Boris Konon
EF4
The Great Courses - Intro to Meteorology and Others
I recently got in the mail a catalog for "The Great Courses".
"Designed to meet the powerful demand for lifelong learning, The Great Courses is
an intellectual engaging series of video and audio courses led by the world's best
professors and experts in diverse fields such as philosophy, history, literature,
science, and the arts. The Great Courses currently maintains a catalog of more
than 300 courses delivered by great teachers from the Ivy League, Stanford,
Georgetown, and other leading colleges and universities."
CD/DVD courses for a broad range of subjects. They are having a sale currently w/ discounts
as much as 70% on most courses through Sept 30th. The sales seem quite good given the
costs associated with higher education these days. From the on-line reviews, these consistently
seem to score high marks.
http://www.salegreatcourses.com
then click on "special sale - 70% Off" on the top left. You need to do this do get the sale prices
to apply when placing an order.
They have an Intro to Meteorology course which I am going to purchase. You may ask, "why would
a meteorologist want to get such a course?" Well, one thing I have found it never hurts to review
all the basics on a topic you are very familiar with...not only as a refresher, but also b/c the some of
basics may have changed from when one first learned them, as our knowledge and understanding
increases over time. An example from another course I plan to purchase is Intro to Astronomy.
Awhile back I was looking up the gas giants of the solar system on Wikipedia, and noted the satellite/
moon count for each, and said to myself, "they have that many each now?!".
In the printed catalog, a long time subscriber to these courses had this to say:
"I learned an enormous amount of information I did not know about. But perhaps even more valuable
has been that these lectures helped me understand things that perhaps I already knew, but how to
put then in a new light."
Yes, one can go on-line and teach themselves about a subject, but I have found watching a video with
the material taught to you, information tends to sink in better and you come away with more overall.
There are a bunch of courses on science and mathematics, and a host of other topics available such
as literature, arts, history, and business.
I recently got in the mail a catalog for "The Great Courses".
"Designed to meet the powerful demand for lifelong learning, The Great Courses is
an intellectual engaging series of video and audio courses led by the world's best
professors and experts in diverse fields such as philosophy, history, literature,
science, and the arts. The Great Courses currently maintains a catalog of more
than 300 courses delivered by great teachers from the Ivy League, Stanford,
Georgetown, and other leading colleges and universities."
CD/DVD courses for a broad range of subjects. They are having a sale currently w/ discounts
as much as 70% on most courses through Sept 30th. The sales seem quite good given the
costs associated with higher education these days. From the on-line reviews, these consistently
seem to score high marks.
http://www.salegreatcourses.com
then click on "special sale - 70% Off" on the top left. You need to do this do get the sale prices
to apply when placing an order.
They have an Intro to Meteorology course which I am going to purchase. You may ask, "why would
a meteorologist want to get such a course?" Well, one thing I have found it never hurts to review
all the basics on a topic you are very familiar with...not only as a refresher, but also b/c the some of
basics may have changed from when one first learned them, as our knowledge and understanding
increases over time. An example from another course I plan to purchase is Intro to Astronomy.
Awhile back I was looking up the gas giants of the solar system on Wikipedia, and noted the satellite/
moon count for each, and said to myself, "they have that many each now?!".
In the printed catalog, a long time subscriber to these courses had this to say:
"I learned an enormous amount of information I did not know about. But perhaps even more valuable
has been that these lectures helped me understand things that perhaps I already knew, but how to
put then in a new light."
Yes, one can go on-line and teach themselves about a subject, but I have found watching a video with
the material taught to you, information tends to sink in better and you come away with more overall.
There are a bunch of courses on science and mathematics, and a host of other topics available such
as literature, arts, history, and business.
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