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The Enlightenment is Under Threat and Lindau Alumni for Humanitarian Action (LAHA) Can Save It

by Harry Kroto
The Enlightenment is Under Threat and Lindau Alumni for Humanitarian Action (LAHA) Can Save It
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1734 views
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Kant, in possibly his most celebrated essay, defined the Enlightenment as: Man’s emergence from his self-imposed period of immaturity. This immaturity is the inability to use one's own understanding without another's guidance. Without the freedom t....

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00:31:00

The Adventure of Cold Atoms. From Optical Pumping to Quantum Gases

by Claude Cohen-Tannoudji
The Adventure of Cold Atoms. From Optical Pumping to Quantum Gases
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1328 views
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Conservation laws are very important in quantum physics. Two examples of applications will be given. First, optical pumping which uses transfer of angular momentum from polarized photons to atoms to produce highly polarized atomic gases. Then, laser ....

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00:44:00

The Future of Particle Physics

by David Gross
The Future of Particle Physics
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1601 views
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Elementary Particle Physics seeks to discover the basic constituents of matter and understand the fundamental forces that act on them. In this lecture I shall review the current state of particle physics, the grand success of the ñstandard modelî, ....

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A Random Walk in Science

by Steven Chu
A Random Walk in Science
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1886 views
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I will discuss my random walk in science, from my graduate student on postdoctoral years testing the Weinberg-Salam-Glashow theory of electro-weak forces, and then to energy transfer in condensed matter systems, the spectroscopy of positronium, laser....

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Nanotechnology Overview: Molecular Machines, 21st Century Chemistry, Nanotubes

by Harry Kroto
Nanotechnology Overview: Molecular Machines, 21st Century Chemistry, Nanotubes
for 14-18 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-18 and upwards | 9 years ago | 4981 views
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A brief description of nanotechnology, carbon nanotubes, and Van de Waal's Forces

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00:35:00

The Large Hadron Collider and the Super World

by David Gross
The Large Hadron Collider and the Super World
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1649 views
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In the period 1990 to 2001 many powerful new astronomical observational facilities have become operational. Hubble Space telescope was launched in 1990; it was followed by the construction of Keck I in 1992 and Keck II in 1996, by the completion of....

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00:30:00

The Development of Particle Physics

by Martinus Veltman
The Development of Particle Physics
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1345 views
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Particle physics mainly developed after World War II. It has its roots in the first half of the previous century, when it became clear that all matter is made up from atoms, and the atoms in turn were found to contain a nucleus surrounded by electro....

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Towards Adaptive Chemistry

by Jean-Marie Lehn
Towards Adaptive Chemistry
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1361 views
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Supramolecular chemistry lies beyond molecular chemistry. It aims at implementing highly complex chemical systems from molecular components held together by non-covalent intermolecular forces and effecting molecular recognition, catalysis and transp....

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The Development of Particle Physics

by Martinus Veltman
The Development of Particle Physics
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1373 views
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Particle physics mainly developed after World War II. It has its roots in the first half of the previous century, when it became clear that all matter is made up from atoms, and the atoms in turn were found to contain a nucleus surrounded by electro....

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00:35:00

Perspectives in Chemistry – Towards Adaptive Chemistry

by Jean-Marie Lehn
Perspectives in Chemistry – Towards Adaptive Chemistry
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1457 views
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Supramolecular chemistry lies beyond molecular chemistry.  It aims at implementing highly complex chemical systems from molecular components held together by non-covalent intermolecular forces and effecting molecular recognition, catalysis and trans....

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Model Synthesis for Ceramics: Superconductors, Magnets and Others

by Karl Muller
Model Synthesis for Ceramics: Superconductors, Magnets and Others
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1272 views
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The discovery of superconductivity in hole doped La2CuO4 was motivated by the interest to find this phenomenon in an oxide.  After the discovery near 35 K, copper oxides with transition temperatures of up to 131 K at normal pressure were found, i.e.....

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The LHC at CERN and the Higgs

by Martinus Veltman
The LHC at CERN and the Higgs
for 18-22 and upwards,
Lectures | 18-22 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1430 views
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The strong interactions, the forces responsible for the interactions between quarks and notably supposedly responsible for quark confinement, profited from the development of gauge theories.  In the wake of the gauge theory of weak interactions also....

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