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Coursera – Economics of Money and Banking (Part One) [104 MP4, 104 SRT, 24 PDF]

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Coursera – Economics of Money and Banking (Part One) [104 MP4, 104 SRT, 24 PDF]
English | Size: 1.70 GB (1,820,440,928 bytes )
Category: Tutorial


Introduction to a “money view” of economic activity for modern times, building on the intellectual traditions of British central banking and American institutionalism. Part One explores the economics of payment systems and money markets. Part Two explores connections with foreign exchange and capital markets.

About the Course
The last three or four decades have seen a remarkable evolution in the institutions that comprise the modern monetary system. The financial crisis of 2007-2009 is a wakeup call that we need a similar evolution in the analytical apparatus and theories that we use to understand that system. Produced and sponsored by the Institute for New Economic Thinking, this course is an attempt to begin the process of new economic thinking by reviving and updating some forgotten traditions in monetary thought that have become newly relevant.
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Coursera – Virology I – How Viruses Work

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Coursera – Virology I – How Viruses Work

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Category: Tutorial


This introductory virology course emphasizes the common reactions that must be completed by all viruses for successful reproduction within a host cell and survival and spread within a host population. The molecular basis of alternative reproductive cycles are presented with examples drawn from a set of representative animal and human viruses, although selected bacterial viruses will be discussed.
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Coursera – Mathematical Philosophy [98 MP4, 28 PDF]

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Coursera – Mathematical Philosophy [98 MP4, 28 PDF]
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Category: Tutorial


Since antiquity, philosophers have questioned the foundations–the foundations of the physical world, of our everyday experience, of our scientific knowledge, and of culture and society. In recent years, more and more young philosophers have become convinced that, in order to understand these foundations, and thus to make progress in philosophy, the use of mathematical methods is of crucial importance. This is what our course will be concerned with: mathematical philosophy, that is, philosophy done with the help of mathematical methods. [Read more…]

Coursera – Understanding Einstein The Special Theory of Relativity [99 MP4]

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Coursera – Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity [99 MP4]
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Category: Tutorial


Understanding Einstein: The Special Theory of Relativity
This course offers you the opportunity to gain a deeper understanding of the life and work of the young Albert Einstein and especially his mind-bending special theory of relativity.
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Coursera – Behavioral Genetics

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Coursera – Behavioral Genetics
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Category: Tutorial


One of psychology’s defining issues concerns the origins of individual differences in behavior: Why are some people outgoing and cheerful while others are withdrawn and forlorn? Why do some struggle academically while others excel at school despite minimal study? Why do some suffer the ravages of a psychotic illness like schizophrenia while others enjoy a life free of mental illness? At the core to answering these questions is the ages-old “nature-nurture” debate: Are the behavioral differences among us due predominantly to inborn natural differences or the cumulative impact of our experiences? The nature-nurture debate generated much controversy and acrimony within psychology, although today most are willing to retire the debate and declare both sides victorious. [Read more…]

Coursera – Startup Engineering (2013)

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Coursera – Startup Engineering (2013)
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Category: CBTs


Spiritual sequel to Peter Thiel’s CS183 course on startups. Bridges the gap between academic computer science and production software engineering. Fast-paced introduction to key tools and techniques (command line, dotfiles, text editor, distributed version control, debugging, testing, documentation, reading code, deployments), featuring guest appearances by senior engineers from successful startups and large-scale academic projects. Over the course of the class, students will build a command line application, expose it as a web service, and then link other students’ applications and services together to build an HTML5 mobile app. General principles are illustrated through modern Javascript and the latest web technologies, including Node, Backbone, Coffeescript, Bootstrap, Git, and Github.
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Coursera – UIUC – VLSI CAD Logic to Layout [66 Webrips (mp4) + 16 Slides (pdf)]

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Coursera – UIUC – VLSI CAD: Logic to Layout [66 Webrips (mp4) + 16 Slides (pdf)]
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Category: Engineering & Architecture


A modern VLSI chip is a remarkably complex beast: billions of transistors, millions of logic gates deployed for computation and control, big blocks of memory, embedded blocks of pre-designed functions designed by third parties (called “intellectual property” or IP blocks). How do people manage to design these complicated chips? Answer: a sequence of computer aided design (CAD) tools takes an abstract description of the chip, and refines it step-wise to a final design. This class focuses on the major design tools used in the creation of an Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) or System on Chip (SoC) design. Our focus is on the key representations that make it possible to synthesize, and to verify, these designs, as they move from logic to layout.
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Coursera – Stanford – Algorithms, Design and Analysis, Part 2 [104 Webrips (mp4)]

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Coursera – Stanford – Algorithms, Design and Analysis, Part 2 [104 Webrips (mp4)]
English | Size: 1.60 GB (1,720,984,198 bytes)
Category: Theory / Reference / Doc


In this course you will learn several fundamental principles of advanced algorithm design. You’ll learn the greedy algorithm design paradigm, with applications to computing good network backbones (i.e., spanning trees) and good codes for data compression. You’ll learn the tricky yet widely applicable dynamic programming algorithm design paradigm, with applications to routing in the Internet and sequencing genome fragments. You’ll learn what NP-completeness and the famous “P vs. NP” problem mean for the algorithm designer. Finally, we’ll study several strategies for dealing with hard (i.e., NP-complete problems), including the design and analysis of heuristics. Learn how shortest-path algorithms from the 1950s (i.e., pre-ARPANET!) govern the way that your Internet traffic gets routed today; why efficient algorithms are fundamental to modern genomics; and how to make a million bucks in prize money by “just” solving a math problem!
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Coursera – Stanford – Algorithms, Design and Analysis, Part 1 [82 Webrips (mp4)]

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Coursera – Stanford – Algorithms, Design and Analysis, Part 1 [82 Webrips (mp4)]
English | Size: 1.34 GB (1,439,999,036 bytes)
Category: Theory / Reference / Doc


In this course you will learn several fundamental principles of algorithm design. You’ll learn the divide-and-conquer design paradigm, with applications to fast sorting, searching, and multiplication. You’ll learn several blazingly fast primitives for computing on graphs, such as how to compute connectivity information and shortest paths. Finally, we’ll study how allowing the computer to “flip coins” can lead to elegant and practical algorithms and data structures. Learn the answers to questions such as: How do data structures like heaps, hash tables, bloom filters, and balanced search trees actually work, anyway? How come QuickSort runs so fast? What can graph algorithms tell us about the structure of the Web and social networks? Did my 3rd-grade teacher explain only a suboptimal algorithm for multiplying two numbers?
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Coursera – Introduction to Systematic Program Design – Part 1 (2013)

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Coursera – Introduction to Systematic Program Design – Part 1 (2013)
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Category: Tutorial


Being able to design simple programs is a new form of literacy. Understanding how programs work will help you
understand phones, web sites, banking systems, games, movies, social networks and many other computational systems
you interact with.
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