The Open Yale Courses Series Series by Shelly Kagan, Frank M. Snowden III, Ramamurti Shankar, Paul H. Fry

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  • Death: A Philosophy Course (The Open Yale Courses Series #1)
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    Death: A Philosophy Course (The Open Yale Courses Series #1)

    Shelly Kagan

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 8 ratings · published 1997

    There is one thing I can be sure of: I am going to die. But what am I to make of that fact? This course will examine a number of issues that arise once we begin to reflect on our mortality. The possibility that death may not actually be the end is considered. Are we, in some sense, immortal? Would immortality be desirable? Also a clearer notion of what it is to die is examined... more

  • Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present (The Open Yale Courses Series #1)
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    Epidemics and Society: From the Black Death to the Present (The Open Yale Courses Series #1)

    Frank M. Snowden III

    Rated: 4.40 of 5 stars
    · 10 ratings · published 2019

    This sweeping exploration of the impact of epidemic diseases looks at how mass infectious outbreaks have shaped society, from the Black Death to today, and in a new preface addresses the global threat of COVID-19. In a clear and accessible style, Frank M. Snowden reveals the ways that diseases have not only influenced medical science and public health, but also transformed the arts, religion, intellectual history, and warfare... more

  • Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics (The Open Yale Courses Series #1)
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    Fundamentals of Physics: Mechanics, Relativity, and Thermodynamics (The Open Yale Courses Series #1)

    Ramamurti Shankar

    Rated: 4.50 of 5 stars
    · 4 ratings · published 2014

    Professor R. Shankar, a well-known physicist and contagiously enthusiastic educator, was among the first to offer a course through the innovative Open Yale Course program. His popular online video lectures on introductory physics have been viewed over a million times... more

  • Theory of Literature (The Open Yale Courses Series #1)
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    Theory of Literature (The Open Yale Courses Series #1)

    Paul H. Fry

    Rated: 4.00 of 5 stars
    · 2 ratings · published 2008

    Bringing his perennially popular course to the page, Yale University Professor Paul H. Fry offers in this welcome book a guided tour of the main trends in twentieth-century literary theory... more

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