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I wanted to like this course
- De Diane Tincher en 08-06-18
De: Mark Leary, y otros
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Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature
- De: Professor Daniel Breyer, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Daniel Breyer
- Duración: 12 h y 8 m
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Hardly a day goes by that we don’t hear about someone committing a violent, reprehensible, even evil, act. And each time it happens, before we know anything about the circumstances, we are already sure of one thing: We are nothing like that perpetrator. But how can we be so sure? After all, we are all human. In Understanding the Dark Side of Human Nature, Professor Daniel Breyer takes us on a fascinating philosophical journey into many of the deepest and darkest questions that have engaged humanity for millennia.
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A Great Cross-Cultural Conversation
- De Anonymous User en 09-09-19
De: Professor Daniel Breyer, y otros
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How to Speak Effectively in Any Setting
- De: Molly Bishop Shadel, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Molly Bishop Shadel
- Duración: 11 h y 20 m
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The power of an effective speech is undeniable. It has the capacity to engage, inform, motivate, and create change in an audience - and in the world. In this compelling 24-lesson course, How to Speak Effectively in Any Setting, taught by Molly Bishop Shadel, Professor of Law at the University of Virginia School of Law, learn the fine art of speaking clearly, effectively, and persuasively in contexts across the spectrum, from the board room to the bar room and everywhere in between.
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Excessive Undertones of Author’s Personal Political Views
- De Griffin en 04-10-21
De: Molly Bishop Shadel, y otros
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The Brain-Based Guide to Communicating Better
- De: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison
- Duración: 3 h y 3 m
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Professor Allison Friederichs will walk you through six lessons that can help you better know your own mind, and thus understand and transform your own methods of communication. You will learn how your brain acquires, processes, and retains information. You can then take that knowledge and apply it whenever you need to convey something to others, with the best possible results. While you may not have any control over how other people communicate, developing your own methods of connection and conversation can have a positive impact on both your personal and professional life.
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Much less informational than expected.
- De David Vollendroff en 08-18-21
De: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison, y otros
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The Great Questions of Philosophy and Physics
- De: Steven Gimbel, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Steven Gimbel
- Duración: 6 h y 10 m
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Philosophers have long puzzled over the nature of space, time, and matter. These inquiries led to the flowering of physics with the Scientific Revolution in the 17th century. Since then, the spectacular success of modern physics might appear to have made philosophy irrelevant. But new theories have created a new range of philosophical concerns: What is the shape of space? Is time travel possible? Is there a grand unified theory that unites all of physics?
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Great Overview to Philosophy of Science
- De Market Maven en 05-19-20
De: Steven Gimbel, y otros
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Thermodynamics: Four Laws That Move the Universe
- De: Jeffrey C. Grossman, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Jeffrey C. Grossman
- Duración: 12 h y 34 m
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Nothing has had a more profound impact on the development of modern civilization than thermodynamics. Thermodynamic processes are at the heart of everything that involves heat, energy, and work, making an understanding of the subject indispensable for careers in engineering, physical science, biology, meteorology, and even nutrition and culinary arts. Get an in-depth tour of this vital and fascinating science in 24 enthralling lectures suitable for everyone from science novices to experts who wish to review elementary concepts and formulas.
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Excellent Course; Particularly as Review
- De Qoheleth en 01-12-19
De: Jeffrey C. Grossman, y otros
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Creativity and Your Brain
- De: Indre Viskontas, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Indre Viskontas
- Duración: 9 h y 55 m
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Shedding light on what creative people do, and how they do it, neuroscientists are mapping the regions of the brain that come into play during creative work, showing that creativity is a skill and something that all of us can cultivate. In these 24 compelling lectures, Professor Viskontas takes you on a deep dive into the human creative faculty. Through the many areas of knowledge within the course, Creativity and Your Brain offers empowering and inspiring guidelines for developing your own creativity.
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Learning about tne brain and creatively.
- De Nancy en 07-14-23
De: Indre Viskontas, y otros
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Taking Control of Your Personal Data
- De: Jennifer Golbeck, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Jennifer Golbeck
- Duración: 5 h y 15 m
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We have never before in human history been able to share so much about ourselves so quickly. Neither have we ever been so exposed to forces that want to take advantage of that capability. Taking Control of Your Personal Data will open your eyes to the surprising extent of that exposure and will discuss your options for keeping your personal data as safe as possible. Your instructor, Professor Jennifer Golbeck of the College of Information Studies at University of Maryland, College Park, will show you what really goes on behind the scenes with the data you share all day long.
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Great listen for all types.
- De Ralph H Carothers III en 02-17-20
De: Jennifer Golbeck, y otros
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Shocking Psychological Studies and the Lessons They Teach
- De: Thad Polk, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Thad Polk
- Duración: 3 h y 5 m
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Professor Thad Polk, of the University of Michigan, invites you to join him for Shocking Psychological Studies and the Lessons They Teach, a six-lecture course exploring a range of shocking psychological experiments from the past that have nonetheless contributed significant insight into the human condition. Dr. Polk elucidates the contemporary ethical principles now in place to protect both subjects and science, but admits that with every new technological and scientific advancement, there also comes a new set of ethical conundrums for researchers to grapple with.
