Never before have we been able to acquire, record, communicate, and use information in so many different forms. This revolution goes far beyond limitless content—information also underlies our understanding of ourselves, the natural world, and the universe. Discover how the concepts of information reveal breathtaking insights into the workings of nature, even as they lay the foundation of astounding new technologies.
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Taught by physicist Dan Hooper of Fermilab and the University of Chicago, this course focuses on Einstein’s mistakes as a window into his theory-building technique. He was spectacularly effective with relativity and early quantum mechanics, but he also made some missteps by doubting some of the staple concepts of today’s physics, including black holes, the big bang, and the uncertainty principle.
Discover a wealth of insights into the origin, evolution, composition, and probable fate of our universe. In the 36 lectures of Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our Universe, astronomer and award-winning Professor Mark Whittle makes this profound subject understandable and awe inspiring. With the aid of more than 1,700 vivid illustrations, discover how this scientific field has helped us decipher mysteries about the cosmos including dark matter and dark energy, cosmic inflation, and the birth of galaxies. Filled with keen looks at cosmology's breathtaking discoveries, this course is the perfect introduction to a fascinating field of study.
Make Information Governance Work: Best Practices, Step-by-Step Tasks, and Detailed Deliverables Most enterprises recognize the crucial importance of effective information governance. However, few are satisfied with the value of their efforts to date. Information governance is difficult because it is a pervasive function, touching multiple processes, systems, and stakeholders. Fortunately, there are best practices that work.
See the universe from a physicist’s perspective in this eye-opening two-course set. Take a wild ride with a noted expert through extra dimensions, black holes, inflating universes, and other marvels of string theory in The Mind-Bending Physics of String Theory. And enjoy a detailed description of events that occurred 13.8 billion years ago—when the universe as we know it got its start—in The Big Bang and Beyond: Exploring the Early Universe.
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