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ive hundred years ago, Spanish

conquistadors searching for
gold and new lands to settle
stumbled on a group of independent
city-states in Mesoamerica, a region
extending for more than a thousand
miles from the desert of northern
Mexico to the rain forest of Central
America. Sophisticated beyond the
Spaniards wildest imaginings, these
people were the Aztecs, the Maya,
and related cultures that shared common traditions of religion, government, social organization, the arts,
agriculture, engineering, and trade.
In many ways more advanced
than European nations, these societies were the equal of the worlds
greatest civilizations, with remarkable achievements including the
following:
Cities: The Aztec capital,
Tenochtitlan, was more populous than any city in Europe and
featured unprecedented public
amenities, among them one of
the largest public markets in the
world.
Time-keeping: The Maya
created a calendar that could
record their history down to the
day over spans of thousands of
yearsa feat achieved by few
other early civilizations.
Palenque, a great Mayan City State that dates from 226 B.C. to 799 A.D. contains some of the most spectacular architecture
that the Maya ever produced. The site features large pyramids topped with temples that also served as funerary structures.
In addition, the site also contains a palace and a large aqueduct. Though the site is well-known and visited by thousands of
tourists every year, it is estimated that only 10 percent of the original city has been examined and the rest, including more than
1,000 additional structures, are still covered by thick jungle.
Foods: The most planted crop

on Earth today, corn, was
domesticated thousands of years
ago in Mesoamerica, along with
beans, squashes, chocolate, and
other foods now consumed
everywhere.
Writing: Writing was independently invented just five
times in the history of the
worldonce by the Maya,
whose elaborate writing system
was only deciphered in the late
20th century.
Mathematics: Maya mathematics is so complex that we dont
yet know all it can do. The

system is among the first ever to
use zero, which is indispensible
for practical and advanced calculations.
But the ancient Mesoamericans
were also deeply mystifying. Their
art was filled with strange images of
serpents, birds, jaguars, and humans
with fantastically adorned headdresses. Their cities were dominated by
ceremonial pyramids, thousands of
which were built throughout the
region. Their most popular rituals
included a bruising ball game played
to propitiate the gods. And their
most notorious practice was human

sacrifice, performed frequently and
sometimes with hundreds of victims
slaughtered in a single ceremony.
Although the Spanish eventually conquered all of Mesoamerica,
much remains of the original culture. Beautiful artifacts fill museums. Impressive ruins dot the landscape. And millions of descendants
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Maya to Aztec: Ancient
Mesoamerica Revealed immerses
you in this epic story with 48 exhilarating half-hour lectures that cover
the full scope of Mesoamerican
history and culture. Your guide is
Professor Edwin Barnhart, Director
of the Maya Exploration Center and
a noted archaeologist, explorer, and
teacher, whose exploits include the
discovery of a lost Maya city.
The countries from Mexico to
Costa Rica include more than a
dozen UNESCO World Heritage
Sites related to the pre-Columbian
period, plus scores of other ancient
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sites that are equally worth a visit.

These lectures are the ideal way
to plan an itinerary, prepare for a
tour, or simply sit back and enjoy
a thrilling virtual voyage. You will
be surprised at the number of sites
to exploremany more than you
could possibly see in months of
travel.
EXPERIENCE A GOLDEN
AGE OF DISCOVERY
Among his many distinctions,
Dr. Barnhart was a student of the
famous Maya scholar Linda Schele,
who played a pivotal role in deciphering the Maya script and helped
spur a new understanding of this
preeminent Mesoamerican civilization. In Maya to Aztec, you hear
how the keys to deciphering the
Maya hieroglyphs, which had frustrated generations of code breakers,
suddenly fell into place at a conference organized by Schele in 1973.
Since then, the marvelous world of
the Maya has been revealed in far
more rich detail, shedding new light
on their history, mythology, rituals,
monuments, and arts.
These discoveries, plus the
exciting revelations of current
archaeological work throughout
Mesoamerica, make today a golden
age of studies in the field and the
perfect time to immerse yourself in
this entrancing subject.
MAYA, AZTEC, AND MORE
The course focuses in depth on two
cultures: the Maya, who have been
in Mesoamerica for thousands of
years, and the Aztecs, who mysteriously appeared late and rose swiftly
to power. The Aztecs fell from
power just as precipitously; their
empire controlled the region for less
than a century, until the arrival of
the Spanish in the early 1500s. You
learn what these two groups shared
and what made them so different.
For example, why did the Aztecs
use chocolate beans for money yet
apparently had gold for the taking,
while the Maya had little interest in
the metal so coveted by Europeans?
And why were the Aztecs so quickly
defeated by the conquistadors, while
the Maya resisted the invaders for
generations? In addition, you will
see how the contrasting histories of
the Aztecs and Maya continue to
have repercussions in modern-day
Mexico and Guatemala, helping to

explain the complex politics of that
part of the world.
Furthermore, ancient
Mesoamerica was a crossroads of
many different cultures, and you
also learn about these major civilizations:
Olmec: Famed for colossal stone
heads, the Olmecs flourished
more than 3,500 years ago and
were one of Mesoamericas first
complex societies. Study their
beautiful and inscrutable art for
clues about their way of life.
Zapotec: The Zapotecs established one of the earliest major
cities in Mesoamerica, Monte
Alban, located on a strategic
mountaintop overlooking the
spectacular Valley of Oaxaca.
Take a tour of the well-preserved
ruins at this fascinating site.
Mixtec: In 1932 an archaeologist at Monte Alban discovered
a tomb as rich as an Egyptian
pharaohs. But this was not a
Zapotec grave; it belonged to a
later people called the Mixtec.
Learn about their culture and
their powerful ruler called Eight
Deer Jaguar Claw.
Toltec: Revered by the Aztecs
and more recently the purported
source of mystical teachings,
the Toltecs are one of the great
question marks of Mesoamerican
history. Investigate what is actually known about this enigmatic
culture.
Tarascan: A rival power to the
Aztecs, the Tarascans have traits
that connect them to the Inca in
Peru. Discover that they are not
the only Mesoamerican civilization with intriguing links to peoples far to the south and north.
INVESTIGATE THE
CONTROVERSIES
Maya to Aztec is richly illustrated
with Professor Barnharts own photos taken in the field, along with
museum-grade images of artifacts,
illustrations recreating ancient cities
and temples, maps showing where
to find different sites, and graphics
that decode Mesoamerican writing
and iconography.
Steeped in this subject for his
entire professional career, Dr.
Barnhart knows the arguments on
Over the last 25 years, The Great

Courses has created a sizable number of courses on ancient and medieval history. But, apart from a single course on the Conquest of the
Americas, we had not produced a
course on Meso- or South American
civilizations. Year after year, customer requests for such a course got
louder and louder.
So in 2011, we set out in earnest
to develop our approach to this
long-neglected gap in our curriculum. Our first step was to identify an
English-speaking expert who could
cover such a broad time period and
geography to tell a holistic story
about pre-Columbian American civilizations. This proved to be very difficult, as much of the best and most
up-to-date work on these sites is being done in their native countries by
local experts.
In 2012, after a full year of searching, our professor recruitment team
solved the problem when they discovered Edwin Barnhart, Director of
the Maya Exploration Center. After
sitting down with Dr. Barnhart, a brilliant lecturer and scholar (as well as
the only person weve ever met who
discovered a lost city in a jungle), we
mapped out our plan.
In 2013, we released Dr. Barnharts Lost Worlds of South America to much customer acclaim. That
24-lecture course, which focuses on
12 seminal civilizations of that continent, at long last began to fill in our
content offerings on pre-Columbian
America. Customers raved over the
material and Dr. Barnharts presentation. At press time of this catalog,
the course is rated at 4.8 out of 5
stars on our websitepretty close to
universal acclaim.
Dr. Barnhart returns this month
with a true blockbuster and a masterpiece48 comprehensive and
enthralling lectures covering the
spectacular Maya and Aztec civilizations. This course, then, finally delivers on a long-standing customer
request, and we truly hope that you
enjoy it.
all sides of the most important controversies, and he often has his own
well-thought-out theories to contribute, making this course an exciting
glimpse of exploration, theorizing,
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Among the mysteries and controversies you investigate are these:

The Maya calendar: The elaborate time-keeping inscriptions
of the Maya have sparked many
sensational interpretations, such
as a purported end of world
in 2012. Dr. Barnhart shows
that the true meanings involved
rebirth, a cyclical view of history, and major turning points in
Maya civilization.
Human sacrifice: No subject
so shocked outside observers,
including the ruthless conquistadors, as human sacrifice. The key
is to see this ritual in its broader
religious context, which included
auto-sacrificeor self-mutilationpracticed by the ruling
elite.
Ball game: American football
has been around for 150 years,
but the Mesoamerican ball
game has been played for 3,500
years. Explore the debate over
the social functions of this risky
sport, which used a solid rubber
ball weighing as much as nine
pounds.
Maya collapse: Why would
a civilization at the height of
power systematically abandon its
cities? Dr. Barnhart discusses the
leading theories and then looks at
evidence that the Maya obsession
with cycles of time may have
been the decisive factor.
Ancient observatory: The massive tower called El Caracol in
the Maya city of Chichen Itza is
thought to be an ancient astronomical observatory. But how
was it used? Are the many celestial alignments connected with it
intentional or accidental?
Professor Barnhart also spotlights the momentous encounter
that transformed Mesoamerica forever. Near the end of the course,
he describes the march of Hernn
Corts and his small army of Spanish
troops from Veracruz to the Aztec
capital at Tenochtitlan in 1519.
There the Aztec ruler, Moctezuma
II, welcomed the foreigners with
gifts of gold. Heedless of the Aztecs
vastly superior strength, Corts
waged war and in less than two years
defeated the entire Aztec empire. Dr.
Barnhart evaluates the conflicting
historical accounts of this astonishing conquest, which had a profound
impact on the New World and the

Old.
One who was affected was the
great German artist Albrecht Drer.
In 1520, he visited Brussels and saw
an exhibit of Aztec artifacts sent
to the Holy Roman Emperor by
Corts. All the days of my life,
Drer wrote in his diary, I have
seen nothing that rejoiced my heart
so much as these things, for I saw
amongst them wonderful works of
art, and I marveled at the subtle
ingenuity of men of foreign lands.
With Maya to Aztec, you, too,
will marvel at the accomplishments
and genius of an exceptional group
of civilizations, which were among
the greatest the world has ever
known.
ABOUT YOUR PROFESSOR
Professor Edwin Barnhart is Director
of the Maya Exploration Center,
a nonprofit organization dedicated to the study of ancient Maya
civilization. He received his Ph.D.
in Anthropology with a focus on
archaeology from The University of
Texas at Austin and has more than
20 years of experience as an archaeologist, explorer, and instructor in
North, Central, and South America.
He has published more than a dozen
papers and given presentations at
eight international conferences.
In 1994, Professor Barnhart discovered the ancient city of Maax
Na (Monkey House), a major
center of the Classic Maya period in
northwestern Belize. In 1998 he was
invited by the Mexican government
to direct the Palenque Mapping
Project, a three-year effort to survey and map the unknown sections
of Palenques ruins. The resultant
map has been celebrated as one of
the most detailed and accurate ever
made of a Maya ruin.
Professor Barnhart has taught
archaeology and anthropology at
what is now Texas State University,
and he currently teaches University
of Texas travel courses for college
professors on ancient Andean and
Mesoamerican astronomy, mathematics, and culture. Over the last
decade, he has appeared multiple
times on the History Channel, the
Discovery Channel, and Japanese
NHK Public Television.
The Maya calendar system, which is based upon and refined from earlier systems in
use by the Zapotec and Olmec civilizations before them, is extremely complex and
highly accurate, allowing archaeologists to precisely identify the dates of signficant
events in Maya history.
COURSE CURRICULUM
1 The Maya, Aztecs, and Mesoamerica
Survey the geography, cultures, and time
span covered in these 48 lectures. Dr.
Barnhart discusses the organization of
the course and key concepts. Then, he
takes you on a whirlwind tour of important
places, civilizations, and events in
Mesoamerica.
2 Olmec Civilization Emerges
Begin with the
Olmecs at the dawn
of Mesoamerican
civilization.
Flourishing from
about 1700 B.C. to
300 B.C., the
Olmecs represent one of only six cradles
of early civilization in world history. Hear
how they were discovered, and
investigate three sites where they lived.
3 Olmec Art as the Mother Culture
Delve into Olmec art, searching for
clues to who the Olmec were and
what preoccupied these builders of
Mesoamericas first great civilization.
Explore the mysteries of giant sculpted
heads, jaguar carvings, and full-bearded
figures depicting men who some think
were foreigners from afar.
4 Olmec Contemporaries
Investigate other cultures that thrived in
Mesoamerica at the time of the Olmecs,
such as the Zapotecs in the Valley of
Oaxaca. Probe intriguing archeological

evidence, including artifacts similar to
those from Olmec culture, which raise the
question of who influenced whom.
5 M
esoamerican Plants,
Cuisine, and Medicine
Learn about the botany of Mesoamerica
and how it benefited not just the people
of the region but eventually the entire
world. From corn and chocolate to vanilla,
chili peppers, rubber trees, and other
products, the native vegetation has had
a profound impact on global diet and
culture.
arly Highland Maya
6 E
Izapa to Kaminaljuyu
Trace the origin of Maya civilization to a
dramatic change in the nature of public
monuments. Dr. Barnhart takes you to
early Maya highland cities such as Izapa,
with its amazing religious carvings, and
Kaminaljuyu, which heralded the dawn of
the Classic Maya period.
7 Preclassic Maya LowlandsEl Mirador
Travel to the Petn
rainforest in
northern Guatemala,
where hundreds of
Maya settlements lie
hidden, including
some of the oldest
Maya cities ever built. Among the
spectacular sites, hear about the
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8 T
he Popol VuhCreation
and Hero Twins
In 1701, a Spanish priest fluent in Mayan
translated a secret copy of the ancient
Maya story of creation, the Popol Vuh.
The original has long since disappeared,
but the translation survives. Hear this
magical story in captivating detail.
9 The Great City of Teotihuacan
At its height around
400 A.D.,
Teotihuacan was
the most populous
city in the Western
Hemisphere.
Explore this vibrant
metropolis, focusing on its still-extant
pyramids of the Sun and Moon and the
role they played in the violent ritual life of
the Classic Maya period.
10 How the Maya Mastered Mathematics
Study the power of Maya mathematics,
which was a positional, base-twenty
system that lent itself easily to calculation
and the expression of very large
numbers. Learn about its use of the zero
placeholder, and test your skills solving
problems the way the Maya did.
11 The Worlds Most Elaborate Calendar
Unlock the secrets of the Maya calendar,
which was unlike any other in the
worldwith nested cycles of time keyed
to human, seasonal, and astronomical
patterns. Look back to their year zero and
the special importance of the number
1,195,640.
12 TikalAspiring Capital
of the Maya World
Chart the rise and fall of Tikal, one of the
great Maya cities until it was mysteriously
abandoned around 900 A.D. Overgrown
by jungle, it sat forgotten for a thousand
years. Hear about Tikals tumultuous
history and its dramatic rediscovery.
13 Maya HieroglyphsBreaking the Code
Maya hieroglyphs are a beautiful and
elaborate writing system, bearing
messages that were almost a complete
mystery until recent decades. Dr.
Barnhart describes the detective work
that went into deciphering the script
and his own studies with pioneer
code-breaker Linda Schele.
14 Maya Astronomy and
Building Orientations
The Maya were expert sky observers.
Discover that many of their buildings are
oriented to view the rising and setting
of celestial bodies, and still others are
designed to interact with sunlight,
creating tricks of light and shadows.
Consider what these alignments may
have signified.
15 The Dresden Codex
Only four ancient Maya books have
survived to modern times. Study the most
fascinating of these: the Dresden Codex.
Focus on its complex calculations of
the motions of Venus and the timing of
solar eclipses. Also, turn to its pages on

divination, which defied understanding
until Dr. Barnhart contributed a key
insight.
16 PalenqueJewel in the West
Descend down the secret steps of a
Maya pyramid to discover the tomb of
Pakal the Great, the most renowned
ruler of the city of Palenque. Trace the
history of Palenque, which during the
7th century A.D. excelled in architectural
sophistication, hieroglyphic inscriptions,
and astronomical knowledge.
17 Sacred Geometry in Art
and Architecture
The Maya had no known unit of linear
measure, yet their art and architecture
reflect a sophisticated understanding
of geometry. Investigate the geometric
ratios that the Maya used over and over.
Discover how these relate to nature
and the practices of other ancient
civilizations.
18 Illuminating Works of Maya Art
Learn about Maya life through their art,
studying such works as the fantastic
painted murals at Bonampak and the
famous sarcophagus lid on the tomb of
Pakal. According to a best-selling book,
the latter depicts an ancient astronaut on
a rocket ship, but Dr. Barnhart decodes
its real meaning.
19 CopanJungle Dynasty of the East
Visit Copan, a beautifully preserved city
on the edge of the Maya world. This
illustrious site has been continuously
excavated since the 19th century, and Dr.
Barnhart himself did fieldwork helping to
unearth tombs of the citys most notable
rulers.
20 CalakmulThe Mighty Snake Kingdom
Maya hieroglyphs tell of a mysterious
Snake Kingdom, which long eluded
archaeologists. We now know that this
powerful city was Calakmul, located in
the Petn rainforest of southern Mexico.
Learn its long history of warfare with its
militant neighbors.
21 The Mesoamerican Ball Game
Created 3,500
years ago and still
played today, the
Mesoamerican ball
game was the New
Worlds first
organized team
sport. More than just a game, it reenacted
mythology, symbolized war, and pleased
the gods. Investigate where it was
played, along with its rules and variations.
22 Enigmatic West Mexico
and Shaft Tombs
Survey the cultures that flourished in
west Mexico at the time of the Maya.
Their distinctive shaft tombs, pottery,
metalwork, and other artifacts have
intriguing links to South America. Also
see how todays Voladores flying
traditional dance originated centuries
ago in this region.
Palenques greatest king was Pakal, who ascended the throne at only 12 years old.
During his reign he transformed the city through massive and constant construction
programs, and his most magnificent architectural achievement was this palace.
23 Classic Maya Collapse
Cities Abandoned!
One of historys unsolved mysteries is
why many Maya cities were abandoned
in the 9th century A.D., bringing an end
to the Classic period. Examine theories
that trace this collapse to war, drought,
environmental damage, or volcanic
eruption. Then, hear Dr. Barnharts
solution to the puzzle.
24 New Cities of the Terminal
ClassicUxmal
From 800 to 1000 A.D., the Maya region
went through a transitional phase
known as the Terminal Classic. Study
the changes that emerged in new
Maya cities, which saw innovations
in government, religion, art, and
architecture. Focus on the remarkable
city of Uxmal.
25 Monte Alban and Zapotec
Rule over Oaxaca
Journey to Oaxaca to explore Monte
Alban, one of the most beautiful ruins in
all of Mesoamerica. Chart the city plan,
monuments, and art of this hilltop center
of Zapotec civilization, which dominated
the Valley of Oaxaca for over a thousand
years.
26 The Mixtec RiseGold and Epic Stories

Tomb 7 at Monte
Alban is a New
World version of
Tutankhamuns
burial chamber,
containing an
extraordinary
number of gold artifacts. Learn about the
Mixtec culture that produced these
treasures along with many other
impressive objects, including illustrated
codices of their history and mythology.
27 The Great Pyramid of
Cholula and El Tajin
More massive than the largest Egyptian
pyramid, the Great Pyramid of Cholula
was one of the astonishing feats of the
Veracruz civilization, which flourished in
the modern state of Veracruz during the
Terminal Classic period. Focus on two
prominent cities of this culture: Cholula
and El Tajin.
28 Cacaxtla Murals and Xochicalco
View the fantastic murals at Cacaxtla
in central Mexico, arguably the finest in
Mesoamerica. Then, look at the famous
Temple of the Feathered Serpent in
Xochicalco, which, like the Cacaxtla
murals, represents the influence of the
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called the cradle of Maya civilization.
vanished Teotihuacan and classic Maya

cultures.
29 The ToltecsRole Models or Myth?
The Aztecs claimed
that their civilization
descended from
the mighty Toltecs.
But were the
Toltecs as
magnificent as the
Aztecs believed? Join the hunt for this
elusive empire, which was
headquartered at the modest town of
Tula and spread influential ideas such as
the legend of Quetzalcoatl.
30 Chichen ItzaMaya Capital
of the Yucatan
Travel to the best-known of all ancient
Maya cities: Chichen Itza. Focus on its
Toltec-Maya phase, from 1000 to 1200
A.D., and the citys striking similarities to
Tula. What do these connections imply
about the history of Chichen Itza? Dr.
Barnhart presents an intriguing theory.
eague of MayapanMaya
31 L
New World Order
As Chichen Itza declined, a city named
Mayapan rose to power. Mayapan
deliberately copied Chichen Itzas
monumental buildings and experimented
with a more representative form of
government. Examine the architecture,
social structure, and daily life of this new
regional capital.
32 Mesoamerican Religion
Delve into Mesoamerican religion,
tracing the evolution of gods and
religious practices from the Olmecs to
the Maya and finally to the Aztecs, who
are featured in the next section of the
course. Learn the names, roles, and
origins of the principal deities.
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33 Aztec OriginsArrival and

