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This is a survey of ancient Greek history from the Bronze Age to the death of Socrates in 399 BCE. Along with studying the most important events and personalities, we will consider broader issues such as political and cultural values and methods of historical interpretation.

Learn about General Game Playing (GGP) and develop GGP programs capable of competing against humans and other programs in GGP competitions .

Grasp the essentials needed to begin playing acoustic or electric guitar. You'll learn an easy approach to get you playing quickly, through a combination of exploring the instrument, performance technique, and basic music theory.

If chemistry is the science of stuff, then analytical chemistry answers the question: what is it? And how much of it do you have? This course teaches how to do this with instrumental analysis!

Try to picture yourself sitting down with your computer, ready to start developing a fully functional web application for the first time, available online for millions to use. “Where should I even begin? How long is this going to take me? Am I making any mistakes along the way?” The questions may leave you with an uneasy feeling that you will learn many lessons the hard way. In this intermediate course, Steve Huffman will teach you everything he wished he knew when he started building Reddit and, more recently, Hipmunk, as a lead engineer. Starting from the basics of how the web works, this course will walk you through core web development concepts such as how internet and browsers fit together, form validations, databases, APIs, integrating with other websites, scaling issues, and more; all of which form part of the knowledge it takes to build a web application of your own.

This course teaches a calculus that enables precise quantitative predictions of large combinatorial structures. Part I covers generating functions and real asymptotics and then introduces the symbolic method in the context of applications in the analysis of algorithms and basic structures such as permutations, trees, strings, words, and mappings.

This course is about learning the fundamental computing skills necessary for effective data analysis. You will learn to program in R and to use R for reading data, writing functions, making informative graphs, and applying modern statistical methods.

An investigation of the nature and limits of self-knowledge from the viewpoints of philosophy, psychoanalysis, experimental psychology, neuroscience, aesthetics, and Buddhism.

This class presents the fundamental probability and statistical concepts used in elementary data analysis. It will be taught at an introductory level for students with junior or senior college-level mathematical training including a working knowledge of calculus. A small amount of linear algebra and programming are useful for the class, but not required.

Taught by lauded Harvard professor Michael Sandel, Justice explores critical analysis of classical and contemporary theories of justice, including discussion of present-day applications. Topics include affirmative action, income distribution, same-sex marriage, the role of markets, debates about rights (human rights and property rights), arguments for and against equality, dilemmas of loyalty in public and private life. The course invites learners to subject their own views on these controversies to critical examination.

The principal readings for the course are texts by Aristotle, John Locke, Immanuel Kant, John Stuart Mill, and John Rawls. Other assigned readings include writings by contemporary philosophers, court cases, and articles about political controversies that raise philosophical questions.

Subtitles are available in Chinese, German, Portuguese, and Spanish.

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In this course, we will study the concepts and algorithms behind some of the remarkable successes of computer vision - capabilities such as face detection, handwritten digit recognition, reconstructing three-dimensional models of cities and more.

This course examines the community context of the changes needed to promote the public’s health.

In this course, you will learn the fundamental computer science principles that power today’s apps. You will also create your own Android app using Java and standard software development tools.

Organic chemistry course covering intermediate topics in structure and reactivity with emphasis on electronic structure, pericyclic reactions and aromatic heterocycles.

Learn critical concepts and practical methods to support research data planning, collection, storage and dissemination.

In this course, you will learn about software defined networking and how it is changing the way communications networks are managed, maintained, and secured.

Quantitative and model-based introduction to basic ideas in economics, and applications to a wide range of real world problems.

All of the sources of funding (capital) for a business. Raising money for a startup. Getting a seed round from a VC. Going back to the till: Series B. An IPO. More on IPOs. Equity vs. Debt. Bonds vs. Stocks. Chapter 7:Bankruptcy Liquidation. Chapter 11: Bankruptcy Restructuring.

This course is a survey of the profession of pharmacy including its history, evolving scope of practice, ethical foundations, regulation, educational and career opportunities, and more. We will also explore topics relating to medication use and drug development.

Understanding and finding factors and multiples. After these videos, you'll be ready for fractions. Divisibility Tests for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10. Recognizing Divisibility. The Why of the 3 Divisibility Rule. The Why of the 9 Divisibility Rule. Divisibility tests. Finding Factors of a Number. Finding factors and multiples. Divisibility 0.5. Divisibility Intuition. Divisibility intuition. Prime Numbers. Recognizing Prime Numbers. Prime numbers. Composite numbers. Prime Factorization. Prime factorization exercise. Prime factorization. The fundamental theorem of arithmetic. The fundamental theorem of arithmetic. Common Divisibility Examples. Divisibility. Least common multiple exercise. Least common multiple exercise 2. Least Common Multiple (LCM). Old Least Common Multiple. Least common multiple. Greatest common divisor factor exercise. Greatest Common Divisor. Greatest common divisor. LCM and GCF (greatest common factor) word problems. LCM and GCD word problems. Divisibility Tests for 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 9, 10. Recognizing Divisibility. The Why of the 3 Divisibility Rule. The Why of the 9 Divisibility Rule. Divisibility tests. Finding Factors of a Number. Finding factors and multiples. Divisibility 0.5. Divisibility Intuition. Divisibility intuition. Prime Numbers. Recognizing Prime Numbers. Prime numbers. Composite numbers. Prime Factorization. Prime factorization exercise. Prime factorization. The fundamental theorem of arithmetic. The fundamental theorem of arithmetic. Common Divisibility Examples. Divisibility. Least common multiple exercise. Least common multiple exercise 2. Least Common Multiple (LCM). Old Least Common Multiple. Least common multiple. Greatest common divisor factor exercise. Greatest Common Divisor. Greatest common divisor. LCM and GCF (greatest common factor) word problems. LCM and GCD word problems.