Inspirations

When this animation project started to take their first steps I intended to bring life to a large and extensive still life, flying over it in a manner similar to that fantastic intro created for the opening credits of a French film called Delicatessen. But then I still had not found the motif, the main characters of the action. So I looked into that enormous and inexhaustible source of inspiration that is Escher and tried to imagine how it could be his workplace, what things would surround an artist like him, so deeply interested in science in general and mathematics in particular. This, though, from a completely imaginary, free and invented point of view. And here is the result of that process, accompanied by the beautiful song “Lost Song” composed by Ólafur Arnalds, an Icelandic musician. Hope you like. Cristobal Vila, February 2012, Saragossa, Spain.

by (http://www.etereaestudios.com/docs_html/inspirations_htm/intro.htm)

Tim Minchin

by (http://www.upworthy.com/this-is-the-most-inspiring-yet-depressing-yet-hilarious-yet-horrifying-yet-heartwarming-grad-speech)

Shane Koyczan: To This Day ... for the bullied and beautiful

By turn hilarious and haunting, poet Shane Koyczan puts his finger on the pulse of what it's like to be young and … different. "To This Day," his spoken-word poem about bullying, captivated millions as a viral video (created, crowd-source style, by 80 animators). Here, he gives a glorious, live reprise with backstory and violin accompaniment by Hannah Epperson.

by (http://www.ted.com/talks/shane_koyczan_to_this_day_for_the_bullied_and_beautiful.html)

10 strategies to manipulate by Noam Chomsky

by (http://theinternationalcoalition.blogspot.ca/2011/07/noam-chomsky-top-10-media-manipulation_08.html,
http://noam-chomsky.tumblr.com/post/13867896307/noam-chomsky-10-strategies-of-manipulation-by-the,
http://www.spekulanti.com/analizi-mnenie/23928-10_nachina_da_vi_manipulirat)

Coursera

Courses for Everyone

by (https://www.coursera.org/courses)

Udacity

Hi Ilka Guigova,

Thank you for your interest in AI Class and congratulations to those who successfully graduated. We were totally amazed that over 23,000 students made it all the way to the end in a Stanford graduate-level class.

Due to popular demand, we are teaching a follow-up class: AI for Robotics at www.udacity.com . Also due to popular demand, we now have a programming environment, so you can develop and test software. Our goal is to teach you to program a self-driving car in 7 weeks. This is a topic very close to my heart, and I am eager to share it with you. (This class builds on the concepts in ai-class, but ai-class is NOT required).

We are also launching an introduction to programming class, where students will learn to program a search engine, without any prior knowledge of programming. This will be great for students new to computer science.

We are doing this with a new university: Udacity. In the next months, we will offer an entire computer science curriculum through Udacity, and offer certification services so that an entire degree can be obtained online.

I would love to see you in class again! I would also love if you could help us spread the word and recruit students. Udacity is an experiment in democratizing education, in making free education available for everyone in the world. It can only succeed if you join us and help spread the word.

Sebastian

by Sebastian Thrun (http://www.udacity.com/)

2012 : WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE DEEP, ELEGANT, OR BEAUTIFUL EXPLANATION?

To arrive at the edge of the world's knowledge, seek out the most complex and sophisticated minds, put them in a room together, and have them ask each other the questions they are asking themselves.

by (http://www.edge.org/responses/what-is-your-favorite-deep-elegant-or-beautiful-explanation)

Stanford University School Of Engineering Online

Artificial Intelligence (http://www.ai-class.com/)
Introduction To Machine Learning (http://www.ml-class.com/)
Introduction To Databases (http://www.db-class.com/)

MITOpenCourseware

by MIT (http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/)

The Reith Lectures

Series of annual radio lectures on significant contemporary issues, delivered by leading figures from the relevant fields

by BBC (http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b00729d9)

What Math?

Mathematics is not about answers, it's about processes. Let me give a series of parables to try to get to the root of the misconceptions and to try to illuminate what mathematics IS all about.

by Dr. Robert H. Lewis, Fordham University (http://www.fordham.edu/academics/programs_at_fordham_/mathematics_departme/what_math/index.asp)

Metaphors, Models, And Theories

Theories deal with the world on its own terms, absolutely. Models are metaphors, relative descriptions of the object of their attention that compare it to something similar already better understood via theories. Models are reductions in dimensionality that always simplify and sweep dirt under the rug. Theories tell you what something is. Models tell you merely what something is partially like.

by Emanuel Derman, Edge (http://www.edge.org/3rd_culture/derman10.1/derman10.1_index.html)

Justice with Micheal Sandel

What's the right thing to do?

by Micheal Sandel (http://www.justiceharvard.org/)

5 Sites With Free Video Lectures From Top Colleges

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/best-sites-for-free-video-lectures-from-top-colleges-universities/

The Best 6 Sites to Get Free Ebooks

ebook search sites:
www.pdfgeni.com
www.pdf-search-engine.com
www.data-sheet.net

Youtube for documents:
www.scribd.com

Tech books:
www.freecomputerbooks.com
www.freetechbooks.com
www.onlinecomputerbooks.com

Free (Online) Courses

Stanford offers free CS, robotics courses

MIT Open Courseware

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