Stuart, Edward F.
Summary: "All of the tradeoffs in competing economic systems-capitalism, socialism, and communism-are controversial. These systems and ideologies have undeniably shaped the way people view both the world today and modern history. But where does capitalism begin and socialism end? In short, it's about choice and compromise. Understanding and endeavoring to solve these perpetual dilemmas is the job of...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
Copies Available at Woodmere
3 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332 CAPCall number: 332 CAP Course Guidebook
Call number: 332 CAP Transcript
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
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 709 WORCall number: DVD 709 WOR
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Great DVD 759 World 2010Sutherland, Stuart
Summary: Join the Smithsonian to explore the latest paleontological discoveries and what they reveal about life on Earth.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 560 INTCall number: DVD 560 INT
Larson, Edward J. (Edward John)
Summary: Twelve lectures by Edward J. Larson on human evolution.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 576.82 LARSutherland, Stuart
Summary: "Do you like history, perhaps investigating where your family came from or learning what challenges your ancestry met and where they called home? This course traces some of the wanderings of our wider family, the biosphere, from its first appearance on Earth around 4 billion years ago through to the present day. This journey has been a fantastic one, with many interesting twists and turns along...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 570 NEWCall number: DVD 570 NEW
Burger, Edward B.
Summary: Discover classical mathematics as an artistic and creative realm that contains some of the greatest ideas of human history, ideas that have shaped cultures. Explore the fourth dimension, conincidences, fractals, the allure of number and gemoetry, in understandable terms. No formulas, problems, equations, techniques and drills that remind us of school, but thinking that opens doors and minds and...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2003
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: DVD 510 JOY PART 1Call number: DVD 510 JOY PART 2
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