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Earth's Changing Climate
Richard WolfsonStarting at £14.99 Starting at £14.99 £29.99 £14.99–£29.99This course is your chance to get some of the most up-to-date research on climate change. Earth's Changing Climate explains the concepts, tools, data, and analysis that have led an overwhelming number of climate scientists to conclude that Earth is warming—and the ways in which we humans might be responsible. Whatever your views on climate change, it's important to understand how the current scientific consensus... -
Masterpieces of the Imaginative Mind: Literature's Most Fantastic Works
Eric S. RabkinStarting at £24.99 Starting at £24.99 £54.99 £24.99–£54.99Explore classic masterpieces of the imaginative mind from famous authors such as Mary Shelley, Edgar Allan Poe, Virginia Woolf, Franz Kafka, Jules Verne, J. R. R. Tolkien, Robert A. Heinlein, Isaac Asimov, and more. From talking frogs to human robots, from Mad Hatters to mad scientists, Professor Rabkin helps you discover the magic, wonder, and profound significance of that literature. -
Consciousness and Its Implications
Daniel N. RobinsonStarting at £14.99 Starting at £14.99 £29.99 £14.99–£29.99Join distinguished philosopher, psychologist, and award-winning Professor Daniel N. Robinson and explore fascinating questions about human consciousness in Consciousness and Its Implications. You'll probe the depths of this mysterious subject from the perspective of the philosopher, the psychologist, the scientist, and the doctor. A master storyteller, Professor Robinson brings this riveting topic to life with... -
Understanding the Fundamentals of Music
Robert GreenbergStarting at £24.99 Starting at £24.99 £54.99 £24.99–£54.99Professor Robert Greenberg offers a spirited introduction to the mysterious realm of music theory—the complex syntax of structural and instrumental resources that composers draw on. Sidestepping the necessity to read music, these lectures represent a rare opportunity for learning music theory—for understanding the processes of composition. The course will reward you many times over as you find yourself enjoying... -
Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition
Alex FilippenkoStarting at £119.99 Starting at £119.99 £154.99 £119.99–£154.99In 96 richly illustrated half-hour lectures you will survey the main concepts, methods, and discoveries in astronomy—from the constellations drawn by the ancients, to the latest reports from planetary probes in our Solar System and the most recent images offered by telescopes probing the farthest frontiers of space and time. While updating this course, Professor Alex Filippenko added hundreds of images,... -
Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Literature
David J. SchenkerStarting at £34.99 Starting at £34.99 £79.99 £34.99–£79.99Masterpieces of Ancient Greek Literature offers a view of literature that highlights the importance of the ancient Greeks to so much of the world that came after them, and particularly to our own way of living in and seeing that world. -
Religions of the Axial Age: An Approach to the World's Religions
Mark W. MuesseStarting at £24.99 Starting at £24.99 £54.99 £24.99–£54.99What could the beliefs and traditions of a Zoroastrian, a person of Jewish faith, a Buddhist, a follower of Confucius, and a Christian have in common? How do religions evolve over time? Religions of the Axial Age offers a rare opportunity to relate your own spiritual questions to a variety of ancient quests for meaning and transcendence. Professor Mark W. Muesse shows you the historical conditions in which the world... -
Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear, 2nd Edition
Michael StarbirdStarting at £39.99 Starting at £39.99 £54.99 £39.99–£54.99Calculus has had a notorious reputation for being difficult to understand, but the 24 lectures of Change and Motion: Calculus Made Clear are crafted to make the key concepts and triumphs of this field accessible to non-mathematicians. This course teaches you how to grasp the power and beauty of calculus without the technical background traditionally required in calculus courses. Follow award-winning Professor... -
How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition
Robert GreenbergStarting at £99.99 Starting at £99.99 £129.99 £99.99–£129.99This course can permanently enrich your life. With Professor Robert Greenberg as your teacher, you will hear and understand an entire language of unmatched beauty, genius, and power. Using digitally recorded passages to illustrate his points, Professor Greenberg takes you inside magnificent compositions by Bach, Handel, Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven, Chopin, Verdi, Wagner, Brahms, Tchaikovsky, Stravinsky, and more. After... -
What Are the Chances? Probability Made Clear
Michael StarbirdStarting at £19.99 Starting at £19.99 £29.99 £19.99–£29.99Learn how to understand the random factors behind almost everything—from the combinations of genes that produced you to the odds of how long you'll have to wait at a bus stop. In What Are the Chances? Probability Made Clear, award-winning Professor Michael Starbird makes the secret of numbers come alive for nonmathematicians. He picks intriguing, useful, and entertaining examples to illustrate the fundamental... -
