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Russia: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 Opening with a personal anecdote from his experience on the USA Olympic basketball team playing against the Soviet Union, former Senator Bill Brad...

Product Development Process: Observation Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 Kelley talks about how the observation phase is the most overlooked part of the development process. Kelley hires social scientists to watch people...

Lecture 8 - Nash Equilibrium: Location, Segregation and Randomization, Game Theory Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 We first complete our discussion of the candidate-voter model showing, in particular, that, in equilibrium, two candidates cannot be too far apart...

Stress in Compounds Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 3564 Date: April 18, 2009

Transitioning from R&D Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 Kaplan talks about how roles change within a company when a transition from R&D happens. A vice president of sales when you are trying to get 3...

Lecture 30 - Introduction to LISP, Introduction to Computer Science I Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 Introduction to Computer Science I is a first course in computer science at Harvard College for concentrators and non-concentrators alike. More tha...

Copyright Applied to Music and Computers: Peer-to-Peer File Sharing Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 This course is an introduction to copyright law and American law in general. Topics covered include: structure of federal law; basics of legal rese...

New School Portfolio Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 In five years, New Schools has given 10,000 kids access to new schools, says Smith. Public charter schools provide an alternative to government-ru...

General Chemistry Review for Midterm 3, Part I Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 2942 Date: April 18, 2009 Stoichiometry of chemical reactions, quantum mechanical description of atoms, the elements and periodic table, chemical bonding, real and ideal ga...

Lecture 23 - Diffusion: Fick’s First Law and Steady-state Diffusion, Introduction to Solid State Chemistry Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 This course explores the basic principles of chemistry and their application to engineering systems. It deals with the relationship between electro...

Technology and Social Responsibility Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 The founders of Google, Larry Page and Sergey Brin believe that it is incredibly important for people to have access to information around the wor...

Pyramids, Not Ladders Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 In this clip, Carol Bartz points out that young workers needn’t be afraid of a lateral career move. Ambition often focuses only on upward motion, ...

Hire Great People Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 Kelley believes that you should not take a conventional approach to hiring people and building teams. He offers up a few suggestions including: 1...

Decreasing Costs in Space Travel Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 Musk talks about how there’s no one area where costs were reduced in space travel, rather it was every decision across the board. The focus was on...

Training and Accountability Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 Neeleman talks about how JetBlue has to continually take the temperature of the company and its employees. We have to model the values that we want...

The Vaxgen Story Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 Genentech and Vaxgen have spent a total of 20 years and $300 million on developing the vaccine, says Francis, but there is still a long way to go....

Positioning and Competition: Space Travel Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 There is quite a lot of capital entering the entrepreneurial space sector, says Musk. He shares some models of competitor vehicles and talks about...

Lecture 26 - Violating the abstraction barrier, Circuits and Electronics Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 2796 Date: April 18, 2009 This course is designed to serve as a first course in an undergraduate electrical engineering (EE), or electrical engineering and computer science...

Career Advice Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 Doerr gives general career advice for those who are planning to start their own businesses. His tips include finding a mentor, networking, and spe...

The Paris Commune and Its Legacy Channel: ACADEMIC EARTH Length: 0 Date: April 18, 2009 The Paris Commune of 1871 remained a potent force in Europe for several generations afterwards. The reprisals following the fall of the Commune ant...

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