Rise of the Mexica
How did a vagabond group of wanderers
become the most powerful civilization
in North America? Survey the history
of the Aztecs, looking behind their
idealized self-image to discover their
likely beginnings and the secret of their
political, economic, and military success.
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34 The Aztec Capital of Tenochtitlan

See the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan
through the eyes of a visitor during the
height of Aztec power, when the citys
quality of life was unrivaled virtually
anywhere in the world. Modern Mexico
City, which is built atop Tenochtitlan,
preserves isolated ruins of this grandeur.
35 Life in the Aztec World
Drawing on contemporary accounts by
Spanish soldiers, priests, and literate
Aztecs, enter the daily life of a typical
Aztec, discovering the cultures social
organization, marriage customs, public
festivals, and shockingly commonplace
rituals of human sacrifice.
36 How the Aztecs Expanded Their Empire
By the time of European contact, the
Aztec empire was the most extensive in
Mesoamerican history. Study the Aztecs
methodical approach to conquest and
the structure of their empire, which was
more like Alexander the Greats than
imperial Romes.
37 I ndependent Tarascans
Desert Warriors
Second only to the Aztecs in the extent
of their realm were the neighboring
Tarascans. Compare their empire and
culture to Aztec civilization, and sift
through conflicting clues that point to the
origin of the Tarascans, who considered
themselves newcomers to Mesoamerica.
38 PaquimeNorthernmost
Mesoamerican City?
On the frontier
between
Mesoamerica and
the American
Southwest stands a
mysterious ruin:
Paquime, also
called Casas Grandes. Was it connected
with the Pueblo culture to the north, or
with the Aztecs and Tarascans to the
south? Dr. Barnhart offers a fascinating
hypothesis.
39 Illuminating Works of Aztec Art
Tour some of the masterpieces of
Aztec art, including the Calendar Stone
and Stone of Tizoc, which were likely
platforms for human sacrifices. Then,
behold the terrifying Statue of Coatlicue,

and pore over the Codex Mendoza,
which is a beautifully illustrated history of
the Aztec nation.
40 TulumAztecs at the
Ancient Maya Port City
Archaeologists call the last phase of
pre-Columbian culture before the arrival
of the Spanish the Late Post-Classic
period. Get a snapshot of this waning
era by visiting the ruins of Tulum, a
Maya seaport that hints at a final Aztec
incursion into the region.
41 First Contact with Europe
in Mesoamerica
Review the events
that brought an
improbable
expedition led by
Christopher
Columbus to the
New World in
search of Japan. Trace Columbuss later
contact with Mesoamerica, and follow the
arrival of Spanish conquistadors,
including Vasco Nez de Balboa and
Hernn Corts.
42 The Siege of Tenochtitlan
Cortss defeat of the Aztec empire was
one of the greatest military victories in
history. Analyze how the enterprising
conquistador managed this coup with
just a few hundred Spanish troops, aided
by native allies and a secret weapon that
even he did not know he had: infectious
diseases.
43 Conquest of the Maya
and Landas Legacy
Once the Aztecs were defeated, the
Spanish turned their eyes to the rest of
Mesoamerica. Follow the decades of
military campaigns needed to subdue
the Maya. This conquest included the
wholesale destruction of Maya books
and ritual objects by the Franciscan monk
Diego de Landa.
44 Fall of the Last Maya KingdomThe Itza
Study the fortunes of the last
independent Maya kingdom: the Itza.
Isolated in the Petn rainforest between
two Spanish-dominated areas, the Itza
fiercely defended their domain for almost
two centuries after the initial Spanish

contact. Discover the stratagem that
finally vanquished them in 1697.
45 The Caste Wars of Yucatan
Trace the resistance of the Maya to
foreign domination, culminating in the
Caste Wars of Yucatn, which pitted
native Maya people against the Mexican
army and lasted for over half a century,
ending in the early 1900s. Although
Mexico prevailed, the resistance
continues to this day.
46 Echoes of the Past in Mexico
Explore the many areas where native
culture still survives in modern Mexico.
Focus on the Zapotec, Huichol, and
Nahua peoples (descendants of the
Aztecs). Learn that traditions, which have
survived for thousands of years, are now
threatened by technologies such as the
internet and cable television.
47 Maya Survival and Revival
Despite centuries of
assimilation and
persecution, Maya
culture still thrives.
Investigate its
survival in
Guatemala, where
80 percent of the population is Maya,
living largely in traditional ways. Dr.
Barnhart describes his own observations
from extensive visits to the country.
48 Frontiers of Mesoamerican
Archaeology
Explore the current frontiers of
Mesoamerican archaeology, looking
ahead to the most promising avenues
for future research. Many major cities
are known but have yet to be excavated,
and countless others are waiting to
be discovered. Dr. Barnhart closes by
discussing the top three projects on his
wish list.
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Lost Worlds of South America
Director of the Maya Exploration Center Edwin Barnhart | Maya Exploration Center
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worlds of South America
and discover exotic and
fascinating civilizations in
this illuminating course on
the culture, architecture,
and history of these ancient
peoples.
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The ancient Inca site of Machu Picchu in Peru is well known, but less understood is the fact that the Inca civilization was at the
tail end of a long progression of earlier cultures such as the Nazca, Moche, Wari, and Chim.
youll take an in-depth look at the

emerging findings and archaeological
knowledge of more than 12 seminal
civilizations, giving you rich insight
into the creative vision and monumental achievements of these wellsprings of human life.
A STARTLING NEW GLIMPSE
OF THE ANCIENT WORLD
The ancient South Americans show
us striking models of how societies
can function and organize themselves. The technologies and social
structures seen here were wholly
invented, using no preexisting models, as these dynamic peoples struggled to tame their environment and
carve out societies and empires.
Recently unearthed marvels
include
elaborately prepared and adorned

mummies that predate Egypts
by 2,000 years;
imposing palaces, solar observatories, and dramatically decorated
pyramids;
massive irrigation systems, aqueducts, and canals;
brilliantly engineered road systems covering thousands of kilometers;
stunning art objects in gold, turquoise, lapis lazuli, and ceramic;
and
evidence of huge urban civilizations in the Amazon.
In their amazing sophistication
and scale, the sites reveal some of
the most remarkable ancient artifacts
found anywhere in the world. These
cultures rank among the greatest

early civilizations, providing an
extraordinary window on the development of human societiesand
weve seen only the beginnings of
these archaeological discoveries.
ENCOUNTER AN
ASTOUNDING LEGACY OF
HISTORY AND CULTURE
In many cases, the finds you
investigate are so new that the only
way to follow them is through primary sources: the archaeologists and
scholars working in the field, and
the materials they have brought to
light. As an archaeologist, explorer,
and passionate advocate for these
cultures, Professor Barnhart invites
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America is one of the great
and thrilling frontiers of
archaeology. Buried by the centuries on soaring mountain slopes and
beneath arid deserts and lush jungles,
the remains of extraordinary, majestic civilizationsmany completely
unknown until recent decadesare
now coming to light and raising
tantalizing questions about what else
may be awaiting discovery.
These newly uncovered sites, as
well as previously known ones such
as Cuzco and Machu Picchu, are by
no means those of simple, primitive cultures, but show astonishing
sophistication in large-scale architecture, agricultural systems, art, and
urban organization, together with
technological ingenuity that dazzles
the imagination.
As one of only six places on earth
where civilization arose spontaneously, this region offers a fresh and revelatory look at how human societies
formed, from the earliest organized
communities to cultures of huge
complexity. They paralleled, yet were
absolutely different from, the ancient
cultures of Greece, Egypt, and others
that we know so much better. In
these sites you witness, with vivid
clarity, the unfolding of one of the
true cradles of civilization.
Now, in Lost Worlds of South
America, Professor Edwin Barnhart,
director of the Maya Exploration
Center, leads you on an adventurous trek of discovery through
the wilds of South America to the
great, mysterious civilizations of the
ancients. In 24 eye-opening lectures,
tion sites and to discover this hugely

exciting field.
As a key point of the course, the
professor elucidates how the iconic
Inca civilization was only the tail
end of a long, unfolding progression
of cultures, and that the Inca stood
on the shoulders of other great civilizations such as the Nazca, Moche,
Wari, and Chim. Your journey
covers numerous illuminating facets
of these cultures and ways of life,
including these:
Earliest cities in the Americas:
Explore the first urban complexes in the New World, dating to
3000 B.C.their remarkable
architectural features of platform
mounds, sunken plazas, great
pyramid-like structures, and irrigation channels, and the means
by which these cultures supported large populations.
Wonders of ancient technology:
Throughout the series, grapple
with the amazing technological innovations of the early
South Americans, including the
astronomical observatories of
Chankillo, the complex hydraulic
engineering of the Nazca, the
anti-seismic architecture of the
Wari, the raised field agriculture of Tiwanakuand the
Incas technique, centuries ahead
of its time, of freeze-drying vegetables.
Mummies, headhunting, and

fanged deities: In cultures
from the Paracas and Wari to
the Inca, discover the religious
underpinnings, cosmology, and
significance of cultural practices
such as mummification, ancestor
worship, severed heads, human
sacrifice, and ancient brain surgery.
The great Moche civilization: In
three lectures on this visionary
people, reckon with their towering pyramids, adorned with brilliant color murals; their fabulous
tombsthe richest and most lavish in the New Worldand their
elaborate practices of shamanic
healing.
Glories of Andean art: Drawing
from the many cultures you visit,
witness the mastery of metallurgy, textiles, and ceramics, and the
rich iconography seen in sumptuous ritual objects, jewelry, clothing, and personal adornment.
The magnificent Inca: In six lectures, learn how the Inca forged
an empire of 10 million people,
organized it through a system of
labor taxation, ended hunger
in their world, and built the glittering city of Cuzcolaid out in
the shape of a crouching puma
and boasting grand avenues,
fountains, palaces, and temples
with walls of hammered gold.
A RICHLY COLORFUL JOURNEY

Professor Barnhart enhances the history with stories of his own adventures and firsthand accounts of the
sites and regions in question. You
join him by video at the site of the
fascinating Nazca geoglyphs to learn
how the Nazca people etched vast
geometric designs into the earth. You
hear of hair-raising incidents pitting
archaeologists against daring looters,
and of Professor Barnharts own
work of attempting to penetrate the
enigma of the Incas impossibly
perfect stonework.
The ancient cultures come alive
through hundreds of original photographs, taken by Professor Barnhart
and other archaeologists working in
the field, illuminating the architecture, artifacts, and artworks, as well
as 3-D models that vividly reveal the
sites themselves.
A STORY BEYOND IMAGINING
Armed with a probing investigative
spirit, Professor Barnhart takes you
deeply into the mysteries of these
civilizations, raising compelling questions about how these peoples lived,
worked, prayed, and thought.
He leads you on an investigation
of cryptic iconography on Moche
ceramics and imagery suggesting that
Moche priests incarnated or channeled the cultures creator deity.
With his expert guidance, youll
probe what may have underlain the
mass sacrifice of young women in

the Sican culture. And youll trace
startling connections between the
ways of life of the ancients and those
of present-day peoples in South
America.
Youll be riveted as you delve into
one of the last unbroken ancient
codesthe system of writing in
knotted strings called khipuand
learn how the early South Americans
shared meals with their mummified
ancestors. And youll be amazed
as you track huge canal systems,
mounds, raised causeways, and fish
farms indicating wide-scale civilization in the untamable jungles, all
made possible by recent dramatic
discoveries in the Amazon.
In Lost Worlds of South America,
the breathtaking valleys, mountains,
and deserts reveal wonders that rival
anything we know of the ancient
world. Travel to a lost and splendorous pasta fountainhead of
civilization that speaks unforgettably
of human striving, vision, and the
indomitable will to endure.
Dr. Edwin Barnhart is director of the
Maya Exploration Center. He holds
a Ph.D. from the University of Texas
at Austin and has over 20 years of
experience in North, Central, and
South America as an archaeologist,
explorer, and instructor.
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South Americas Lost Cradle of Civilization

Discovering Perus Earliest Cities
South Americas First People
Ceramics, Textiles, and Organized States
Chavn and the Rise of Religious Authority
Cupisnique to SalinarElite Rulers and War
ParacasMummies, Shamans,
and Severed Heads
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8 The Nazca Lines and

Underground Channels
9 The MochePyramids, Gold, and Warriors
10 The MocheRichest Tombs
in the New World
11 The MocheDrugs, Sex,
Music, and Puppies
12 Enigmatic Tiwanaku by Lake Titicaca
13 The AmazonCivilizationLost in the Jungle

14 The WariFoundations of the Inca Empire?
15 The ChimuEmpire of the Northern Coast
16 The SicanGoldsmiths of
the Northern Coast
17 The Inca OriginsMythologyv.
Archaeology
18 Cuzco and the Tawantinsuyu Empire
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19 The IncaFrom Raiders to Empire

20 The IncaGifts of the Empire
21 The KhipuLanguage Hidden in Knots
22 Machu Picchu and the Sacred Valley
23 Spanish Contact
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24 Remnants of the Past
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Foundations of Eastern Civilization
Professor of History Craig G. Benjamin | Grand Valley State University
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King Sejong, a 15th-century Korean monarch, was revered for the military, social, and scientific achievements accomplished
during his reignwhich include the creation of the Korean alphabet and the promotion of Confucianism.
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yin and yang cosmology, the
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Trace the spread of ideas
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Explore the rise and fall of
empiressome famous and others largely unknown.
Survey the role of Eastern civilization in the 20th and 21st centuries, and see what the future
may hold for the Asian tiger
economies.
To truly understand the modern
world, it is essential to know some-
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contributions Eastern civilization
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Simply put, it is not enough to
know just the Western half of the
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Western are critical to understanding our present and our future.
Foundations of Eastern
Civilization offers you just that
the chance to fill in the other half of
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DISCOVER THE ANCIENT

ROOTS OF EASTERN SOCIETY
What unifies the foundations of
Eastern civilization? With the many
cultures and nations and peoples
some of whom are little known outside specialized circleswhat can we
say about these societies as a whole?
By going back to the beginnings
of Eastern civilization, Professor
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groundwork for todays global
village.
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grounded in ancient history in
a number of ways, one of the
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part of the story of our global world.
Eastern civilization has its own fascinating story, with consequences that
matter deeply to our lives today.
How did Eastern civilization
particularly that of China, Korea,
Japan, and the nations of Southeast
Asiadevelop? What do we know
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in todays world of business, politics,
and international exchange?
Foundations of Eastern
Civilization takes you on a grand
journey to explore the big accomplishments of Eastern civilization,
from the material economy of
day-to-day life to the political and
religious philosophies that would
bind these cultures together for
thousands of years. Over the course
of 48 ambitious lectures, Professor
Craig G. Benjamin of Grand Valley
State University introduces you to
the many people, achievements, and
ideas that came out of Eastern civilization and played a role in creating
the modern world.
In this course, you will travel
across continents and over the ages
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the Eastern world.
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human nature, government, and

economics. Whereas the Western
nations tend to take an individualist approach to societywith
ideas originating in ancient
Greece and Rome and expanded
on during the Enlightenment
Eastern nations still tend to take
a collectivist tack.
This collectivist approach has its
roots in the Warring States Era
at the end of the Zhou dynasty,
when philosophers reflected on
human nature and the best way
to organize society.
Confucius and his followers
created a model of ethical leadership based on education and
moral behavior.
Daoists withdrew from society
and looked to harmony in the
cosmos and the natural world.
Each of these philosophies had
different notions of human nature
and laid out a different path to
forming an orderly state. These
philosophies provide an important
foundation for Eastern thought, and
their approaches to government are
completely different from our conceptions in the West. Yet in todays
interconnected world, its more
important than ever to understand
the cultural foundations of countries
with which we interact, do business,
and negotiate global politics.

Professor Benjamin is a lively
guide and a dazzling storyteller,
taking you inside the great cities.
He shares stories from his visits, and
many personal photographs. Indeed,
his enthusiasm for the subject and
his remarkable style of lecturing will
open up a new world for you as he
unfolds the story of Eastern civilization.

Dr. Craig G. Benjamin is Associate
Professor of History in the Frederik
Meijer Honors College at Grand
Valley State University (GVSU),
where he teaches East Asian civilization, big history, ancient Central
Asian history, and historiography.
He earned his undergraduate education at The Australian National
University in Canberra and
Macquarie University in Sydney,
and his Ph.D. in Ancient History
from Macquarie University.
Professor Benjamin has received
several awards for teaching, including the 2012 Faculty of Distinction
Award from Omicron Delta Kappa
Society (a national leadership honor
society) and the 2009 Student
Award for Faculty Excellence from
the GVSU Student Senate.
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the location, impact, and progression of
important historical and cultural events in
the regions development.
13 Triumph and TragedyThe Later Han

14 Silk RoadsIn the Footsteps of Nomads
15 Silk RoadsThe Envoy Zhang Qian
16 Silk RoadsPerils of Camels and Caravans
17 Silk RoadsRome and
Roads from the West
18 Silk RoadsThe Lost Kushan Empire
19 Origins of Buddhism
20 The Age of Disunity
21 The Great Taizong and the Rise of the Tang
22 Changan and the Glittering Tang
23 KoreaMysterious Beginnings
24 KoreaThe Land of Morning Calm
25 KoreaThe Unified Silla

26 KoreaThe Koryo
27 JapanGeography and Early Cultures
28 JapanTreasures of the Tomb Period
29 JapanNara and the Great Eastern Temple
30 JapanThe World of the Heian
31 Southeast AsiaVietnam
32 Southeast AsiaIndian and
Islamic Influences
33 The Industrial Revolution of the Song
34 Intellectual and Cultural Life of the Song
35 The Mongols Conquer the World
36 Shaking the Foundation
Mongols in the East
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This course includes on-screen text that

reinforces the professors main themes
and points to augment your learning.
This course also includes portraits

of figures whose ideas, actions, and
influence helped shape the political,
material, artistic, and intellectual history
of East Asia.
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Journey to the East

Yin and YangThe Geography of China
Early China and the Mysterious Xia
The Coming of the Shang
The Shang and Writing for the Gods
The Zhou and the Mandate of Heaven
Great Ideas of the ZhouConfucianism
Great Ideas of the Zhou
Later Confucianism
9 Great Ideas of the ZhouDaoism
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4 Napoleon and the Beginnings of Egyptology
5 The Rosetta Stone, and Much More
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7 The Rise of the Old Kingdom
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27 What Mummies Tell Us
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31 Ramses the GreatThe Later Years
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how Antarctica has changed
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what causes seasons and how
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Associate Professor of Earth and
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in-Residence and marine conservaPlanetary Sciences at Washington
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tionist Sylvia Earle, who explains
University in St. Louis, reveals the
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pair of lessons on polar photography
virtually every living thing in polar
of the poles, from how they were
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the founder and director of the
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ed by diverse landscapes, the latter
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ed trials of photography at the ends
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of the earth.
ing are lectures on the native peoWysession also illuminates how
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conditions in each location drive the ples of the Arctic, including the
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such as white-on-white vistas and
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call the polar regions home. Some
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of the wildlife you encounter will
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The course features extensive rare and unique

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Geographic Expeditionsthe travel program
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Photography lessons from the course are

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Zoom in for a closer look at the unique
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changed geologically over time.
10 Terrestrial Mammals in the

Changing Arctic
Now that Arctic sea ice is retreating,
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Learn how changes to the ecosystem are
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remarkable animals that call the Arctic
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7 Science and Spirits of the Arctic Sky

Constellations were vital to the early
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breathtaking aurora borealis.
11 Seabirds of the Arctic and Antarctic

Discover the astonishing array of avian
lifeprimarily consisting of seabirds
that live in, breed in, and migrate to the
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albatross, the skua, the giant petrel,
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carries out the longest annual migration
of any living thing.
8 Indigenous Peoples of the Arctic

Although fewer
than a half-million in
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dwellers are
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approximately 40
different ethnic
groups. Learn how the Nenets of Russia,
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communities survive, and how
industrialization and other factors are
altering traditional ways of life.
12 Marine Mammals, from

