2016-04-29

The illusion of infinity: is there a limit to optical fibre bandwidth? (Polina Bayvel - 11 Feb 2016)


source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures   2016年2月26日
Speaker: Professor Polina Bayvel
UCL Engineering
The development of the optical fibre communication network has sparked the communication revolution and the growth of the internet. Is there a limit to the capacity of an optical fibre channel? This lecture will describe the physics of optical fibre transmission, the limits to achievable data rates and the techniques that can be used to overcome them.

Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology


source: Odiseo  2016年2月2日
Course: No Excuses. Existentialism and The Meaning of Life
Lecture 15: Husserl, Heidegger, and Phenomenology
Professor: Robert. C. Solomon

International Relations (Theory) by Gerard van der Ree

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source: Gerard van der Ree   2014年2月6日
This short lecture gives some backgrounds of the IR theory of Realism, as well as insights into the ways in which Realism has entered into and affected the field of International Relations
International Relations (Theory) by Gerard van der Ree

01 Realism 25:57
02 liberalism 25:26
03 Game Theory 26:41
04 Social Constructivism 29:36
05 Feminism 35:49
06 Marxism 41:04
07 Ethics 41:21
09 Critical Theory 24:25
10 Poststructuralism 42:45
11 Postcolonialism 37:06

Russian Cinema (Rachel Morley - 3 Dec 2015)


source: UCL Lunch Hour Lectures    2015年12月11日
Speaker: Rachel Morley
Part of the centenary celebrations of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, this lecture examines Russian cinema in 1915, a key year in the development of this art form. Dr Rachel Morley will provide a snapshot of the richness and sophistication of the pre-Revolutionary Russian film industry.

Dr. Brant Cortright: "The Neurogenesis Diet" | Talks at Google


source: Talks at Google    2016年3月30日
Important for all knowledge workers, this talk lays out how to powerfully enhance cognitive function by increasing neurogenesis (the process of making new brain cells). New discoveries in neuroscience reveal that your rate of neurogenesis is the most important bio-marker of brain health you’ve never heard of.
Low rates of neurogenesis are associated with cognitive decline, memory problems, stress, anxiety and depression. High rates of neurogenesis are associated with cognitive enhancement, memory improvement, and protection from stress and depression. Most people live in the middle, with adequate but suboptimal brain function.
Brant Cortright, Ph.D., is a professor of psychology at CIIS. He is the author of the #1 international bestseller "The Neurogenesis Diet and Lifestyle: Upgrade Your Brain, Upgrade Your Life". He is a clinical psychologist with a consulting practice in cutting-edge brain health and neuroscience-informed depth therapy.
More Info:
www.brantcortright.com
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Kamal Haasan: "10X: Leadership in Innovation" | Talks at Google


source: Talks at Google 2016年3月15日
Kamal Haasan is a man of many talents. As an actor, screenwriter, director, producer, playback singer, choreographer, lyricist and dancer across the South Indian and Bollywood movie industries, he has won numerous Indian film awards, including 4 National Film Awards and 19 Filmfare Awards. Haasan has starred in the highest number of films submitted by India for the Academy Award Best Foreign Language Film. A total of 7 films. He is also a 10X thinker and a pioneer in bringing the latest technology to Indian cinema, be it the first Indian movie in digital format (Mumbai Express) or adopting the Auro 3D sound format (Vishwaroopam).
Moderated by Aparna Chennapragada

Existentialist Philosophy and Literature by Gregory B. Sadler

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source: Gregory B. Sadler   2014年1月27日/上次更新:2014年10月17日
An ongoing lecture series discussing key texts, thinkers, and concepts from the loose movement in 19th and 20th century Literature and Philosophy called "Existentialism". The full set will include roughly 90-100 video lectures, and will provide the basis for a set of online courses I'm developing.

Gregory B. Sadler is the president and co-founder of ReasonIO. The content of this video is provided here as part of ReasonIO's mission of putting philosophy into practice -- making complex philosophical texts and thinkers accessible for students and lifelong learners. If you'd like to make a contribution to help fund Dr. Sadler's ongoing educational projects, you can click here: https://www.paypal.com/us/cgi-bin/web...

