INVENTIONS THAT CHANGED THE WORLD

Coordinators: Pete Weis, Jim Brook

This course continues with that which has become familiar in our everyday lives, for better or worse. The history of these inventions, as well as the impacts on our lives and on our planet, will be presented. And new this semester: inventions by women.

Other Classes:

WOMEN SPIES
DAISY MILLER & WASHINGTON SQUARE
ALL THE KINGS MEN
JAZZ AT NOON
THE SCARLET LETTER
THE GREAT GATSBY
TOCQUEVILLES DEMOCRACY IN AMERICA
MEXICO: SOUTH OF OUR BORDER
HISTORY OF MEDICINE
HARLEM RENAISSANCE
CONSTRUCTION: BEYOND BRICKS AND MORTAR
THEATER TALKBACK
BOOK CHATS
ADVENTURES IN DINING
FOOD: BEYOND JUST CALORIES
TONI MORRISON: THE LEGEND
INVISIBLE MAN BY RALPH ELLISON
SIXTIES
ELIZABETH GASKELL
WEEK IN PARIS
CLASSICAL MUSIC
CREATIVE WORKSHOP
MUSIC OF THE HEART
EMILY DICKINSON CIRCLE
SYMPOSIUM
RUSSIAN GEOGRAPHY
WATER
FOLK MUSIC AND MELLOW ROCK
CONTEMPORARY BRITISH CULTURE
AUSTRALIA – THE LAND DOWN UNDER
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
AGING
FASCINATING ISLANDS
BLACK WOMENS VOICES
THE NOBEL PRIZES
READING EDITH WHARTON
WOMEN IN GREEK DRAMA
THE NEAR EAST
HISTORY OF GERMANY
A PASSAGE TO INDIA
INDIE FILMS
SLAVERYS ROLE IN U.S. CAPITALISTIST DEVELOPMENT
RISE AND FALL OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE
READING THE RABBIS
RACE RELATIONS IN AMERICAN POLITICAL THOUGHT
MYTHOLOGY
LITERARY HEROINES
HOWARDS END
HOUSE OF MIRTH
FABULOUS FIFTIES
COMEDY CENTRAL
READING BLACK LIVES
BORDERS AND BOUNDARIES
MOZARTS WOMEN
ANTISEMITISM: PAST, PRESENT, FACTS, MYTHS
AFRICAN CONTINENT
PRESENTERS SHOWCASE
ACTING CLASS
ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
LAW & ORDER
POINT OF VIEW
MODERN OPERA
MOVERS & SHAKERS
SOCRATES AND THE PROBLEM OF PHILOSOPHY
GREAT CONVERSATIONS
ORAL INTERPRETATION OF POETRY
SHAKESPEARE: CYMBELINE

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