Compound Denominate Numbers: Working With Metric Compound Denominate Numbers
This clip explains how working with metric compound denominate numbers differs from compound denominate numbers in the U.S. Customary System. "In the Metric System, we don't usually see a value like 21 meters 72 centimet..
Compound Interest
What is the difference between simple and compound interest? Also, illustrated how and when compound interest is used as well as introduce the basics of savings accounts and time deposit accounts.
Computer Simulations
Philosopher John Searle points out the difference between computer simulations--be they of the brain or a weather event or an explosion--and the real thing. According to Professor Searle, however closely the simulation c..
Computers, Consciousness and the Brain
Philosopher Daniel Dennett compares computers, which perform billions of operations sequentially, with the human brain, which Dennett calls a staggeringly complex structure capable of performing enormous numbers of opera..
Conflict Resolution Strategies
An increasing number of organizations are setting up formal systems to enable people to bring their conflicts into the open and to prevent tension from building beneath the surface. An open and direct approach which enco..
Conflict That's Positive
For companies that are aggressively pursuing opportunities in changing markets, conflict over different ideas can be a tremendous asset. While it would be absurd to argue that all or even most conflict is good, some form..
Conflict and Change Case Study: Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
Employees at most hospitals deal with conflict either by suffering in silence and allowing the conflict to fester, or complaining to superiors and expecting them to solve the problem. Mercy Hospital and Medical Center ha..
Conflicts and Frustrations
Former Secretary of Labor and university professor Robert Reich talks about some of the challenges that come with the job of being a Cabinet department Secretary. One of these is trying to reduce government costs while, ..
Confronting borders in schools : teaching for equity, justice, and global citizenship
In this keynote address given at William Paterson University’s 3rd Annual Diversity Conference, Professor María Elena Torre - founding Director of the Public Science Project at The Graduate Center of the City Universi..
Confucianism
Born in China of missionary parents, Huston Smith learned about Chinese language, culture, and religion while growing up near Shanghai. Smith explains how the intertwining of opposites is key to understanding the great r..