Margaret Guroff: "The Mechanical Horse" | Talks at Google

source: Talks at Google    2016年6月9日
Margaret Guroff visited Google's office in Cambridge, MA to discuss her book "The Mechanical Horse: How the Bicycle Reshaped American Life".

"The Mechanical Horse" reveals how the bicycle transformed American life. As bicycling caught on in the nineteenth century, many of the country's rough, rutted roads were paved for the first time, laying a foundation for the interstate highway system. Cyclists were among the first to see the possibilities of self-directed, long-distance travel, and some of them (including Henry Ford) went on to develop the automobile. Women shed their cumbersome Victorian dresses—as well as their restricted gender roles—so they could ride. And doctors recognized that aerobic exercise actually benefits the body, which helped to modernize medicine.

Margaret Guroff is a magazine editor. She is also the editor and publisher of Power Moby-Dick, an online annotation of Herman Melville's classic novel. She teaches writing at the Johns Hopkins University.

Why do our bodies age? - Monica Menesini

source: TED-Ed     2016年6月9日
View full lesson: http://ed.ted.com/lessons/why-do-our-...
Human bodies aren’t built for extreme aging: our capacity is set at about 90 years. But what does aging really mean, and how does it counteract the body’s efforts to stay alive? Monica Menesini details the nine physiological traits that play a central role in aging.
Lesson by Monica Menesini, animation by Cinematic.

Geometrical Structure and the Direction of Time, with Professors Tim Maudlin and David Albert

source: Yale University     2015年8月7日
Franke Program in Science and the Humanities
Geometrical Structure and the Direction of Time
Professors David Albert and Tim Maudlin visited Yale to give lectures and participate in discussion for an event titled "Mechanical Explanations and the Direction of Time." Chris Smeenk, Associate Professor of Philosophy at the University of Western Ontario, moderates their discussion.

Robert Shulman: A New Paradigm for Brain Imaging

source: Yale University    2014年1月6日
Robert Shulman, Professor Emeritus of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and Senior Research Scientist in Diagnostic Radiology at Yale University, delivers a lecture entitled "A New Paradigm for Brain Imaging" during the Franke Lectures in Science and the Humanities.

Caroline Webb: How to Have a Good Day

source: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 2016年1月14日

Date: Wednesday 13 January 2016

Time: 6.30-8pm

Venue: Old Theatre, Old Building

Speaker: Caroline Webb

Chair: Dr Connson Locke

Behavioural economics has the capacity to transform our everyday lives. Caroline Webb will demonstrate how easy it is to use science-based strategies to boost effectiveness, happiness and productivity.

Caroline Webb (@Caroline_Webb_) is CEO of Sevenshift and External Senior Adviser to McKinsey & Company. Caroline's new book is How To Have A Good Day: Think Bigger, Feel Better and Transform Your Working Life.

Connson Locke is Senior Lecturer in Practice. Dr Locke's research draws from social and cognitive psychology to focus on leadership, power, and influence in organisations, in particular, leadership presence, adaptability, upward influence, and nonverbal communication. Dr Locke's current research interests include gender and leadership, diversity, and organisational culture.

The Department of Management (@LSEManagement) is a globally diverse academic community at the heart of the LSE, taking a unique interdisciplinary, academically in-depth approach to the study of management and organisations.

To find out more about behavioural science research conducted at LSE follow @LSEBehavioural on Twitter or check the Behavioural Research Lab webpage.

Stuart Green: Reconstructing the Law of Voyeurism and Exhibitionism

source: London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) 2016年3月21日

Date: Tuesday 15 March 2016

Time: 6.30-8pm

Venue: Hong Kong Theatre, Clement House

Speaker: Professor Stuart Green

Chair: Professor Jeremy Horder

The work discussed in this lecture is part of a much larger, book-length project titled Criminalizing Sex: A Unified Theory. Although the incidence of voyeurism and indecent exposure is relatively low compared to other sexual offences, both crimes raise important questions about the proper scope of the criminal law in a liberal society, the resolution of competing rights to sexual autonomy, and the nature of privacy rights in our digital age.