Whales to Walruses
The waters of the
Arctic and
Antarctica teem
with a remarkable
number of marine
mammals. Get an
overview of the
mammalian wildlife that inhabits or
migrates to polar waters, including white
beluga whales, leopard seals, crabeater
seals, and walruses. Examine the
sophisticated social structure of orcas,
also known as killer whales, and why it
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nature and irreplaceable valuenot
only to the people and wildlife that
inhabit them, but to all humanity.
COURSE CURRICULUM
1 A
Passion for the Poles
What draws people to the poles again
and again? What significance do these
regions hold for the planet? Begin
to answer these questions with Fen
Montaigne, a journalist who has traveled
extensively in the polar regions, as
you delve into the awe-inspiring story
of Ernest Shackletons struggles in
Antarctica, as well as Montaignes own
experiences.
2 S
easons at the Poles
In the latitudes where most of us live, its
easy to take the sun and its relationship
with the Earth for granted. For us, the sun
comes up and goes down reliably every
18
day, yet the poles experience six months

each of continuous night and constant
day. What causes the seemingly strange
behavior of the sun at the poles? What
causes seasons? Find out in this lecture
presented by astronomy professor
Edward Murphy.
3 Connections between the Poles
The North and South Poles share a
history that is unique and unlike any other
place on Earth. Join Professor Michael
Wysession as he lays the groundwork for
understanding the polar regions with a
discussion of their geologydominated
by ice, ocean, climate, and even nearby
outer spaceas well as their similarities
and differences.
4 The Saga of Arctic Exploration
Over the centuries,
hundreds of people
have perished
trying to find their
way through the
Northwest Passage
and to the North
Pole, while hundreds more have spent
months or years trapped on ships in
Arctic sea ice. Discover how explorers
such as Henry Hudson, Sir John Franklin,
and Roald Amundsen opened up this
polar region to the world.
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Virtually every living thing in
polar watersfrom single-celled
phytoplankton to whaleshas evolved in
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work, and consider what happens to a
sea ice-dependent marine ecosystem
when the sea ice begins to disappear.
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Delve into the past, present, and future
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The ever-changing ice at the poles provides some of the most enchanting, beautiful, and unusual landscapes that can be found on our planet. The Arctic and Antarctica are
a photographers dream come true.
what drove these adventurers despite
extreme hardship, and witness the
treacherous race to the South Pole
between Norwegian Roald Amundsen
and Brit Robert Falcon Scott.
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The ice in
Antarctica may be
more than a mile
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times in its history
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occurring in Antarctica and discover what
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Above Antarctica is a cap of stars and
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at the South Pole itself, astronomers
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How do humans get beneath the
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Explorer-in-Residence, as she explains
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esource Development in Polar Seas
Humans are extracting krill and other
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treating oceanic wildlife as commodities.
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Among the least inhabited places on
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South Georgia and Macquarieand how
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iving among the Penguins
Legendary Antarctic
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swimmer it is today. Explore the history of
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remarkable cycles of reproduction and
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Survey the discoveries made and
hardships suffered during centuries
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including a research expedition that
sought viable emperor penguin eggs
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mystery. See how Antarctic research
helped create the modern sciences
of oceanography, climatology, and
glaciology, and is still driving scientific

progress.
21 Basics of Polar Photography
Picture being in the Arctic when a polar
bear approaches your ship. What kind
of camera should you use to capture
the moment? What settings should you
choose? Here, National Geographic
photographer Ralph Lee Hopkins
explains how to navigate the unique
challenges of polar photography, from
dealing with a white world to shooting
atop a moving platform.
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Photography is a
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a volcano will continuously feed solar system. The Worlds Greatest his top choice in detail, he presents
that also tell us something profound
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about the way the world works.
ble away like a seething cauldron. Sites is your gateway to an unrivaled every bit as spectacular. By the time
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Of the five active lava lakes in
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For example, consider these lesshave experienced more than 200 difthe world, the longest running
half-hour lectures that are suitable
er-known but awe-inspiring places:
is in a volcano called Erta Ale in for nonscientists and geology enthu- ferent geological wonders in nearly
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120 countries.
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tion is what geologists call a karst
many reasons. They are exceptionally
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Himalayas: If you go to the top
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Amazon basin: The Amazon is a
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Hawaii is not only the biggest
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mountain on Earth of any kind.
Measured from its base on the
sea floor, it is almost twice as
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Professor Wysession winds up the
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But Earths combination of plate
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dense atmosphere, and life has created formations that are unique in
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Dr. Michael E. Wysession is
Associate Professor of Earth and
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his Ph.D. in Geophysics from
Northwestern University.

Available exclusively on video due to its
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of the locations discussed.
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Lecture Titles
1 SantoriniImpact of Volcanic Eruptions
2 Mount FujiSleeping Power
3 Galapagos RiftWonders
of Mid-Ocean Ridges
4 African Rift ValleyCracks into the Earth
5 Erta AleCompact Fury of Lava Lakes
6 Burgess ShaleRocks and the Keys to Life
7 The Grand CanyonEarths Layers
8 The HimalayasMountains at Earths Roof
9 The Ganges DeltaEarths Fertile Lands
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10 The Amazon BasinLungs of the Planet

11 Iguazu FallsThundering Waterfalls
12 Mammoth CaveWorlds Underground
13 Cave of CrystalsExquisite Caves
14 Great Blue HoleSinkholes
15 Ha Long BayDramatic Karst Landscapes
16 Bryce CanyonCreative
Carvings of Erosion
17 Uluru/Ayers RockSacred Nature of Rocks
18 Devils TowerIgneous Enigmas
19 AntarcticaA World of Ice

20 Columbia GlacierUnusual Glacier Cycles
21 Fiordland National ParkMajestic Fjords
22 Rock of GibraltarCatastrophic Floods
23 Bay of FundyInexorable Cycle of Tides
24 HawaiiVolcanic Island Beauty
25 YellowstoneGeysers and Hot Springs
26 Kawah IjenWorlds Most Acid Lake
27 IcelandWhere Fire Meets Ice
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29 The Dead SeaSinking and Salinity
30 Salar de UyuniFlattest Place on Earth
31 Namib/Kalahari DesertsSand Mountains
32 Siwa OasisParadise amidst Desolation
33 AurorasLight Shows on
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34 Arizona Meteor CraterVisitors from Space
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Understanding the brains of addicts has led scientists to view addiction in a whole new way. Science has shown that addiction
is associated with specific changes in the brain, and when we understand those changes, behaviors that at first seem
incomprehensible actually begin to make sense.
Addictive Brain will change the

way you think about addiction.
Youll explore the myriad ways
in which humans learn and how
the brain drives our actions, then
delve deep to see what happens at
a neural level when someone sips
coffee, smokes a cigarette, drinks
alcohol, snorts cocaine, and more.
Investigating what happens when
different drugs enter the brain, and
the ways drug molecules induce
pleasure and shut down our ability
to make good decisions, provides
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even psychology of addiction. To
give you a comprehensive overview,
The Addictive Brain covers not
only addictive substances, but also

addictive behaviors such as gamblingall through the lens of the
latest scientific research and analysis.
EXAMINE THE BRAIN
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Remember the old anti-drug commercial in which an actor compares
your brain on drugs to an egg sizzling in a hot frying pan? Thats a
powerful image, but it doesnt tell us
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enter your body and interact with
neurochemical processes. For that,
we turn to neuroscience, which
draws a much richer and more interesting picture.
After giving an overview of what

addiction is and how it changes
the brain, Professor Polk reveals
how some of the most common
drugs interact with our brains: caffeine, nicotine, alcohol, marijuana,
amphetamines, and opiates all have
significantly different effects. Aided
by many custom animations that
illustrate the underlying processes,
Professor Polk shows you how each
drug binds to neural receptors to
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youll learn how caffeine blocks
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drowsiness, cutting off the signals
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Whether its a friend who
cant quit smoking, a colleague afflicted with alcoholism, or a
relative abusing prescription drugs,
we all know someone who suffers
from some form of addictionwe
may even have an addiction ourselves. By some estimates, roughly
one in four Americans might be considered addicts. On the other hand,
many of us use substances such as
alcohol recreationally, without suffering the physical or psychological
symptoms of addiction. What is the
difference between drug use, abuse,
and clinical addiction? What causes
addictions? What happens when
your brain is on drugs, and why do
addicts behave the way they do?
Neuroscientists are beginning to
answer these questions and more
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the brain. Addiction is sometimes
viewed as a failure of morality,
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offers a very different picture
one that can inform how we, as
individuals and as a society, treat
addicts and the problems caused
by addiction. Professor Thad A.
Polk, an award-winning professor
and researcher at the University of
Michigan, shows you that addiction is a scientifically understandable problem that has its origins
in neurobiology and genetics. The
twelve eye-opening lectures of The
This course is available in both audio and

video formats.
Specially created diagrams explain

the brain functions that are altered by
addiction to certain drugs.
On-screen text helps to reinforce key

lessons from the course.
Animations and graphics are designed

to help you better understand the
behavioral science that underlies
addiction studies.
sleep. Youll also see how alcohol

tends to inhibit neural transmission,
producing a sedative and hypnotic effect. And youll discover that
endorphins released during a runners high bind to the same receptors as heroin, leading to a (much
milder) form of euphoria.
Most surprising, perhaps, is the
way unhealthy patterns of behavior can mirror chemical addiction.
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When you go inside the brain of a

compulsive gambler, youll find the
same neurological mechanisms as
you find in drugs addictsas well
as the same pattern of tolerance and
withdrawal. Professor Polk concludes the course with an examination of other addictive behaviors
junk food, pornography, video
gamesand considers the sources of
pleasure and abuse.
LEARN ABOUT POTENTIAL
TREATMENT OPTIONS
Along the way, youll learn not
only how these drugs affect us and
why we become addicted, but also
what can be done about addiction.
Science may provide a clinical
description of addictions mechanisms, but ultimately, addiction is a
human challenge. Whether we ourselves suffer, or we know and care
about someone with an addiction,
knowledge is only the first step.
With each of the drug categories youll study, youll learn
about treatment options, including pharmacological treatments to
alleviate symptoms of withdrawal;
cognitive behavioral therapy to
attack the source of cravings; and
support groups such as Alcoholics
Anonymous and Gamblers
Anonymous.
Depending on the drug, relapse
rates can be high. Less than 10 percent of attempts to quit cigarette
smoking succeed long term, which
is similar to the quit rate for heroin.
But understanding the underlying
mechanisms of addiction can often
help motivate an addict to seek
treatment. Such an understanding
can also lead friends and loved ones
to see the addict, and their addiction, in a completely new way.

Professor Thad A. Polk is Professor
of Psychology at the University of
Michigan. He often collaborates
with scientists at the University of
Texas at Dallas and the Max Planck
Institute for Human Development.
He was named to The Princeton
Reviews list of the Best 300
Professors in the U.S.
COURSE CURRICULUM
1 Addiction 101
Addiction is
diagnosed based
on characteristics
such as abuse,
dependence, and
craving. Survey the
history of drug use,
from ancient history through the
development of synthetics.
2 T
he Psychology and
Neuroscience of Reward
Explore the brains mechanisms for
learning from reinforcement. Start with
the psychological aspects, then find out
what parts of the brain process pleasure,
self-control, and craving.
3 How Addiction Hijacks the Brain
Addiction alters the brain by numbing
the pleasure center, sensitizing the
dopamine system, and inhibiting the
prefrontal cortex. Combined, these
altered brain functions lead to strong
cravings and a reduced ability to control
ones actions.
4 GeneticsBorn to Be an Addict?
Investigate how people may be
susceptible to addiction on a genetic
level. Scientists are getting closer to the
genes that predispose us.
5 Your Brain on Drugs
Delve into the
process of
neurochemical
transmission and
see how drugs
mimic this activity
by binding to neural
receptors. This process is responsible for
everything from a drugs physical and
psychological effects to its potency.
6 Why We Crave Coffee and Cigarettes

Caffeine and nicotine are two of the most
common psychoactive drugs. How do
they work? How dangerous are they?
Find out why nicotine is so addictive, and
get strategies to quit tobacco use.
7 A
lcoholSocial Lubricant
or Drug of Abuse?
Alcohol is often discussed separately
from other drugs, but it affects the human
body in many of the same ways. Take
a close look at your brain on alcohol
to explore dependence, withdrawal,
and genetic susceptibility, and review
treatment options for alcohol abuse.
8 The Science of Marijuana
Although there is no shortage of
controversy around marijuana, the
science of this drug may surprise you.
Through the lens of the neuroscientist,
tours the effect, and the possible
medicinal value, of marijuana.
9 StimulantsFrom Cocaine to Ritalin
From the original
recipe for
Coca-Cola to
treatments for ADD,
psychostimulant
drugs have had
remarkable uses,
but they have also been abused in many
forms. Find out how stimulants work and
why they can be so harmful.
10 The Science of Poppies,
Pleasure, and Pain
Examine of opium and its derivatives,
from prescription painkillers like codeine
to heroin. Learn about the neurological
effects and treatment options for opiates.
11 The Gamblers Brain
Are drugs the only thing humans can
get addicted to? Many of the same
neurochemical processes of drug
abusefrom genetic predisposition to
dopamine releasealso accompany
addiction to behaviors like gambling.
12 Junk Food, Porn, Video
GamesAddictions?
Some artificial stimulilike junk food,
pornography, and video gamesare
supernormal. This means that they
activate the brains reward circuit more
strongly than natural stimuli do, leading
to some of the same neurological effects
as drug use.
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Human brains are built to remember and anticipate bad experiences more than good ones, and drive us to pursue pleasure
and flee from pain. Mindfulness practices can help us calm the distress these impulses cause.
so many of the problems we struggle

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Now, in the 24 fascinating lectures of The Science of Mindfulness,
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Harvard Medical School, reveals the
science behind mindfulness in compelling detail and demonstrates its
application to an extraordinary range
of human problemspsychological,
social, and medical. Youll closely
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leaving you with a clear knowledge
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you can use mindfulness techniques
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AN EMPIRICAL INNER SCIENCE

We are now in the midst of an
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Numerous studies, using such technologies as EEG and MRI, show
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our minds and bodies.
Youll learn the science underlying
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Neurobiology and well-being:
Learn how, when were worried, our brain activity tends to
center on the amygdala and the
right prefrontal cortex, whereas
left prefrontal cortical activity correlates with happiness,
engagement, and contentment.

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during stressful thinking about
ourselves, centered in the posterior cingulate cortex (PCC). Grasp
how mindfulness techniques
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trying to calm down before
a high-stakes event often
just produces more agitation? That
trying to change troublesome habits
can seem difficult or impossible? Or
that real fulfillment and well-being
can be elusive, despite living a successful life?
A surprising number of such
difficulties stem from an inherited
propensity of the human brainour
automatic, hardwired tendency to
seek pleasure and to anticipate and
avoid pain. Modern science demonstrates that this mental hardwiring,
traceable to the survival needs of
our earliest ancestors, is at the root
of many of the psychological and
behavioral problems that we face
today.
For thousands of years, people
have used mindfulness practices
techniques to develop awareness of
present experience with acceptance
to deal effectively with a wide range
of life challenges. And, a large and
fascinating body of scientific research
now validates the remarkable benefits
of mindfulness practice for psychological as well as physical health.
But how exactly does mindfulness
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understanding the science and practice of mindfulness improve everyday
life? And how can the human brain,
whose very functioning gives rise to
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underlying biology and cognitive
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anyone who takes this course will be
enthralled to learn about the current
wide-scale adoption of mindfulness
techniques by Western science, and
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for well-being.
tices are used to treat a wide variety

of psychological and behavioral difficulties that can interfere with leading a rich and fulfilling life, such as
depression, compulsive and addictive
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While this course delves deeply into the neuroscience behind
mindfulness, research shows that,
like physical fitness, the benefits of
mindfulness come from practicing
it. With this in mind, Professor
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of mindfulness techniques, encouraging and helping you to practice both
with him, and on your own. These
techniques, several of which are also
provided, for enhanced practice, on
supplementary audio tracks with the
course, include:
Breath Awareness Practice: a
foundational formal meditation
practice and one of the simplest
ways to calm and integrate the
mind and body;
Loving-Kindness Practice: a
fundamental practice for cultivating acceptance, both toward the
contents of your own mind and
toward others;
3-Minute Breathing Space a
practice useful in moments of
acute distress; and
chotherapy and many other health Befriending the Changes: a medcare settings, showing effectiveness
itation on the impermanence of
for a stunning range of conditions.
the body, useful for working with
Youll explore how mindfulness pracchallenges of illness and aging.
As Professor Siegel makes clear in

these lectures, mindfulness practice
trains us to bring deep awareness to
the present momentto become
more fully conscious of our unfolding sensory and mental experience as
it arises. This mindful awareness, as
research clearly shows, can profoundly change our relationship to all of
our experience. With more than
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Professor Siegel is an ideal guide.

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With a penetrating knowledge of
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Diagrams help you follow along the

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ancient wisdom practices and scientific methodology in forging new

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Lecture Titles
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2
3
4
5
6
Why Mindfulness Matters

Our Troublesome Brains
Informal, Formal, and Intensive Practices
Who Am I? The Perils of Self
Mindfulness or Psychotherapy?
Attention and Empathy in Relationships
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Suggested readings
Questions to
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Bibliography
7 The Science of Compassion and Self-Compassion

8 Tailoring Practices to Fit Changing Needs
9 Modifying Our Brain Function and Structure
10 SolitudeAn Antidote to Loneliness
11 Connecting with Children and Adolescents
12 Seeing Sadness and Depression in a New Light
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Befriending Fear, Worry, and Anxiety

Transforming Chronic Pain
Placebos, Illness, and the Power of Belief
Interrupting Addiction and Troublesome Habits
Overcoming Traumas Large and Small
Groundbreaking Mindfulness Programs
19 The Neurobiology of Self-Preoccupation

20 Growing Up Isnt EasyFacing Impermanence
21 Toward a Science of Wisdom
22 The Promise of Enlightenment
23 Mindful Ethics as a Path to Freedom
24 The New Science of Happiness
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The George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences
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University School of Medicine and
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EXPLORE YOUR BRAINS MOST
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Professor Restak, who has spent
his career studying and educating
patients and everyday people about
the mysteries of the human brain,
likens our brain circuits to friendships. Those that are maintained
Contrary to long held-beliefs, the brain is not a static organ, but one that adapts on
and enriched will endure, while
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those that are neglected will disappear.
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health and serves as the basis of
ters on the idea that your brain is
basis for learning what to focus
your personal identity.
a continual work in progress, one
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Working memory: Working
whose developmentfrom childthey also coordinate the brain
memory is linked with your IQ
hood to adulthood to advanced
networks that involve sensaand is the first brain function to
agedepends on the best possible
tion, movement, emotions, and
decline as you age. It is central
use of your brains most important
thought.
to your ability to manipulate
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General memory: The natural
stored information and can easmany functions in these lectures,
extension of attention, general
ily be improved by practicing a
with a strong focus on three in parmemory facilitates the formaseries of simple exercises.
ticular.
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ENGAGE IN A WEALTH OF
DELIGHTFUL EXERCISES
Professor Restak proves that exercising your brain doesnt have to be a
burden or a chore. Rather, it can be
an exciting and eye-opening way to
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discover your own brains potential.
Dr. Restak has designed
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wealth of exercises, challenges, practice problems, and tests that will
enhance and improve your brains
essential functions. Here is just a
small sample of the enjoyable ways
that you can improve your brain.
In one minute, name as many
animals as you can without
repeating them. Youll have
to use your working memory
to mentally eliminate animals
youve already named. A desirable score is between 17 and 20.
Close your eyes and envision the
room around you, and then open
your eyes and check for accuracy.
Repeat this memory-recall exercise and pay closer attention to
smaller details, such as the number of magazines on a table.
Take a number of spices at random and set them on a table;
then close your eyes and try to
identify each of them by smell
alone. Take this same approach
by identifying spices in a meal
that youre eating. Both exercises
are great ways to sharpen your
senses of smell and taste.
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andabove alla champion of
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Memory and brain
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Suggested readings
Questions to
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Bibliography
health of the most important organ

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Insightful, instructive, and
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Fitness is an invaluable part of your
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2 How Your Brain Changes

Your brain and your intelligence can
change throughout your life span. Here,
look closer at the way changes in your
brain can improve the way you function
in your day-to-day life. Also, explore how
a series of visual, sensory, and spatial
exercises demonstrate the powerful
effects of brain plasticity.

