Curated Video
Art Basel: A Celebration of Modern and Contemporary Art
Art Basel is a prestigious international art fair held in Basel, Miami Beach, and Hong Kong. Learn how it showcases a diverse range of modern and contemporary artwork by established and emerging artists.
Weird History
Who Was Peter The Great?
Czar Peter the Great of Russia casts a long shadow over history. A giant of a man, with appetites for learning and adventure to match, he did more to modernize his country than pretty much any other ruler before or since. But who was...
History Hit
Rodin and the Art of Ancient Greece
Born in Paris in 1840, François-Auguste-René Rodin is quite possibly the most famous sculptor in recent history. Considered by many to be the first ‘modern’ sculptor, his works such as ‘The Kiss’ and ‘The Thinker’ have become iconic...
Curated Video
THE BIRTH OF MODERN DAY ISRAEL: The First Zionist Congress and the Establishment of the State-in-the-Making
When Herzl wrote, “at Basel I founded the Jewish state,” he was not speaking metaphorically.
FuseSchool
PHYSICS - Astrophysics - Waves and the Earth (Earthquakes)
In this video you are going to learn how we try to make buildings survive an earthquake.
Science360
Cheetah's are specialized hunters! NSF Science Now 56
In this week’s episode, we learn what makes cheetah’s specialized hunters; new ways of remotely sensing water trends, and finally, we examine fruit bat sonar. Check it out!
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Why Economists Failed to Predict the Financial Crisis
10 years later, Nobel laureate George Akerlof says the walls within economics need to come down. George Akerlof, a winner of the Nobel Prize in Economics, doesn’t mince words: economists failed to predict the financial crisis because the...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Satyajit Das: The Cultural Transformation of the World of Finance (2/6)
As a financial consultant, Satyajit Das told his clients: Let us know what you want to do and why you want to do it, and we can fit models and numbers around it. The models are not sacred. And investors had better pay attention to...
Institute for New Economic Thinking
Replacing Judgment With Models
In part 2 of INET's interview with Amar Bhidé, the subject is how large financial systems ignore the essential insights of human judgment when they defer to models
History Hit
Rodin and the art of ancient Greece: The thinker and the gates of hell
Learn how one of the most famous pieces by Rodin was meant for a much bigger piece, the gates of hell. Rodin and the art of ancient Greece, Part 3
Amphio
To breaking point
Sir John Eliot Gardiner talks on why he prefers the use of period instrument orchestras for Beethoven over modern symphony orchestras.
Kult America
Do Tourists Destroy History?
On today's episode of Kult America we visit Athens, Greece to see what remains of the city's past. I had many romantic ideas of what Greece would offer but in truth it was hard to enjoy as the surplus of tourists was extremely...
History Hit
The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement: Mesopotamia
What was the purpose of canal building in this area at the time? What is special about the Tigris river? The Silk Roads: Trade and Movement, Part 4
Curated Video
THE BIRTH OF MODERN DAY ISRAEL: Herzl’s Legacy
Dr. Polisar closes this course with an exploration of all Herzl achieved in just eight years and a discussion of what aspiring leaders and statesmen can learn from him.
Intelligence Squared
Scandinavianise the British Monarchy
Prince William's wedding to Kate Middleton at Westminster Abbey will be attended by hundreds of foreign dignitaries and marked by street parties.
Curated Video
Complete Modern C++ - What is C++?
In this video, we will introduce you to modern C++ and where it is used. • Learn what patterns matching is • Explore the problems with std::visit • Comparison between std::visit and match This clip is from the chapter "Basic Language...
The March of Time
1946: BUCKMINSTER FULLER (1895-1983): Newspaper article w/ photo of dymaxion (aluminum round) house by 'Bucky' Fuller. Model of house, CU model, 'Bucky' saying modern housing, turning ventilator, lifting roof to show interior, can withstand hurricane
MOT 1946: BUCKMINSTER FULLER (1895-1983): Newspaper article w/ photo of dymaxion (aluminum round) house by 'Bucky' Fuller. Model of house, CU model, 'Bucky' saying modern housing, turning ventilator, lifting roof to show interior, can...
Curated Video
High Performance Scientific Computing with C 3.3: Vectorizing with AVX
How can we use automatic vectorization to speed up our code? What vectorization options currently exist? • Learn about the history of vector instructions • Learn how to compile with AVX/AVX2 • Learn about the latest AVX-512 instruction set
History Hit
The Battle For North America: The first wave of troops
What was the responsibility of the first wave of troops? What became legendary about their task? What was the morale of the British troops at this time? The Battle For North America, Part 10
The March of Time
MOT 1951: Wealthy land owners
OPULENT MODERN LIFESTYLE: WS Wealthy land owner's mid-century modern home / VS Wealthy Iranian men women sitting on covered porch being served food talking smoking.
Easy Languages
Easy Croatian 14 - How do you feel about digital media?
Easy Croatian 14 - How do you feel about digital media? Easy Languages is an international video project aiming at supporting people worldwide to learn languages through authentic street interviews and expose the street culture of...
Curated Video
CSS Bootcamp: Master CSS (Including CSS Grid/Flexbox) - About Us Section-Markup
Project 1 - Grand Hotel (Based on Flexbox): About Us Section-Markup This clip is from the chapter "Project 1 - Grand Hotel (Based on Flexbox)" of the series "CSS Bootcamp: Master CSS (Including CSS Grid/Flexbox)".This section includes a...
The March of Time
1952: CORPORATE PATRONS
MOT 1952: CORPORATE PATRONS: WS Art Director Charles Coiner sitting at desk, SOT saying use modern painters for many purposes, showing examples of work by Ben Shahn, unidentified French, ad used in newspaper, De Beers ad featuring...