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Wingtip Vortices

by Various
Wingtip Vortices
for 14-19 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 7 years ago | 11 views
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A very well-explained description of the theory of lift and of how the energy-sapping wingtip vortices are created in aircraft flight. This talk was the runner-up in the 2016 Kroto Prize for Innovative Use of Technology in Science Learning. More details | Watch now

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What goes up must come down

by Various Presenters
What goes up must come down
for 14-19 and upwards,
Highschool presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 8 years ago | 1647 views
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A fascinating discussion between two humanoids about the mystery force of gravity.

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Research in Action: Evaluation of a Prison-Based Domestic Violence Program

by Annelise Mennicke
Research in Action: Evaluation of a Prison-Based Domestic Violence Program
for 14-19 and upwards,
Postgraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 9 years ago | 1973 views
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A doctoral student at FSU's College of Social Work, Annelise Mennicke, presents her research investigating intimate partner violence or "IPV". Annelise's research focuses on the context of IPV perpetration as opposed to a victim based approach, resea....

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01:08:00

The asymmetric Universe

by Frank Close
The asymmetric Universe
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1354 views
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Modern scientific theory describes a perfectly symmetrical Universe. A Universe in which matter is destroyed within an instant of its appearance and where nothing we now know could ever have happened. Human life itself seems to be lopsided, as the sp....

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The popular reception of relativity in Britain

by Katy Price
The popular reception of relativity in Britain
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1171 views
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How did it feel to open a newspaper in November 1919 to be greeted by headlines about 'Light Caught Bending' and a 'Revolution in Space and Time'? Einstein's relativity reached a wide public audience in the context of social change. The theory's inte....

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00:55:00

Iron from the sky: the potential influence of meteorites on ancient Egyptian culture.

by Diane Johnson
Iron from the sky: the potential influence of meteorites on ancient Egyptian culture.
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 10 years ago | 1084 views
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Ancient Egyptian belief was frequently derived from observations of the natural world, where the gods were considered to control the forces of nature; and as a society, ancient Egyptians placed great value upon order and balance. So how would the app....

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00:59:00

Natural History and the Rights of Woman

by Sharon Ruston
Natural History and the Rights of Woman
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 1767 views
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During the two-year period of the composition and publication of her Vindication of the Rights of Woman (1792), Mary Wollstonecraft, the mother of Mary Shelley and early advocate of women’s rights, read and reviewed a number of important works of n....

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‘How should a chemist understand brewing?’ Beer and theory around 1800

by James Sumner
‘How should a chemist understand brewing?’ Beer and theory around 1800
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 11 years ago | 2044 views
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Eighteenth-century chemists could gain useful income and patronage as advisors to industry – and some of the wealthiest and most influential industrialists were brewers. Making chemical knowledge credible to this audience, however, was not always e....

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Human Sound

by Joe Wolfe
Human Sound
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 12 years ago | 2144 views
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Sound is produced in the larynx; filtering it in the vocal tract produces formants and phonemes. The acoustics, mechanics and some neurobiology of hearing. Pitch perception.

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Color Theory

by Sarah Ferguson
Color Theory
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1757 views
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For my project I am giving a brief history of color theory with emphasis on how science and color theory have interacted. I focus on aspects like primary colors, how color is perceived, and the artists who were at the forefront of color and design. I....

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Magnetism and Electricity

by Jean Pruitt
Magnetism and Electricity
for 14-19 and upwards,
Undergraduate presentations | 14-19 and upwards | 13 years ago | 1467 views
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This presentation reviews how magnets work and their uses in the world today. It also explains how magnets and electricity are related and what future inventions could come from using magnets.

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The great ideas of biology

by Paul Nurse
The great ideas of biology
for 14-19 and upwards,
Lectures | 14-19 and upwards | 14 years ago | 1572 views
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Three of the ideas of biology are the gene theory, the theory of evolution by natural selection and the proposal that the cell is the fundamental unit of all life. A fourth idea is that the organization of chemistry within the cell provides explanati....

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