Teaching Company
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 59 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.)
Description
Teofilo F. Ruiz gives a series of 12 lectures on the history of the reign of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain, who united the country, took power from the Moors, gave aid to Columbus, ordered the expulsion or conversion of Jews and Moors, and built the framework for modern Spain.
Series
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (124 p. ; 20 cm.)
Description
Discusses the evolution of the understanding of what is encompassed by the term "human rights" ; the forces and individuals which brought about changes in thought and behavior and the interconnection of human rights with history, religion, philosophy, literature, economics, science, technology, and the arts.
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (1800 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 331 p. ; 19 cm.).
Description
English novelist and scientist C. P. Snow classed certain scientific ideas with the works of Shakespeare as things every educated person should know. The lectures in this series explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of the physical and biological sciences--physics, genetics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology, thermodynamics, and more--providing a comprehensive and integrated introduction to all of science. The Joy of Science,...
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (1800 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 336 p. ; 19 cm.)
Description
The "Long Debate" on the nature of truth, the scale of real values, the life one should aspire to live, the character of justice, the sources of law, and the terms of civic and political life is encompassed by the name philosophy. Three persistent themes--understood as problems--are knowledge, conduct, and governance, on which there is a storehouse of insights, some so utterly persuasive as to have shaped thought itself. Beginning with Plato and...
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 720) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 101 p. ; 19 cm.)
Description
Presents 24 lectures (each about 30 minutes long) by Robert G. Fovell, Professor of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles, on meteorology.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (ca. 720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks.
Description
For anyone wanting to master music's language, being able to read musical notation is a necessity. But this course, as Professor Greenberg notes, is a basic course, designed to introduce you to music's language in a way that is similar to the way you learned your own native language, by "discovering and exploring musical syntax through our ears-- by learning what the parts of musical speech sound like--rather than what they look like on paper." By...
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 196 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
This course is a practical guide to developing the skill of mindfulness and applying it to every aspect of daily life.
Series
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 197 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Description
"A renowned professional filmmaker introduces the creative and analytical tools you need to enhance your enjoyment and viewing experience for any film"--Container.