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Oppenheimer reading list
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Opening scenes from Oppenheimer: oppenheimermovie.com
References
The Trinity High-Explosive Implosion System: The Foundation for Precision Explosive Applications: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00295450.2021.1913954
Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943–1945.
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Errata
Thank to Ferenci Tamás for catching an error - the image shown at 5:00 is not of the lensed implosion bomb but a later 72-block Y-1222 design.
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Oppenheimer reading list
amazon.com/shop/welchlabs
Opening scenes from Oppenheimer: oppenheimermovie.com
References
The Trinity High-Explosive Implosion System: The Foundation for Precision Explosive Applications: tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/00295450.2021.1913954
Critical Assembly: A Technical History of Los Alamos during the Oppenheimer Years, 1943–1945.
Welch Labs
patreon.com/welchlabs
tiktok.com/@welchlabs
welchlabs.com
Errata
Thank to Ferenci Tamás for catching an error - the image shown at 5:00 is not of the lensed implosion bomb but a later 72-block Y-1222 design.
CFAQJOTYQHT7JYIT
![How To Science [Part 4: Science]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/Y7kCJtWFpUU/mqdefault.jpg "How To Science [Part 4: Science]
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![Imaginary Numbers Are Real [Part 7: Complex Multiplication]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/YHvR8siIiD0/mqdefault.jpg "Imaginary Numbers Are Real [Part 7: Complex Multiplication]
More information and resources: http://www.welchlabs.com
Imaginary numbers are not some wild invention, they are the deep and natural result of extending our number system. Imaginary numbers are all about the discovery of numbers existing not in one dimension along the number line, but in full two dimensional space. Accepting this not only gives us more rich and complete mathematics, but also unlocks a ridiculous amount of very real, very tangible problems in science and engineering.
Part 1: Introduction
Part 2: A Little History
Part 3: Cardans Problem
Part 4: Bombellis Solution
Part 5: Numbers are Two Dimensional
Part 6: The Complex Plane
Part 7: Complex Multiplication
Part 8: Math Wizardry
Part 9: Closure
Part 10: Complex Functions
Part 11: Wandering in Four Dimensions
Part 12: Riemanns Solution
Part 13: Riemann Surfaces
Want to learn more or teach this series? Check out the Imaginary Numbers are Real Workbook: http://www.welchlabs.com/resources.
Want to learn more or teach this series? Check out the Imaginary Numbers are Real Workbook: http://www.welchlabs.com/resources.")
![Waffles And Harmonic Motion [Part II]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/ZzVpT8w8ILU/mqdefault.jpg "Waffles And Harmonic Motion [Part II]
In this two part series, we dig into understanding and quantifying simple harmonic motion (SHM). We try to figure our why systems that oscillate move the way they do, and what ideas from physics govern this motion.
I have unapologetically stolen much of my approach from Richard Feynmans wonderful physics lectures: http://www.feynmanlectures.caltech.edu/I_toc.html. The approach presented here was largely borrowed from Feynman chapters 9 and 21. I encourage anyone interesting in going to deeper to read Feynmans lectures.
Supporting code: https://github.com/stephencwelch/Acoustics-To-Deep-Learning/blob/master/Waffles%20And%20Harmonic%20Motion%20%5BPart%20II%5D.ipynb
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![How to Science [Part 3: Experiments]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/b-CPQdWU-sI/mqdefault.jpg "How to Science [Part 3: Experiments]
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![Learning to See [Part 11: Haystacks on Haystacks]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/biy2yU3Auc4/mqdefault.jpg "Learning to See [Part 11: Haystacks on Haystacks]
In this series, well explore the complex landscape of machine learning and artificial intelligence through one example from the field of computer vision: using a decision tree to count the number of fingers in an image. Its gonna be crazy.
Supporting Code: https://github.com/stephencwelch/LearningToSee
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![Neural Networks Demystified [Part 1: Data and Architecture]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/bxe2T-V8XRs/mqdefault.jpg "Neural Networks Demystified [Part 1: Data and Architecture]
Neural Networks Demystified
Part 1: Data and Architecture
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Supporting Code:
https://github.com/stephencwelch/Neural-Networks-Demystified
In this short series, we will build and train a complete Artificial Neural Network in python. New videos every other friday.
Part 1: Data + Architecture
Part 2: Forward Propagation
Part 3: Gradient Descent
Part 4: Backpropagation
Part 5: Numerical Gradient Checking
Part 6: Training
Part 7: Overfitting, Testing, and Regularization")
![Self Driving Cars [S1E1: The ALV]](https://i.ytimg.com/vi/cExJbbwOfcw/mqdefault.jpg "Self Driving Cars [S1E1: The ALV]
PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/welchlabs
TWITTER: @welchlabs
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CODE: https://github.com/stephencwelch/self_driving_cars
FURTHER READING
Original ALV Paper: http://www.cs.ucsb.edu/~mturk/Papers/ALV.pdf
Great Book on SCI: https://www.amazon.com/Strategic-Computing-Machine-Intelligence-1983-1993/dp/0262529262/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547071120&sr=8-1&keywords=strategic+computing
Great book on the history of AI: https://www.amazon.com/Ai-Daniel-Crevier/dp/0465001041/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1547071150&sr=8-1&keywords=ai+the+tumultuous+history+of+the+search+for+artificial+intelligence
VIDEO REFERENCES
Elon Musk at TED: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NcqI76Z4t1A
Cadillac Super Cruise: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v rxW68ADldI
Tesla Perception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VG68SKoG7vE
Waymo Perception: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B8R148hFxPw
Chris Urmson TED talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tiwVMrTLUWg
MUSIC
https://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-free-tracks/girl-power
https://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-free-tracks/out-of-the-woods
https://www.premiumbeat.com/royalty-free-tracks/language-2
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Tony Fast
Krish Ravindranath
Karthik Naga
Charles Young
Chang Lee
Mathew Turk
- And -
Vin Soma
Raphael J Vasquez
Nate Fuller")
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patreon:
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length table should be in cm, to mm!")