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Excellent
- De Mark en 07-20-20
De: Thad Polk, y otros
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Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory
- De: Peter M. Vishton, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Peter M. Vishton
- Duración: 2 h y 55 m
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Memory is, without a doubt, the most powerful (and practical) tool of everyday life. By linking both your past and your future, memory gives you the power to plan, to reason, to perceive, and to understand. Yet while all of us have an amazing capacity for memory, there are plenty of times when it seems to fail us. Why does this happen? And how can you fix it? In Scientific Secrets for a Powerful Memory, you’ll explore the real research on how memory functions - and then apply these findings to help you make better use of the memory abilities you have.
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good, but there are better books on these topics
- De Scott H en 06-03-19
De: Peter M. Vishton, y otros
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Written Communications: Being Heard and Understood
- De: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison
- Duración: 6 h y 24 m
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In the 12 rewarding lectures of Written Communications: Being Heard and Understood, Professor Allison Friederichs, associate teaching professor and the associate dean for academic affairs at the University of Denver, University College, will share the secrets to sharpening your written, oral, and interpersonal communications skills.
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Just Horrible
- De 922Vision en 08-06-21
De: Professor Allison Friederichs Atkison, y otros
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Black Holes, Tides, and Curved Spacetime
- De: Benjamin Schumacher, The Great Courses
- Narrado por: Benjamin Schumacher
- Duración: 12 h y 6 m
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Gravity controls everything from the falling of an apple to the rising of ocean’s tides to the motions of the heavens above. If you’ve ever wondered how this most puzzling force works across our entire universe, you will be delighted by this 24-part course that is accessible to any curious person, regardless of your science education. No other product on the market presents the subject of gravity in as much detail as this course, which will follow the past 400 years of research and experimentation in the field.
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Good freshman high school lecture
- De Ron A. Parsons en 01-29-19
De: Benjamin Schumacher, y otros
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre Understanding Complexity
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- Richard Redano
- 09-07-19
Great Overview Of A Complex Subject
The lectures are presented at an ideal technical level for an introduction to complexity in a college level course. The written materials are extremely lean. At best, they provide only two thirds of the detail presented in the narration. In both the narration and the written materials, Atlanta's Hartsfield airport is referred to as "Hatfield" airport. This does not reflect well on the author's or the publisher's quality control.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-16-19
great but fast
What a great and excellent overview of Complexity! However this audiobook could have been double the length with a slower unfolding of the ideas and still scored 5. The lecturer could have talked a bit slower. i will re-listen again in full right now.
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- Mohamed Saeid Eid
- 04-07-21
highly recommended
I teach simulation and Agent Based Modeling and I found this course refreshing, very clear and informative.
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- Pat
- 07-12-22
Wish I heard and absorbed it earlier in my career!
I would have made many different decisions as a leader for 45 years if I would have had the Ben of Scott Page’s brilliant but easy to comprehend lecture series.
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- Alan M
- 07-11-20
One of the best lecture series I have listened to
This lecture series hits the sweet spot between providing a lot of information without being too technical or dull. A lot of this will be review for a lot of people but I suspect even those who know something about the field will gain value from these lectures.
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- 10-10-22
Try slowing the speed to understand his speech
This is interesting material, but delivered with a pace that makes it difficult just to understand, much less comprehend. The professor has a delivery that often races through short phrases, leaving me tempted to return the series without finishing it. I managed to get through it but only by slowing the speed to 90% of the original.
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- Spencer
- 08-24-19
Good but basic
I was hoping for both introductory level and intermediate level models and explanations because I have already watched several YouTube series explaining overviews of Complexity Science, complex adaptive systems, network theory, and a nonlinear systems. Theses series were all only 10 to 20 videos with each video only 3 to 20 minutes long but watching those already taught me 80% of what I learned in this Great Courses lecture series.
This would make a great introduction to the science of complexity for someone who has not already been introduced to it but not necessarily for someone who has already been exposed to the many diverse foundational concepts of this field of knowledge.
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- wbiro
- 05-13-19
Interesting Field
Covered many different areas of application chapter by chapter. Narration was lively. The last chapter summed things up nicely, mentioning Decision Theory, its improvement - Game Theory, and how Complexity Theory deals with non-linear, unpredictable systems.
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- REYW
- 12-25-19
Good course
Good course. Provides insightful information about how huge and necessarily unmanaged systems behave; it's characteristics and differences with other systems. Common misconceptions are discussed. Overral, it provides reasonable understanding and a reference framework to conceptualize the specifics of complexity. It is useful because understanding the concept help you understand and even perhaps navigate such gigantic systems with a good expectation of possible consequences or at least a reason for types of behaviors and patterns (or lack of) of those systems.
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- Stephen W Powelson
- 05-27-20
A complex survey of complexity
Complexity permeates to varying degrees the world around us, from the micro to the macro scales. This course promotes recognizing its manifestations and impact on biology, business, politics.
Unfortunately the topic is discussed primarily at the level of abstract generalities. I would have preferred starting with descriptions of concrete examples of complex systems followed by teasing out the principles at play.
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