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“A new age of shamelessness” | Slavoj Žižek on Trump, authoritarians and “the new left”
Paddy O’Connell speaks to so-called ‘rock star’ philosopher and cultural theorist Slavoj Žižek, who argues the case for a more “authoritarian” left-leaning leader on the global stage. Newsnight is the BBC’s flagship news and current affairs TV programme – with … Continue reading
Why is this symbol hidden everywhere in the UK?
Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/chrisspargo Thanks to the person who sent me this – who didn’t want to be named. Find benchmarks near you: https://www.bench-marks.org.uk/ Benchmark information from Ordnance Survey: https://www.ordnancesurvey.co.uk/blog… Photos used in intro https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi… […]
Selling Your Wife At Market: The London History Show
We’re touching so much grass today. Order my new book “Mavericks”: https://watkinspublishinglinks.com/ma… ISBN: 9781786788986 Published by @Watkinspublishing1893 @watkinsbooks ——- Music used under a CC-BY licence http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b… : Pulsar by Shane Ivers – https://www.silvermansound.com ——- You can support the channel on … Continue reading
The Woman Who Fixed Einstein’s Mistake
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What India’s forgotten genius taught us about math
[…] This video is about Aryabhata and his work the Aryabhatiya. Selected sources: The manuscript with English commentary: https://ia801405.us.archive.org/13/it… Sanskrit Meter example: • SanskritMetres 02 Arya https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/c… https://mathshistory.st-andrews.ac.uk… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabhata https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aryabha… […]
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