Hulu - Videos for Milestones in Science & Engineering http://www.hulu.com/feed Hulu - Videos for Milestones in Science & Engineering Fri, 10 Feb 2012 19:03:59 -0000 Milestones in Science & Engineering - Heike Kamerlingh-Onnes, Walther Meissner: Superconductor http://www.hulu.com/watch/198515/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-heike-kamerlingh-onnes-walther-meissner-superconductor#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/198515/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-heike-kamerlingh-onnes-walther-meissner-superconductor#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Superconductivity is a phenomenon occurring in certain materials generally at very low temperatures, characterized by exactly zero electrical resistance and the exclusion of the interior magnetic field (the Meissner effect).

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Duration: 14:54
Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:57:09 -0000 viewster start=2010-12-03T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Ernst Abbe: Microscope http://www.hulu.com/watch/198513/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-ernst-abbe-microscope#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/198513/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-ernst-abbe-microscope#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Ernst Karl Abbe (January 23, 1840 – January 14, 1905) was a German physicist and professor at the University of Jena. He was born in Eisenach, Saxe-Weimar-Eisenach, and died in Jena. Abbe is best known for his work in optics.

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]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:57:09 -0000 viewster start=2010-12-03T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Daniel Bernoulli: Hydrodynamics http://www.hulu.com/watch/198514/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-daniel-bernoulli-hydrodynamics#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/198514/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-daniel-bernoulli-hydrodynamics#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Daniel Bernoulli was one of the many prominent mathematicians in the Bernoulli family. His chief work is his Hydrodynamique in which he formulated Bernoulli's Principle.It is most known for its use in aerodynamics.

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Duration: 14:56
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]]> Mon, 06 Dec 2010 19:57:09 -0000 viewster start=2010-12-03T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - The Gateway to the Pacific: Joseph B. Strauss and the Golden Gate Bridge http://www.hulu.com/watch/192634/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-the-gateway-to-the-pacific-joseph-b-strauss-and-the-golden-gate-bridge#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/192634/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-the-gateway-to-the-pacific-joseph-b-strauss-and-the-golden-gate-bridge#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

The Golden gate Bridge: the most famous bridge in the world and one of America's landmarks. The urban developer Michael O'Shaughnessy commissioned the engineer Joseph Baermann to design a bridge over the Golden Gate Bay.

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Duration: 15:01
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:59:08 -0000 viewster start=2010-11-10T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Fritz Klatte, Hermann Staudinger: PVC http://www.hulu.com/watch/192257/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-fritz-klatte-hermann-staudinger-pvc#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/192257/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-fritz-klatte-hermann-staudinger-pvc#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) was discovered by French physicist Henri Victor Regnault, and German physicist Eugen Baumann. Klatte designed the production process, although never successfully commercialised it.

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Duration: 14:39
Rating: 4.1 / 5.0

]]> Wed, 10 Nov 2010 21:10:07 -0000 viewster start=2010-11-09T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Leo Hendrik Baekeland: Bakelite http://www.hulu.com/watch/199245/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-leo-hendrik-baekeland-bakelite#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/199245/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-leo-hendrik-baekeland-bakelite#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Bakelite is a material based on the thermosetting phenol formaldehyde resin polyoxybenzylmethylenglycolanhydride, developed in 1907–1909 by Belgian Dr. Leo Baekeland.

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Duration: 14:42
Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

]]> Thu, 09 Dec 2010 00:33:08 -0000 viewster start=2010-11-08T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - James Watt and the Steam Engine http://www.hulu.com/watch/192632/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-james-watt-and-the-steam-engine#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/192632/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-james-watt-and-the-steam-engine#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

One name stands for its success story: James Watt. The Scottish engineer did not invent the steam engine, but he made decisive improvements in its method of functioning . He realised that its principle was not very efficient.

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Duration: 14:37
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]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:59:08 -0000 viewster start=2010-11-08T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - The Concrete Needle: Fritz Leonhardt and the Stuttgart Television Tower http://www.hulu.com/watch/192633/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-the-concrete-needle-fritz-leonhardt-and-the-stuttgart-television-tower#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/192633/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-the-concrete-needle-fritz-leonhardt-and-the-stuttgart-television-tower#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

In the early fifties Sddeutsche Rundfunk decided to build a new television tower on the "Hoher Bopser", a hill in the surroundings of Stuttgart.

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Duration: 15:11
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:59:08 -0000 viewster start=2010-11-08T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Blaise Pascal and the Pressure http://www.hulu.com/watch/192631/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-blaise-pascal-and-the-pressure#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/192631/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-blaise-pascal-and-the-pressure#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Pascal's earliest work was in the natural and applied sciences where he made important contributions to the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and clarified the concepts of pressure and vacuum.

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Duration: 14:37
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]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:59:08 -0000 viewster start=2010-11-08T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Adolf Butenandt – Sex Hormones http://www.hulu.com/watch/192635/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-adolf-butenandt-%E2%80%93-sex-hormones#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/192635/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-adolf-butenandt-%E2%80%93-sex-hormones#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Austrian scientist Ludwig Haberlandt came up with the concept of a hormonal contraceptive as early as 1919. But it could not be implemented because the requisite sex hormones coul not be obtained in a pure form.

