who somehow knows your best friend, and you say, "Wow, it's such a small world." In the mid-1990s, two mathematicians, Duncan Watts and Steve Strogatz, set out to solve this small-world problem.- Duncan really sort of had very far-seeing imagination at that point.
Duncan Watts and Steve Strogatz, set out to solve this small-world problem.- Duncan really sort of had very far-seeing imagination at that point. - We had computers that allowed us to simulate environments that were too complicated for for math to work.
- Our math showed, the question is not why is the world small, it's really how could it be otherwise? Duncan started saying to me, "This is about discovering a whole new universe, and its properties and laws." I recognized that he was right.- I just wanted to sort of reflect on what you said about these sort of shortcuts.
He was invited by President Obama. Duncan -Andrade has also been ranked as one of the nation's most influential scholars and by Ed Week's Public Influence Rankings over the past three years.His research interests and publications span the areas of urban schooling and curriculum change, urban teacher development and retention,
There's a lot of fibbing goes on. Duncan Jones is my middle name.Michael Duncan Jones Bay.
that the language sounds right, and then to just do it all at the same time. Duncan , for you-- so your first film, "Moon," is one of my favorites of all time.
At the last, we can use it as a marketing thing to attract this crowd. Duncan Niederauer who just coincidentally was the previous CEO of NYSE, he joined a Bitcoin swap side, TeraExchange.
- This is now the moment for the big reveal. As Duncan turned the knob in his computer simulations, as soon as he introduced a few shortcuts, the world immediately gets as small as a random graph.
was on Google. And this is public data aggregate from across the world of what people are actually looking up for "I always." Jeff Duncan -Andrade told us yesterday that our kids are coming to school with a litany of other stories and narratives that are going on in their head, other challenges
I know, I was one of-- the one out. And Duncan was the one who brought me into the world, into the universe of "Warcraft." I love the script, and that's why I wanted to be in the movie.
Duncan Jones is my middle name.Michael Duncan Jones Bay. So I was very lucky.
could watch a movie and there would not be a good boy, good guy or bad guy, or the right being or the wrong being. And Duncan , I don't know, to me it's like very unique, don't you think, Toby? I can't remember a movie I've seen that pulled that off and it really does work.
But I think for those of us who are anxious achievers, meaning we are really ambitious and really driven, and sometimes, powered by anxiety. Like America runs on Duncan . I run on anxiety.
Even I know JK Rowling has talked about with her films, you don't get final approval because-- and I can understand this, because this I loved Lois Duncan , Christopher Pike, "Baby-Sitters Club." I read everything.
And I'll start with this one, high school graduation rates. Not long before Arne Duncan was leaving office, he was all over CNN, MSNBC, CBS, ABC, lauding himself and the Obama administration for having created the highest high school graduation rate in the history of the United States.
that the language sounds right, and then to just do it all at the same time. And you often see Duncan in a situation with people, and it's like-- I hate to use this because it's so violent--
Hello everyone. Welcome to Talks at Google. I'm Kevin Duncan . Today we welcome the cast of "Fuller House." So who we have is Candace Cameron-Bure, Jodie Sweetin, and Andrew Barber. Hi.
When you consider each issue that 7-year-old to 20-year-old is going to bring up in . And Obama and Duncan supported that measure.
So the producers said, we have a solution-- Wednesdays and Saturday matinees for black people. And Todd Duncan said, not good enough. And Anne Brown, who was the original Bess, 19-year-old out of the Juilliard School, had never acted in her life.
George plucked her out of Juilliard, took her into the show. She stood by Todd Duncan 's side. Then the producers at the National said, all right, we've got another solution-- the second half of the upper balcony, for every performance,
That was pretty exciting. I remember Michael Clarke Duncan who's like 7 feet tall and outweighs her by several hundred pounds just walloping her on top of a rooftop.
It was and trust. What what what I think we basically, you know, when when Edgar and Chris said, "I think we should work with Stuart Duncan ." And I had never met Stuart until last year. And and my first thought was absolutely.
