Academic Videos
…are viewed and discussed every Thursday, 8:00 – 9:30 p.m. (unless noted), at the home of Hilton Brown. These videos usually come from The Great Courses (formerly known as The Teaching Company). For more info from/about them, visit their website. For more information about the discussion please contact Hilton Brown at brownofmtnview@aol.com.
Current Series is
World of Byzantium
by Professor Kenneth W. Harl
The Course will begin February 28, 2013 and will run for 12 weeks. An overview may be examined at:
http://www.thegreatcourses.com/tgc/courses/course_detail.aspx?cid=367
Previous Series
| Timespan | Series title | Lecturer or host | Medium | |
| 2012 Dec – 2013 Jan | Tocqueville and the American Experiment | William R Cook | 24 DVD | |
| 2012 July – 2012 Nov | Human Prehistory and the First Civilizations | Brian M. Fagan | 36 DVD | |
| 2012 APR – 2012 July | Myths, Lies, and Half-Truths of Language Usage | John McWhorter | 12 DVD | |
| 2012 Mar – 2012 Apr | Experiencing Hubble: Great Images of the Universe | David M Meyer | 12 DVD | |
| 2012 Feb – 2012 Mar | Thinking like an Economist: Rational Decision Making | Randall Bartlett | 12 DVD | |
| 2011 Oct – 2012 Jan | Argumentation | David Zarefsky | 24 DVD | |
| 2011 Aug – 2011 Oct | Great Thinkers, Great Theorems | William Dunham | 24 DVD | |
| 2011 May – 2011 Aug | No Excuses: Existentialism and the Meaning of Life | Robert Solomon | 24 DVD | |
| 2011 Feb – 2011 May | The Will to Power: The Philosophy of Frederich Nietzsche | Robert Solomon & Kathleen Higgins | 24 DVD | |
| 2010 Dec – 2011 Feb | Origins of Life | Robert M Hazen | 24 DVD | |
| 2010 Sep – 2010 Nov | Buddhism | Malcolm David Eckel | 24 DVD | |
| 2010 Apr – 2010 Aug | Mathematics, Philosophy, and the “Real World” | Judith V Grabiner | 36 DVD | |
| 2010 Mar – 2010 Apr | Science and Religion | Lawrence M Principe | 12 DVD | |
| 2010 Feb – 2010 Mar | Consciousness and its Implications | Daniel N Robinson | 12 DVD | |
| 2009 Oct – 2010 Jan | Understanding Genetics: DNA,Genes, and their Real-World Apps | David Sadava | 24 DVD | |
| 2009 Jun – 2009 Oct | The History of the Supreme Court | Peter Irons | 36 DVD | |
| 2009 Apr – 2009 Jun | Understanding the Fundamentals of Music | Robert Greenberg | 16 DVD, 45 min | |
| 2008 Nov – 2009 May | Understanding Linguistics: The Science of Language | John McWhorter | 36 DVD | |
| 2008 May – 2008 Nov | The Great Ideas of Philosophy | Daniel N Robinson | 50 tape | |
| 2008 Jan – 2008 May | Psychology of Human Behavior | David W Martin | 36 DVD | |
| 2007 Sep – 2008 Jan | Great Scientific Ideas that Changed the World | Steven L Goldman | 36 DVD | |
| 2007 August (3 wks) | A Brief History of Disbelief | Jonathan Miller | 3 tape | |
| 2007 May – 2007 Aug | Passions: Philosophy and the Intelligence of Emotions | Robert C Solomon | 24 DVD | |
| 2007 Jan – 2007 May | The Story of Human Language | John McWhorter | 36 DVD | |
| 2006 Sep – 2006 Nov | Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It | Steven L Goldman | 24 DVD |