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Episode 10: 110: Bordeaux - Part 3

Introductory Wine Classes for Novices - April 08, 2023 00:00 - 5 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
In this podcast, we'll discuss the unique sweet wines of Bordeaux.

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Episode 9: 109: Bordeaux - Part 2

Introductory Wine Classes for Novices - July 10, 2020 00:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Learn about the 1855 Bordeaux Classification System so you know what it means when someone says a wine is a "first growth".

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109: Bordeaux - Part 2

Introductory Wine Classes for Novices - July 10, 2020 00:00 - 6 minutes ★★★★★ - 41 ratings
Learn about the 1855 Bordeaux Classification System so you know what it means when someone says a wine is a "first growth".

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Noncommutative geometry and physics 2

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Fields Medalist Alain Connes (Collège de France, IHES and Ohio State University) presents a set of three lectures at the Arnold Sommerfeld Center in the period March 1-3, 2016.

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Visions of the Early Universe

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 56 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Professor Steinhardt is one of the most influential theoretical cosmologists for many years. He has recently argued that the high precision data favor a cyclic evolution of the universe rather than inflationary Big Bang cosmology that he himself had previously been a key contributor to.

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The Shape of Spacetime

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: In this talk, I shall go over the history of the geometry of spacetime according to general relativity and string theory.

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The Arrow of Time - Images of Irreversible Behavior, Colloquium and Lecture 9

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quasi-Local Mass in General Relativity

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: In this talk, I shall discuss a concept of mass, based on the theory of general relativity, for some compact region in spacetime that is due to M.T. Wang and myself. There are important properties of this mass that we shall discuss in this talk. There are interesting geometry and analys...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 8

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 7

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 6

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 5

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 4

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 3

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 2

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 12

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 11

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 10

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Quantum Theory, Lecture 1

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
This course will begin with a short summary of some aspects of the history of Quantum Mechanics, which will include Einstein’s photon hypothesis, his analysis of monatomic quantum gases (including Bose-Einstein condensation for ideal Bose gases), and a modern interpretation of Heisenberg’s discov...

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Noncommutative geometry and physics 3

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Fields Medalist Alain Connes (Collège de France, IHES and Ohio State University) presents a set of three lectures at the Arnold Sommerfeld Center in the period March 1-3, 2016.

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Discussion(Visions of the Early Universe)

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 29 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
The speakers will not only present the latest findings about the universe and its possible beginnings but also discuss if there are limits of what can be theorized about, and how far the scientific method can be taken. Does it reach to the boundaries of the universe or is there a fundamental limi...

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Introduction to toric geometry 1

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to toric geometry without requiring previous knowledge in algebraic geometry. The lecture series will be based on the toric geometry package in the open-source Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) mathematics software system. Various examples relevant to...

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Introduction to toric geometry 10

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 57 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to toric geometry without requiring previous knowledge in algebraic geometry. The lecture series will be based on the toric geometry package in the open-source Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) mathematics software system. Various examples relevant to...

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Introduction to toric geometry 11

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to toric geometry without requiring previous knowledge in algebraic geometry. The lecture series will be based on the toric geometry package in the open-source Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) mathematics software system. Various examples relevant to...

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Introduction to toric geometry 12

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to toric geometry without requiring previous knowledge in algebraic geometry. The lecture series will be based on the toric geometry package in the open-source Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) mathematics software system. Various examples relevant to...

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Introduction to toric geometry 13

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 59 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to toric geometry without requiring previous knowledge in algebraic geometry. The lecture series will be based on the toric geometry package in the open-source Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) mathematics software system. Various examples relevant to...

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Introduction to toric geometry 14

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 1 hour - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to toric geometry without requiring previous knowledge in algebraic geometry. The lecture series will be based on the toric geometry package in the open-source Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) mathematics software system. Various examples relevant to...

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Introduction to toric geometry 2

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 25 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to toric geometry without requiring previous knowledge in algebraic geometry. The lecture series will be based on the toric geometry package in the open-source Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) mathematics software system. Various examples relevant to...

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Introduction to toric geometry 3

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 30 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to toric geometry without requiring previous knowledge in algebraic geometry. The lecture series will be based on the toric geometry package in the open-source Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) mathematics software system. Various examples relevant to...

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Introduction to toric geometry 4

Special Lecture Series (ASC) - January 15, 2020 13:14 - 29 minutes - Video ★★★★★ - 1 rating
Abstract: I will give a pedagogical introduction to toric geometry without requiring previous knowledge in algebraic geometry. The lecture series will be based on the toric geometry package in the open-source Sage (http://www.sagemath.org) mathematics software system. Various examples relevant to...

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