Harvard Thinks Big
by Harvard University
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Description
Harvard Thinks Big is a campus-wide event that brings together some of Harvard’s most renowned faculty members to speak to the school’s undergraduate community. Harvard Thinks Big borrows from the mold of the TED conferences— a collection of all-star Harvard professors each speak for ten minutes about something they are passionate about. The goal of the event is to expose undergraduates to a wide range of “big ideas” that they might not be exposed to otherwise.
| Name | Description | Released | Price | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VideoThe Meaning of Life - Jill Lepore | -- | 3/14/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoHow Social Networks are like Carbon - Nicholas Christakis | -- | 2/21/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoStimulating Cells - Doug Melton | -- | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoMaking the World Smaller - Daniel Lieberman | -- | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoConfusion, Play, and Postponing Certainty - Eleanor Duckworth | -- | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoAct Big: Dare to See - Kaia Stern | -- | 2/17/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | Video2011: Introductory Remarks and Introduction of Professors | -- | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoCitizens - Lawrence Lessig | -- | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoExperiencing Time in Music - Richard Beaudoin | -- | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoBeyond Point-and-Shoot Morality - Joshua Greene | -- | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoBeauty as a Call to Justice - Elaine Scarry | -- | 3/6/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoFrom Eye to Mind: Affirming the Union of Science and Art - Robert Lue | -- | 3/3/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoTriumph in the City - Edward Glaeser | -- | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoEscaping the Ivory Tower - Caroline Elkins | -- | 3/4/11 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoGlobal Warming and Psychology - Daniel Gilbert | -- | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoReligion in the Age of Pluralism - Diana Eck | -- | 5/4/10 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 16 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
Open University
I am glad to see that Harvard is moving toward making the depth of its resources more widely available to the public at large.
Good, quick lessons/reminders for all ages
Great stuff; lessons for all if us here. Makes me wish I were still a young, idealistic undergrad. Good to see young minds being inspired to "go forth to better serve thy country and thy kind".
Gets you thinking
Greatly enjoyed the lectures. Some of them had me so interested I wish they could have been longer.
- Free
- Category: Educational Leadership
- Language: English
- Copyright 2011 The President and Fellows of Harvard College
