The Floating University

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2:44 Floating University: Great Big Ideas FloatingUniversity 825 views 5 months ago The Floating University's first course, Great Big Ideas: An Entire Undergraduate Education While Standing On One Foot, is being used to teach courses at Harvard, Yale, and ...
4:03 Michio Kaku Explains String Theory FloatingUniversity 150,105 views 5 months ago Theoretical physicist Michio Kaku explains the basics of String Theory in this clip from his Floating University lecture. Find out more at: http://www.floatinguniversity....
3:03 Bill Ackman: Invest in the Business You Can Own Forever FloatingUniversity 2,261 views 5 months ago In this portion of his Floating University lecture, activist investor William Ackman talks about investing in the kind of company that you can own forever. Find out more ...
4:26 Jeffrey Brenzel on the Value of Forgotten Ideas FloatingUniversity 1,447 views 5 months ago In this selection from his Floating University lecture, Dr. Jeffrey Brenzel presents five takeaways from reading the classics. Find out more at http://www.floatingunivers...
3:18 Steven Pinker on How Children Learn Language FloatingUniversity 1,158 views 5 months ago In this selection from his Floating University lecture, Professor Steven Pinker deduces the nature of language acquisition by examining the generative use of grammar in chi...
2:37 Larry Summers Asks "How Will Future Historians See Us?" FloatingUniversity 479 views 5 months ago Important aspects of how we live today will shock the consciences of those who look back on us, says Summers, just as we are shocked by the consciences of those in the past...
3:17 Steven Pinker on Language Pragmatics FloatingUniversity 2,236 views 5 months ago Steven Pinker on Language Pragmatics
2:20 Bill Ackman: Investing is Going to Be Important to You, Whether You Like It or Not FloatingUniversity 1,765 views 5 months ago Activist investor, hedge-fund manager, and Floating University lecturer Bill Ackman explains the importance of investing over the long run. Find out more at http://www.fl...
2:59 Saul Levmore on The Housing Bubble FloatingUniversity 296 views 5 months ago In his Floating University lecture, Saul Levmore of the University of Chicago uses the housing bubble to describe the predictive limits of economics Find out more at: http...
3:12 Douglas Melton on How to Grow a Heart: Transforming Stem Cells Into Live Organs FloatingUniversity 495 views 5 months ago Doug Melton, Co-Director of the Harvard Stem Cell Institute, on the new frontier in biotechnology: creating human organs. Find out more at http://www.floatinguniversity.co...

About The Floating University

What if every student at every university, everywhere, had access to the world's greatest thinkers and leading scholars?

Welcome to The Floating University.

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