Dr. Richard Restak is Clinical
Professor of Neurology at The
George Washington University
School of Medicine and Health
Sciences. He earned his M.D. from
Georgetown University School of
Medicine and completed his postgraduate training and residency at
St. Vincents Hospital, Georgetown
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Washington University Hospital.
Professor Restak also maintains an
active private practice in neurology
and neuropsychiatry.
Professor Restaks awards
include the Chicago Neurosurgical
Centers Decade of the Brain
Award and Georgetown University
Medical Schools Linacre Medal
for Humanity and Medicine. A
former president of the American
Neuropsychiatric Association,
Professor Restak is the prolific
author of 20 books on the human
brain as well as numerous articles in
national newspapers, including The
New York Times and USA Today.
3 Care and Feeding of the Brain

You can optimize
your brain
function by
paying attention
to three key
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eat, how well you
sleep, and how much you exercise.
Ponder the science behind this
three-pronged approach to caring for
your brain, and come away with helpful
tips you can apply to your own lifestyle.
COURSE CURRICULUM
1 How Your Brain Works
In order to best
optimize your brain
fitness, its important
to understand how
the brains circuitry
works. After a brief
introduction to the
course, Professor Restak guides you
through a range of intriguing topics,
including the principles of brain operation,
the organization of the brain, patterns of
brain growth, and more.
your powers of observation, and your

heightened awareness to enhance and
improve your working memory.
8 Putting Your Senses to Work
Imaginative memory techniquessuch
as mnemonic devices and personal
associationshave been used to improve
memory for over 1,000 years. Try your
hand at some of them right here, including
chunking numbers to aid in number
recall, creating a vivid story to memorize
words, drawing free-form designs, and
playing mental chess.
9 Enlisting Your Emotional Memory
Turn now to an aspect of memory we
dont usually consider when thinking
about the subject: emotional memory.
How did scientists uncover this specific
aspect of memory? How does it actually
work? And what kinds of playful exercises
can you perform to help you relive the
emotional experience of your past?
4 Creativity and the Playful Brain

Whats the connection between
daydreaming and creativity? What are
four steps for increasing your creativity?
Which puzzles are the best for optimizing
your brain functionand how can you
more efficiently solve them? Learn the
answers to these and other questions in
this fascinating lecture on creativity and
the brain.
10 Practicing for Peak Performance

Exceptional performers arent born with
superior brains. Rather, anyonethanks
to brain plasticitycan achieve high
performance levels in an area of interest
through deliberate practice. Focus here
on two aspects of deliberate practice:
remaining fully aware of what youre
doing, and concentrating on the most
difficult aspects of your performance.
5 Focusing Your Attention

The basis of improving your memory:
focusing your attention. Here, explore
a range of topics, including the
physiological effects of attention on
your brain; the dangers of inattention;
the benefits of enhanced attention;
multitasking; exercises to improve your
sustained attention, divided attention, and
processing speed; and much more.
11 Taking Advantage of Technology

Take a closer
look at the
impact of
modern
technology on
how our brains
function. Youll
explore the positive and negative effects
of electronic journals, personal
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discussion on the impact of one of todays
most powerful and controversial
influences on brain function: video
games.
6 Enhancing Your Memory

In the first of three lectures devoted
to memory, Dr. Restak proves just how
essential memory is to your brains
optimal functioning. After surveying the
details of memory and its roots in the
hippocampus, learn ways to sharpen
your sense memory and augment both
your short-term and long-term general
memory.
7 Exercising Your Working Memory
Focus now on working memorythe
most important memory process of all
and one that involves manipulating
stored information. After an overview of
the topic, dive into a series of engaging
exercises that use your creativity,
12 Building Your Cognitive Reserve

Professor Restak concludes his course
with ways to immediately start optimizing
your brain fitness. These include trying
new and unexpected things, learning in
an informal and self-directed manner,
keeping things in perspective, opting to
prioritize instead of multitask, developing
an appreciation for art and music, and
surprisinglypreparing home-cooked
meals.
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Joel Sartore | Photographer, National Geographic Fellow
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Award-winning National
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Taking your photos in the best light is one of the keys to producing a great shot that is worthy of framing and sharing.
capturing the beauty and awe of any

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that postcard images shouldnt be

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Should you shoot into the sun or
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ABOUT YOUR INSTRUCTOR
Joel Sartore is a professional photographer and a regular contributor
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states and all seven continents. He
was recently named a National
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Due to the nature of the material in this

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Throughout the course, Joel Sartore

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1 Getting Beyond the Postcard
2 LightEarly, Late, and in Between
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4 Local Attractions and Unexpected Delights
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The Medieval CityA Feast for the Senses
RothenburgJewel on the Romantic Road
MdinaThe Silent City
Mdina and RabatIn the Steps of St. Paul
PalermoA Mosaic of Cultures
PalermoCelebrating Throne and Altar
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7 YorkWool and Prayer

8 YorkVikings and Merchants
9 AvignonThe Babylonian Captivity
10 AvignonPapal Splendor
11 CarcassonneFortress of the Languedoc
12 CarcassonneCathars and Crusaders
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19 PragueFreedom of Mind and Spirit

20 PragueCastle Hill
21 BrugesBuilt on the Sea and Trade
22 BrugesCommerce and Community
23 SienaGood Government
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1 Why Learn about Wine?

2 A Tasters Tool Kit
3 WinemakingFrom
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4 WinemakingFrom Harvest to Bottle
5 The WhitesRiesling to Chardonnay
6 The RedsPinot Noir to Cabernet
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Better Living
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The Everyday
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Jennifer Simonetti-Bryan
Master of Wine
7 Champagne and Other

Sparkling Wines
8 Port, Sherry, and Other Fortified Wines
9 What to Drink with Dessert
10 French RegionsBordeaux and Loire
11 French RegionsBurgundy and Alsace
12 French RegionsRhne,
Languedoc, Provence
13 Wines of Northern Italy

14 Wines of Southern Italy
15 The Tastes of Germany and Austria
16 The Tastes of Spain and Portugal
17 U.S. RegionsCalifornia
18 U.S. RegionsWashington and Oregon
19 Other U.S. Regions,
Mexico, and Canada
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20 Sampling Argentina and Chile

21 The Best of Australia and Tasmania
22 Wines of New Zealand
and South Africa
23 Becoming a Knowledgeable
Wine Buyer
24 Wine for Any Occasion and Any Food
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BETTER LIVING
Customs of the World: Using Cultural

Intelligence to Adapt, Wherever You Are
President and Partner David Livermore
Cultural Intelligence Center
In our increasingly globalized world, the need for

cross-cultural understanding has never been more
essential, both personally and professionally. In
Customs of the World, youll learn how the
values held by cultures around the world influence behavior so you can successfully accomplish your objectives. These
24 eye-opening lectures address dynamics and customs related to working,
socializing, dining, and marriage and family.
Lecture Titles
1 Culture Matters
2 Developing Cultural
Intelligence (CQ)
3 IdentityIndividualist
versus Collectivist
4 AuthorityLow versus
High Power Distance
5 RiskLow versus High
Uncertainty Avoidance
6 AchievementCooperative
versus Competitive
7 TimePunctuality versus
Relationships
8 CommunicationDirect
versus Indirect
9 LifestyleBeing versus Doing
10 RulesParticularist
versus Universalist
11 ExpressivenessNeutral
versus Affective
12 Social NormsTight versus Loose
13 Roots of Cultural Differences
14 Anglo Cultures
15 Nordic European Cultures

16 Germanic Cultures
17 Eastern European/
Central Asian Cultures
18 Latin European Cultures
19 Latin American Cultures
20 Confucian Asian Cultures
21 South Asian Cultures
22 Sub-Saharan African Cultures
23 Arab Cultures
24 Cultural Intelligence for Life
Scientific Secrets for Self-Control

Professor of Psychology C. Nathan DeWall
University of Kentucky
Weve all said it to ourselves: If only I had more

willpower, I could do the things I really want to
do. But heres the truth: Greater willpower and
lasting success are actually well within your reach.
It all depends on an understanding of the science
behind self-control. And once youve grasped the
fundamentals of self-control and learned how to
incorporate them into your personal life, youll
find yourself in possession of a powerful tool for becoming more goal-oriented, thinking more constructively, beating back self-doubt, and facing
the challenges of today and tomorrow with greater confidence. In just six
engaging and inspirational lessons, youll get a chance to shatter the myths
about willpower and replace them with verifiable science that will help
make the seemingly unattainable finally possible.
Lecture Titles
1 Why Is It So Hard to Do
What We Should?
2 Self-Control Successes
and Failures
3 Marshmallows, Monkeys,
and Mortality
4 Taming the Impulsive Beast
5 First Impressions
and Stereotypes
6 Romance, Finance,
and Your Environment

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1 Fueling Up for
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2 Hydration for an Active Life
3 The Skinny on Exercise

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4 Some Facts about Vitamins
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5 Can You Get Too Much

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The First Amendment and You:

What Everyone Should Know
Professor of Medicine Anthony A. Goodman,

M.D., F.A.C.S. | Montana State University
Your world is filled with popular and dangerously misleading myths about food and fitness. Its
often difficult to separate fact from fiction and
to recognize when youre doing your body more
harm than good. Now, discover the scientific
truths that counter popular myths about nutrition and fitness with Dr. Goodmans The Myths
of Nutrition and Fitness. Each of these six self-contained lectures explores
the major myths, lies, and half-truths related to key components of fitness
and nutrition. Youll examine the pros and cons of various training and
eating programs, learn strategies that will better help you discern the truth
behind popular myths, discover new ways to be healthy and active, and
enhance your ability to make educated decisions about your own health.
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Professor of Government John E. Finn

Wesleyan University
A mere 45 words, the First Amendment to the

Constitution stands as a pillar of our democracy
and has had an incalculable influence on the development of human freedom in the United States and the Western world. By defining the relationship between the people and the state and placing checks on governmental
power to silence its populace, its protections have important ramifications
for every American. This 12-lecture course is a practical guide to understanding the protections and limitations implied by this fundamental constitutional provision.
Lecture Titles
1 A Citizens Guide to the
First Amendment
2 The First Amendment
and Political Speech
and Symbolic Speech
and Corporate Speech

and Obscenity
and Hate Speech
7 Does It Matter Where
You Speak?
8 Freedom of the Press
9 Freedom of Association
10 The Establishment Clause
11 The Free Exercise Clause
12 The Future of the
First Amendment
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BETTER LIVING
Explore the Promise of Nature-Based Healthcare

in This Course by a Board-Certified Cardiologist
The Science of Natural Healing
Professor Mimi Guarneri, M.D., FACC | Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine
This is the best course in the field.

Cecile Desforges, Laval, QC
Explore holistic approaches to healthcare and discover

many nature-based treatments and methods that are
both clinically proven and readily available to you.
hat about the range of

natural methods, such as
herbal medications, micronutrients, and the use of food itself
as medicine? Are these approaches
valid? And, if so, can we integrate
the best of Western medicine with
the best natural treatments to enjoy
prime health and longevity?
In The Science of Natural
Healing, board-certified cardiologist Dr. Mimi Guarneri, founder of
the Scripps Center for Integrative
Medicine, leads you in a compelling
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approaches to healthcare, introducing you to the many nature-based
treatments and methods that are
both clinically proven and readily
available.
By probing the underlying causes
for medical conditions such as high
cholesterol, inflammation, arthritis,
and heart disease, and the range
of natural ways to treat them, The
Science of Natural Healing leaves
you with a rich spectrum of choices
and possibilities for your own health

care, as well as practical tools for creating a truly healthful lifestyle.
THE PROMISE OF NATUREBASED HEALTHCARE
You delve into core subjects such as:
The power of food in healing:
By studying fundamental principles of nutrition, food sensitivity,
and the impact of foods on the
genome, discover the remarkable
ways in which you can both prevent and treat numerous illnesses
by what you eat.
Micronutrients and natural supplements: Investigate the healing
properties of natural substances,
including probiotics, selenium,
and the hormone vitamin D.
Clinically proven herbal medicines: Study the medicinal uses
of aloe, ginger, and licorice for
the GI tract, cranberry and saw
palmetto for urogenital conditions, and herbal treatments for
migraines.
One of the best medicines to prevent and even cure illness is foodpreferably
organic and as unprocessed as possible.
Throughout the course, Dr.

Guarneri points you to numerous
empowering avenues and alternatives for healthful living. In speaking deeply to a truly integrative
approach to healing, these lectures

can make a profound difference in
your health now and in the future
and help you live your life to the
absolute fullest.
Lecture Titles
1 Shifting the Health-Care Paradigm
2 Understanding Holistic
Integrative Medicine
3 You Are More Than Your Genes
4 Food Matters
5 Not All Foods Are Created Equal
6 Natural Approaches to Inflammation
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7 Food Sensitivity and the Elimination Diet

8 Vitamins and Supplements
9 Herbal Remedies
10 Lowering Cholesterol Naturally
11 Treating High Blood Pressure Naturally
12 Treating Diabetes Naturally
13 Stress and the Mind-Body Connection

14 Turning Stress into Strength
15 Meditation, Yoga, and Guided Imagery
16 Natural Approaches to Mental Health
17 Biofield Therapies
18 The Power of Love
19 Spirituality in Health
20 Components of Spiritual Wellness
21 Applying the Lectures of Natural Healing
22 Ecology and Health
23 Healthy People, Healthy Planet
24 You Are Your Own Best Medicine
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MODERN HISTORY
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cessful, admirable as well as flawed.
Youll be spellbound as you witness
the treacherous, at times fatal, expeditions into the unknown these
adventurers embarked upon, whether
to the frozen Poles, Asia, Europe, the
Americas, Africa, the oceans depths,
or the final frontier of space.
This course will revolutionize how
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you view the world by unveiling

the process by which we came to
know the far reaches of our planet.
Throughout, youll examine the
complex motivations behind these
journeys, including religion, conquest, commerce, scientific discovery,
and the overwhelming sense of wanderlust; and how voyages of discovery
have inspired subsequent voyages
particularly when the preceding journey failed.
GRIPPING STORIES OF
RISK AND RESCUE
Even those familiar with these voyages will find new insights to deepen
their understanding of the historical

reality, including how, oftentimes,
the reality of what was or wasnt
found turned out to be much more
important than the original mission
goals. Youll be riveted as you follow
explorers venturing into uncharted
territory and putting themselves, and
often their crews, in dire peril.
St. Brendan and his Irish monks:
Driven by the desire to escape a
tainted world, they set sail into
the Atlantic on a legendary journey in a precarious leather boat.
Henry Hudson: After failing to
find the Northwest Passage to
Asia, Hudsons crew mutinied,
setting him and several loyal sailors adrift on Hudson Bay.

Alexander von Humboldt:
Called the greatest scientific traveler that ever lived by
Darwin, he left behind a life of
prestige to chart South America.
David Livingstone: In the most
famous PR stunt of the history
of exploration, Henry Morton
Stanley located the ill Livingstone
in Tanzania, supposedly greeting
him with the immortal phrase,
Dr. Livingstone, I presume?
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the amazing feats of pre-modern
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xploration is in our genes.

From ancient wayfarers to
modern astronauts, a steady
succession of intrepid individuals
can take the credit for binding the
continents together, connecting previously isolated peoples, and sparking
a cross-fertilization of ideas, technologies, and even foods.
In Historys Greatest Voyages
of Exploration, you delve into the
awe-inspiring, vast, and surprisingly
interconnected tale of world exploration. Taught by Vejas Gabriel
Liulevicius, an award-winning
history professor at the University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, these 24
lectures shine a spotlight on some
of the greatest and most influential explorers the world has ever
knownsuccessful as well as unsuc-
WHY THIS
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The seed for Historys Greatest
Voyages of Exploration was planted
by our customers, who expressed
interest in learning more about the
intriguing explorers they were introduced to in high school, but often in only the most cursory sense.
Our course development team determined that the most meaningful
way to approach the subject was in
a comprehensive survey that would
allow learners to trace exploration
throughout history and see each explorer in context.
Dr. Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is
the perfect fit for a course of such
breadth and depth, having collaborated with The Great Courses on
several history titles that have captivated our community of lifelong
learners. Once again, he brings his
energetic lecturing style to these
fast-paced and imminently informative lectures filled with edge-ofyour-seat accounts of the worlds
greatest explorersnot just from
the West, but from all corners of the
world.
Polynesian navigators and Pytheas

the Greek, who worked without
advanced technologies yet achieved
epic results. From there, you trace the
full trajectory of global exploration,
concentrating on those explorers and
expeditions that have had the most
long-lasting impact on history.
Sail with Captain Cook as he
maps vast unknown territories.
Circumnavigate the world with
Ferdinand Magellan.
Dive into the Mariana Trench,

miles beneath the ocean,
with Swiss oceanographer
Jacques Piccard and U.S. Navy
Lieutenant Don Walsh.
Join Apollo 8 as its astronauts
capture the space programs most
famous photograph, the 1968
Earthrise.
Through it all, you consider what
drove these explorers, from proselytizing and pilgrimage to the lure
of wealth, conquest, fame, and new
lands, as evidenced by the Vikings
arrival in North America; Marco
Polos journey along the Silk Road
to China; Christopher Columbuss
Enterprise of the Indies; the conquistadors ravages in Latin America;
and the tiny kingdom of Portugals
triumphant circumnavigation of
Africa to seize control of trade in the
Indian Ocean.
A GLOBAL PERSPECTIVE
In Historys Greatest Voyages of
Exploration, you not only get the
adventurers points of view, but the
discovered peoples perspectives as
well. Rather than myopically focusing on Europeans, it also presents a
meaningful portrait of the travels of
non-Westerners, including:
Chinese Buddhist monk
Xuanzangs famous voyage to
the West in search of holy scriptures in India;
Arab scholar Ibn Battutas 24
years of travel through the extensive Islamic world; and
Japans Iwakura mission to the
West, which toured America,
Europe, the Middle East, and
China to gain scientific and political knowledge after centuries of

isolation.
Along the way, youll meet several
remarkable women who defied the
conventions of society and made lasting contributions, like Ida Pfeiffer,
an extreme traveler who ventured
among Borneo headhunters, fought
off Brazilian bandits, and collected
scientific specimens for museums
to fund her travels. Youll also learn
about Sacajawea, a Shoshone woman
whose interpreting skills were crucial
to Lewis and Clark as they charted
the Louisiana Purchase.
The professors extraordinary stories

make this course ideal for customers
who prefer audio, but the video version
includes helpful features.
On-screen text allows you to follow along

as the professor explains key concepts.
EMBARK ON A THRILLING
INTELLECTUAL JOURNEY
As a veteran professor of several
top-rated Great Courses who is
known for his extensive expertise, Dr.
Get a firm grasp on the locations in each
Liulevicius brings this survey to life
lecture through maps of the regions
with vivid detail. When experiencing
discussed.
the material on video, maps help you
visually trace the journeys discussed
and enhance the professors engaging
storytelling.
The tales in Historys Greatest
Voyages of Exploration will help
even familiar things such as spices
take on new meaning, as you learn
Artwork and photographs of the
how deeply they have motivated cenexplorers are also included in the video
turies of explorers. Your own travels
formats.
will also be enriched when viewed
in the context of the generations of
Study of War and Society at the
previous travelers whove blazed the
path. Youll see the world through an University of Tennessee, Knoxville,
where he has taught since 1995. He
explorers eyes!
has won many honors, including
the University of Tennessees three
top Excellence in Teaching Awards
Dr. Vejas Gabriel Liulevicius is
and a National Endowment for the
Lindsay Young Professor of History
Humanities Research Fellowship.
and Director of the Center for the
Lecture Titles
1 The Earliest Explorers
7 Ibn BattutaNever the Same Route Twice
13 The Jesuits on a Global Mission
19 Japan Discovers the West
2 The Scientific Voyage of Pytheas the Greek
8 Portugals Great Leap Forward
14 Captain Cook Maps the World
20 Dr. Livingstone and Mary Kingsley in Africa
3 St. BrendanThe Travels of an Irish Monk
9 The Enigmatic Christopher Columbus
15 Alexander von HumboldtExplorer Genius
21 Arctic Feats and Fates
4 Xuanzangs Journey to the West
10 Magellan and the Advent of Globalization
16 Jefferson Dispatches Lewis and Clark
22 Antarctic Rivalries
5 Leif Eriksson the Lucky
11 The Ruthless Ambition of the Conquistadors
17 Sir John Franklins Epic Disaster
23 A Deep-Sea Dive into the Mariana Trench
6 Marco Polo and Sir John Mandeville
12 Henry HudsonDeath on the Ice
18 Ida PfeifferVictorian Extreme Traveler
24 The Race to Outer Space
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MODERN HISTORY
The African Experience:

From Lucy to Mandela
Origins and Ideologies of the

American Revolution
Professor of History Kenneth P. Vickery

North Carolina State University
Professor of History Peter C. Mancall

University of Southern California
Lecture Titles
1 Finding the Lost Continent
2 Africas Many Natural Environments
3 A Virtual Tour of the Great Land
4 The Cradle of Humankind
5 Crops, Cattle, Iron
Taming a Continent
6 Kinship and Community
Societies Take Shape
7 Like Nothing ElseThe
Ancient Nile Valley
8 Soul and SpiritReligion in Africa
9 EthiopiaOutpost of Christianity
10 West Africas Golden Age
11 The Swahili Commercial World
12 Great Zimbabwe and the
Cities of the South
13 The Atlantic Slave
TradeThe Scope
14 The Atlantic Slave

