TED Talks
TED: Why great architecture should tell a story | Ole Scheeren
For architect Ole Scheeren, the people who live and work inside a building are as much a part of that building as concrete, steel and glass. He asks: Can architecture be about collaboration and storytelling instead of the isolation and...
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Sangu Delle: In praise of macro -- yes, macro -- finance in Africa
In this short, provocative talk, financier Sangu Delle questions whether microfinance — small loans to small entrepreneurs -- is the best way to drive growth in developing countries. "We seem to be fixated on this romanticized idea that...
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Music And Measure Theory
How one of the introductory ideas in a field called "measure theory" can be thought of in terms of musical harnomy and dissonance.
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TED: Fashion has a pollution problem -- can biology fix it? | Natsai Audrey Chieza
Natsai Audrey Chieza is a designer on a mission -- to reduce pollution in the fashion industry while creating amazing new things to wear. In her lab, she noticed that the bacteria Streptomyces coelicolor makes a striking red-purple...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Patterns - Level 5 - Patterns at Varying Scale
A mini-lesson on patterns at varying scale.
TED-Ed
TED-ED: Music and math: The genius of Beethoven - Natalya St. Clair
How is it that Beethoven, who is celebrated as one of the most significant composers of all time, wrote many of his most beloved songs while going deaf? The answer lies in the math behind his music. Natalya St. Clair employs the...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Scale Level 3 Scale and Perspective
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on scale and perspective. TERMS Phenomena - observable events in the natural world (require explanations) Time - an irreversible series of events Space - the...
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TED: The billion-dollar campaign to electrify transport | Monica Araya
The roadmap to ending pollution from transportation is here, says electrification advocate Monica Araya. In conversation with head of TED Chris Anderson, Araya introduces Drive Electric: a global campaign to retire the polluting internal...
Bozeman Science
Inertial Mass
In this video Paul Andersen explains how inertial mass is defined and measured. When a force is applied to an object or a system it will accelerate. Using Newton's Second Law of Motion (F=ma) you can calculate the inertial mass.
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Structure and Function: Level 4 - Structures at Varying Scale
in this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on INSERTTITLEHERE. TERMS Complex structures - structures that consist of many different and connected parts Microscopic structures - structures that are so small it...
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TED: How we look kilometers below the Antarctic ice sheet | Dustin Schroeder
Antarctica is a vast and dynamic place, but radar technologies -- from World War II-era film to state-of-the-art miniaturized sensors -- are enabling scientists to observe and understand changes beneath the continent's ice in...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Scale: Level 4 - Scale Models
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on thinking in scale. TERMS Phenomena - observable events in the natural world (require explanations) Time - an irreversible series of events Space - the dimensions...
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Greg Lynn: Organic algorithms in architecture
Greg Lynn talks about the mathematical roots of architecture -- and how calculus and digital tools allow modern designers to move beyond the traditional building forms. A glorious church in Queens (and a titanium tea set) illustrate his...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Patterns - Level 7 - Causal Patterns at Varying Scale
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on causal patterns at varying scale. TERMS Patterns - regularity in the world Scale - the relative size or extent of something System - a set of components (e.g....
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TED: How economic inequality harms societies | Richard Wilkinson
We feel instinctively that societies with huge income gaps are somehow going wrong. Richard Wilkinson charts the hard data on economic inequality, and shows what gets worse when rich and poor are too far apart: real effects on health,...
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TED: What you need to know about carbon removal | Gabrielle Walker
What do woolly pigs have to do with climate change? They're part of a vital, ingenious and evolving strategy to take carbon out of the sky and store it safely -- in trees, soils, the ocean, buildings, rocks and deep underground. Every...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Scale - Level 1 - Describing Scale
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on describing scale. TERMS Scale - the relative size or extent of something Objects - a material thing that can be seen and touched Phenomena - observable events in...
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TED: How to be a good ancestor | Roman Krznaric
Our descendants own the future, but the decisions and actions we make now will tremendously impact generations to come, says philosopher Roman Krznaric. From a global campaign to grant legal personhood to nature to a groundbreaking...
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TED: The science behind a climate headline | Rachel Pike
In 4 minutes, atmospheric chemist Rachel Pike provides a glimpse of the massive scientific effort behind the bold headlines on climate change, with her team -- one of thousands who contributed -- taking a risky flight over the rainforest...
TED-Ed
TED-ED: What in the world is topological quantum matter?
David Thouless, Duncan Haldane, and Michael Kosterlitz won the Nobel Prize in Physics in 2016 for discovering that even microscopic matter at the smallest scale can exhibit macroscopic properties and phases that are topological. But -...
Bozeman Science
Thinking in Systems - Level 5 - Simulating Systems
In this video Paul Andersen shows conceptual thinking in a mini-lesson on simulating systems. TERMS: Simulations - imitation of a situation or process Interactions - reciprocal (two-way) action or influence Energy - the ability to cause...
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Tim Flannery: Can seaweed help curb global warming?
It's time for planetary-scale interventions to combat climate change -- and environmentalist Tim Flannery thinks seaweed can help. In a bold talk, he shares the epic carbon-capturing potential of seaweed, explaining how oceangoing...
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Kotchakorn Voraakhom: How to transform sinking cities into landscapes that fight floods
From London to Tokyo, climate change is causing cities to sink -- and our modern concrete infrastructure is making us even more vulnerable to severe flooding, says landscape architect and TED Fellow Kotchakorn Voraakhom. But what if we...
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TED: A new economic model for protecting tropical forests | Nat Keohane
To solve the climate crisis, we need to make tropical forests worth more alive than dead, says environmental economist Nat Keohane. Highlighting the urgent need to stop deforestation and the carbon pollution it brings, he details the...