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ted.com TED Idea Conference

TED-Ed Place to learn a variety of topics explained in layman's terms.

fora.tv Talks & conferences from scholars & thinkers

http://utubersity.com/ Educational videos covering a massive amount of content.



/sci/ Prerequisites

Neil Tyson talks about UFOs and the argument from ignorance.

Neil Tyson - Universe 1-12(can't seem to find it atm)

Feynman 'Fun to Imagine' 4: Magnets

'A Universe From Nothing' by Lawrence Krauss

'The Evolution of Confusion' by Dan Dennett

Daniel Dennett lecture on "Free Will"

Randolph Nesse Interview

Nicholas Humphrey Interview

Steven Pinker - The Genius of Charles Darwin

The Purpose of Purpose - Richard Dawkins

The Poetry of Science: Richard Dawkins & Neil deGrasse Tyson

Why We Believe in Gods

Alien Science

Ken Miller on Intelligent Design

Neil Tyson - A Conversation about Communicating Science  

Why Space is Important

Open Mindedness

Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor in 16min

Energy From Thorium: A Nuclear Waste Burning LFTR

The Liquid Fluoride Thorium Reactor: What Fusion Wanted To Be

'Science in Hollywood' by Carolyn Porco Richard Dawkins called her a female Carl Sagan (>all of the above / >scientists / choose one)

Richard Feynman's lecture on Quantum Electrodynamics Parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Carl Sagan's lecture series "Planets" at the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1977 - UK) [Intended for a lay audience with little background in astronomy.]

  1. The Earth as a Planet
  2. The Outer Solar System & Life
  3. The History of Mars
  4. Mars Before Viking
  5. Mars After Viking
  6. Planetary Systems Beyond The Sun
Richard Dawkins's lecture series "Growing Up in the Universe"  at the Royal Institution Christmas Lectures (1991 - UK) [Newfags to science must watch this; nature of science explained]
  1. Waking up in the Universe
  2. Designed and Designoid Objects
  3. Climbing Mount Improbable
  4. The Ultraviolet Garden
  5. The Genesis of Purpose
Caltech The Mechanical Universe ( Set of physics lectures for freshmen )
"The Mechanical Universe helps meet different students' needs,
 from the basic requirements of liberal arts students to the rigorous demands of science and engineering majors"

Science Songs

Symphony of Science music videos (Sagan, Hawking, et al in autotune; mind=blown)

Tim Minchin's Storm the Animated Movie (anti homeopathy/ hippy etc.)

I Will Derive! Music Video about deriving

"Fear the Boom and Bust"
a Hayek vs. Keynes Rap Battle

I'm Atoms (Scientific Cover of Jason Mraz's I'm Yours)


Documentaries

General sources

Top Documetary Films

Documentary Heaven

Docuwatch

Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

DocumentaryWire



Carl Sagan’s Cosmos series (Info) (1980)

  1. Youtube Playlist
  2. hulu.com/cosmos
  3. (Non-US) At your own risk: thepiratebay



Connections (Info)

  • Connections (1978)
    1. The Trigger Effect
    2. Death in the Morning
    3. Distant Voices
    4. Faith in Numbers
    5. The Wheel of Fortune
    6. Thunder in the Skies
    7. The Long Chain
    8. Eat, Drink and Be Merry
    9. Countdown
    10. Yesterday, Tomorrow and You
  • Connections2 (1994)
    1. Revolutions & Sentimental Journeys
    2. Getting it Together & Whodunit?
    3. Something for Nothing & Echoes of the Past
    4. Photo Finish & Separate Ways
    5. High Times & Deja Vu
    6. New Harmony & Hot Pickle
    7. The Big Spin & Bright Ideas
    8. Making Waves & Routes
    9. One Word & Sign Here
    10. Better Than the Real Thing & Flexible Response
  • Connections3 (1997)
    1. Feedback
    2. What’s in a Name?.
    3. Drop the Apple
    4. An Invisible Object
    5. Life is No Picnic
    6. Elementary Stuff
    7. A Special Place
    8. Fire from the Sky
    9. Hit the Water
    10. In Touch


BBC Documentaries

  1. BBC: Chemistry, A Volatile History
    1. EP1: http://tvsearch.co/tv/watch/H5GVP7DV
    2. EP2: http://tvsearch.co/tv/watch/HVH4L6H4
    3. EP3: http://tvsearch.co/tv/watch/T3T9QZMZ
  2. Homeopathy (Why it’s bullshit) Further reading: 1023.org.uk
  3. How Long is a Piece of String (Inifinity)
  4. The Mysterious Mr. Tesla
  5. Science: A Challenge to TV Orthodoxy
  6. The Infinite Monkey Cage
  7. The Secret Life of Chaos
  8. Everything and Nothing (Everything)
  9. Everything and Nothing (Nothing)
  10. BBC Horizon 2011 - What is Reality?
  11. The Illusion of Reality
  12. Are We Still Evolving? (VEVO PLAYER NEEDED)
  13. BBC Horizon - How Many People Can Live On Planet Earth
  14. David Attenborough: Death Of The Ocean (BBC Documentary)
  15. Did Cooking Make Us Human?
  16. The Hawking Paradox
  17. What Happened Before the Big Bang?(cant find this one either)
  18. What on Earth is Wrong with Gravity?
  19. How to Make Better Decisions Note: after part 4 it becomes shit
  20. Supermassive Black Holes
  21. Neanderthals
  22. Illusion of Reality: Atoms; part 1, 2, 3
  23. The Ghost in Your Genes
  24. The Code - Part 1   Part 2   Part 3
  25. To Infinity & Beyond Part 1, Part 2, Part3, Part4, Part5, Part6,
  26. Charles Darwin and the Tree of Life
  27. The Incredible Human Journey
  28. Brian Cox’s Wonders of the Universe
  29. Brian Cox: Stargazing Live Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3
  30. V.S. Ramachandran’s Phantoms in the Brain  Ep 1, Ep 2