TradeThe Impact
15 South AfricaThe Dutch
Cape Colony
16 South AfricaThe Zulu Kingdom
17 South AfricaThe Frontier
and Unification
18 South AfricaDiamonds and Gold
19 Prelude to the Scramble for Africa
20 European Conquest and
African Resistance
21 Colonial AfricaNew Realities
22 Colonial AfricaComparisons
and Change
23 The Lion Awakens
The Rise of Nationalism
24 The Peaceful Paths to
Independence
25 The CongoPromise and Pain
26 Segregation to Apartheid
in South Africa
27 The Armed Struggles
for Independence
28 The First Taste of Freedom
29 The Taste Turns Sour
30 The World Turns DownThe
Permanent Crisis
31 A New Dawn? The
Democratic Revival
32 The South African Miracle
33 The UnthinkableThe
Rwanda Genocide
34 The New PlagueHIV/
AIDS in Africa
35 ZimbabweBackground
to Contemporary Crisis
36 Africa Found
In 17601800, American colonists broke away

from their mother country and fashioned
a republic capable of sustaining itself. How
this happened is the subject of Origins and
Ideologies of the American Revolution. It is a story of immense importance and rich discoveries. Dr. Peter C. Mancall brings to life the colonists
who were caught up in debates over rights and power, liberties and empire.
Lecture Titles
1 Self-Evident Truths
2 Ideas and Ideologies
3 Europeans of Colonial America
4 Natives and Slaves of Colonial America
5 The Colonies in the Atlantic World, c. 1750
6 The Seven Years War
7 The British Constitution
8 George III and the Politics of Empire
9 Politics in British America before 1760
10 James Otis and the Writs
of Assistance Case
11 The Search for Order and Revenue
12 The Stamp Act and Rebellion in the Streets
13 Parliament Digs in Its Heels, 17661767
14 The Crisis of Representation
15 The Logic of Loyalty and Resistance
16 Franklin and the Search for Reconciliation
17 The Boston Massacre
18 The British Empire and the Tea Act

19 The Boston Tea Party and
the Coercive Acts
20 The First Continental Congress
21 Lexington and Concord
22 Second Continental Congress
and Bunker Hill
23 Thomas Paine and Common Sense
24 The British Seizure of New York
25 The Declaration of Independence
26 The War for New York and New Jersey
27 Saratoga, Philadelphia, and Valley Forge
28 The Creation of State Constitutions
29 Jeffersons Statute for Religious Freedom
30 Franklin, Paris, and the French Alliance
31 The Articles of Confederation
32 Yorktown and the End of the War
33 The Treaty of Paris of 1783
34 The Crises of the 1780s

35 African Americans and the Revolution
36 The Constitutional Convention
37 The United States Constitution
38 The Antifederalist Critique
39 The Federalists Response
40 The Bill of Rights
41 Politics in the 1790s
42 The Alien and Sedition Acts
43 The Election of 1800
44 Women and the American Revolution
45 The Revolution and Native Americans
46 The American Revolution
as Social Movement
47 Reflections by the Revolutionary
Generation
48 The Meaning of the Revolution
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Robert E. Lee and His High Command
1066: The Year That

Changed Everything
Professor in the History of the American Civil War

Gary W. Gallagher | University of Virginia
This course examines Robert E. Lees leadership

during the Civil War and that of his principal
subordinates, including Stonewall Jackson and
James Longstreet. The lectures also consider some
of the more gifted of the young commanders in
addition to some of Lees failed officers. You combine military analysis with
personal and biographical details to round out the portraits of these men,
and consider select campaigns to explore the ways Lee exercised command.
Lecture Titles
1 Lee and the Army of
Northern Virginia
2 The Making of a
Confederate General
3 Lees Year of Fabled Victories
4 Lee From Gettysburg
to Appomattox
5 Was Lee an OldFashioned General?
6 The Making of the Mighty
Stonewall Jackson
7 Stonewall Jackson as
Lees Right Arm
8 James Longstreets
Road to Prominence
9 Longstreets Later
Confederate Career
10 The Rise of Jubal Anderson Early
11 Earlys Path to Defeat
12 Jeb Stuart as Soldier
and Showman
13 One Promotion Too
ManyA. P. Hill
14 Forced from Center
StageRichard S. Ewell
15 A Straight-Ahead Fighter
John Bell Hood
16 Could Robert E. Lee Make
Hard Decisions?
17 The Problem of Attrition
18 Younger Officers IRobert

Emmett Rodes
19 Younger Officers IIStephen
Dodson Ramseur
20 Younger Officers III
John Brown Gordon
21 Younger Officers IVEdward
Porter Alexander
22 Gifted but FlawedJ. E.
Johnston and Beauregard
23 Drama and Failure
Magruder and Pickett
24 Before the Bar of History
The Lost Cause
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The Catholic University of America
In 1066 an event occurred that would have ramifications for both Europe and the entire history
of the English speaking world: the Norman
Conquest of England.
With 1066: The Year That Changed Everything, Professor Jennifer
Paxtons exciting and historically rich six-lecture course, experience for
yourself the drama of this dynamic year in medieval history. Taking you
from the shores of Scandinavia and France to the battlefields of the English
countryside, this course plunges you into a world of fierce Viking warriors,
powerful noble families, politically charged marriages, tense succession crises, epic military invasions, and more.
Lecture Titles
1 The Norman Conquest
through History
2 England and Normandy
before the Conquest
3 The Succession
Crisis in England
4 The Battle of Hastings
5 Completing the Conquest

6 The Aftermath of the Conquest

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The story of Africa is the oldest and most eventfilled chronicle of human activity on the planet.
These 36 half-hour lectures cover this great historical drama, tracing the story of the sub-Saharan region of the continent from the earliest evidence of human habitation
to the latest challenges facing African nations in the 21st century.
MODERN HISTORY
Foundations of Western Civilization II:

A History of the Modern Western World
Professor of History Robert Bucholz
Loyola University Chicago
How did the history of Western Europe help

shape America? Has the legacy handed down to us
been negative or positive? Explore these questions
and many more in this grand narrative of the past
five centuries as it offers a coherent context for
events and trends that shaped us.
As you journey from the Renaissance, and the
Industrial Revolution, to Europe at the dawn of the 21st century, Professor
Bucholz asks probing questions: How did agrarian communities become
great industrial nation states? Why did Europe produce two antagonistic economic systemsCapitalism and Communism? Over the course,
Professor Bucholz shows Western civilization shaped by the humble as well
as the mighty, the practical as well as the artistic.
Lecture Titles
1 The Importance of the West
2 Geography Is Destiny
3 Culture Is Destiny
4 Renaissance Humanism13501650
5 Renaissance Princes14501600
6 The New World & the Old14001650
7 The Protestant Reformation150022
8 The Wars of Religion15231648
9 Rational & Scientific
Revolutions14501650
10 French Absolutism15891715
11 English Constitutionalism160349
12 English Constitutionalism164989
13 War, Trade, Empire16881702
16 Life Under the Ancien Rgime16891789
17 Enlightenment & Despotism
18 The American Revolution

19 The French Revolution178992
20 The French Revolution17921803
21 The Napoleonic Empire180315
22 Beginnings of Industrialization17601850
23 Consequences of
Industrialization17601850
24 The Liberal Response17761861
25 The Romantic Response17891870
26 The Socialist Response18131905
27 Descent of Man; Rise of Woman183090
28 Nationalism181548
29 Nationalism184871
30 Imperial Rivalry18701914
31 Industrial Rivalry18701914
32 The Alliance System18721914
33 Decadence & Malaisecirca 1900
34 The Great War Begins191416
35 Breaking the Deadlock191517

36 The Russian Revolution191722
37 The End of the War191722
38 Recovery & Depression in
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39 Totalitarian Russia191839
40 Fascist Italy, Nazi Germany192236
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42 The Failure of Diplomacy193539
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5 Standoff in Boston, 1775
6 Bunker Hill
7 The King, the Conqueror,
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8 Conquering Canada,
Reconquering Boston
9 Common Sense
10 An Army Falls in Brooklyn
11 A Glorious Issue
12 Joy in Princeton
13 Congress Are Not a Fit Body
14 America Is Not Subdued
15 A Day Famous in the
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16 Not Yet the Air of Soldiers

17 With Washington at Valley Forge
18 The Widening War
19 The French Menace
20 Vain Hopes in the Carolinas
21 The Americans Fought
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23 A Sword for General Washington
24 It Is All Over
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5 Jean-Jacques RousseauA
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7 Maria TheresaMother of the Empire
8 David HumeThe Cheerful Skeptic
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14 Marie AntoinetteQueen Beheaded
15 Edmund BurkeThe
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17 Mary WollstonecraftThe
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30 Charles DarwinOrigin of Species
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the end of your time onstage. With

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Assistant Professor of Acting and

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The Performance Triangle

Modern Acting Technique
Building a Character
Analyzing Backstory and Motivation
Identifying Your Unconscious Habits
Recovering Your Natural Alignment
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7 The Body Balanced at Rest

8 The Body Balanced in Motion
9 Intent, Purpose, and Character
10 Playing Status Relationships
11 Stage Movement Savvy
12 The Glorious Human Voice
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Accessing the Breath

Your Vocal Energy
Vocal DynamicsYour Best Voice
Clear, Energized Speech
The Muscles of Speech
Vocal ColorPacing and Phrasing
19 Accents and Dialects

20 Acing the Audition
21 Preparing for the Performance
22 Using Stage Fright Energy
23 Working the Crowd with Confidence
24 Stage PresenceA Way of Life
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Telling a Good Story
The Storytelling Triangle
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11 Discovering Point of View
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NarratorBridging Characters and Audience

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19 Preparing to Perform
20 Putting Performance Anxiety to Good Use
21 Adapting to Different Audiences
22 Invitation to the AudienceMindset
23 Keeping Your Audiences Attention
24 Remember Your StoriesThe Power of Orality
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The Magic of Everyday Communication

The Complex Layers of Face-to-Face Talk
The Social Context That Shapes Our Talk
The Operations of the Cognitive Unconscious
The Conscious Mind in Perception
The Conscious Mind in Using Languagev
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9 Self, Attachment, and Self-Esteem
10 Protecting the Self in Face-to-Face Talk
11 Conscious Self-Talk and Self-Management
12 Challenges to Effective Communication

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Bibliography
Talking to Connect and Build Relationships

Differences, Disagreement, and Control Talk
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20 Communication, Gender, and Culture
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22 Leadership, Appreciation, and Productivity
23 Dialogue and AppreciationEngaged Employees
24 DialogueEthical Choices behind Our Talk
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1 The World of Strategic Thinking
2 The Origins and Relevance
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3 The Dawn of Modern Strategic Thinking
4 Modern Principles of Strategic Conflict
5 GeographyKnow Your Terrain
6 Grand Strategists and Strategic Intent
7 The Core and the Rise of Strategic Planning
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12 Tactics of Combat as Problem-Solving Tools
13 Shock of the NewInflection Points
19 Leverage Cognitive Psychology

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20 Strategic Intuition and Creative Insight
21 From Systemic Problems to
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22 Seize the Future with Scenario Analysis
23 The Correlation of Forces, Luck, and Culture
24 Strategic Thinking as a Way of Life
14 Surprise! Perils and Power of

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15 The Sources and Uses of
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16 Move and Countermove
The Theory of Games
17 The Evolution of Cooperation
18 When Strategy Breaks Down
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Professor Patrick N. Allitt | Emory University
Professors William R. Cook and Ronald B. Herzman

State University of New York at Geneseo
Join historian Professor Patrick N. Allitt in exploring the vital and diverse story of religious life in
America from the first European contacts to the
late 20th century. Examine religion not only as a
set of formal beliefs, ideas, communal or institutional loyalties, and styles of worship, but also as an influence on life
beyond the pews.
Dr. Patrick N. Allitt is Cahoon Family Professor of American History at

Emory University. He earned his Ph.D. at the University of California,
Berkeley.
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War and World History

Take a highly provocative look at history with
War and World History. In these 48 intriguing
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human society through a penetrating look at the
effects of war. Far from a traditional approach to
military events, this panoramic course is the story of the intimate interconnections of war with human cultures and societies across five continents
and how these connections have shaped history. A penetrating view of the
contexts and meanings of war, this course is essential for your understanding of the evolution of civilization.
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When Francis of Assisi died in 1226, he left behind

little material wealth. And yet he did leave behind
a spiritual legacy that survives and changes lives
even today. Francis of Assisi, delivered by the veteran teaching team of Professors William R. Cook
and Ronald B. Herzman, gives you a well-rounded and fully informed
introduction to this luminous man and his influence on the course of both
Christian and Western history. Throughout each of these lectures shines
the deeply human sense of Assisi and his views on faith, hope, love, and
moreviews that, Professors Cook and Herzman argue, are needed as
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God and Mankind:

Comparative Religions
Introduction to the Study of Religion
Professor Robert Oden | Carleton College
Life. Death. Suffering. Redemption. The origin

of being. Each of these complex issues raises many
questions. How do the major religious systems
address those questions? And what do their answers tell us? These eight
lectures by Professor Robert Oden are an ideal starting point for pursuing
those questions and discovering fresh insights. Dr. Oden discusses the
nature and study of religion, distinguishing between religion as both a
matter of faith and as an appropriate subject of intellectual and academic
inquiry.
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Whether one acts as an individual, a local community member, or part of a broader fellowship
of believers, the approach to religion remains the
same: viewing religion and religious life from the
inside. What changes, however, when the approach to religion comes from
the outside? How do scholars study the ways the religious experience is
felt, shared, and communicated? How do they explain how this extraordinarily powerful force can define and shape the communities it creates? In
Introduction to the Study of Religion, Professor Charles B. Jones offers a
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Utopia and Terror in the 20th Century
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Professor Jeffrey L. Kasser | Colorado State University
The story of the 20th century is filled with leaders

who promised utopia and instead delivered war,
genocide, and dictatorship. This unsettling subject
is covered in this 24-lecture series, which will help
you understand this seemingly senseless record
of inhumanity and how we may prevent it from
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the most notorious aspects of the past 100 years. Understand how repressive utopian governments and terrorist organizations are created and structured, and how they use violence to achieve their goals.
Why is science so successful? Is there such a thing

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Theories of Human Development
Earths Changing Climate
Professor Malcolm W. Watson

Brandeis University
Professor Richard Wolfson

Middlebury College
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highly influential theories, formulated largely
in the 20th century, and their creators, such as
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ideas on such issues as educating children, the effect of media violence on
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This course of 12 half-hour lectures reviews the

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explaining the concepts, tools, data, and analysis
that have led an overwhelming number of climate
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great part responsible.
Earths Changing Climate addresses only scientific issues and makes no
policy recommendations. Instead, this course is designed to serve as your
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SCIENCE
Explore Earths Cycles of Ruin and Renewal

A New History of Life
I find these courses a convenient method to further ones understanding,
or to study new subject matter.
Professor of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences Stuart Sutherland

The University of British Columbia
Gregory Allen, El Paso, TX
Learn the history of life in a dramatic new way with this

fascinating and comprehensive course that draws upon
biology, earth science, and other disciplines to explain
lifes mysterious origins and spectacular evolution.
ife is stranger than fiction.

Recent investigations hint at
episodes in the history of life
on Earth that rival the most imaginative movies. For example: Could
our planet have been seeded with
life from elsewhere? Did the development of life create conditions that
threatened to poison the biosphere?
How have natural forces conspired,
over and over, to remove most traces
of life from the planet? And how
has life itself responded with determination to survive and thrive in a
multitude of astonishing forms?
The story of our world and the
different living things that have
populated it is an amazing epic with
millions of species both familiar
and strange, exotic settings, planet-wide cataclysms, and surprising
plot twists. Humans are only the
latest characters in this long-running

drama, which has always been utterly
unpredictable, since periodic mass
extinctions are inevitably followed by
life rebounding in unexpected ways.
A New History of Life tells this
all-embracing story of life on Earth
in 36 lavishly illustrated lectures that
assume no background in science.
Professor Stuart Sutherland of The
University of British Columbia gives
a gripping presentation, showing
why he is an award-winning and
nationally recognized teacher.
Illustrated by thousands of illuminating, entertaining, and often otherworldly images, this is a visual feast,
with pictures reinforcing every milestone in the 4.54-billion-year journey
from a nascent planet to now.
Fossils of animals or plants preserved in sedimentary rock are a primary way that
scientists know about life on Earth in the distant past. Most often, the hard parts of
creatures have been replaced by minerals deposited from surrounding rock.
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1 The Interconnected Earth
2 The Vast Depths of Earth Time
3 Fossil Clocks
4 Paleontologists as Detectives
5 The Shifting Surface of Planet Earth
6 Earliest OriginsFormation of the Planet
7 Origins of Land, Ocean, and Air
8 The Early Chemical Evolution of Life
9 Hints of the First Life Forms
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10 How Life Transformed the Early Earth

11 Snowball EarthAnother Crisis
12 MetazoansLife Grows Up
13 Incredible VarietyThe Cambrian Explosion
14 Window to a Lost WorldThe Burgess Shale
15 The Forgotten Fossils in Earths Story
16 Introduction to the Great Mass Extinctions
17 The Collapse of Earths First Eden
18 Making the Break for Land
19 Getting a BackboneThe Story of Vertebrates

20 The Evolution of Jaws
21 These Limbs Were Made for Walking?
22 TiktaalikThe Search for a Fishapod
23 Carboniferous Giants and Coal
24 AmniotesThe Shape of Things to Come
25 Permian ExtinctionLifes Worst Catastrophe
26 Finding the KillerThe Greenhouse Earth
27 The Dinosaurs Take Over
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28 Letting the Dinosaurs SpeakPaleobehaviour

29 Conquering the AirThe Evolution of Flight
30 Monsters of the DeepMesozoic Oceans
31 The Cretaceous EarthA Tropical Planet
32 The Sky Is FallingEnd of the Dinosaurs
33 The Collision of North and South America
34 The Rise of Mammals and the Last Ice Age
35 The Humble Origins of Human Beings
36 The Conscious Earth
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SCIENCE
Discover How Rocks Evolved alongside Life in

This Groundbreaking Course That Rewrites Geology
The Origin and Evolution
of Earth: From the Big
Bang to the Future of
Human Existence
Professor of Earth Sciences Robert M.
Hazen | George Mason University
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he story of Earth is an epic

filled with crises, catastrophes,
and remarkable, repeated
change. Earth traces its origin to
simple atoms that were created in the
big bang, transformed into heavy elements in stellar explosions, and then
forged into a planet inside the nebula
that gave birth to the solar system.
Like many other planets, Earth went
through phases of melting, volcanism, and bombardment by asteroids. But only on Earth did events
lead to a flourishing biospherelife.
And once life was established, it
drove the evolution of our planet in
startling new directions.
Most amazing of all, the evidence
for every step in this intricate process
is all around usin the thousands of
minerals in rocks above and below
ground. Consider these clues:
Diamond: Created under
extreme pressure, diamond may
very well be the first mineral
formed in the universe. Together
with a dozen other minerals, it
helped seed the solar nebula with
dust that became the planets.
Great Oxidation Event: Earths
iron deposits are a relic of the
earliest photosynthetic life,
which introduced large amounts
of oxygen into the atmosphere,
promoting the oxidation of rocks
and the production of minerals.
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Professor Hazen and his colleagues have posited a new theory of Earths history through 10 stages of mineral evolution, each
of which introduced new planetary processes and phenomena, including life.
Plate tectonics: Many minerals

are associated with plate tectonics,
the ceaseless motion of Earths
crustal plates for over 3 billion
years. This process has had a
profound impact on climate, the
atmosphere, the oceans, and the
development of life.
This 48-lecture course lets you
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piecing together the epic story
of Earth in an enlightening new
perspective. In The Origin and
Evolution of Earth: From the Big
Bang to the Future of Human

Existence, you follow events from
the big bang to the formation of
Earth to the many twists and turns
in our planets evolution. You discover how a young universe populated with only a few elements became
a cosmos of infinite variety characterized by lifethanks to minerals.
Your professor is the noted scientist
who pioneered the study of mineral evolution, Professor Robert M.
Hazen of George Mason University
and the Carnegie Institutions

Geophysical Laboratory.
Professor Hazen recounts Earths
story through 10 stages of mineral
evolution. Each stage resculpted our
planets surface, introducing new
planetary processes and phenomena. By stage 6, life was an integral
part of this process, and you learn
that life is ultimately responsible for
almost two-thirds of the mineral species on Earththousands of unique
crystals that could only exist on a
living world.
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As a research scientist at the Carnegie Institution of Washington,

D.C., Professor Robert M. Hazen has
spent the last several years deeply
involved in studies on a truly revolutionary concept in Earth science
the evolution of minerals.
According to the theory, diversity in minerals is achieved because,
like life, minerals evolve based on
selective pressures in their environment. Earths impressive array
of mineral species (some 4,300+ at
last counting) is an order of magnitude greater than other objects in
our solar system. When Hazen and
his colleagues began to investigate
the reasons behind this diversity,
they came to an astonishing conclusionthe vast majority of mineral
species on Earth exist because of
an interaction with life.
From this simple but unprecedented insight sprang forth a brand
new interpretation of the history of
Earth. Dr. Hazen and his colleagues
are on the precipice of rewriting
Earth science. We feel tremendously lucky to bring you this brilliant and
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A NEW WAY OF LOOKING

