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David Helfand / Columbia:
Global Warming — What We Know and What We Don’t Know
On the heels of his extremely popular One Day University lecture on the possibility of other intelligent life in the universe, Professor of Astronomy David Helfand now turns his attention ba... read more
Free TrialA Grand Tour of the Cosmos
Instructor:
David Helfand / Columbia
Witness colliding galaxies, explore stellar nurseries, see gravitational lenses, and literally observe the past unfold. We are currently in an unprecedented astronomical era thanks to powerful tools like the Hubble Space Te... read more
Anti-Americanism in Latin America and What It Means for the U.S.
Instructor:
Steven Levitsky / Harvard
Since 2000, Latin America has experienced an unprecedented turn to the left. Whereas 1990s had been the decade of the “Washington Consensus,” in the region, the 2000s have seen the elec... read more
Film and Literature in the Aftermath of September 11, 2001
Instructor:
Elizabeth Goldberg / Babson
Adolph Hitler's use of film, literature, and music as propaganda tools during the Nazi era offers an important cautionary tale against the mix of art and politics, and yet art has a long,... read more