The Ascent of Man (1973) (BBC)
  1. Lower than the Angels — Evolution of man from proto-ape to the modern form 400,000 years ago.
  2. The Harvest of the Seasons — Early human migration, agriculture and the first settlements, and war.
  3. The Grain in the Stone — Tools, and the development of architecture and sculpture.
  4. The Hidden Structure — Fire, metals and alchemy.
  5. Music of the Spheres — The language of numbers and mathematics.
  6. The Starry Messenger — Galileo's universe--and the implications of his trial on the shift to "northern" science.
  7. The Majestic Clockwork — Explores Newton and Einstein's laws.
  8. The Drive for Power — The Industrial Revolution and the effect on everyday life.
  9. The Ladder of Creation — Darwin and Wallace's ideas on the origin of species.
  10. World within World — The story of the periodic table--and of the atom.
  11. Knowledge or Certainty — Physics and the clash of the pursuit of absolute vs. imperfect knowledge, and the misgivings of the scientists realizing the terrible outcome of the conflict.
  12. Generation upon Generation — The joys of life, sex, and genetics--and the dark side of cloning.
  13. The Long Childhood — Bronowski's treatise on the commitment of man.


Dangerous Knowledge (BBC) -- about mathematics and mathematicians

  1. Source 1 (YouTube)
  2. Source 2 (Google Videos)


NOVA (PBS) - Hunting the Edge of Space  Part 1  Part 2

Richard Feynman: The Pleasure of Finding Things Out Pt 1, Pt 2, Pt 3, Pt 4, Pt 5

Richard Feynman: Fun to Imagine

Richard Feynman: The Last Journey of a Genius

Fermat's Last Theorem The story of how Andrew Wiles proved "Fermat's Last Theorem": an + bn  cn, n>2

Special & General Relativity(very broad title, cant find it)

Understanding Quantum Physics(very broad title, cant find it)

Carl Sagan’s Biography Pt 1|Pt 2

Aubrey de Grey: In Pursuit of Longevity

Dodos, Maltese Falcons, & the Art of Obsession - MythBusters' Adam Savage  

Molecular gastronomy (biochemistry of tasty food)

Link Method to memorization Pt 1Pt 2

Sense of Self / Out of Body Experiences

Imagining the Tenth Dimension Part 1   Part 2

Quants: The Alchemists of Wall Street


High Anxieties: The Mathematics of Chaos Pt1, Pt2, Pt3, Pt4, Pt5, Pt6, Pt7, Pt8, Pt9


Recommended YouTube Channels

National Programme on Technology Enhanced Learning (NPTEL) 14,082+ (and counting) videos on Mathematics, Physics, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Engineering, Humanities, etc...

http://www.youtube.com/user/richarddawkinsdotnet Official channel of Richard Dawkins himself

http://www.youtube.com/user/Best0fScience

http://www.youtube.com/user/SagansCosmos

http://www.youtube.com/user/FFreeThinker

http://www.youtube.com/user/khanacademy          

http://www.youtube.com/user/patrickJMT

http://www.youtube.com/user/GoogleTechTalks

http://www.youtube.com/user/singularityu

http://www.youtube.com/user/PBS

http://www.youtube.com/user/kipkay How to's, hacks, and pranks; electrical engineering related

http://www.youtube.com/user/EEVblog Centered solely around electrical engineering featuring many videos

http://www.youtube.com/user/CuriousInventor Channel of a store so it showcases items but contains some excellent tutorials on soldering

https://www.youtube.com/user/UniversityofSurrey#p/ Most interesting is the "Jim meets..." people like Brian Cox, Sir David Attenborough and The Archbishop of Canterbury

https://www.youtube.com/user/NickFromFulham QI shows, which is some a Britfag trivia-type show (>implying science or math)

http://www.youtube.com/thenewboston#p/p Videos provide a clear explanation and teaching method on a variety of computing languages

http://www.youtube.com/user/sixtysymbols Some guy interviews physicists and gets them talking about physics stuff.

http://www.youtube.com/user/physicsduck Channel of someone in a non profit organization based upon science

http://www.youtube.com/user/thegeekgroup Channel of previously said non profit organization based upon science

http://www.youtube.com/user/Vihart Videos about mathematical doodling explaining some graphical mathematical concepts and number theory

http://www.youtube.com/user/crashcourse Videos on Biology and history

http://www.youtube.com/user/scishow/ Assortment of videos

https://www.youtube.com/user/NakedScientists Videos exploring concepts through drawings, interviews, and demonstrations.

/sci/ Recommended Podcasts

Stuff You Should Know General Knowledge

Skeptic's Guide to Universe Skepticism & News

Material World Science news (UK)

Dr Karl Listeners phone in with some interesting science questions (UK)

StarTalk Radio Show Podcasts by Neil DeGrasse Tyson: “Everything under the sun; Or rather under the universe!”

The Naked Scientist Science news (Website also has extra articles and experiments) (UK)

Philosophy Bites Bite-sized podcasts on philosophy

Radiolab Weekly podcast that focuses on a specific topic each week

This Week in Virology Information on viruses