AT OUR PLANET
In The Origin and Evolution of
Earth Professor Hazen points out
that the living world we see around
us is just the latest iteration in a
long sequence of startlingly different
Earths. Working backward in time,
he describes these major phases:
Green Earth: The view of Earth
from space shows an inviting oasis of blue and green.
Photosynthetic life is the most
visible sign of the living world.
White Earth: Plants and animals
need an oxygen-rich atmospherea situation made fully
possible 700 million years ago
by conditions on a very different
Earth, encased in ice from the
poles to the equator.
Red Earth: The ice-covered
Earth could not have happened
without a convergence of landmasses to form a supercontinent
called Rodinia, tinted red due to
the Great Oxidation Event 2.2
billion years ago.
Gray Earth: Microbial life
responsible for oxygenation
developed only after plate tectonics began to control Earths
surface more than 3 billion years
ago, when gray continents of

granite first appeared.
Blue Earth: Plate tectonics is
one of the many outcomes of
a globe-spanning blue ocean,
which started to form as early as
4.4 billion years ago. The oceans
also play a role in the formation
of many minerals.
Black Earth: The blue ocean
world would not exist without
water vapor from steaming volcanoes, which also paved the
planet with dense black basalt
starting more than 4.5 billion
years ago.
Some worlds, such as Earths
moon and Mercury, never advanced
beyond the black, basaltic phase. But
for Earth, it was just the beginning.
A GRAND ADVENTURE
If you have ever admired the beauty of a crystal, marveled at the
complexity of the natural world,
wondered about the amazing story
locked inside a rockor a fossilor
the moons of Jupiter; or if you are
simply a person who likes a good
mystery, sprinkled with surprising clues, then The Origin and
Evolution of Earth is the course for
you.
This course is designed to work well in

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complex concepts taught in the course.
The course features over 100 animations

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The course goes to great lengths to both

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diversity of minerals on our planet.
The course examines the cutting-edge

scientific instruments that are being
deployed to help us understand, in
ever-greater detail, Earths history.
Lecture Titles
1 Mineralogy and a New View of Earth
2 Origin and Evolution of the Early Universe
3 Origins of the ElementsNucleosynthesis
4 Ur-Minerals, First Crystals in the Cosmos
5 Presolar Dust GrainsChemistry Begins
6 Coming to Grips with Deep Time
7 The Birth of the Solar System
8 The Early Solar SystemTerrestrial Planets
9 Hints from the Gas Giants and Their Moons
10 MeteoritesThe Oldest Objects You Can Hold
11 Mineral Evolution, Go! Chondrite Meteorites
12 Meteorite Types and Planetesimals
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13 Achondrites and Geochemical Affinities

14 The Accretion and Differentiation of Earth
15 How Did the Moon Form?
16 The Big Thwack!
17 The Big Six Elements of Early Earth
18 The Black EarthPeridotite to Basalt
19 Origins of the Oceans
20 Blue Earth and the Water Cycle
21 Earth and Mars versus Mercury and the Moon
22 Gray EarthClays and the Rise of Granite
23 Earths Mineralogy Takes OffPegmatites
24 Moving Continents and the Rock Cycle
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37 Snowball Earth and Hothouse Earth

38 The Second Great Oxidation Event
39 Deep CarbonDeep Life, Fuels, and Methane
40 Biominerals and Early Animals
41 Between Rodinia and Pangaea
Plants on Land
42 Life Speeds UpOxygen and Climate Swings
43 From the Great Dying to Dinosaurs
44 Impact! From Dinosaurs to Mammals
45 Humans and the Anthropocene Epoch
46 The Next 5 Billion Years
47 The Nearer Future
48 Coevolution of Geosphere and Biosphere
The Origin and Evolution of Earth:

From the Big Bang to the Future of Human Existence

Suggested readings
25 Plate Tectonics Changes Everything

26 Geochemistry to BiochemistryRaw Materials
27 BiomoleculesSelect, Concentrate, Assemble
28 Why Reproduction? World Enough and Time
29 Eons, Eras, and Strategies of Early Life
30 Red EarthThe Great Oxidation Event
31 Earliest Microbial and Molecular Fossils?
32 Microbial Mats and Which Minerals Can Form
33 Earths Greatest Mineral Explosion
34 The Boring Billion? Cratons and Continents
35 The Supercontinent Cycle
36 Feedback Loops and Tipping Points
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Experience the Wonders of the Hubble Telescope

Experiencing Hubble: Understanding the
Greatest Images of the Universe
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Professor of Physics and Astronomy David M. Meyer | Northwestern University
Marvel at landmark images from the Hubble Space

Telescope and get a better understanding of many of
astronomys latest and greatest discoveries in this visual
feast of a course.
few hundred miles above

Earth, there is a remarkable
telescope with a crystal-clear
view across the universe. For two
decades, the Hubble Space Telescope has been amassing discoveries
that rival those of historys greatest
scientists and explorers, making it
the most important and productive
scientific instrument ever built.
Hubbles location high above
the blurring effects of the atmosphere gives it an unrivaled vantage
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half-a-million images reveal never-before-seen features of planets,
stars, and galaxies with breathtaking
clarity that sets Hubble apart from
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Experiencing Hubble:
Understanding the Greatest Images
of the Universe is just such an overview, drawing on one noted astronomers Top 10 list to take you on
a dazzling voyage of discovery that
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universe in 12 half-hour lectures.
Your guide is Professor David M.
Meyer of Northwestern University,
an award-winning educator who
frequently uses the Hubble Space
Telescope in his research. For those
new to astronomy, Professor Meyer
reviews all the background needed for a well-informed tour of the
otherworldly realm investigated by
Hubble. And for experienced stargazers, he gives a fascinating insiders perspective on the work of the
superstar of telescopes.
Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Space Telescope has taken more than a
half-million images of amazing features of our universe, including planets, stars,
nebulae, and galaxies.
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4 The Star Factory inside the Eagle Nebula

5 The Cats Eye NebulaA Stellar Demise
6 The Crab NebulaA
Supernovas Aftermath
7 The Sombrero GalaxyAn Island Universe 10 Abell 2218A Massive Gravitational Lens
8 Hubbles View of Galaxies Near and Far
11 The Hubble Ultra Deep Field
9 The Antennae GalaxiesA Cosmic Collision 12 Hubbles Legacy and Beyond
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2 Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and Jupiter
3 The Sagittarius Star Cloud
SCIENCE
Learn How to Become an Expert Stargazer

Our Night Sky
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Professor Edward M. Murphy | University of Virginia
Gain a superb introduction to the wonders of the

night sky with this fascinating coursetaught by an
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he endlessly interesting sky

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The Perseid meteor shower, a
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2 Seeing and Navigating the Sky
3 Using Binoculars and Backyard Telescopes
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4 Observing the Moon and the Sun

5 Observing the Planets with a Telescope
6 Meteor Showers, Comets, Eclipses, and More
7 The Northern Sky and the North Celestial Pole

8 The Fall Sky
9 The Winter Sky
10 The Spring Sky

11 The Summer Sky
12 The Southern Sky and the Milky Way
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My Favorite Universe
The Inexplicable Universe:

Unsolved Mysteries
Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson | Hayden Planetarium
Professor Neil deGrasse Tyson | Hayden Planetarium
What is our latest picture of some of the most

inexplicable features of the universe? What still
remains to be uncovered? What are some of the
next avenues of exploration for todays chemists,
physicists, biologists, and astronomers? Professor Neil deGrasse Tysons
course The Inexplicable Universe: Unsolved Mysteries is a marvelous journey to the frontiers of the known (and unknown) universe and introduces
you to tantalizing questions being addressed by the worlds top scientists.
Youll find yourself intrigued by just how much we knowand curious
about what the near future will possibly reveal.
What forces molded the universe? Are those

forces still at work? Discover the answers to these
and other startling questions about the cosmos
with My Favorite Universe. Dr. Neil deGrasse
Tysons course is a spirited and intellectually
engaging journey through our universe and its history, from before the big
bang to the likely ways in which Earthand perhaps the entire universe
might end. Explore how black holes are formed; how asteroids move
through space; why the odds seem overwhelmingly in favor of extraterrestrial life; and much more. With the foundation provided by this magnificent course, the realities of the universe will be revealed.
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3 Inexplicable Life
4 Inexplicable Physics
5 Inexplicable Space
6 Inexplicable Cosmology
On Being Round
On Being Rarefied
On Being Dense
Death by Black Hole
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11 The Search for Planets
12 The Search for Life
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The Dark Side of the Universe
Professor of Astronomy Mark Whittle

University of Virginia
Research Professor of Physics Sean Carroll

California Institute of Technology
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Primordial SoundBig Bang Acoustics

Using Sound as Cosmic Diagnostic
Primordial RoughnessSeeding Structure
The Dark AgeFrom Sound
to the First Stars
19 Infant Galaxies
20 From Child to MaturityGalaxy Evolution
21 Giant Black HolesConstruction
and Carnage
22 The Galaxy WebA Relic
of Primordial Sound
23 Atom FactoriesStellar Interiors
24 Understanding Element Abundances
25 Light ElementsMade in the Big Bang
26 Putting It TogetherThe
Concordance Model
27 Physics at Ultrahigh Temperatures
28 Back to a MicrosecondThe
Particle Cascade
29 Back to the GUTMatter
and Forces Emerge
30 Puzzling Problems Remain
31 Inflation Provides the Solution
32 The Quantum Origin of All Structure
33 Inflations Stunning Creativity
34 Fine Tuning and Anthropic Arguments
35 Whats Next for Cosmology?
36 A Comprehensible Universe?
Everything we can see with our eyes and with

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out there is holding galaxies and galaxy clusters together, and something
else is causing space itself to fly apart. These invisible components are dark
matter and dark energy, the most eagerly studied subjects in astronomy and
particle physics today.
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Fundamental Building Blocks

The Smooth, Expanding Universe
Space, Time, and Gravity
Cosmology in Einsteins Universe
Galaxies and Clusters
Gravitational Lensing
Atoms and Particles
The Standard Model of
Particle Physics
9 Relic Particles from the Big Bang

10 Primordial Nucleosynthesis
11 The Cosmic Microwave
Background
12 Dark Stars and Black Holes
13 WIMPs and Supersymmetry
14 The Accelerating Universe
15 The Geometry of Space
16 Smooth Tension and Acceleration
17 Vacuum Energy
18 Quintessence
19 Was Einstein Right?
20 Inflation
21 Strings and Extra Dimensions
22 Beyond the Observable Universe
23 Future Experiments
24 The Past and Future
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Cosmology: The History and

Nature of Our Universe
Discover a wealth of insights into the origin,
evolution, composition, and probable fate of our
universe. In the 36 lectures of Cosmology: The
History and Nature of Our Universe, astronomer and award-winning Professor Mark Whittle makes this profound
subject understandable and awe inspiring. With the aid of more than 1,700
vivid illustrations, this course is the perfect introduction to a fascinating
field of study.
The Journey Ahead
Denizens of the Universe
Overall Cosmic Properties
The Stuff of the Universe
The Sweep of Cosmic History
Measuring Distances
Expansion and Age
Distances, Appearances, and Horizons
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Cosmic GeometryTriangles in the Sky
Cosmic ExpansionKeeping
Track of Energy
12 Cosmic AccelerationFalling Outward
13 The Cosmic Microwave Background
14 Conditions during the First Million Years
Ends of the World

Coming Attractions
Onward to the Edge
In Defense of the Big Bang
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SCIENCE
How the Earth Works
Understanding the Secrets

of Human Perception
Professor of Earth and Planetary Sciences Michael

E. Wysession | Washington University in St. Louis
How the Earth Works takes you on an astonishing journey through time and space. In 48
lectures, you will look at what went into making
our planetfrom the big bang, to the formation
of the solar system, to the subsequent evolution
of Earth. You will chart the geologic forces that churn beneath our feet to
push the continents and seafloor around. Youll learn about earthquakes,
volcanic eruptions, climate, erosion, plate tectonics, and even biology!
Lecture Titles
1 Geologys Impact on History
2 Geologic History
Dating the Earth
3 Earths StructureJourney
to Earths Center
4 Earths HeatConduction
and Convection
5 The Basics of Plate Tectonics
6 Making MatterThe Big
Bang and Big Bangs
7 Creating EarthRecipe
for a Planet
8 The Rock Cycle
Matter in Motion
9 MineralsThe Building
Blocks of Rocks
10 MagmaThe Building
Mush of Rocks
11 CrystallizationThe
Rock Cycle Starts
12 VolcanoesLava and Ash
13 FoldingBending
Blocks, Flowing Rocks
14 EarthquakesExamining
Earths Faults
15 Plate TectonicsWhy
Continents Move
16 The Ocean Seafloor
Unseen Lands
17 Rifts and RidgesThe
Creation of Plates
18 Transform Faults
Tears of a Crust
19 Subduction Zones
Recycling Oceans
20 Continents Collide and
Mountains Are Made
21 Intraplate Volcanoes
Finding the Hot Spots
22 Destruction from Volcanoes
and Earthquakes
23 Predicting Natural Disasters
24 Anatomy of a Volcano
Mount St. Helens
25 Anatomy of an
EarthquakeSumatra
26 History of Plate Motions
Where and Why
27 Assembling North America
28 The Sun-Driven
Hydrologic Cycle
29 Water on EarthThe
Blue Planet
30 Earths Atmosphere
Air and Weather
31 ErosionWeathering
and Land Removal
32 Jungles and Deserts
Feast or Famine
33 Mass WastingRocks
Fall Downhill
34 StreamsShaping the Land
35 GroundwaterThe
Invisible Reservoir
36 ShorelinesFactories
of Sedimentary Rocks
37 GlaciersThe Power of Ice
38 Planetary Wobbles and
the Last Ice Age
39 Long-Term Climate Change
40 Short-Term Climate Change
41 Climate Change and
Human History
42 Plate Tectonics and
Natural Resources
43 Nonrenewable
Energy Sources
44 Renewable Energy Sources
45 HumansDominating
Geologic Change
46 History of LifeComplexity
and Diversity
47 The Solar SystemEarths
Neighborhood
48 The Lonely Planet
Fermis Paradox
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Discover the secret life of your senses with this

intriguing and unforgettable 24-lecture course
delivered an expert in the frontiers of human
perception. With him as your authoritative
guide, youll consider each of your senses from a wide range of perspectives,
explore how your brain processes different sensory information, consider
how your senses work together and within the context of your environment, learn how your senses connect you to the world, and much more.
Lecture Titles
1 Your Amazing, Intelligent Senses
2 The Physiological Hardware
of Your Senses
3 NeuroimagingThe
Sensory Brain at Work
4 Brain ModulesSubcomponents
of the Senses
5 Perceiving a World in Motion
6 Seeing Distance and Depth
7 Seeing Color and Light
8 Your World of Taste and Olfaction
9 Hearing the World around You
10 Speech and Language Perception

11 TouchTemperature,
Vibration, and Pressure
12 PainHow It Works for You
13 Perception in Action
14 Attention and Perception
15 Kinesthetic Perception
16 Seeing, Remembering,
Inferring Infants
17 How Infants Sense and
Act On Their World
18 Illusions and Magic
19 Perceiving Emotion in
Others and Ourselves
20 Sensing the Thoughts
of OthersESP
21 Opponent Process for
Perception and Life
22 SynesthesiaTasting Color
and Seeing Sound
23 How Your Sensory Systems Learn
24 Fixing, Replacing, and
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Skywatching: Seeing and

Understanding Cosmic Wonders
Being Human: Life Lessons from

the Frontiers of Science
Professor of Astronomy Alex Filippenko

University of California, Berkeley
Professor of Biology, Neurology,

and Neurosurgery Robert Sapolsky
Stanford University
Step outside at any time of day or night, look

up, and youre bound to see a world filled with
limitless wonders: majestic rainbows, dramatic
cloud formations, stirring sunsets, intricate constellations, captivating solar eclipses, and even the
distant planets themselves.
To truly understand and enjoy the wonders in the sky requires a solid
understanding of the science behind where these wonders come from and
how theyre formed, as well as insights into the best times and places to
see them. Skywatching: Seeing and Understanding Cosmic Wonders is
a visually stunning tour of the skys most dazzling displays, most of which
you can see without binoculars.
Lecture Titles
1 Day and Night Skies
across All Distances
2 The Blue Sky, Clouds,
and Lightning
3 The Rainbow Family
Sunlight and Water
4 Solar HalosSunlight
and Ice Crystals
Professor of Psychology Peter M. Vishton

The College of William & Mary
5 The Colors of Sunrise and Sunset

6 Bright Stars, Constellations,
and the Zodiac
7 Viewing the Planets
and Their Motions
8 The Moon, Phases,
and Lunar Eclipses
9 Satellites, Comets, and Meteors

10 Observing Solar Activity
and Earths Auroras
11 Solar EclipsesMarvelous
Coincidences
12 Celestial Sights When
the Night Is Darkest
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Understanding our humanitythe essence of

who we areis one of the deepest mysteries and
biggest challenges in science. Why do we have bad
moods, or bizarre dreams? How can metaphors
in our language hold such sway on our actions? As we learn more about the
mechanisms of human behavior through neuroscience, anthropology, and
other related fields, were discovering just how intriguing the human species
is. And while scientists are continually uncovering similarities between our
behavior and that of other animals, theyre also finding insights into all that
makes us unique.
Lecture Titles
1 Whats So Special about
Being Human?
2 Junk-Food Monkeys
3 The Burden of Being
Burden-Free
4 Bugs in the Brain
5 Povertys Remains
6 Why Are Dreams Dreamlike?
7 The Pleasures and
Pains of Maybe
8 How the Other Half Heals
9 Why We Want the Bodies Back

10 Anatomy of a Bad Mood
11 This Is Your Brain
on Metaphors
12 Sushi and Middle Age
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MUSIC
What Makes Music So Powerful and Stirring?

Understanding the Fundamentals of Music
Professor Robert Greenberg | San Francisco Performances
Professor Robert Greenberg offers a spirited introduction to understanding the processes of composition. The course will
the mysterious realm of music theorythe complex syntax
reward you many times over as you find yourself enjoying
of structural and instrumental resources that composers draw much deeper connections with the language of music.
on. Sidestepping the necessity to read music, these lectures
represent a rare opportunity for learning music theoryfor
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The Language of Music

Timbre, Continued
Timbre, Part 3
Beat and Tempo
Meter, Part 1
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Pitch and Mode, Part 1
Pitch and Mode, Part 2
Intervals and Tunings
10 Tonality, Key Signature, and

the Circle of Fifths
11 Intervals Revisited and Expanded
12 Melody
13 Melody, Continued
14 Texture and Harmony, Part 1

15 Harmony, Part 2Function,
Tendency, and Dominance
16 Harmony, Part 3Progression,
Cadence, and Modulation
Understanding the Fundamentals of Music
120-page course
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Witness the Evolution of the Piano

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The piano has inspired many of the greatest compositional

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their use of the piano in groundbreaking or unique ways;
and the fact that they have stood the test of time. Now, in
The 23 Greatest Solo Piano Works, explore more than 200

years of solo piano works that Professor Robert Greenberg
considers to be among the most exceptional landmarks in
the literature. Youll study 23 works carefully chosen to
highlight the most significant compositional and pianistic
achievements in the solo piano repertoire.
Lecture Titles
1 Piano Starts Here!
2 J. S. BachThe Well-Tempered
Clavier, Book One
3 J. S. BachGoldberg Variations
4 MozartPiano Sonata in C Minor, K. 457
5 BeethovenThe Appassionata Sonata
6 BeethovenDiabelli Variations, Op. 120
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7 SchubertPiano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major

8 ChopinPrludes, Op. 28
9 ChopinBallade in G Minor, Op. 23
10 SchumannKreisleriana
11 LisztYears of Pilgrimage
12 LisztSonata in B Minor
13 BrahmsHandel Variations, Op. 24

14 BrahmsSix Pieces for Piano, Op. 118
15 MussorgskyPictures at an Exhibition
16 DebussyThe Sunken Cathedral
17 DebussyPrludes, Book One
18 AlbnizIberia
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19 RavelValses nobles et sentimentales

20 ScriabinPiano Sonata No. 5
21 Rachmaninofftudes-tableaux
22 ProkofievPiano Sonata No. 7
23 CoplandPiano Variations
24 The A-List
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Read between the Lines of the Worlds

Most Inspirational Books
Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life
Professor of Classics J. Rufus Fears | University of Oklahoma
Lecture Titles
1 Bonhoeffer, Letters and Papers from Prison
2 Homer, Iliad
3 Marcus Aurelius, Meditations
4 Bhagavad Gita
5 Book of Exodus
6 Gospel of Mark
7 Koran
8 Gilgamesh
9 Beowulf
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What makes a written work eternalits message still so

fundamental to the way we live that it continues to speak to
us, hundreds or thousands of years distant from the lifetime
of its author? Professor J. Rufus Fears presents his choices of
some of the most essential writings in historyworks that
10 Book of Job
11 Aeschylus, Oresteia
12 Euripides, Bacchae
13 Plato, Phaedo
14 Dante, The Divine Comedy
15 Shakespeare, Othello, the Moor of Venice
16 Aeschylus, Prometheus Bound
17 Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, The Gulag Archipelago
18 Shakespeare, Julius Caesar
shaped the minds of great individuals and offer an extraordinary gift of wisdom. This course focuses on intellectual
history and ethics and what the ideas in each great work can
mean in your life today.
19 George Orwell, 1984

20 Vergil, Aeneid
21 Pericles, Oration; Lincoln, Gettysburg Address
22 Remarque, All Quiet on the Western Front
23 Confucius, The Analects
24 Machiavelli, The Prince
25 Plato, Republic
26 John Stuart Mill, On Liberty
27 Sir Thomas Malory, Morte dArthur
28 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part 1

29 Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, Faust, Part 2
30 Henry David Thoreau, Walden
31 Gibbon, Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
32 Lord Acton, The History of Freedom
33 Cicero, On Moral Duties (De Officiis)
34 Gandhi, An Autobiography
35 Churchill, My Early Life; Painting as a Pastime; WWII
36 Lessons from the Great Books
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What Are the Greatest American Bestsellers?

