Summary: The aim of these lectures is to make viewers feel welcome and comfortable in the company of paintings. By focusing on 65 masterpieces of Western painting, Professor William Kloss offers a vivid, visceral encounter with genius, shining light on the unique technical, stylistic, and expressive achievements of each painting. From the 14th century to the 20th, the images are examined for their...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Company 2010
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
Copies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Summary: "This course is a presentation of the types of matter: what they are, how they behave, why they behave that way, and what they're used for."--Page 1 of guidebook.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.4 NATVishton, Peter M.
Summary: This course taught by renowned psychology professor and child development expert explores some scientifically proved techniques for raising healthy, happy, and intelligent children, includes topics such as the link between sleep and cognitive development, ways to help your child with homework, and how to encourage pro-social behavior.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
Copies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 649.1 SCICall number: DVD 649.1 SCI
Howard, Don
Summary: "More than just a biography of Einstein's life, this course provides you with an inside look at how this brilliant thinker arrived at his various revolutionary breakthroughs. One of the secrets of Einstein's success was that he was well read in philosophy, and that guided his approach not only to framing and solving problems in physics but also to interpreting his discoveries in a more...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2008
Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.092 ALBLincoln, Don
Summary: Pull back the curtain on nature's deepest secrets and get a glimpse of the theory that ties everything together.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2017