Vladimir Lenin overthrew Russian Czar Nicholas II and founded the Soviet Union, forever changing the course of Russian politics. But was he a hero who toppled an oppressive tyranny or a villain who replaced it with another? Alex Gendler puts this controversial figure on trial, exploring both sides of a nearly century-long debate.
Lesson by Alex Gendler, animation by Brett Underhill.
Showing posts with label TED Talks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TED Talks. Show all posts
"The world's English mania" - TED video
Jay Walker explains why two billion people around the world are trying to learn English.
English is a mandatory subject in Chinese schools from third grade. "The world's second language" offers opportunity to solve common problems.
English is a mandatory subject in Chinese schools from third grade. "The world's second language" offers opportunity to solve common problems.
Cross-sections of food in the very act of being cooked
Cookbook author (and geek) Nathan Myhrvold talks about his magisterial work, "Modernist Cuisine" -- and shares the secret of its cool photographic illustrations, which show cross-sections of food in the very act of being cooked.
The hidden beauty of pollination - TED Talks video
Pollination: it's vital to life on Earth, but largely unseen by the human eye. Filmmaker shows us the intricate world of pollen and pollinators with gorgeous high-speed images from the film "Wings of Life," inspired by the vanishing of one of nature's primary pollinators, the honeybee.
One oyster filters 50 gallons of water per day - TED video
Kate Orff: Reviving New York's rivers -- with oysters!
TEDtalksDirector | January 31, 2011 | Architect Kate Orff sees the oyster as an agent of urban change. Bundled into beds and sunk into city rivers, oysters slurp up pollution and make legendarily dirty waters clean -- thus driving even more innovation in "oyster-tecture." Orff shares her vision for an urban landscape that links nature and humanity for mutual benefit.
The world's oldest living things - TED Talks
Rachel Sussman shows photographs of the world's oldest continuously living organisms -- from 2,000-year-old brain coral off Tobago's coast to an "underground forest" in South Africa that has lived since before the dawn of agriculture.
TED Talks: "How I fell in love with a fish"
Chef Dan Barber squares off with a dilemma facing many chefs today: how to keep fish on the menu. With impeccable research and deadpan humor, he chronicles his pursuit of a sustainable fish he could love, and the foodie's honeymoon he's enjoyed since discovering an outrageously delicious fish raised using a revolutionary farming method in Spain.
JK Rowling Harvard Commencement Address: The fringe benefits of failure
J.K. Rowling Speaks at Harvard Commencement from Harvard Magazine on Vimeo.
References:
The Fringe Benefits of Failure, and the Importance of Imagination. Harvard Magazine, 2010.
The Ivy League - YouTube http://bit.ly/141eSiE
TED Talks: East vs. West - the myths that mystify
From TED Talks India:
TED Talks: East vs. West - the myths that mystify (the video is not made available for embedding yet).
Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the West -- and shows how these two fundamentally different sets of beliefs about God, death and heaven help us consistently misunderstand one another.
Devdutt Pattanaik graduated from medical school but decided to pursue his interest in mythology rather than work as a physician. He is currently the Chief Belief Officer at Future Group in Mumbai.
TED Talks: East vs. West - the myths that mystify (the video is not made available for embedding yet).
Devdutt Pattanaik takes an eye-opening look at the myths of India and of the West -- and shows how these two fundamentally different sets of beliefs about God, death and heaven help us consistently misunderstand one another.
Devdutt Pattanaik graduated from medical school but decided to pursue his interest in mythology rather than work as a physician. He is currently the Chief Belief Officer at Future Group in Mumbai.
TED video: At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill
William Kamkwamba: How I harnessed the wind.
At age 14, in poverty and famine, a Malawian boy built a windmill to power his family's home. Now at 22, William Kamkwamba, who speaks at TED, here, for the second time, shares in his own words the moving tale of invention that changed his life.
See his 2007 TED talk.
TED Talks: One seed at a time, protecting the future of food
The varieties of wheat, corn and rice we grow today may not thrive in a future threatened by climate change. Cary Fowler takes us inside a vast global seed bank, buried within a frozen mountain in Norway, that stores a diverse group of food-crop for whatever tomorrow may bring.
TED Talks: Swimming with the giant sunfish
Marine biologist Tierney Thys asks us to step into the water to visit the world of the Mola mola, or giant ocean sunfish. Basking, eating jellyfish and getting massages, this behemoth offers clues to life in the open sea.
TED Talks Video: Sylvia Earle: Here's how to protect the blue heart of the planet
Sylvia Earle: Here's how to protect the blue heart of the planet (TED Prize winner!)
"Legendary ocean researcher Sylvia Earle shares astonishing images of the ocean -- and shocking stats about its rapid decline -- as she makes her TED Prize wish: that we will join her in protecting the vital blue heart of the planet."
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