Great American Bestsellers: The Books That Shaped America
Professor of English and Education Peter Conn | University of Pennsylvania
Theres much more to our nations best-selling books than

the enormous sales figures they rake in. They also provide us with unique ways to appreciate and understand
American culture. Great American Bestsellers: The Books
That Shaped America is a pointed 24-lecture tour of key
best-selling works in the history of U.S. literature and
what they reveal about the cultural climate of our nation at
particular points in its history. Guided by award-winning

Professor Peter Conn, you read between the lines of bestsellers including Common Sense, Uncle Toms Cabin, The
Grapes of Wrath, and How to Win Friends and Influence
People, as well as recent works by the authors who dominate the modern publishing industry.
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The Bay Psalm Book
Common Sense
The Last of the Mohicans
Uncle Toms Cabin
Ragged Dick
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Little Women
The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
The Virginian
The House of Mirth
The Jungle
Main Street
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The Maltese Falcon

The Good Earth
Gone with the Wind
How to Win Friends and Influence People
The Grapes of Wrath
Native Son
19 The Catcher in the Rye

20 To Kill a Mockingbird
21 Catch-22
22 The Woman Warrior
23 John Adams
24 Recent Bestsellers
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Delving into the Works of Its Most Famous Writers
Latin 101: Learning a Classical Language
Professor of Ancient and Modern Literature Hans-Friedrich Mueller | Union College
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ential writer of all time, Cicero
Thomas B. Lamont Professor of
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Union College in Schenectady, New
study some of the grammatical
lessons from his oratory. There is York. Professor Mueller won the
no better guide to the principles American Philological Associations
Award for Excellence in the
for making a persuasive speech.
The video versions of this course feature

a wealth of visual elements designed to
aid in your understanding of the material.
Each lecture features multiple tables

designed to assist viewers in verb
conjugation and noun, adjective, and
pronoun declension.
These lectures also feature dynamically

building sentence translations, which
allows the audience to think along
with the professor as he tests possible
translations and arrives at the best one.
The course makes effective use

of on-screen text to reinforce the
concepts and to make the material
easier to absorb and retain.
Teaching of Classics at the College

Level, as well as two awards for
excellence in teaching at The Florida
State University.
Lecture Titles
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Pronouncing Classical Latin

Introduction to Third-Conjugation Verbs
Introduction to the Subjunctive Mood
The Irregular Verbs Sum and Possum
Introduction to Third-Declension Nouns
Third-Declension Neuter Nouns
First- and Second-Declension Adjectives
First- and Second-Declension Nouns
Introduction to the Passive Voice
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Vocabulary
Quizzes & answers
Assignments
Resources for further
study
10 Third -io and Fourth-Conjugation Verbs

11 First- and Second-Conjugation Verbs
12 Reading a Famous Latin Love Poem
13 The Present Passive of All Conjugations
14 Third-Declension Adjectives
15 Third-Declension I-Stem Nouns
16 The Relative Pronoun
17 The Imperfect and Future Tenses
18 Building Translation Skills
19 Using the Subjunctive Mood

20 Demonstrative Adjectives and Pronouns
21 The Perfect Tense Active System
22 Forming and Using Participles
23 Using the Infinitive
24 Reading a Passage from Caesar
25 The Perfect Tense Passive System
26 Deponent Verbs
27 Conditional Sentences
28 Cum Clauses and Stipulations

29 Reading Excerpts from Roman Law
30 Interrogative Adjectives and Pronouns
31 Fourth- and Fifth-Declension Nouns
32 Gerunds and Gerundives
33 Counting in Latin
34 More on Irregular Verbs
35 Comparison of Adjectives and Adverbs
36 Next Steps in Reading Latin
Latin 101: Learning a Classical Language

This course was originally produced for video

only, due to the amount of on-screen text that
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previous Latin experience, you will find the
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How Did We Get from One Language to 6,000?

The Story of Human Language
Professor of English and Comparative Literature John McWhorter | Columbia University
Dr. John McWhorter, one of Americas leading linguists

and a frequent commentator on network television and
National Public Radio, takes you on a fascinating, 36-lecture tour of the development of human languagehe
unfolds the story of how a single tongue spoken 150,000
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synopsis
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diagrams
Language maps
Suggested readings
Timeline & glossary
Bibliography
9 Language FamiliesTracing Indo-European

10 Language FamiliesDiversity of Structures
11 Language FamiliesClues to the Past
12 The Case Against the Worlds First Language
13 The Case For the Worlds First Language
14 DialectsSubspecies of Species
15 DialectsWhere Do You Draw the Line?
16 DialectsTwo Tongues One Mouth
17 DialectsThe Standard as Token of the Past
18 DialectsSpoken Style, Written Style
19 DialectsThe Fallacy of
Blackboard Grammar
20 Language MixtureWords
21 Language MixtureGrammar
22 Language MixtureLanguage Areas
23 Language Develops Beyond the Call of Duty
24 Language Interrupted
25 A New Perspective on the Story of English
26 Does Culture Drive Language Change?
27 Language Starts OverPidgins
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William Shakespeare: Comedies,

Histories, and Tragedies
Professor of Shakespearean Studies and Professor
of English Emeritus Peter Saccio | Dartmouth College
This course introduces the plays of Shakespeare

and explains the achievement that makes him the
leading playwright in Western civilization.
Professor Peter Saccioan award-winning Ivy
League Professor of Shakespeare studiesis your guide for this marvelous exploration of 15 of Shakespeares greatest plays. Learn how our most
abundant poet and dramatist has been moving, delighting, and enlightening readers and audiences for 400 years, with no end in sight.
Lecture Titles
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2
3
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Shakespeare Then and Now

The Nature of Shakespeares Plays
Twelfth NightShakespearean Comedy
Twelfth NightMalvolio in Love
The Taming of the Shrew
Getting Married in the 1590s
The Taming of the Shrew
Farce and Romance
The Merchant of Venice
Courting the Heiress
The Merchant of VeniceShylock
Measure for MeasureSex in Society
Measure for Measure
Justice and Comedy
Richard IIIShakespearean History
28 Language Starts OverCreoles I

29 Language Starts OverCreoles II
30 Language Starts OverSigns of the New
31 Language Starts OverThe
Creole Continuum
32 What Is Black English?
33 Language DeathThe Problem
34 Language DeathPrognosis
35 Artificial Languages
36 FinaleMaster Class
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Richard IIIThe Villains Career

Richard IIThe Theory of Kingship
Richard IIThe Fall of the King
Henry IVAll the Kings Men
Henry IVThe Life of Falstaff
Henry VThe Death of Falstaff
Henry VThe King Victorious
Romeo and Juliet
Shakespearean Tragedy
20 Romeo and JulietPublic
Violence and Private Bliss
21 Troilus and CressidaAncient
Epic in a New Mode
22 Troilus and CressidaHeroic Aspirations
23 Julius CaesarThe Matter of Rome
24 Julius CaesarHeroes of History

25 HamletThe Abundance of the Play
26 HamletThe Causes of Tragedy
27 HamletThe Protestant Hero
28 OthelloThe Design of the Tragedy
29 OthelloO Villainy!
30 OthelloThe Noble Moor
31 King LearThis Is the Worst
32 King LearWisdom Through Suffering
33 King LearThen We Go On
34 MacbethFair Is Foul
35 MacbethMusing on Murder
36 MacbethEnter Two Murderers
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Professor of Classics and Latin Elizabeth
Vandiver | Whitman College
For thousands of years, readersand before

them, listenershave thrilled to the tale of one
of the greatest journeys in all of literature.
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examination of the most important episodes in the Odyssey and explains
the cultural assumptions that underlie Homers lines.
Just as knowledge of the Trojan War legend is necessary for understanding the Iliad, the Odyssey assumes that its audience knows how the
war ended and what happened next. Dr. Vandiver explains the cultural
assumptions behind Homers lines, and you join her in weighing the basic
critical and interpretive issues.
Lecture Titles
1 Heroes Homecomings
2 Guests and Hosts
3 A Goddess and a Princess
4 Odysseus among
the Phaiakians
5 Odysseus Tells His
Own Story
6 From Persephones Land

to the Island of Helios
7 The Goddess, the
Swineherd, and the Beggar
8 Reunion and Return
9 Odysseus and Penelope
10 Recognitions and Revenge
11 Reunion and Resolution

12 The Trojan War and
the Archaeologists
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Lecture Titles
1 What Is Language?
2 When Language Began
3 How Language ChangesSound Change
4 How Language Changes
Building New Material
5 How Language Changes
Meaning and Order
6 How Language ChangesMany Directions
7 How Language ChangesModern English
8 Language FamiliesIndo-European
years ago may have evolved into the estimated 6,000 languages used worldwide today. Discover why, for the past
century, linguistics has been one of the most exciting and
productive fields in the social sciences.
Take Charge of Your Finances

Financial Literacy: Finding Your Way in the Financial Markets
Professor of the Practice and Director of Undergraduate Studies in the
Department of Economics Connel Fullenkamp | Duke University
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rom buying a home to entering

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Financial Literacy: Finding Your
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Connel Fullenkamp of Duke

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As Professor Fullenkamp explains, financial markets perform several fundamental

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Lecture Titles
1
2
3
4
5
6
Feeling at Home in the Financial Markets

Where the Money Goes
Financial Markets Run on Information
Giving Credit Where Credit Is Due
The Fine Print
What Is Special about Banks?
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7 Billion-Dollar IOUsUsing Bonds to Borrow

8 The Double Identity of Stocks
9 The Sell Job
10 The Mysterious Money Market
11 Think Globally, Lend Globally
12 Trading Securities
13 Returns and Prices in the

Secondary Market
14 The Truth about Pricing
15 A Tale of Two Funds
16 The Market for Corporate Control
17 What Companies Tell the Markets
18 What Moves the Markets
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19 When Central Banks Talk, Markets Listen

20 Interest Rates as Indicators
21 Risk Management and Insurance
22 Mortgages and Securitization
23 The Whys and Hows of
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24 The Future of Finance
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Professor Timothy Taylor, Managing Editor Journal

of Economic Perspectives | Macalester College
Economic issues are active in our lives every day.

However, when the subject of economics comes
up in conversation or on the news, we can find
ourselves longing for a more sophisticated understanding of the fundamentals of economics.
Economics, 3rd Edition helps you think about
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unemployment, personal investing, budget deficits, globalization, and many
more. This enlarged and reorganized edition features expanded coverage in
areas of great public interest, such as antitrust issues, corporate responsibility, and international financial crashes.
Lecture Titles
1 How Economists Think
2 Division of Labor
3 Supply and Demand
4 Price Floors and Ceilings
5 Elasticity
6 The Labor Market and Wages
7 Financial Markets and Rates of Return
8 Personal Investing
9 From Perfect Competition to Monopoly
10 Antitrust and Competition Policy
11 Regulation and Deregulation
12 Negative Externalities and
the Environment
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Professor of Economics Michael K. Salemi

The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Money is a social contract that affects the decisions of nations and individuals. And money
and banking are indispensable in both your daily
financial transactions and your most essential
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Now, get a penetrating look at the financial institutions that are fundamental to your life with the 36 detailed lectures of Money and Banking: What
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you in a panoramic exploration of our monetary and financial systems,
investigating a range of pivotal and fascinating topics, including: the history
of money, how money is created by commercial and central banks, the role
of public confidence in the stability of financial systems, the psychology
of stock market bubbles, the connection between Wall Street and Main
Street, and more.
Games People Play: Game Theory

in Life, Business, and Beyond
Professor of Management Science Scott P. Stevens
James Madison University
Game theorythe scientific study of interactive,

rational decision makingplays a crucial role
in our lives. It provides startling insights into all
endeavors in which humans cooperate or compete, including biology, computer science, politics, agriculture, and, most importantly, economics.
A basic knowledge of this important tool can help you cut through a clutter of informationallowing you to make better decisions or better understand the decisions made in games you witness.
Games People Play is taught with relish and wit by a teacher as easy to
understand as he is knowledgeable. This course instills a new awareness of the
games at the core of the most complex arenas of corporate negotiations and
foreign policy, and the most basic encounters of our daily lives.
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25 The Unemployment-Inflation Tradeoff

26 Fiscal Policy and Budget Deficits
27 Countercyclical Fiscal Policy
28 Budget Deficits and National Saving
29 Money and Banking
30 The Federal Reserve and Its Powers
31 The Conduct of Monetary Policy
32 The Gains of International Trade
33 The Debates over Protectionism
34 Exchange Rates
35 International Financial Crashes
36 A Global Economic Perspective
Money and Banking: What

Everyone Should Know
13 Positive Externalities and Technology

14 Public Goods
15 Poverty and Welfare Programs
16 Inequality
17 Imperfect Information and Insurance
18 Corporate and Political Governance
19 Macroeconomics and GDP
20 Economic Growth
21 Unemployment
22 Inflation
23 The Balance of Trade
24 Aggregate Supply and Aggregate Demand
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The Importance of Money

Money as a Social Contract
How Is Money Created?
Monetary History of
the United States
5 Local Currencies and
Nonstandard Banks
6 How Inflation Erodes
the Value of Money
7 Hyperinflation Is the
Repudiation of Money
8 SavingThe Source of
Funds for Investment
9 The Real Rate of Interest
10 Financial Intermediaries
11 Commercial Banks
12 Central Banks
13 Present Value
14 Probability, Expected
Value, and Uncertainty
15 Risk and Risk Aversion
16 An Introduction to Bond Markets
17 Bond Prices and Yields
18 How Economic Forces
Affect Interest Rates
19 Why Interest Rates Move Together
20 The Term Structure of Interest Rates
21 Introduction to the Stock Market
22 Stock Price Fundamentals
23 Stock Market Bubbles and
Irrational Exuberance
24 Derivative Securities
25 Asymmetric Information
26 Regulation of Financial Firms
27 Subprime Mortgage Crisis

and Reregulation
28 Interest Rate Policy at
the Fed and ECB
29 The Objectives of Monetary Policy
30 Should Central Banks
Follow a Policy Rule?
31 Extraordinary Tools for
Extraordinary Times
32 Central Bank Independence
33 The Foreign Exchange
Value of the Dollar
34 Exchange Rates and
International Banking
35 Monetary Policy Coordination
36 Challenges for the Future
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1 The World of Game Theory
2 The Nature of the Game
3 The Real Life Chessboard
Sequential Games
4 Lifes Little GamesThe
2 x 2 Classic Games
5 Guessing RightSimultaneous
Move Games
6 Practical Applications
of Game Theory
7 A Random WalkDealing
with Chance Events
8 Pure Competition
Constant-Sum Games
9 Mixed Strategies and

Nonzero-Sum Games
10 Threats, Promises, and
Commitments
11 Credibility, Deterrence,
and Compellence
12 Incomplete and Imperfect
Information
13 Whom Can You Trust?
Signalling and Screening
14 Encouraging Productivity
Incentive Schemes
15 The Persistence of Memory
Repeated Games
16 Does This Stuff Really Work?

17 The Tragedy of the Commons
18 Games in Motion
Evolutionary Game Theory
19 Game Theory and
EconomicsOligopolies
20 VotingDetermining the
Will of the People
21 Auctions and the Winners Curse
22 Bargaining and
Cooperative Games
23 Game Theory and
BusinessCo-opetition
24 All the Worlds a Game
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FINE ARTS
The Worlds Greatest Paintings

Professor William Kloss | Independent Art Historian
Great paintings challenge us to understand them,

to penetrate their mysteries, and to appreciate their
riches. But within the vast history of art, there
exist only a small number of paintings that transcend the traditional role of art to become cultural
signifiersworks that allow us to comprehend
more deeply the world and our place within it.
The Worlds Greatest Paintings leads you in a compelling discovery of
some of the most significant paintings in Western art. Leading you from the
14th century to the 20th, distinguished art historian and professor William
Kloss reveals a group of works that rank among the greatest. The lectures are
arranged chronologically, showing what painters of contrasting traditions and
cultures were doing in the same time periods. Focusing on 65 masterpieces,
including key works by Giotto, Titian, Vermeer, Rembrandt, and Picasso,
Professor Kloss offers you a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining
light on the technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting.
Leonardo da Vinci and the

Italian High Renaissance
Professor in the Arts George R. Bent
Washington and Lee University
In the grand history of the Western world, there

is no single individual whose name is more
synonymous with inventiveness, curiosity, and
creative genius than Leonardo da Vinci.
His life and works would not just remake
the Renaissance in Italythey would go on to
inspire developments and innovations in our own world.
Leonardo da Vinci and the Italian High Renaissance is Professor George R.
Bents engrossing look at this grand master, the intriguing world he inhabited and shaped, and the legacies he left for us.
Dr. George R. Bent is Sidney Gause Childress Professor in the Arts at
Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia. He earned his Ph.D.
in Art History from Stanford University.
Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance
2015 by Dover Publications, Inc; Wood River Gallery;
Professor William Kloss | Independent Art Historian
No era of artistic achievement is as renowned as

the Renaissance, and no country holds a higher
place in that period than Italy.
The supreme works created in Florence, Rome,
Venice, and other Italian cities have never been
equaled and have established a canon of beauty
that pervades Western culture to this day. To
study these works with an expert is to gain a new
appreciation for how these masterpieces were created and what they meant to the artists and people of the time.
Professor William Kloss has been a featured lecturer for the National Trust
for Historic Preservation and for The Art Institute of Chicago. He also
served on the Committee for the Preservation of the White House.
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1 Greatness in Painting
2 The Majesty of Duccio and Giotto
3 Acts of FaithMasaccio, Van
Eyck, Van der Weyden
4 The Diversity of Piero,
Mantegna, Botticelli
5 The Devotion of Bellini,
Geertgen, Drer
6 Masterworks by Leonardo,
Raphael, Correggio
7 Great EnsemblesMichelangelo
and Grnewald
8 Ideal and RealGiorgione,
Titian, Holbein
9 Living and DyingBruegel,

El Greco, Caravaggio
10 Life Stories by Ter Brugghen,
Rubens, Steen
11 Inside Vermeer, Velzquez,
Rembrandt
12 Spirit and ThoughtHals,
Rembrandt, La Tour
13 The Serenity of Poussin,
Claude, Watteau
14 In ContrastChardin,
Tiepolo, Gainsborough
15 Dark Images of David,
Goya, Friedrich
16 The Worlds of Constable,
Turner, Delacroix
17 Dark to BrightCourbet,
Church, Monet
18 Alone and Together
Whistler, Degas, Renoir
19 Unlike Any OtherSargent,
Manet, Seurat
20 Close ObservationCzanne,
Van Gogh, Homer
21 The Human Condition
Munch, Matisse, Schiele
22 Art in Time of War
Monet and Picasso
23 Time and Memory
Magritte, Hopper, Gorky
24 Expressive Abstractions
Pollock and Hofmann
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1 Introducing Leonardo da Vinci
2 Who Was Leonardo?
Facts and Fictions
3 Leonardos Artistic Origins
4 From Apprentice to Partner
5 AnnunciationLeonardos
First Commission
6 A New Kind of Portrait
Ginevra de Benci
7 Leonardos Early Madonnas
8 Scandal, Reprieve, and the
Penitent St. Jerome
9 Inventing Early Modern Classical
10 Arrival in MilanMadonna
of the Rocks
11 Leonardo at Court
Portrait of a Musician
12 Leonardo and the Ladies
13 Threats to the Italian

