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A course of 18 lectures by Professor Paul Rosenzweig.

A 48-lecture course that reveals the stories of how human beings around the world transitioned from small farming communities to the impressive cultural and political systems that would forever alter the course of history. Taking a gripping archaeological and historical approach to these formative states and civilizations, archaeologist and Professor Scott MacEachern of Bowdoin College completes your understanding of the history of human civilization{u2014}by...

This course examines "the various writings of the Apostolic Fathers, both to see what each of the surviving books has to say and to see how these books can instruct us about the emerging Christian Church of the 2nd century"--Page 1 of guidebook.

This course is a journey through the history of mathematics, focusing on the foremost mathematicians of all time, the great thinkers, and the extraordinary masterpieces they produced, the great theorems.

"The 24 lectures of Comparative Religion offer you an opportunity to gain a solid grasp of the key ideas of religion itself -- the issues that repeatedly surface when you look at any faith's beliefs, practices, and organization. Using five major religions -- Judaism, Christianity, Islam, Buddhism, and Hinduism -- as illustrations of how religions can address teh same core issues in parallel and different ways ... Charles Kimball ... leads you on an...

"Compare global teaching methods and student achievement; consider culture and context to see how success in education can be measures-and improved."--Container.

In their astonishing physiology and behavior, birds are among the most ingenious and resourceful of animals, and a marvel of our natural world. In these 12 lectures, you'll discover the remarkable beneath-the-surface world of birds: their evolution, underlying science, and fascinating lives in the wild, through key subject matter such as: The Miracle of Flight-Learn how a bird's wings operate as an airfoil, producing lift, thrust, and drag, and how...

Learn to think clearly, shun fallacies, and reach your own conclusions as you confront the questions that have puzzled generations of philosophers.

The three centuries following the death of Jesus were a momentous and turbulent era in Western religious thought. During this time, as Christianity began its massive growth, few if any influences on the theological landscape were as significant as the religious movements know as Gnosticism. Gnosticism intersected deeply with early Christian thought, sparking religious ideologies that competed with the theological thinking that came to define Christianity....