Categoria: Vídeo

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Matemática / Vídeo

9 Mai, 2016

Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

Professor David Spiegelhalter tries to pin down what chance is and how it works in the real world

 

 

David Spiegelhalter

Smart and witty, jam-packed with augmented-reality graphics and fascinating history, this film, presented by professor David Spiegelhalter, tries to pin down what chance is and how it works in the real world. For once this really is ‘risky’ television.

The film follows in the footsteps of The Joy of Stats, which won the prestigious Grierson Award for Best Science/Natural History programme of 2011.…

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Matemática / Vídeo

8 Mai, 2016

The Joy of Stats

Hans Rosling says there’s nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it

 

 

Hans Rosling

Documentary which takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the wonderful world of statistics to explore the remarkable power thay have to change our understanding of the world, presented by superstarboffin Professor Hans Rosling, whose eye-opening, mind-expanding and funny online lectures have made him an international internet legend.…

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Matemática / Vídeo

8 Mai, 2016

Marcus du Sautoy – The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms

 

 

Marcus du Sautoy

Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security – they even help us travel the world, find love andsave lives.

Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms.…

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Matemática / Vídeo

7 Fev, 2016

Mathematical Impressions

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How do you turn a rubber band into a knot? What happens when you slice a Menger Sponge on a diagonal plane? What is the math behind juggling? In this video series, George Hart illuminates mathematical concepts and surprising hidden geometries that may be found in the world around us.

 

 

 

Mathematical Impressions

Mathematical Impressions: Shell Games
A video explaining how some seemingly complex patterns on sea shells can be created by simple, one-dimensional, two-state cellular automata.…
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1001 Inventions / Ciência e Tecnologia / Matemática / Vídeo

10 Jan, 2016

Science in a Golden Age

Jim al-Khalili unravels the links between latest scientific developments and the unsung scientific heroes of the past
 

 

About Science in a Golden Age

From satellite-enabled GPS, to hi-tech medical procedures – much of today’s modern science has been developed and understood through the work of scientists and thinkers across the ages and from around the world.

While the names of Newton, Galileo and Copernicus are well known, what is less well known is that these men were building on the work of great scientists who came before them.…

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1001 Inventions / Ciência e Tecnologia / Matemática / Vídeo

10 Jan, 2016

When the Moors Ruled in Europe

Historian Bettany Hughes looks at the influence of the Moorish invasion of Spain in 711 AD, and the lasting cultural and scientific legacy they created

 

 

As part of the Channel 4’s Hidden Civilisation season exploring Islam’s rich and significant contribution to western art and culture, historian Bettany Hughes traces the story of the mysterious and misunderstood Moors, the Islamic society that ruled in Spain for 700 years, but whose legacy was virtually erased from Western history.…

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

9 Jan, 2016

Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves

Horizon travels to the South Pole to tell the inside story of the greatest scientific quest of our time

 

 

In March 2014, a team of astronomers stunned the scientific world when they announced that their BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole had possibly detected a signal of “gravitational waves” from the early universe. This is the inside story of the hunt for gravitational waves from the beginning of time.…

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

9 Jan, 2016

Light and Dark

Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe

In this mind-bending series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.

 

 

Episode 1: Light

Light

Two-part series in which Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal almost everything we know about the universe.…

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Matemática / Vídeo

9 Jan, 2016

Math and the Rise of Civilization

A guided tour of the history of numbers and how they’ve shaped the development of humankind is at the heart of this unique series

 

 

A guided tour of the history of numbers and how they’ve shaped the development of humankind is at the heart of this unique series. In five episodes that take us across time and around the world, we see how mathematics played an important role in ancient Egypt and Greece, early India, medieval Europe, and our own modern world.…

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

9 Jan, 2016

Everything and Nothing

Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness

Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are – what is everything, and what is nothing?

 

 

Episode 1: Everything

Everything

In two epic, surreal and mind-expanding films, Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness.…