RenaissanceThe 1490s
14 Leonardo the Inventor and Engineer
15 Vitruvian Man, Perfection,
and Architecture
16 Leonardo the Military Scientist
17 Leonardo and Flight
18 Drawing Human Figures
and Caricatures
19 ColossusThe Sculpture
for Ludovico Sforza
20 The Making of The Last Supper
21 The Meaning of The Last Supper
22 Mantua, Isabella dEste, and Venice
23 Return to FlorenceSfumato
and an Exhibition
24 Leonardo, Cesare Borgia,
and Machiavelli
25 Michelangelo and Leonardo

26 Mona LisaLa Gioconda
27 Raphael and Leonardo
28 Leonardo in Milan and
Pope Julius II in Rome
29 The Anatomical Drawings
His Greatest Works?
30 In Praise of Painting
Leonardos Manifesto
31 Leonardo and the Medici in Rome
32 High Renaissance Art
from Rome to Venice
33 Last YearsLeonardo in France
34 Renaissance Man and Man
of the Renaissance
35 The End of an Era
36 The Legacies of Leonardo da Vinci
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1 Italy and the Renaissance
2 From Gothic to Renaissance
3 Brunelleschi and
Ghiberti in Florence
4 Donatello and Luca della Robbia
5 Masaccio
6 MasaccioThe Brancacci Chapel
7 Fra Angelico and Fra Filippo Lippi
8 Three Specialists
9 Donatello and Padua
10 Piero della Francesca
Individual Works
11 Piero della Francesca
Legend of the True Cross
12 Pageant of Life in
Renaissance Florence
13 The Heroic Nude
14 Sculpture Small and Large

15 BotticelliSpirituality
and Sensuality
16 Botticelli and the Trouble in Italy
17 Filippino Lippi
18 Leonardo da VinciPortraits
and Altarpieces
19 Leonardo da Vinci
The Last Supper
20 MichelangeloFlorentine Works
21 MichelangeloRoman Projects
22 MichelangeloThe Sistine
Chapel Ceiling
23 RaphaelMadonnas and Portraits
24 RaphaelHistory Paintings
25 UrbinoMicrocosm of
Renaissance Civilization
26 Andrea Mantegna in
Padua and Mantua
27 VeniceByzantine, Gothic,
and Renaissance
28 Celebrating the Living City
29 Giovanni BelliniThe Early Years
30 Antonello da Messina
and Giovanni Bellini
31 Giovanni BelliniThe Late Years
32 Giorgione
33 Giorgione or Titian?
34 TitianThe Early Years
35 A Culture in Crisis
36 The Renaissance Reformed
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RELIGION & THEOLOGY
Interpret the Old Testaments Most Enlightening Passages

The Old Testament
Professor Amy-Jill Levine | Vanderbilt University Divinity School
The Old Testament, or Tanakh, was written in ancient

Israel over 1,000 years by many authors. What can this
book teach us about the ancient Israelites? What does our
faith find in new scholarly understanding? These lectures
by scripture expert Professor Amy-Jill Levine introduce you
to the history, religion, and literature of ancient Israel as

preserved in the Old Testament, or Hebrew Bible. Professor
Levine brings biblical characters and passages to life and
vividly reveals the magnificent artistry suffusing the Old
Testament.
Lecture Titles
1 In the Beginning
2 Adam and Eve
3 Murder, Flood, Dispersion
4 Abraham, Sarah, and Hagar
5 Isaac
6 The Jacob Saga
7 Folklore Analysis and Type Scenes

8 Moses and Exodus
9 The God of Israel
10 Covenant and Law, Part I
11 Covenant and Law, Part II
12 The Conquest
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13 The Book of Judges, Part I

14 The Book of Judges, Part II
15 Samuel and Saul
16 King David
17 From King Solomon to Preclassical Prophecy
18 The Prophets and the Fall of the North
19 The Southern Kingdom

20 Babylonian Exile
21 Restoration and Theocracy
22 Wisdom Literature
23 Life in the Diaspora
24 Apocalyptic Literature
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What Was It like to Live in King Davids Time?

The World of Biblical Israel
Professor of Biblical Studies Cynthia R. Chapman | Oberlin College
Lecture Titles
1 Biblical IsraelThe Story of a People
2 By the Rivers of BabylonExile
3 Ancestor Narratives in Genesis
4 MosesThe Torahs Central Hero
5 Becoming the Nation of Israel
6 Kinship and Economics in Highland Villages
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7 Three Weddings and a Funeral

8 Political Power Bases in Early Israel
9 Kingdoms and King Making
10 Politics and Economy of a Centralized Cult
11 Worshipping Locally
12 Lives of the Rich, Lives of the Poor
introduces you to the stories of the Judeans in exile and

grounds them in their historical context. By comparing the
history in the Bible to the archaeological record, Professor
Chapman gives you a complete picture of life in biblical
Israel.
13 Assyrian Incursion into Israel and Judah

14 Life under Siege
15 Religious Debates and Preserved Text
16 EzekielExilic Informant
17 Life in Exile, Life in Judah
18 Literacy and Education
19 Religious Developments of the Exile

20 The New IsraelResettling the Land
21 Food and the Family MealBoundaries
22 National IdentityIntermarriage
23 National IdentityTwins and Enemies
24 Loss and RestorationTwo Biblical Stories
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RELIGION & THEOLOGY
Explore the Problem of Evil from a Variety of Perspectives

Why Evil Exists
Professor of Religious Studies Charles Mathewes | University of Virginia
Why do humans do evil? Is evil a spiritual or a cosmic

problem? Why, in the end, does evil exist? Discover the
answer to these and other provocative questions in Why Evil
Exists. Award-winning Professor Charles Mathewes offers
you a richly rewarding encounter with dynamic inquiries
into Western civilizations greatest thinking on this critical
subject. Covering nearly 5,000 years of human history and

invoking the perspectives of many of the Wests most brilliant minds, these 36 lectures probe intimately into how
human beings have conceived of evil, how theyve grappled
with it, and how theyve worked to oppose it.
Lecture Titles
1 The Nature and Origins of Evil
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Enuma ElishEvil as Cosmic Battle
3 GreeceTragedy and The Peloponnesian War
4 Greek PhilosophyHuman Evil and Malice
5 The Hebrew BibleHuman Rivalry with God
6 The Hebrew BibleWisdom and the Fear of God
7 Christian ScriptureApocalypse and Original Sin
8 The Inevitability of EvilIrenaeus
9 Creation, Evil, and the FallAugustine
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10 Rabbinic JudaismThe Evil Impulse

11 IslamIblis the Failed, Once-Glorious Being
12 On Self-Deception in EvilScholasticism
13 DanteHell and the Abandonment of Hope
14 The ReformationThe Power of Evil Within
15 Dark PoliticsMachiavelli on How to Be Bad
16 HobbesEvil as a Social Construct
17 Montaigne and PascalEvil and the Self
18 MiltonEpic Evil
19 The Enlightenment and Its Discontents

20 KantEvil at the Root of Human Agency
21 HegelThe Slaughter Block of History
22 MarxMaterialism and Evil
23 The American North and SouthHoly War
24 NietzscheConsidering the Language of Evil
25 DostoevskyThe Demonic in Modernity
26 ConradIncomprehensible Terror
27 FreudThe Death Drive and the Inexplicable
28 CamusThe Challenge to Take Evil Seriously

29 PostWWII Protestant Theology on Evil
30 PostWWII Roman Catholic Theology on Evil
31 PostWWII Jewish Thought on Evil
32 ArendtThe Banality of Evil
33 Life in Truth20th-Century Poets on Evil
34 Science and the Empirical Study of Evil
35 The Unnaming of Evil
36 Where Can Hope Be Found?
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Demystify Johns Book of Revelation

The Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western History
Professor of The New Testament Craig R. Koester | Luther Seminary
What are we to make of the book of Revelation? The

Apocalypse: Controversies and Meaning in Western
History, by scholar and professor Craig R. Koester, is your
guide to this extraordinary work and its impact on our
civilization. These 24 thought-provoking and enlightening
lectures are divided into three parts: the historical and intellectual background of the Apocalypse; a close reading of the
book of Revelation, focusing on the meaning of its captivating and haunting images; and the wide-ranging legacy of its
content on both Christian and Western history.
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Revelation and the Apocalyptic Tradition

Apocalyptic Worldview in Judaism
Apocalyptic Dimension of Early Christianity
Origins of the Book of Revelation
Issues Facing Revelations First Readers
God, the Lamb, and the Seven Seals
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7 Seven Trumpets, Temple, and Celebration

8 The Dragon and the Problem of Evil
9 The Beasts and Evil in the Political Sphere
10 The Harlot and the Imperial Economy
11 The Battle, the Kingdom, and Last Judgment
12 New Creation and New Jerusalem
13 Antichrist and the Millennium

14 Revelations Place in the Christian Bible
15 The Apocalypse and Spiritual Life
16 The Key to the Meaning of History
17 Apocalyptic Fervor in the Late Middle Ages
18 Luther, Radicals, and Roman Catholics
19 Revelation Takes Musical Form

20 Revelation in African American Culture
21 The Apocalypse and Social Progress
22 Awaiting the End in 1844 and Beyond
23 Rapture, Tribulation, and Armageddon
24 The Modern Apocalyptic Renaissance
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RELIGION & THEOLOGY
Witness the Dawning of a Global Faith

The Greatest Controversies of Early Christian History
Professor of Religious Studies Bart D. Ehrman | The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Whether we view it in religious, social, political, or economic terms, Christianity has deeply and integrally influenced
the Western worldview, our way of life, and our most basic
notions of selfhood, morality, and ethics. But compelling
controversies surrounding the development of Christianity
in its first three centuries bring into question common
beliefs about the faith. Now, in The Greatest Controversies
of Early Christian History, join award-winning Professor

Bart D. Ehrman in a penetrating investigation of these
provocative issues of Christianity. In this revealing inquiry,
youll tackle 24 pivotal controversies from the most important formative era of the faith, investigating them with the
tools of the historian and aiming to resolve them with academic rigor.
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Was Jesus Born in Bethlehem?

Was Jesuss Mother a Virgin?
Did Jesus Have a Twin Brother?
Is Jesus in the Dead Sea Scrolls?
Did Jesus Expect to See the Worlds End?
How Close Were Jesus and Mary Magdalene?
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7 Was Jesus Married?

8 What Secrets Did Judas Betray?
9 Did the Jews Kill Jesus?
10 Was Pontius Pilate a Secret Christian?
11 Was Jesus Raised from the Dead?
12 Did the Jews Expect a Suffering Messiah?
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19 What Happened to the Apostles?

20 Was Christianity an Illegal Religion?
21 Is the Old Testament a Christian Book?
22 Did Early Christians Accept the Trinity?
23 Do We Have the Original New Testament?
24 Who Chose the Books of the New Testament?
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13 Is Paul the Real Founder of Christianity?

14 Did the Disciples Write the Gospels?
15 Does the New Testament Contain Forgeries?
16 Is the Book of Revelation about Our Future?
17 Who Were the Original Christians?
18 Is the True Jesus in the Gnostic Gospels?
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The Historical Jesus
Who was Jesus of Nazareth? What was he like? For 2,000

years, people and groups of varying convictions have pondered these questions and done their best to answer them.
The significance of the subject is apparent. From the late
Roman Empire all the way to our own time, no continuous-
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1 The Many Faces of Jesus
2 One Remarkable Life
3 Scholars Look at the Gospels
4 Fact and Fiction in the Gospels
5 The Birth of the Gospels
6 Some of the Other Gospels
7 The Coptic Gospel of Thomas
8 Other Sources
9 Historical CriteriaGetting Back to Jesus
10 More Historical Criteria
11 The Early Life of Jesus
12 Jesus in His Context
13 Jesus and Roman Rule
14 Jesus the Apocalyptic Prophet
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15 The Apocalyptic Teachings of Jesus

16 Other Teachings of Jesus in
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17 The Deeds of Jesus in their
Apocalyptic Context
18 Still Other Words and Deeds of Jesus
19 The Controversies of Jesus
20 The Last Days of Jesus

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22 The Death and Resurrection of Jesus
23 The Afterlife of Jesus
24 The Prophet of the New Millennium
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How Has Christianity Changed over 2,000 Years?

Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and the Battles over Authentication
In the first centuries after Christ, there was no official New

Testament. Instead, early Christians read and fervently
followed a wide variety of scripturesmany more than we
have today. Relying on these writings, Christians held beliefs
that today would be considered bizarre. Some believed that
there were 2, 12, or as many as 30 gods. Some thought that
a malicious deity, rather than one true God, created the
world. Some maintained that Christs death and resurrection had nothing to do with salvation.
What did these other Scriptures say? Do they exist today?
If such beliefs were once common, why do they no longer
exist? These are just a few of the many provocative questions
you explore in Lost Christianities: Christian Scriptures and
the Battles over Authentication.
Lecture Titles
1 The Diversity of Early Christianity
2 Christians Who Would Be Jews
3 Christians Who Refuse To Be Jews
4 Early Gnostic ChristianityOur Sources
5 Early Christian GnosticismAn Overview
6 The Gnostic Gospel of Truth
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7 Gnostics Explain Themselves

8 The Coptic Gospel of Thomas
9 Thomas Gnostic Teachings
10 Infancy Gospels
11 The Gospel of Peter
12 The Secret Gospel of Mark
13 The Acts of John

14 The Acts of Thomas
15 The Acts of Paul and Thecla
16 Forgeries in the Name of Paul
17 The Epistle of Barnabas
18 The Apocalypse of Peter
19 The Rise of Early Christian Orthodoxy

20 Beginnings of the Canon
21 Formation of the New Testament Canon
22 Interpretation of Scripture
23 Orthodox Corruption of Scripture
24 Early Christian Creeds
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An Inside Look at a Captivating World Faith

Buddhism
Professor of Religion David Eckel | Boston University
A religion without a god? How could that be? And how

could it have captured and captivated so many millions of
people in so many countries for so many centuries?
In its 2,500-year history, Buddhism has expanded from
a tiny religious community in northern India into a movement that now spans the globe. Buddhism is your opportunity to trace the history, principles, and evolution of a
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1 What is Buddhism?
2 India at the Time of the Buddha
3 The Doctrine of Reincarnation
4 The Story of the Buddha
5 All Is Suffering
6 The Path to Nirvana
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7 The Buddhist Monastic Community

8 Buddhist Art and Architecture
9 Theravada Buddhism in Southeast Asia
10 Mahayana Buddhism and
the Bodhisattva Ideal
11 Celestial Buddhas and Bodhisattvas
12 Emptiness
theology that is both familiar and foreign. In 24 revealing

lectures, you survey the faith from its origins in the 6th century B.C.E. to its present status as a major world religion.
Award-winning Professor Malcolm David Eckel of Boston
University introduces you to the astonishing vitality and
adaptability of a tradition that has transformed Eastern civilizations and has now become a lively component in the
cultures of the West.
13 Buddhist Philosophy
14 Buddhist Tantra
15 The Theory and Practice of the Mandala
16 The First Diffusion of the Dharma in Tibet
17 The Schools of Tibetan Buddhism
18 The Dalai Lama
19 The Origins of Chinese Buddhism

20 The Classical Period of Chinese Buddhism
21 The Origins of Japanese Buddhism
22 Honen, Shinran and Nichiren
23 Zen
24 Buddhism in America
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MATHEMATICS
Understand the Random Factors in Your Life

What Are the Chances? Probability Made Clear
Professor of Mathematics Michael Starbird | The University of Texas at Austin
Learn how to understand the random factors behind almost

everythingfrom the combinations of genes that produced
you to the odds of how long youll have to wait at a bus
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award-winning Professor Michael Starbird makes the secret
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1 Our Random WorldProbability Defined
2 The Nature of Randomness
3 Expected ValueYou Can Bet on It
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5 Probability Phenomena of Physics
6 Probability Is in Our Genes
intriguing, useful, and entertaining examples to illustrate the

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7 Options and Our Financial Future

8 Probability Where We Dont Expect It
9 Probability Surprises
10 Conundrums of Conditional Probability

11 Believe It or NotBayesian Probability
12 Probability Everywhere
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Describing Data and Inferring Meaning
Data and DistributionsGetting the Picture
InferenceHow Close? How Confident?
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7 Correlation and Regression

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8 ProbabilityWorkhorse for Inference
9 SamplesThe Few, The Chosen
10 Hypothesis TestingInnocent Until
11 Confidence IntervalsHow
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12 Design of ExperimentsThinking Ahead
13 LawYoure the Jury

14 Democracy and Arrows
Impossibility Theorem
15 Election Problems and Engine Failure
16 SportsWhos Best of All Time?
17 RiskWar and Insurance
18 Real EstateAccounting for Value
19 Misleading, Distorting, and Lying

20 Social ScienceParsing Personalities
21 Quack Medicine, Good
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22 EconomicsOne Way to Find Fraud
23 ScienceMendels Too-Good Peas
24 Statistics Everywhere
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9 Archimedes and the Tractrix
10 The Integral and the Fundamental Theorem
11 Abstracting the Integral
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12 Buffons Needle or from Breadsticks
13 Achilles, Tortoises, Limits, and Continuity

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15 The Best of All Possible
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17 Galileo, Newton, and Baseball
18 Getting off the LineMotion in Space
19 Mountain Slopes and Tangent Planes

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21 The Fundamental Theorem Extended
22 Fields of ArrowsDifferential Equations
23 Owls, Rats, Waves, and Guitars
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guidebook includes additional
thought-provoking questions, problems, and answers for each lecture,
along with recommended resources
to help you dig deeper into any topic
where you want to know more.
DISCOVER THE ART

OF DECIDING
Youll find that the challenge of
analytics is not the math, which is
often surprisingly easy, but the wide
choice of procedures you have at
your fingertips. The art is picking the
most effective one to apply to your
problem, and this is what Professor
Stevens walks you through in fascinating detail. All thats needed is a
willingness to use simple equations.
ANALYZE A WEALTH OF CASES

The beauty of this course is that it
features case after case of real-life
examples. Among the many youll
explore are these:
Public relations: The makers
of Gerber baby food had experienced a public relations problem
earlier in their history. See how
they used decision tree analysis
during a second budding crisis
a dozen years later to map their
options and reach a successful
WHY THIS
GREAT COURSE?
decision.
Keeping clients happy: NBC
schedulers once had to match
advertisers to television time slots
by hand, juggling a bewildering
number of competing demands.
Youll learn how computer algorithms and the concept of hard
and soft constraints revolutionized their job.
Finding a missing plane: No one
knew why Air France flight 447
crashed into the ocean in 2009
until Bayesian analysis led searchers to the wreck site and the black
box. Bayess theorem tells how to
compute new probabilities as new
information becomes available.
An acclaimed instructor who
practices what he teaches, Professor
Stevens has pushed the boundaries
of mathematical decision making
on many fronts. His research has
addressed such problems as neural
network prediction of survival in
trauma patients and how to optimize
the market for natural gas from the
Gulf of Mexico.
Above all, he loves mathematics
and the wonders it can perform.
Math is an absolutely beautiful
thing, he marvels. Im at my happiest when I can get someone else
to see just a piece of that. Its lovely, structured, consistent, reliable,
surprising, enticing, exotic. Its a
great world! With Mathematical
Decision Making, see for yourself
how mathematics can make the
everyday world we all inhabit a more
comprehensible and much better
place.
Due to nature of the subject matter, this

course is available exclusively on video.

Graphics designed specifically for this

course make the advanced concepts
more clear.
Visualize the data points in many of the

lectures with helpful charts and graphs.

Dr. Scott P. Stevens is Professor of
Computer Information Systems and
Business Analytics at James Madison
University, where he has taught
since 1985. He holds a Ph.D. in
Mathematics from The Pennsylvania
State University. He has received the
Carl Harter Award, his universitys
highest teaching award.
Lecture Titles
1 The Operations Research Superhighway
2 Forecasting with Simple Linear Regression
3 Nonlinear Trends and Multiple Regression
4 Time Series Forecasting
5 Data MiningExploration and Prediction
6 Data Mining for Affinity and Clustering
FREE GUIDEBOOK!
208-page course
synopsis
Equations, tables,
& diagrams
Glossary
7 OptimizationGoals, Decisions,
and Constraints
8 Linear Programming and
Optimal Network Flow
9 Scheduling and Multiperiod Planning
10 Visualizing Solutions to Linear Programs
11 Solving Linear Programs in a Spreadsheet
12 Sensitivity AnalysisTrust the Answer?
13 Integer ProgrammingAll or Nothing

14 Where Is the Efficiency Frontier?
15 Programs with Multiple Goals
16 Optimization in a Nonlinear Landscape
17 Nonlinear ModelsBest
Location, Best Pricing
18 Randomness, Probability, and Expectation
19 Decision TreesWhich Scenario Is Best?

20 Bayesian Analysis of New Information
21 Markov ModelsHow a
Random Walk Evolves
22 QueuingWhy Waiting Lines Work or Fail
23 Monte Carlo Simulation for a Better Job Bid
24 Stochastic Optimization and Risk
Mathematical Decision Making: Predictive Models and Optimization


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