This lecture will consider four basic points: First, the wrongs entailed by voyeurism and indecent exposure are in some sense reciprocal. The former involves a violation of the victim’s right to exclude others from her private sexual domain; the latter involves a violation of the victim’s right not to be included in the private sexual domain of others. Second, the harms entailed by both voyeurism and indecent exposure are often elusive. While the exhibitionist typically intends to cause shock or dismay in his victim through his exposure, the voyeur normally intends that his victim will be unaware of his act. Any harm that results from either offence is at most psychological and, in the case of voyeurism, often lacking entirely. Third, while the “offence” caused by voyeurism is relatively straightforward, the offense caused by indecent exposure is more contested, more sensitive to cultural variation and individual tolerances, and more likely to vary depending on the specific purposes for which such conduct is performed. Finally, the means by which a potential victim of voyeurism or indecent exposure loses her right not to be exposed to such conduct are quite different from the means by which a potential victim loses her right not to be raped or sexually assaulted. There is no requirement that the potential victim must give her voluntary consent; it is normally sufficient that she assume the risk of exposure.

Stuart Green is Distinguished Professor of Law at Rutgers University and Visiting Leverhulme Professor at LSE Law for 2016-17.

Jeremy Horder is Professor of Criminal Law and Head of LSE Law.

LSE Law (@lselaw) is an integral part of the School's mission, plays a major role in policy debates & in the education of lawyers and law teachers from around the world.

Physics of Information (Closer to Truth)

source: Closer To Truth    2016年6月6日

Raphael Bousso - Physics of Information 6:22
Alexander Vilenkin - Physics of Information 5:55
Seth Lloyd - Physics of Information 5:09

Jason J. Campbell: Methods of Qualitative Research II

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source: drjasonjcampbell 2013年11月16日/上次更新：2014年4月3日

1. Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research II 0:31
Section 1.0: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 1:42:00
Section 1.1: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 2:08:06
Section 1.2: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 2 1:34:13
Section 1.3: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 1:45:36
Section 1.4: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 3:03:32
Section 1.5: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 2:32:24
Section 1.6: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 1:52:05
Section 1.7: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 1:35:03
Section 1.8: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 51:23
Section 1.9: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 1:39:32
Section 2.0: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 1:29:44
Section 2.1: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 1:38:31
Section 2.2: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 1:08:06
Section 2.3: Introduction to Methods of Qualitative Research 1:32:19

Raphy Coifman: "Networks and Mathematics"

source: Yale University     2015年1月15日
Math Mornings is a series of public lectures aimed at bringing the joy and variety of mathematics to students and their families. Speakers from Yale and elsewhere talk about aspects of mathematics that they find fascinating or useful. The talks will usually be accessible to students from 7th grade and up, although occasionally some familiarity with high-school subjects will be helpful. Math Mornings lectures will take place on three Sundays each semester, at Davies Auditorium, 10 Hillhouse Avenue.
Math Mornings is partially funded by grants from the National Science Foundation. It is part of Yale's Science Outreach program. To find out more see http://yale.edu/scienceoutreach

On Sunday, October 12th, Professor Raphy Coifman gave his talk on Networks and Mathematics. This is an elementary talk to illustrate the remarkable powers of random walks on Networks. It does not require prior knowledge beyond middle school math. This talk describes a range of examples of Networks and their ubiquity in our life, from social networks to information , economic, political, weather and communication networks. Usually such networks can be organized as mathematical graphs, on which certain transitions,or transactions, or exposures are being quantified. We'll see that a network based computational geometric approach for the sorting and organization of data and information leads to insights, understanding and predictions for complex systems. As specific examples we'll describe the network of characters in a body of literature, the network of Congress, a network of romantic relations in a High School, and many others.

Therapeutic Apheresis: Common Indications, Better Disease Understanding

source: UWTV 2015年12月2日
Monica Pagano, MD, provides a general overview of apheresis principles and a description of the most common indications for therapeutic apheresis as described by ASFA guidelines.

Included in this talk:
- A review of new insights of the pathophysiology of diseases commonly treated with apheresis
- The challenges of obtaining high quality evidence to support and evaluate efficacy of therapeutic apheresis
Monica Pagano, MD
associate medical director, Transfusion Support Laboratory, assistant professor, Laboratory Medicine,
University of Washington Medical Center
11/4/15
https://depts.washington.edu/labweb/E...
http://uwtv.org