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Summary: "This course of 36 lectures is intended to provide a general introduction to Africa and its history ... This course will focus primarily on Africa south of the Sahara Desert" --p. 1 of guidebook.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 1998
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 960 AFRSummary: 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...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 299 GNOBucholz, R. O.
Summary: During the 229-year period 1485-1714, England transformed itself from a minor feudal state into "the first modern society," emerging as the wealthiest, most powerful nation in the world. The English people survived epidemics, famines, one failed invasion and two successful ones, two civil wars, violent religious reformations and counter-reformations, and confrontations with two of the most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 942 HISSummary: Information surrounds us. But what is it? Explore the science of information in this wide-ranging course that will change the way you see the world.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 003.54 SCIHale, John R.
Summary: "Through Professor Hale's vibrant commentary and extensive field footage, you discover monumental ancient cities, classical ruins, temples, shrines, fortresses, stadiums, theaters, churches, and palaces. In each site, you explore the critical history and culture that defined them and the ways in which they influenced our modern world. In their compelling historical and visual detail, the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2011
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Summary: Thirty-six 30 minute lectures by Mark Steinberg on the history of Russia.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 947 HISSummary: The science of information is the most influential, yet perhaps least appreciated field in science today. Never before have we been able to acquire, record, communicate, and use information in so many different forms. This revolution goes far beyond the limitless content that fills our lives, because information also underlies our understanding of ourselves, the natural world, and the universe.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2016
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Starbird, Michael
Summary: Presents lectures (each 30 minutes in length) by Michael Starbird, Professor of Mathematics at the University of Texas at Austin. Presents a collection of topics that reveal the rich, wondrous structure of what we see around us. Patterns in nature are the source of our geometrical understanding of the world. Abstracting those patterns leads to concepts from classical geometry. Extensions of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2009