So my mom never grew up baking. But I would watch those Duncan Hines commercials. And I would see the grandma making cookies, or the little kid licking the spatula after mixing brownies.
"Alice" is written by Steven Sater and Jessie Nelson. And the music is by Duncan Sheik. Also lyrics by Steven Sater, and our director, Jessie Nelson.
So I simplifies in parts. And then I gave it to Duncan that next day, because he came back July 5th. And like later that night, Duncan said, can you come in-- I have something for that.
Now I'm teaching English. And I'm listening to Arne Duncan , the top elected official, appointed official in our field tell me that it's better than it's ever been. And I'm at Fremont where it's worse than it's ever been in my 20 years there.
I wanted to be in the movie. And then I met with Duncan and he showed me his incredible visuals, and the art, and the world he wanted to create, his interpretation of that.
So yeah, I guess I was procrastinating when I actually started my blog. So I do just read it to Duncan .
him and garet well Garnett and Tim Duncan you got some great players you
Thank you, Duncan . Of course, this is all very shocking to hear.
Hi, Duncan . Thanks so much for coming to talk to us.
Hi, Duncan . Thank you so much for that.
And I just love getting to watch it every night, especially sung by the two of you. So thank you. Duncan and Steven, can tell me a little bit about, and tell our crowd, a little bit about the impetus for writing this musical.
And I just kept meeting with people and feeling like they weren't quite getting what was in my head, or that it might be more normal than I I think, Duncan and I always joke that we do workshops for a living.
for producing uncommon levels of social and academic success for his students. Dr. Duncan -Andrade lectures around the world and has authored two books and numerous journal articles and book chapters on effective practices in schools. In 2015, he was tapped to be a commissioner on The National Commission on Teaching & America's Future, and in 2016, was part of a group of educators invited to the White House
I'm not the adventuring type. Now yesterday, Jeff Duncan -Andrade talked to us about a concept that Claude Steele popularized in his book "Whistling Vivaldi," which by the way, I have to plus one that recommendation.
and Yahoo, particularly Duncan Watts, who I think might have spoken here a few years ago.
And finally, Brent Duncan .
The main researcher on this is a guy named Duncan Watts.
knacking on the treadmill. Duncan is lying down with Heineken in his hands. He's thinking, "What are they doing?" And I'm listening to the woman because she's saying, "I'm a waitress during the day. In
She starts reciting the book. And lo and behold, this anthemic Duncan Sheik theme kicks in. And they're transported to Wonderland.
And then I gave it to Duncan that next day, because he came back July 5th. And like later that night, Duncan said, can you come in-- I have something for that. And we sat together, which is rare for us to be at the piano together.
Hi, everyone. Welcome to Talks at Google. Today, it is my absolute pleasure to welcome Duncan Jones, Paula Patton, and Toby Kebbell from "Warcraft." Thank you. Thank you so much for joining us today.
I said, no, it's an incredible craft, it's something I would love to learn more of. Who's directing this? They said Duncan Jones. I was like, no way, is that really real?
But then, it was also-- that last bit though would be, they gave me tusks and these contacts that really obscured my vision. And with all of the things I had learned and everything that Duncan and I talked about, in our work and the character, then I felt like I could go out and play her.
that the language sounds right, and then to just do it all at the same time. Hi. This question is for Duncan .
You will see the story of Dr. Craig Duncan .
And of course, when they arrive, the theater is segregated. So the original Porgy, named Todd Duncan , said, well, this is a problem. We're not going to perform this if this theater is segregated.
Then the producers at the National said, all right, we've got another solution-- the second half of the upper balcony, for every performance, for black people. And Todd Duncan and Anne Brown, and at this point, the whole cast said, still not good enough. They got a little nervous.
I think about films like Source Code, Duncan Jones' Source Code, where there's this idea of -- it's not killer Androids -- it's not killer robots. It's our