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Traces Albert Einstein’s engagement with relativity, quantum mechanics, Nazism, nuclear weapons, philosophy, the arts, and technology.

Learn about the rich and diverse beliefs and practices of Buddhists across time and place. Experience Buddhism through its scriptures, both relationally as well as academically.

Learn probability, an essential language and set of tools for understanding data, randomness, and uncertainty.

An introduction to the intellectual enterprises of computer science and the art of programming.

This introduction to moral and political philosophy is one of the most popular courses taught at Harvard College.

A focus on several techniques that are widely used in the analysis of high-dimensional data.

Explore how entrepreneurship and innovation tackle complex social problems in emerging economies.

Get the opportunity to see TinyML in practice. You will see examples of TinyML applications, and learn first-hand how to train these models for tiny applications such as keyword spotting, visual wake words, and gesture recognition.

Learn how to use R to implement linear regression, one of the most common statistical modeling approaches in data science.

Explore the impact of the conquest dynasties and the world of the Ming.

Learn simple graphical rules that allow you to use intuitive pictures to improve study design and data analysis for causal inference.

Discover Handel’s Messiah in this installment of First Nights, which will explore five masterpieces of western music.

In Remote Work Revolution for Everyone, you will learn to excel in the virtual-work landscape. You will learn how to build trust, increase productivity, use digital tools intelligently, and remain fully aligned with your remote team.

Happiness is within your control. Write your own ending.

Examine how great modern writers capture the intricacies of our globalized world and how their works circulate within that world to find their own audiences.

Use the case study method to study China from the rise of Deng Xiaoping to the present.

Access to healthcare services is critical – but is it enough?

Contracts are a part of our everyday life, arising in collaboration, trust, promise and credit. How are contracts formed? What makes a contract enforceable? What happens when one party breaks a promise?

This course examines the Sikh scripture from a doctrinal and historical perspective by providing an overview of Sikh teachings as well as the historical context within which the scripture evolved and became canonized.

Understand how the FDA regulates pharmaceuticals and explore debates on prescription drug costs, marketing, and testing.

Perform RNA-Seq, ChIP-Seq, and DNA methylation data analyses, using open source software, including R and Bioconductor.

Learn about Christianity through a study of its sacred scriptures. We will explore how diverse Christians have interpreted these writings and practiced their teachings over a 2000 year, global history.

An overview of divination systems, ranging from ancient Chinese bone burning to modern astrology.

Learn about the rich diversity of Hindu sacred texts – hymns, narratives, philosophical thought – and their interpretations.

Learn probability theory — essential for a data scientist — using a case study on the financial crisis of 2007–2008.

Learn about the Qin and Han dynasties, and how Buddhism and ideas of self-realization influenced the medieval period.

Explore China’s imperial period, with a focus on the Song dynasty and the role of the exam system in government.

Apply tools of single-variable calculus to create and analyze mathematical models used by real practitioners in social, life, and physical sciences.

Build a movie recommendation system and learn the science behind one of the most popular and successful data science techniques.

Reimagine global health problems with some of the leading global health thinkers and actors through a case-based biosocial framework.