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Remember that one great classroom experience you had at the hands of a teacher who both informed and engaged you? We’ve established a faculty of more than 100 such professors to teach the Great Courses. Chosen for their award-winning teaching abilities, their profound insights into their respective fields and their ability to instill in students the sheer joy of learning, these professors are your authoritative guides to the world around you.

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  • Professor Michael K. Salemi

    Ph.D., University of Minnesota–Minneapolis, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

    Topics: Business & Economics

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    Money and Banking: What Everyone Should Know

  • Professor Monisha Pasupathi

    Ph.D., Stanford University, University of Utah

    Topics: Science & Mathematics

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    How We Learn

  • Professor Robert Sapolsky

    Ph.D., Rockefeller University, Stanford University

    Topics: Science & Mathematics, Better Living

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    Being Human: Life Lessons from the Frontiers of Science

  • Professor John R. Hale

    Ph.D., University of Cambridge, University of Louisville

    Topics: History, Professional

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    Great Tours: Greece and Turkey, from Athens to Istanbul

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  • Professor Robert Greenberg

    Ph.D., University of California, Berkeley, San Francisco Performances

    Topics: Fine Arts & Music

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    How to Listen to and Understand Great Music, 3rd Edition

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  • Professor Alex Filippenko

    Ph.D., California Institute of Technology, University of California, Berkeley

    Topics: Science & Mathematics

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    Understanding the Universe: An Introduction to Astronomy, 2nd Edition

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  • Professor Timothy Taylor

    M.Econ., Stanford University, Macalester College

    Topics: Business & Economics, History

    Most popular course:

    Economics, 3rd Edition

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  • Professor Bob Brier

    Ph.D., The University of North Carolina, Long Island University

    Topics: History

    Most popular course:

    History of Ancient Egypt

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