Great-circle navigation or orthodromic navigation (related to orthodromic course; from the Greek ορθóς, right angle, and δρóμος, path) is the practice of navigating a vessel (a ship or aircraft) along a great circle. Such routes yield the shortest distance between two points on the globe. (Wikipedia).
Two Routes to the Americas | The Great Human Race
Cat and Bill split up and take an inland and coastal route that early humans used to get to the Pacific Northwest. The plan is to meet up at the mouth of a river and take advantage of the annual salmon run. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National G
From playlist Travel & Adventure | National Geographic
Experience the Grand Canyon, From Rim to River | National Geographic
The sheer vastness of the Grand Canyon is an awe-inspiring sight. Tour this amazing national park and see why it is one of the world's premier natural attractions. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination
From playlist Day Dreamer | National Geographic
Watch: An Incredible Viking Voyage—Made Entirely of Paper | National Geographic
Watch a young viking learn how to identify the proper tree to build a ship, nail the craft together, and set off on a journey around Europe. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, explorati
From playlist News | National Geographic
Behind the Scenes: Cosmos as a Global Journey | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
The producers discuss the tremendous amount of locations they shot across the globe to create the new look and feel of Cosmos. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Cosmos: http://bit.ly/NG-Cosmos About Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey: Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil de
From playlist Outer Space | National Geographic
See China’s Iconic Great Wall From Above | National Geographic
China’s Great Wall is one of the world’s great feats of engineering and an enduring monument to the strength of an ancient civilization. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, a
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Mohenjo Daro 101 | National Geographic
Mohenjo Daro, built at the time of the pyramids and centuries before the Roman Baths, was the largest city of the Indus Civilization. Learn facts about this ancient city, including engineering feats like the Great Bath. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic:
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Science's Rough, Endless Road | Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey
Science has given humans the power to predict events and doubled our life span. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe ➡ Get More Cosmos: http://bit.ly/NG-Cosmos About Cosmos: A Spacetime Odyssey: Hosted by renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson, COSMOS will explore how we discov
From playlist Outer Space | National Geographic
Trigonometry 00-01: Radians and Degrees
Hi! Welcome to Project Carver and the very first upload on this Channel! This video is the very first of (hopefully) many in a series on trigonometry. Prerequisites: It's not required but it does help if you're familiar with ratios, fractions, and algebra equations to understand all th
From playlist Summer of Math Exposition Youtube Videos
TabletClass.com - http://www.tabletclass.com Math. This video explains the basics of how math is used in celestial navigation. When people first started to navigate by stars a massive explosion in trade and culture developed. Celestial navigation requires the use of a sextant, clock and
From playlist Science Videos
Why should you care about conic sections aka circles, ellipses, parabolas, hyperbolas?
P.S. Yes, this video was re-uploaded with better sound and audio clarity. The video goes over several interesting applications for conic sections- circles, ellipses, parabolas, hyperbolas. Useful for introducing the concept to high school students. Credits: Zach Star: https://youtu.be/8
From playlist Summer of Math Exposition Youtube Videos
Ancient Astronomy | Introductory Astronomy Course 1.10
Welcome to Astronomy: Exploring Time and Space, a course from Professor Impey, a University Distinguished Professor of Astronomy at the University of Arizona. Learn about the foundations of astronomy in this free online course here on YouTube. This video is part of module 1, Science and Hi
From playlist Introductory Astronomy Module 1: Science and History
What is a Supermoon? | National Geographic
What is a supermoon? Find out what makes the moon appear extra big and bright, how it effects the tides, and how the phenomenon got its name. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, explorati
From playlist News | National Geographic
The idea of constantly-updated community maps are now the norm and the modifications are constant. The base data of the map you are looking at could have been updated in the past couple of days in time those updates will be instantaneous. The data layered on maps has also changed. No longe
From playlist O'Reilly Webcasts
How people came up with the natural logarithm and the exponential function #SoME1
I discuss the history of the introduction of the natural logarithm and exponential functions, answering the question of how the logarithm was first discovered and how it's properties were derived, and also why it appeared when it did. I consider several other areas of inquiry that could ha
From playlist Math
Explore the Twisting Desert Landscapes of the American Southwest | National Geographic
In the Arizona desert, shifting sunlight colors high stone walls, worn by water into fantastic shapes. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, exploration, and adventure. Through their world-
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How Flies Navigate (Lecture 1) by Larry Abbott
PROGRAM ICTP-ICTS WINTER SCHOOL ON QUANTITATIVE SYSTEMS BIOLOGY (ONLINE) ORGANIZERS Vijaykumar Krishnamurthy (ICTS-TIFR, India), Venkatesh N. Murthy (Harvard University, USA), Sharad Ramanathan (Harvard University, USA), Sanjay Sane (NCBS-TIFR, India) and Vatsala Thirumalai (NCBS-TIFR, I
From playlist ICTP-ICTS Winter School on Quantitative Systems Biology (ONLINE)
Robot Navigation Using VEX Encoders and Simulink
Perform obstacle detection tasks with your robot using the ultrasonic sensor block in the ARM Cortex-based VEX Support Package. Additional Resources: Getting Started with Simulink for VEX https://goo.gl/mO4QeT Other examples in documentation https://goo.gl/4yHbZy Simulink Quick Start V
From playlist Robotics Education: MATLAB and Simulink Robotics Arena
This seminar will describe Celestial Navigation at sea, and how it can be combined with other information to form a useful ocean navigation process. If you ever wanted to know what celestial navigation was all about, this is your primer...
From playlist Space Navigation Playlist
How To Create Instant Arcade Game With JavaScript | Session 03 | #gamedev
Don’t forget to subscribe! In this project series, you will learn to create an instant arcade game with JavaScript. This tutorial guides you through the whole process of making a mobile web game with JavaScript and publishing it to market. Together we will build an arcade game and discu
From playlist Create Instant Arcade Game With JavaScript
On-Foot Explorer Reflects on the Middle East | National Geographic
In a new dispatch from his worldwide walk, Paul Salopek ruminates on the commonality and conflict he perceives in the holy lands of the Middle East. ➡ Subscribe: http://bit.ly/NatGeoSubscribe About National Geographic: National Geographic is the world's premium destination for science, ex
From playlist Exploration | National Geographic