Between the Rivers: The History of Ancient Mesopotamia
Alexis Q. CastorStarting at £34.99 Starting at £34.99 £79.99 £34.99–£79.99The impact of ancient Mesopotamia on the development of human civilization—including writing, codes of law, cities, and epic poetry—is staggering. Between the Rivers: A History of Ancient Mesopotamia takes you on an exciting journey through this area bordered by the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, from Neolithic times to the age of Alexander the Great. In 36 fascinating lectures, award-winning Professor Alexis Q.... -
Cycles of American Political Thought
Joseph F. KobylkaStarting at £34.99 Starting at £34.99 £79.99 £34.99–£79.99Examine a broad survey of American intellectual history in the dynamic course, The American Mind. Discover aspects of the elaborate structure that became modern America, tracing ideas in politics, religion, education, philosophy, psychology, anthropology, literature, social theory, and science—proving that Americans have a much richer intellectual tradition than generally imagined. Continue your fascinating study... -
Great Ideas of Classical Physics
Steven PollockStarting at £24.99 Starting at £24.99 £54.99 £24.99–£54.99Classical physics is about making sense of motion, gravity, light, heat, sound, electricity, and magnetism, and seeing how these phenomena interweave to create the rich tapestry of everyday experience. You already know more physics than you think, says award-winning science educator Steven Pollock. He discusses brilliant thinkers Galileo, Newton, Faraday, and Maxwell to show you that classical physics is an elegant... -
Story of the Bible
Luke Timothy JohnsonStarting at £24.99 Starting at £24.99 £54.99 £24.99–£54.99Is the Bible a divinely inspired message, the work of human authors, or both? Translated and distributed all over the world, it bears the mark of the many cultures that have debated its meaning and prized its wisdom. In this course, Luke Timothy Johnson can illuminate for you the remarkable and complicated process by which this important book came into being. -
Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt
William KlossStarting at £54.99 Starting at £54.99 £79.99 £54.99–£79.99Holland in the 17th century was home to the most remarkable concentration of artistic talent in modern history, including masters such as Hals, Vermeer, and-of course-Rembrandt. Dutch Masters: The Age of Rembrandt introduces you to this important period in art history. Professor William Kloss, an independent art historian with the Smithsonian Institution, guides you through the work of more than 100 artists and more... -
Superstring Theory: The DNA of Reality
S. James Gates Jr.Starting at £54.99 Starting at £54.99 £54.99 £54.99–£54.99One of the most exciting scientific adventures of all time is the search for the ultimate nature of physical reality. The latest advance in this epic quest is string theory. Dr. S. James Gates, Jr., has presented more than 100 public talks on string theory, enhanced by a set of visual aids designed to convey to a lay audience the difficult mathematical ideas that underlie this subject. Are you eager to look over the... -
Emerson, Thoreau, and the Transcendentalist Movement
Ashton NicholsStarting at £24.99 Starting at £24.99 £54.99 £24.99–£54.99In this course, Professor Ashton Nichols introduces us to two remarkable figures Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and a diverse group of intellectual activists, literary figures, and social reformers whose ideas, often considered radical at the time of the Civil War, would remake American society. -
Philosophy of Science
Jeffrey L. KasserStarting at £34.99 Starting at £34.99 £79.99 £34.99–£79.99Philosopher Jeffrey Kasser launches an ambitious inquiry into what makes science science. The route to the answers is a challenging, thought-provoking quest, requiring logic, persistence, intellectual rigor, and imagination. -
Origins and Ideologies of the American Revolution
Peter C. MancallStarting at £39.99 Starting at £39.99 £99.99 £39.99–£99.99In Professor Peter C. Mancall's 48 lectures you learn how our emerging nation astonished the world leaders of the day, broke away from its mother country, and fashioned a republic capable of sustaining itself generation after generation. -
Sensation, Perception, and the Aging Process
Francis B. ColavitaStarting at £24.99 Starting at £24.99 £54.99 £24.99–£54.99Investigate the mysteries of how we perceive reality based on our memory and our senses. Sensation, Perception, and the Aging Process takes a distinct approach to the understanding of human behavior. In 24 fascinating lectures, award-winning Professor Francis B. Colavita offers you a biological and psychological perspective on the way we navigate and react to the world. Among the exciting issues you explore are how...