Glimpses into Existence, Lecture 1: "What is Existentialism?" 1:01:19
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, "The Present Age"  54:16
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling (part 1) 1:01:54
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling (part 2)  1:03:26
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments (part 1) 1:03:37
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments (part 2) 59:02
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments (part 3) 1:01:05
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments (part 4) 9:27
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments (part 5) 51:19
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments (part 6) 1:11:33
Existentialism: Soren Kierkegaard, Philosophical Fragments (part 7 and end) 52:40
Existentialism: Fyodor Dostoevsky, Notes From the Underground 1:01:12
Existentialism: Fyodor Dostoevsky "The Grand Inquisitor" (Brothers Karamazov) 1:00:42
Existentialism: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy (part 1) 59:36
Existentialism: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy (part 2) 1:07:11
Existentialism: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy (part 3) 48:41
Existentialism: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy (part 4 and end) 1:01:48
Existentialism: Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals (part 1) 57:09
Existentialism: Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals (part 2) 1:00:57
Existentialism: Friedrich Nietzsche, Genealogy of Morals (part 3) 1:01:48
Existentialism: Friedrich Nietzsche, The Genealogy of Morals (part 4 and end) 1:00:58
Existentialism: Lev Shestov, All Things are Possible (part 1) 55:17
Existentialism: Lev Shestov: All Things Are Possible (part 2) 1:19:31
Existentialism: Lev Shestov, All Things Are Possible (part 3) 57:16
Existentialism: Lev Shestov, Penultimate Words 1:04:38
Existentialism: Lev Shestov, "The Theory of Knowledge" 1:23:51
Existentialism: Rainer Maria Rilke, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge 1:02:38
Existentialism: Rainer Maria Rilke, Letters to a Young Poet 1:35:06
Existentialism: Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (part 1) 1:09:04
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, "What is Metaphysics?" 59:18
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, On the Essence of Truth 1:09:09
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, "The Question Concerning Technology" (part 1) 1:03:40
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, The Question Concerning Technology (part 2) 1:19:23
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, The Origin of the Work of Art (part 1) 1:03:45
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, The Origin of the Work of Art (part 2) 1:12:55
Existentialism: Martin Heidegger, The Origin of the Work of Art (part 3) 1:05:15
Existentialism: Gabriel Marcel, On the Ontological Mystery (part 1) 1:03:00
Existentialism: Gabriel Marcel, On the Ontological Mystery (part 2) 1:12:45
Existentialism: Gabriel Marcel, Existentialism and Human Freedom 1:25:52
Existentialism: Jean-Paul Sartre, "Existentialism is a Humanism" 53:44
Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea (part 1) 1:12:17
Existentialism, Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea (part 2) 57:47
Existentialism: Jean-Paul Sartre, "The Wall" 52:50
Existentialism: Jean-Paul Sartre, No Exit 1:08:20
Existentialism: Albert Camus,The Stranger 1:03:26
Existentialism: Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (part 1) 59:30
Existentialism: Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus (part 2) 59:13
Existentialism: Albert Camus,The Myth of Sisyphus (part 3 and end) 1:02:19
Existentialism: Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (part 2) 1:08:40

Arguments for Atheism? (Closer to Truth)

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source: Closer To Truth 上次更新: 20160404

Sean Carroll - Arguments for Atheism? 7:07
Victor Stenger (1935-2014) - Atheism's Arguments Against God? 10:12
Alister McGrath - The Rise of Scientific Atheism 4:14
Christopher Isham - The Rise of Scientific Atheism 11:05
A.C. Grayling - What's the New Atheism? 3:57
Julian Baggini - Is Atheism a New Faith?  7:26

Michael Levine on Children’s Reading


source: The RSA   2016年3月26日
As digital media play an ever larger role in children’s lives, how do we develop creative approaches to learning and literacy that capitalize on the benefits of technology, yet remain human-centred and inclusive?
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