Monthly Archive: Abril 2019
Engineers are using origami to design drugs, micro-robots, and future space missions
The centuries-old tradition of folding two-dimensional paper into three-dimensional shapes is inspiring a scientific revolution. The rules of folding are at the heart of many natural phenomena, from how leaves blossom to how beetles fly. But now, engineers and designers are applying its principles to reshape the world around us—and even within us, designing new drugs, micro-robots, and future space missions.
With this burgeoning field of origami-inspired-design, the question is: can the mathematics of origami be boiled down to one … Ler mais
Professor Brian Cox discovers the scientific inspirations of Royal Society Fellows including Sir David Attenborough and Dame Uta Frith.
People of Science delves into the Royal Society’s rich archive of science artefacts to tell the stories of extraordinary scientists, their science and how it is still influencing our understanding of the world today.
The series is also available on the Royal Society’s YouTube channel. The archive items featured in each film can be explored on Google’s Cultural Institute… Ler mais
An entertaining documentary about the life and achievements of one of the greatest scientists in history
Young, beautiful, and born in an occupied country that for a time disappeared from the European map, Marie Curie cherished the innovative filed of science. Reserved yet ambitious, she rushed into the world of science hitherto the domain of men. How do scientists see her today? What made her unique? How has women’s role in the academic world of science changed?
“For a scientist to be in his laboratory it is not a job, but more like a child to … Ler mais
A importância de Marie Curie para o desenvolvimento da radiologia e o surgimento do hospital de dia da época moderna
Documentário sobre os esforços da vencedora do prémio Nobel da Física e de Química, Madame Curie, e de Claudius Regaud para desenvolver na frente de batalha da Primeira Guerra Mundial novos métodos de tratamento, tais como radiologia, promovendo, assim, cuidados médicos e fazendo surgir o hospital de dia da época moderna.
Marie Curie dirigia o Instituto de Radiologia quando, em 1914, a Primeira Guerra Mundial eclodiu. Prevendo que a guerra seria longa e sangrenta, prepara um veículo … Ler mais
Documentary in which Professor Iain Stewart reveals the story behind the Scottish physicist who was Einstein's hero and inspiration – James Clerk Maxwell
Professor Iain Stewart reveals the story behind the Scottish physicist who was Einstein‘s hero – James Clerk Maxwell. Maxwell’s discoveries not only inspired Einstein, but they helped shape our modern world – allowing the development of radio, TV, mobile phones and much more.
Despite this, he is largely unknown in his native land of Scotland. Scientist Iain Stewart sets out to change that, and to celebrate the life, work and legacy of the man dubbed ‘Scotland’s forgotten Einstein’.… Ler mais
Um retrato íntimo de uma cientista excepcional, Prémio Nobel da Química, há 100 anos
Desde o seu nascimento em Varsóvia até à sua entrada no Panteão, o trabalho e a carreira de Marie Curie são um mito. Honrada em todo o mundo e incorporando um modelo de excelência, a sua história e vida permanecem desconhecidas em França.
Para homenagear esta extraordinária mulher da ciência, por ocasião do centenário do seu Prémio Nobel em dezembro de 2011, este filme oferece um retrato de Marie Curie que, no alvorecer do século XX, participa na revolução … Ler mais
Exploring the interconnectedness of music and mathematics
THE MAJESTY OF MUSIC AND MATH is a multi-media television production that explores the interconnectedness of music and mathematics produced by New Mexico PBS. Featuring remarks by Santa Fe Institute mathematician and computer scientist Cris Moore and musical selections by the Santa Fe Symphony with Principal Conductor Guillermo Figueroa.
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Journey through the history of science on a quest to understand matter
The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements is an exciting series about one of the great adventures in the history of science: the long and continuing quest to understand what the world is made of. Three episodes tell the story of seven of history’s most important scientists as they seek to identify, understand and organize the basic building blocks of matter.
The Mystery of Matter: Search for the Elements shows us not only what these scientific explorers discovered but also how, using … Ler mais
The story of the discovery that everything is made from atoms, one of the greatest scientific breakthroughs in history, and the brilliant minds behind it.
Nuclear physicist Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of the realisation that everything is made of atoms, and the effect that had on the scientific community. The realisation that everything is made from atoms has been referred to as the greatest scientific breakthrough in history. Nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al- Khalili looks into the history of that discovery. He studies the scientists, like Einstein and Heisenberg, who were driven by a thirst for glory.
The Clash of the Titans
Nuclear … Ler mais
Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the important concepts of energy and information
Energy
In attempting to answer the question of what is energy, Jim Al-Khalili investigates a strange set of laws that link together everything from engines to humans to stars.
Information
Investigating the concept of information, Jim Al-Khalili learns that it is not just about human communication, it is woven very profoundly into the fabric of reality.
Energy
Professor Jim Al-Khalili discovers the intriguing story of how we discovered the rules that … Ler mais
Jim Al-Khalili uncovers the story of Sellafield. He encounters some of the most dangerous substances on earth, reveals the nature of radiation and even attempts to split the atom.
Calder Hall, the world’s first full-scale atomic power station, is here shown nearing completion.
In the background are the chimneys and works of the
plutonium factory of Windscale (now Sellafield).
Lying on the remote north west coast of England is one of the most secret places in the country – Sellafield, the most controversial nuclear facility in Britain. Now, Sellafield are letting nuclear physicist Professor Jim Al-Khalili and the television cameras in to discover the real story.
Inside, … Ler mais
Prof Jim Al-Khalili tackles the biggest subject of all, the universe, through a series of critical observations and experiments that revolutionised our understanding of our world
The Beginning
Jim Al-Khalili tackles the greatest question in science – how the universe began. By recreating key experiments Jim unravels the mystery of science’s creation story.
The End
Jim Al-Khalili carries us into the future to try to discover how the universe will end – with a bang or a whimper? He reveals a universe far stranger than anyone imagined.
The Beginning
Professor Jim … Ler mais
Professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the amazing science of gravity. As well sculpting our universe, gravity also affects our weight, height and even the rate at which we age.
Physics professor Jim Al-Khalili investigates the amazing science of gravity. A fundamental force of nature, gravity shapes our entire universe, sculpting galaxies and warping space and time. But gravity’s strange powers, discovered by Albert Einstein, also affect our daily lives in the most unexpected ways. As Jim tells the story of gravity, it challenges his own understanding of the nature of reality.
The science of gravity includes the greatest advances in physics, and Jim recreates groundbreaking experiments in gravity … Ler mais
Documentary. Jim Al-Khalili takes a look at how we've created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind - and why this shouldn't spook us.
Professor Jim Al-Khalili looks at how we have created machines that can simulate, augment, and even outperform the human mind – and why we shouldn’t let this spook us.
He reveals the story of the pursuit of AI, the emergence of machine learning and the recent breakthroughs brought about by artificial neural networks. He shows how AI is not only changing our world but also challenging our very ideas of intelligence and consciousness.
Along the way, we’ll investigate spam filters, … Ler mais
