Geometers

Marcel Grossmann

Marcel Grossmann (April 9, 1878 – September 7, 1936) was a Swiss mathematician and a friend and classmate of Albert Einstein. Grossmann was a member of an old Swiss family from Zurich. His father managed a textile factory. He became a Professor of Mathematics at the Federal Polytechnic School in Zurich, today the ETH Zurich, specializing in descriptive geometry. (Wikipedia).

Marcel Grossmann
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Fields-Medaille an Peter Scholze. Eugen Hellmann gratuliert.

Prof. Dr. Peter Scholze vom Hausdorff-Zentrum für Mathematik der Universität Bonn hat die Fields-Medaille erhalten, der „Nobelpreis für Mathematik“, die weltweit höchste Auszeichnung für Mathematiker. Sein Studienfreund aus der gemeinsamen Bonner Zeit, Eugen Hellmann, selbst heute Mathemat

From playlist Peter Scholze

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Wissenschaftsfreiheit – Prof. Ulrich Becker – 70 Jahre Grundgesetz

Prof. Dr. Ulrich Becker, Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für Sozialrecht und Sozialpolitik, erläuterte im Forum „70 Jahre Grundgesetz: Wissenschaftsfreiheit in Gefahr?“ die Regelung der Wissenschaftsfreiheit im Grundgesetz, historische und europäische Hintergründe, ging aber auch auf poten

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Stanford Faculty - Meet Arthur Grossman

Arthur Grossman is a professor (by courtesy) of biological sciences who teaches in the Stanford Genetics and Genomics Certificate program. More info: http://geneticscertificate.stanford.edu/index.php Arthur Grossman has been a staff scientist at Carnegie Institution for Science since 1982

From playlist Genetics & Genomics

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Zahlen und Geometrie. Antrittsvorlesung Prof. Peter Scholze

Am dies academicus der Universität Bonn im lfd. Sommersemester 2017 hat Prof. Dr. Peter Scholze (geb. 1987, u. a. Leibniz-Preisträger) seine Antrittsvorlesung gehalten. Peter Scholze ist Hausdorff Chair am Exzellenzcluster Hausdorff Center for Mathematics der Universität Bonn. Weitere Inf

From playlist Peter Scholze

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"Ehre, Freude, Stolz": Peter Scholze ist zurück in Deutschland

Einen Tag nach seiner Rückkehr von der IMC in Rio des Janeiro traf Fields-Medaillen-Träger Prof. Dr. Peter Scholze die wartenden Journalisten. uni-bonn.tv zeigt hier die Pressekonferenz der Uni Bonn vom 07.08.2018. ' © Universität Bonn / uni-bonn.tv / LENTFER FILMPRODUKTION

From playlist Peter Scholze

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General Relativity and Gravity | What Einstein Discovered

Shortly after publishing his special theory of relativity, Einstein began to work toward creating an even more complete and far-reaching theory of space and time. It took him another decade, but eventually Einstein came up with an expanded and completely general form of his theory. The gen

From playlist Science

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Jean-Claude Risset: Sound, music and wavelets in Marseille: A reminder of early sonic [...]

Find this video and other talks given by worldwide mathematicians on CIRM's Audiovisual Mathematics Library: http://library.cirm-math.fr. And discover all its functionalities: - Chapter markers and keywords to watch the parts of your choice in the video - Videos enriched with abstracts, b

From playlist 30 years of wavelets

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Fields-Medaille an Peter Scholze. Der Rektor gratuliert

Prof. Dr. Peter Scholze vom Hausdorff-Zentrum für Mathematik der Universität Bonn hat die Fields-Medaille erhalten, der „Nobelpreis für Mathematik“, die weltweit höchste Auszeichnung für Mathematiker. Der Rektor der Universität Bonn, Prof. Dr. Dr. h. c. Michael Hoch gratuliert hier dem 30-

From playlist Peter Scholze

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Leibniz-Preise für Bonner Forscher: Peter Scholze und Frank Bradke

Prof. Dr. Peter Scholze vom Hausdorff Center for Mathematics, einem Exzellenzcluster der Universität Bonn, und Prof. Dr. Frank Bradke, der am Deutschen Zentrum für Neurodegenerative Erkrankungen (DZNE) arbeitet und Professor für Neurowissenschaften an der Universität Bonn ist, erhalten für

