A Casinha da Matemática

A Álgebra é generosa; ela frequentemente dá mais do que aquilo que lhe é pedido. (D'Alembert)

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Matemática / Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Bento de Jesus Caraça – Matemático e Cidadão

A vida de Bento de Jesus Caraça, matemático e opositor a Salazar

Quando um regime não estimula e, pelo contrário, desencoraja o direito de um povo à educação e à cultura, todos aqueles que promoverem a educação desse mesmo povo são reprimidos. Foi assim com Bento de Jesus Caraça, expulso da Universidade por Salazar.
Em 1941 cria a famosa “Biblioteca Cosmos“, para edição de livros de divulgação científica e cultural, a qual publicou 114 livros, com uma tiragem global de 793 500 exemplares.
Um documentário de Diana Andringa… Ler mais

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Matemática / Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Tails You Win: The Science of Chance

Professor David Spiegelhalter tries to pin down what chance is and how it works in the real world

Smart and witty, jam-packed with augmented-reality graphics and fascinating history, this film, presented by professor David Spiegelhalter, tries to pin down what chance is and how it works in the real world. For once this really is ‘risky’ television.

The film follows in the footsteps of The Joy of Stats, which won the prestigious Grierson Award for Best Science/Natural History programme of 2011. Now the same blend of wit and wisdom, animation, graphics and gleeful nerdery is applied … Ler mais

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Matemática / Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

The Joy of Stats

Hans Rosling says there’s nothing boring about stats, and then goes on to prove it

 

Documentary which takes viewers on a rollercoaster ride through the wonderful world of statistics to explore the remarkable power thay have to change our understanding of the world, presented by superstarboffin Professor Hans Rosling, whose eye-opening, mind-expanding and funny online lectures have made him an international internet … Ler mais

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Matemática / Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Marcus du Sautoy – The Secret Rules of Modern Living: Algorithms

Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms

Without us noticing, modern life has been taken over. Algorithms run everything from search engines on the internet to satnavs and credit card data security – they even help us travel the world, find love andsave lives.

Mathematician Professor Marcus du Sautoy demystifies the hidden world of algorithms. By showing us some of the algorithms most essential to our lives, he reveals where these 2,000-year-old problem solvers came from, how they work, what they have achieved and how they are … Ler mais

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1001 Inventions / Matemática / Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Science in a Golden Age

Jim al-Khalili unravels the links between latest scientific developments and the unsung scientific heroes of the past
About Science in a Golden Age

From satellite-enabled GPS, to hi-tech medical procedures – much of today’s modern science has been developed and understood through the work of scientists and thinkers across the ages and from around the world.

While the names of Newton, Galileo and Copernicus are … Ler mais

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Matemática / Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo / 1001 Inventions

When the Moors Ruled in Europe

Historian Bettany Hughes looks at the influence of the Moorish invasion of Spain in 711 AD, and the lasting cultural and scientific legacy they created

As part of the Channel 4’s Hidden Civilisation season exploring Islam’s rich and significant contribution to western art and culture, historian Bettany Hughes traces the story of the mysterious and misunderstood Moors, the Islamic society that ruled in Spain for 700 years, but whose legacy was virtually erased from Western history.

In 711 AD, a tribe of newly converted Muslims from North Africa crossed the straits of Gibraltar and invaded Spain. Known as The Moors, they went on to build … Ler mais

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Aftershock: The Hunt for Gravitational Waves

Horizon travels to the South Pole to tell the inside story of the greatest scientific quest of our time

In March 2014, a team of astronomers stunned the scientific world when they announced that their BICEP2 telescope at the South Pole had possibly detected a signal of “gravitational waves” from the early universe. This is the inside story of the hunt for gravitational waves from the … Ler mais

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Light and Dark

Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe

In this mind-bending series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal the universe.

Episode 1: Light

Two-part series in which Professor Jim Al-Khalili shows how, by uncovering its secrets, scientists have used light to reveal almost everything we know about the universe. But in the last 30 years we have discovered that far from seeing everything, we have seen virtually … Ler mais

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Matemática / Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Math and the Rise of Civilization

A guided tour of the history of numbers and how they’ve shaped the development of humankind is at the heart of this unique series

A guided tour of the history of numbers and how they’ve shaped the development of humankind is at the heart of this unique series. In five episodes that take us across time and around the world, we see how mathematics played an important role in ancient Egypt and Greece, … Ler mais

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

Everything and Nothing

Professor Jim Al-Khalili explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness

Two-part documentary which deals with two of the deepest questions there are – what is everything, and what is nothing?

Episode 1: Everything

In two epic, surreal and mind-expanding films, Professor Jim Al-Khalili searches for an answer to these questions as he explores the true size and shape of the universe and delves into the amazing science behind apparent nothingness.

The first part, Everything, sees Professor Al-Khalili set … Ler mais

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Ciência e Tecnologia / Vídeo

The Secrets of Quantum Physics

Professor of physics Jim Al-Khalili investigates the most accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever - quantum physics

Episode 1:  Einstein’s Nightmare

Professor Jim Al-Khalili traces the story of arguably the most important, accurate and yet perplexing scientific theory ever – quantum physics.

The story starts at the beginning of the 20th century with scientists trying to … Ler mais

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Divulgação / Vídeo

Reid Gower – I am the Creator of The Sagan Series

I am Reid Gower

I’m the creator of the popular youtube series called The Sagan Series and The Feynman Series. You can find both on my youtube channel.

Over the past couple years I’ve been invited around the world to give talks on my motive for creating the series. I was even recently invited to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center where I gave a talk and was given a tour.

I also recently finished my contributions to The Sagan/Feynman Series, but I’m announcing

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