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Duration: 14:20

]]> Thu, 11 Nov 2010 21:59:08 -0000 viewster start=2010-11-08T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Louis Braille and the Braille Alphabet http://www.hulu.com/watch/190136/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-louis-braille-and-the-braille-alphabet#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/190136/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-louis-braille-and-the-braille-alphabet#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Not until 1825 was a system of embossed printing developed by the young Louis Braille, which is now used throughout the world as an alphabet code for the blind.

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Duration: 14:33
Rating: 4.2 / 5.0

]]> Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:28:09 -0000 viewster start=2010-10-27T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Leonardo da Vinci and Anatomy http://www.hulu.com/watch/190230/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-leonardo-da-vinci-and-anatomy#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/190230/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-leonardo-da-vinci-and-anatomy#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Leonardo da Vinci’s interest in science went hand in hand with an exceptional talent for art – a unique stroke of luck for both domains. He was one of the first artists to dissect corpses.

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Duration: 14:31
Rating: 4.3 / 5.0

]]> Wed, 03 Nov 2010 18:22:12 -0000 viewster start=2010-10-27T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Alfred Nobel and Dynamite http://www.hulu.com/watch/190135/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-alfred-nobel-and-dynamite#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/190135/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-alfred-nobel-and-dynamite#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

In Paris Nobel became the assistant of the chemist Theophil-Jules Pelouze. It was in his laboratory that nitroglycerin had been invented. Nobel resolved the problem of uncontrolled explosions by inventing a detonator and having it patented.

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Duration: 14:47
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]]> Wed, 03 Nov 2010 16:28:09 -0000 viewster start=2010-10-27T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Tim Berners Lee and the WWW http://www.hulu.com/watch/148413/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-tim-berners-lee-and-the-www#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/148413/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-tim-berners-lee-and-the-www#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Berners-Lee worked at CERN, now the European Organization for Nuclear Research. He wanted not only to interconnect documents on a computer, but also to link documents on several computers to different places. And this idea led to the World Wide Web.

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Duration: 14:44
Rating: 2.5 / 5.0

]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 17:41:07 -0000 viewster start=2010-05-04T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Otto von Guericke and Air Pressure http://www.hulu.com/watch/148411/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-otto-von-guericke-and-air-pressure#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/148411/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-otto-von-guericke-and-air-pressure#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Otto von Guericke developed the barometer, an instrument for measuring air pressure, and used it for weather forecasts. The experiments carried out by von Guericke were based on his ability to produce for the first time a sphere without air – a vacuum.

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Duration: 14:41
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]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 17:41:07 -0000 viewster start=2010-05-04T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - The Montgolfier Brothers and the Hot Air Balloon http://www.hulu.com/watch/148415/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-the-montgolfier-brothers-and-the-hot-air-balloon#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/148415/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-the-montgolfier-brothers-and-the-hot-air-balloon#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

On June 4th 1783, the Montgolfier brothers demonstrated to the public in Annonay how one could make a balloon fly by means of hot air provided by fire. The physicist Jacques Alexandre Charles tried to send up a balloon with the aid of hydrogen.

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Duration: 14:41
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]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 17:41:07 -0000 viewster start=2010-05-04T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Michael Faraday – From Electricity to Power http://www.hulu.com/watch/148417/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-michael-faraday-%E2%80%93-from-electricity-to-power#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/148417/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-michael-faraday-%E2%80%93-from-electricity-to-power#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

For a long time, electricity was regarded as a force of nature over which we had no control. We owe it above all to Michael Faraday that electric motors became widespread in industry within the space of a few decades.

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Duration: 14:41
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]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 17:41:07 -0000 viewster start=2010-05-04T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Johannes Gutenberg and Book Printing http://www.hulu.com/watch/148412/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-johannes-gutenberg-and-book-printing#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/148412/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-johannes-gutenberg-and-book-printing#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Gutenberg took a text and dissected it into its components: into letters, punctuation marks and frequently recurring combinations of letters, so-called ligatures. These were combined as single characters into words, lines and pages.

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Duration: 14:31
Rating: 4.4 / 5.0

]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 17:41:07 -0000 viewster start=2010-05-04T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Igor Sikorsky and the Helicopter http://www.hulu.com/watch/148416/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-igor-sikorsky-and-the-helicopter#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/148416/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-igor-sikorsky-and-the-helicopter#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Igor Sikorsky had been pursuing a dream: the construction of a helicopter In 1941 he succeeded in constructing the first precursor of a helicopter based on the principle still used today.

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Duration: 14:45
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]]> Tue, 11 May 2010 17:41:07 -0000 viewster start=2010-05-04T00:00:00Z; scheme=W3C-DTF Milestones in Science & Engineering - Adam Ries and Arithmetic http://www.hulu.com/watch/148414/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-adam-ries-and-arithmetic#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos http://www.hulu.com/watch/148414/milestones-in-science-and-engineering-adam-ries-and-arithmetic#http%3A%2F%2Fwww.hulu.com%2Ffeed%2Fshow%2F2415%2Fvideos

Until the beginning of the modern age around 1500 many people were unable to do even elementary sums. The man who was to change all this, by making the art of arithmetic understandable to the common people, was Adam Ries.

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