From playlist Peter Scholze

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Massemonster im Herzen der Milchstraße | Interview mit Prof. Reinhard Genzel

Interview mit Reinhard Genzel, Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für extraterrestrische Physik (MPE) und Architekt des 30-jährigen Programms, das zur Entdeckung der Schwarzschild-Präzession um das schwarze Loch im Herzen unserer Milchstraße geführt hat. Genzel beschreibt den von seinem Team

From playlist Videos auf Deutsch

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How an Atomic Clock Really Works, Round 2: Zeeman Alignment

We adjust our atomic clocks with the Zeeman effect, and dive even deeper into the quantum world. It's complicated. How an Atomic Clock Really Works, Round 1: https://youtu.be/eOti3kKWX-c HP 10638A Degausser: https://youtu.be/hvxX5A1nTIU Cathode Ray Tubes and the discovery of the electro

From playlist HP Vintage Test Equipment

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Soyuz "Globus" Mechanical Navigation Computer Part 1: Grand Opening

We open up a Soyuz INK "Globus" analog mechanical navigation computer. It's full of gears and incredibly gorgeous, and in our case, somewhat broken. Thanks to Depstech for lending us their endoscope! Depstech DS 520 endoscope: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BL7LYR9Y Ken's blog article on th

From playlist Soyuz Space Clock

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Quantification of small-scales and large-scale turbulence in thermal convection by Mahendra Verma

Summer school and Discussion Meeting on Buoyancy-driven flows DATE: 12 June 2017 to 20 June 2017 VENUE: Ramanujan Lecture Hall, ICTS, Bengaluru Buoyancy plays a major role in the dynamics of atmosphere and interiors of planets and stars, as well as in engineering applications. This field

From playlist Summer school and Discussion Meeting on Buoyancy-driven flows

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HP 10638A Degausser: checking vintage HP equipment with more vintage HP equipment!

We over-test the over-engineered HP 10638A Degausser, in preparation for the tuning of the HP 5061A Cesium clock C-Field. Video on how the Cesium atomic clock works: https://youtu.be/eOti3kKWX-c Our sponsors - PCBWay: fast turn PCBs, https://www.pcbway.com - Electro-Rent: https://www.ele

From playlist HP Vintage Test Equipment

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Raphaël Rouquier - Geometric representation theory as representation-theoretic geometry

Abstract: I will explain how varieties occurring in representation theory should be viewed as representations of certain higher categorical structures. This gives a new perspective for the construction and the study of moduli spaces.

From playlist Algebraic Analysis in honor of Masaki Kashiwara's 70th birthday

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Apollo Comms Part 9: Mystery Up-Data Box

Marcel rescued a mystery box from the scrapper. Says "Up-Data" on it, we think it's from the Apollo program. Can Master Ken figure out what it is? More videos on the Apollo Up-data box: Sending Apollo Commands with the Up-data box: https://youtu.be/sv0aFLQvFxc Reimplementing the missing a

From playlist Space Hardware

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Neutron Stars and Black Holes (Lecture - 7: Einstein’s General Theory) by G Srinivasan

SUMMER COURSES NEUTRON STARS AND BLACK HOLES SPEAKER: G Srinivasan (​Raman Research Institute - Retired) DATE: 15 May 2019 to 28 June 2019 VENUE: Emmy Noether Seminar Room, ICTS Bangalore The theme of the course will be neutron stars and black holes, with emphasis on neutron stars i

From playlist Summer Course 2019: Neutron Stars and Black Holes

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Richard Feynman Thinking Part 1 of 2

Richard Phillips Feynman was an American physicist known for the path integral formulation of quantum mechanics, the theory of quantum electrodynamics and the physics of the super fluidity of super cooled liquid helium, as well as work in particle physics (he proposed the Parton model). Fo

From playlist Feynman's Lectures

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How Einstein discovered The General Theory of Relativity (Lecture - 01) by Professor G Srinivasan

Professor G Srinivasan Visiting Professor, Indian Institute for Astrophysics This summer course aims to give a broad perspective on gravity, astrophysics and cosmology and is suitable for advanced undergraduates and graduate students in physics and astronomy. Professor G Srinivasan is a s

From playlist Summer Course 2017: A Journey Through The Universe

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