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Nutrition Made Clear
Professor Roberta H. Anding
Replace nutritional misconceptions with hard science you can understand in Nutrition Made Clear. In 36 in-depth lectures taught by dietitian and Professor Roberta H. Anding, explore the fundamentals of good nutrition and learn how to practically apply them to your unique lifestyle. Designed to appeal to anyone at any age, this course is an invaluable source of medically backed, statistically proven information about the necessary guidelines for healthy living and eating.
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Introduction to Nanotechnology: The New Science of Small
Various Professors
Nanotechnology is today’s most powerful engine of innovation, turning cutting-edge research into applications at an astonishing rate. Now, in the 24 accessible and visually rich half-hour lectures of Introduction to Nanotechnology: The New Science of Small, get an in-depth explanation of this groundbreaking, interdisciplinary science that operates at the level of atoms and molecules. You’ll learn about once-fantastical applications that are transforming tools, products, and services in the communications, technology, medical, energy, and engineering worlds, and that hold great promise for meeting some of society’s greatest challenges.
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Chemistry, 2nd Edition
Professor Frank Cardulla
Discover why success in chemistry depends only on a genuine understanding of the field's concepts and ideas. Chemistry, 2nd Edition provides a foundation for future success by giving students a deep and thorough grasp of the fundamental problem-solving skills needed to study chemistry. Veteran science teacher and Professor Frank Cardulla's 36 carefully designed lectures are valuable tools for struggling students, students looking to perform better, home-schooled students, or anyone interested in finally understanding this important science.
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Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity
Professor David Christian
The history of everything—from the beginning of the universe to the modern day—is a monumental story you explore in Big History: The Big Bang, Life on Earth, and the Rise of Humanity. Taught by award-winning Professor David Christian, this course offers you a unique opportunity to view human history in the context of the many histories that surround it. In 48 thought-provoking lectures, you traverse the sweeping expanse of cosmic history as seen through the conventional scale of history, the larger scales of biology and geology, and the universal scale of cosmology. With its awe-inspiring scope, Big History provides you with a new way to understand history and our place in the universe.
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Chaos
Professor Steven Strogatz
Chaos theory—the study of the behavior of sensitive systems over time—affects nearly every field of human knowledge, from the arts to zoology. Journey with Cornell University Professor Steven Strogatz to the heart of this revolutionary field and discover new ways to think about the world. From the surprising tale of how chaos theory was discovered, to the ways it can help us solve mysteries like the nature of consciousness, Chaos gives you a solid introduction to a fascinating discipline that has more to do with your life than you may realize.
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Great Ideas of Psychology
Professor Daniel N. Robinson
This introduction to psychology stands out because it brilliantly analyzes the larger intellectual context in which the discipline has grown up. From Plato and Aristotle to Freud and Jung, you follow the fascinating debates that occur and recur as one school of thought after another seeks answers to the continuing mysteries of the mind.
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Understanding Complexity
Professor Scott E. Page
Discover and grasp the fundamentals and applications of the amazing field of complexity science with Understanding Complexity. Professor Scott E. Page—one of the field's most highly regarded teachers and researchers—shows you how complexity science helps us understand the nature and behavior of financial markets, corporations, native cultures, governments, and other systems that play important roles in our increasingly complex world. By the conclusion of the course, you'll have attained a new lens through which to better view and make sense of your world.
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Theories of Human Development
Professor Malcolm W. Watson
Almost from the moment of birth, we are faced with the need to reorganize our ways of thinking as life's challenges arise. What happens to us in childhood plays a key role in who we are and how our relationships unfold as adults. Professor Malcolm W. Watson introduces you to six theories that have had the greatest influence on the study of human development.
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Introduction to Nanotechnology: The New Science of Small & Understanding the World's Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity (Set)
Various Professors
See how innovation flourishes at science’s outer limits with this visually rich two-course set. First, in Introduction to Nanotechnology: The New Science of Small, you’ll get an in-depth explanation of groundbreaking, interdisciplinary science that operates at the level of atoms and molecules and holds great promise for meeting some of society’s greatest challenges. Then, in Understanding the World’s Greatest Structures: Science and Innovation from Antiquity to Modernity, you’ll travel the globe learning how world-famous bridges, churches, skyscrapers, towers, and other structures were conceived with the most progressive engineering concepts and tools of their day.
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Introduction to Nanotechnology: The New Science of Small & Understanding the Science for Tomorrow: Myth and Reality (Set)
Various Professors
Witness the fascinating ways science will change the way you live in the coming months, years, and decades in this visually dynamic two-course set. First, in Introduction to Nanotechnology: The New Science of Small, you’ll get an in-depth explanation of a powerful engine of innovation that operates at the level of atoms and molecules, and holds great promise for meeting some of society’s greatest challenges. Then, get an unforgettable survey of today’s most advanced research in nanotechnology and other fields such as engineering, biology, chemistry, and theoretical physics with Understanding the Science for Tomorrow: Myth and Reality.
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