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The Great Courses?
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:22 am
by Thefatkitty
Hi all,
My daughter has been at her grandmothers (my wife's mother) place for a few days and came home tonight, loaded up with the usual too much that grandmothers spoil their grandchildren with
However, in amongst all her spoils was this for me:
I took a quick flip through the books, looks like it might be interesting. Anyone have any opinions?
Thanks much and all the best,
Re: The Great Courses?
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 5:04 am
by Ylem
Thefatkitty wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 2:22 am
Hi all,
My daughter has been at her grandmothers (my wife's mother) place for a few days and came home tonight, loaded up with the usual too much that grandmothers spoil their grandchildren with
However, in amongst all her spoils was this for me:
I took a quick flip through the books, looks like it might be interesting. Anyone have any opinions?
Thanks much and all the best,
I have the Night Sky one it's good. Pretty easy to follow, CD and a book.
I also have the Physics one, that's like 8 books and CDs. That one gets pretty indepth, I think I'm on CD#3. Have to return to it this winter.
Re: The Great Courses?
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:52 pm
by pakarinen
No experience with those specifically, but I bought a digital access one on physics done by a guy from Fermilab. It's not bad. I think Fillipenko's astrophysics course is on sale. Might be worth a look, but I wouldn't pay more than $20-$30 for it given how much free stuff is out there.
Re: The Great Courses?
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 1:35 pm
by helicon
pakarinen wrote: ↑Sun Aug 29, 2021 12:52 pm
No experience with those specifically, but I bought a digital access one on physics done by a guy from Fermilab. It's not bad. I think Fillipenko's astrophysics course is on sale. Might be worth a look, but I wouldn't pay more than $20-$30 for it given how much free stuff is out there.
I think there is good free astro stuff at Coursera and Khan Academy as well.
Re: The Great Courses?
Posted: Sun Aug 29, 2021 7:56 pm
by Lady Fraktor
Enjoy the courses Mark
