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Awareness Brain Chemistry Dogs Investments Meditation Neurosciences Physics Spirituality TimeSummary: "An acclaimed physicist uses analogies to everyday life to teach the rules that govern the microscopic world of particles in this accessible introduction to quantum theory."
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Great Courses 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.12 UNDDevadoss, Satyan L.
Summary: An authoriative guide to the mathematical shapes around us: how they're formed, how they're studied, and how they're applied to our everyday lives. With these lectures presented in three parts you will discover the intricate relationship between mathematics and nature, get a pointed introduction to the language mathematicians use to study shapes and dimensions, and learn how to finally make...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 516 SHASummary: In these 24 highly enjoyable lectures, National Geographic takes you into the multifaceted world of birding, focusing on the astonishing range of bird species in North America. With its wide spectrum of wildlife habitats, North America is an endless region of interest for birders from around the world. Within the course, you'll make an in-depth study of bird identification, covering bird size,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 598.07 GUISummary: Catherine Kleier, Professor of Biology and former Chair of the Department of Biology at Regis University in Denver, presents an introductory course of lectures on botany.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 580 PLASummary: "Understanding investments" helps you to do just that. In 24 lectures, it introduces the fundamentals of investing to those new to the subject while broadening and deepening the knowledge of more experienced investors.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 332.6 UNDSummary: "Pets can be a wonderful source of joy, companionship, and fulfillment. And pet owners often enjoy secondary health benefits such as reduced risk of cardiac disease, increased amounts of exercise, and lowered blood pressure. That probably explains why 62 percent of American households have at least one pet. But these bundles of joy can also come with bundles of challenges--unlike humans, they...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 636.089 VETGreenberg, Robert
Summary: Examines the life and works of Dimitri Shostakovich in 8 lectures of 45 minutes each.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 SHOSTAKOVICH, DMITRI GREKing, Barbara J.
Summary: Twenty-four 30 minute lectures detailing the evolution of humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.93 KINSummary: Neuroscientist and Adjunct Professor of Psychology Indre Viskontas lectures on popular beliefs about the brain and the truths behind them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Teaching Company 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 612.82 BRAContents: Disc 1: The great migration is my story and yours -- Exodus: why migrants quit the South -- Racial violence in migrant cities -- How Chicago became the black metropolis -- Harlem, the mecca of the great migration -- The new Negro and the Harlem Renaissance -- disc 2: Blueswomen and black filmmakers take the stage -- Jazz as the music of the migration -- How migrants made gospel music -- Negro...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 304.8 HOWSummary: Nothing can amaze quite like an expertly-executed magic trick. Ideally, only the magician knows how truly simple the deception is. After watching Math and Magic, you will know that this trick and its many variants rely on a remarkable property of patterned sequences called Gilbreath's principle--named after an amateur magician who was also a mathematician. Magic is full of such wonders, as you...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 510 MATSummary: "Time is as mysterious as it is familiar ..." An exploration of the mysteries of why time works the way it does "addressed by physics, philosophy, biology, neuroscience, and cosmology"--Page 1
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2012
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 530.11 MYSSummary: Couples a comprehensive overview of the periodic table with in-depth lessons on each of its 118 elements, that combine instructions with experiments and animated lab demonstrations. The first half of the course explores the history and fundamentals of the periodic table, the second moves from the top to bottom row to explore the discoveries, subatomic structures, behaviors, and everyday uses of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 546.8 UNDSummary: "Drawing on the hard-won insights of NASA astronauts and space researchers, this exciting 12-lecture course is taught by a veteran biomedical space researcher. In How to Survive in Space, you will learn about the dangers and inconveniences astronauts face while in space and what it takes to survive."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.47 HOWSummary: This course is a practical guide to developing the skill of mindfulness and applying it to every aspect of daily life.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2011
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Summary: Examines the life and works of Igor Stravinsky.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Teaching Co. 2000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 STRAVINSKY, IGOR GREWolfe, Gary K.
Summary: "Robots, spaceships, futuristic megacities, planets orbiting distant stars. These icons of science fiction are now in our daily news. Science fiction, once maligned as mere pulp, has motivated cutting-edge scientific research, inspired new technologies, and changed how we view everyday life -- and its themes and questions permeate popular culture. Take an unparalleled look at the influence,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 809.3 HOWSummary: "In African American History: From Emancipation through Jim Crow, join Hasan Kwame Jeffries, Associate Professor of African American history at The Ohio State University, to learn about the African American struggle for freedom and civil rights from 1865 to the 1940s. In 12 lectures, accompany Hasan on a journey from Reconstruction to Jackie Robinson's first Major League Baseball game,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973 AFRSummary: In the 25 relaxed, easy-to-follow lessons of How to Dance, you?ll learn the rhythm, solo steps, and partnering techniques of 16 of the most popular social dances so you can have a great time on the dance floor. From the gentle elegance of the waltz to the hot rhythms of the mambo, from the bouncing steps of the polka to the swagger of the tango, you?ll learn it all and have a great time in the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021