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Professor Steven Pollock of the University of Colorado at Boulder delivers twenty-four lectures.

From the course guide. We are all constantly confronted with moral challenges. A friend asks if you like his new beard: Do you lie and say yes or tell the truth and hurt his feelings? You discover that a friend is having an affair or "taking liberties" with office resources: What are you required to do, if anything? Morality forces its way into the most everyday decisions we make, such as recycling, whether or not to buy the "cage-free" eggs at the...

In this course, Professor Harl examines not only the career of Alexander but also the historical, military, and social conditions that produced this greatest of conquerors. He describes the world that Alexander inherited, the world that he manipulated, and the world that he left in his wake. In the process, Dr. Harl debunks centuries of misrepresentaions and mythologies about Alexander.

Starting with the analysis of the proposition 0.999999999 ... = 1, this lecture ex­plores what it means to add up an infinite series of numbers. Some infinite series con­verge on a definite value, while others grow arbitrarily large.

"Understanding investments" helps you to do just that. In 24 lectures, it introduces the fundamentals of investing to those new to the subject while broadening and deepening the knowledge of more experienced investors.