Teaching Company
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 97 p. ; 19 cm.)
Description
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 qualities of uniqueness, impact, and emotional and intellectual...
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2014
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sound, col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 171 p. : ill. ; 19 cm.)
Description
From the coursebook. What is the point of science? Arguably, the point is to understand the universe and our place in it and to use this knowledge to enrich our lives and reduce suffering. How has science changed the world? That question is what this course is about. The course will survey the scientific concepts that have changed our world and how we understand it, from quantum mechanics to emergence -- from the smallest things to the unfathomable...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (ca. 360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook.
Description
Nearly everyone has heard of black holes, but few people outside of complex scientific fields understand their true nature and their implications for our universe. This lecture course makes this cosmological subject graspable, with 12 lavishly illustrated lectures by veteran Great Courses Professor Alex Filippenko, a distinguished astronomer and award-winning teacher at the University of California, Berkeley.
Series
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (420 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Living through a disaster is not a question of if, it's a question of when. This lecture offers a practical guide for protecting the individual, their family, and their community. Taught by Professor Stephen Owen of Radford University, these fourteen fast-paced lectures will arm viewers with information for planning ahead so they can prepare for the effects of a disaster or catastrophe.
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (approximately 360 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 110 pages : illustrations, 19 cm).
Description
How good are you at reading people? A renowned communication expert reveals the messages we're all constantly sending, whether we realize it or not.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
4 videodiscs (720 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (107 p. : ill. ; 21 cm.)
Description
In twenty-four lectures on Pompeii, eminent classicist and Professor Steven L. Tuck resurrects the long-lost lives of aristocrats, merchants, slaves, and other individuals from this imperial Roman city--made famous for its demise after the eruption of Mount Vesuvius in A.D. 79. The result is an unprecedented view of life as it was lived in this ancient culture and an opportunity to discover intriguing details that lay buried for centuries.
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (ii, 72 p., ii, 73 p. ; 22 cm.)
Description
"This course of 24 half-hour lectures celebrates the sheer joy of mathematics, taught by a mathematician who is literally a magician with numbers. Professor Arthur T. Benjamin of Harvey Mudd College is renowned for his feats of mental calculation performed before audiences at schools, theaters, museums, conferences, and other venues. Although racing a calculator to solve a difficult problem may seem like a superhuman achievement, Professor Benjamin...
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2007
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (61 p. ; 22 cm.)
Description
Twelve 30-minute lectures by Oxford University Professor Daniel N. Robinson on consciousness from the perspective of the philosopher, the psychologist, the scientist, and the doctor.
Series
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (6 hours) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 88 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm)
Description
In this course you will investigate what makes the discovery of the Higgs boson particle so important, how the discovery was made, and what implications the discovery has for the future of physics.
Series
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (360 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
Accompanied by exceptionally rich visuals, from vivid color images and diagrams to video clips of bird behavior, animations, and moving graphics, this program unfolds as a thrilling and many-sided panorama of avian life. Ultimately, this course offers viewers remarkable insight into some of the most beautiful and extraordinary of living creatures.
Series
Publisher
Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (6 hrs.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 104 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.).
Description
From the guidebook. Influence and persuasion are fundamental to everyday life. From the alarm clock that startles us awake in the morning to the commercial interruptions of our favorite evening television shows, we are bombarded with efforts to get us to do, say, or believe particular things. This series of lectures will help you better understand influence across the spectrum, from the mundane alarm clock to the symbol-driven political strategy that...
Series
Publisher
Teaching Co
Pub. Date
c2009
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks (21 cm.)
Description
"Between the fall of the Roman Empire and the brief, brilliant cultural phenomenon we call the Renaissance lay the Middle Ages - fully 1,000 years of artistic, philosophical, political, and religious turmoil and treasures. This course offers an interdisciplinary look at medieval society and culture, with an emphasis on literature, the arts, and the tumultuous historical forces at work from A.D. 500 through A.D. 1500. Medieval Europe was the world...
78) Dog training 101
Series
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (12 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 238 pages : illustrations, portraits ; 19 cm).
Description
A trainer of trainers demonstrates the most successful ways to teach your dog based on the latest science.
Publisher
The Teaching Company
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
4 DVDs (ca. 720 min.) in 2 containers : sd., color ; 4 3/4 in. + 2 course guidebooks (ii, 161 pages ; 20 cm.)
Description
This course covers the 200-year evolution of American music theater, including the minstrel era, the vaudeville era, the age of ragtime, the revue, and the book musical. Because recorded examples of music from recent Broadway musicals are readily available in retail stores, these are used less frequently here than the older, rarer recordings, without which most listeners would have little knowledge of the sound of the early musicals. The shows chosen...