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IntroSems By Interest
Air and Space
The Global Warming Paradox ,
Noah Diffenbaugh
Frontiers in Theoretical Physics and Cosmology ,
Savas Dimopoulos
Physics in the 21st Century ,
Chao-Lin Kuo
How to Design a Space Mission: From Concept to Execution ,
Simone D'Amico
3D Printed Aerospace Structures ,
Debbie Senesky
Aerodynamics of Race Cars ,
Charbel Farhat
Arts
Computers and Photography: From Capture to Sharing ,
Hector Garcia-Molina
Theatrical Wonders from Shakespeare to Mozart ,
Blair Hoxby
Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace ,
Amy Freed
To Die For: Antigone and Political Dissent ,
Rush Rehm
The Artist in Ancient Greek Society ,
Jody Maxmin
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context ,
Patricia Parker
The New Wave: How the French Reinvented Cinema ,
Cecile Alduy
Sculpting with Sounds, Images, and Words ,
Jaroslaw Kapuscinski
Performing America: The Broadway Musical ,
Thomas Grey
The Art of Medical Diagnosis ,
Thomas Caruso, Samuel Rodriguez, MD, Lauren Toomer
Surgical Anatomy of the Hand: From Rodin to Reconstruction ,
James Chang, MD
Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko ,
Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi
Accessing Architecture Through Drawing ,
John Barton
Photographing Nature ,
Robert Siegel
Art in the Metropolis ,
Charles Kronengold
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Katherine Williams, Regina Casper
Imagining Women: Writers in Print and in Person ,
Valerie Miner
Shakespeare, Playing, Gender ,
Patricia Parker
Women Making Music ,
Heather Hadlock
Prisons and Performance ,
Janice Ross
Thinking about Photographs ,
Terry Castle
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
The American Road Trip ,
Kai Carlson-Wee
The Video Essay: Writing with Video About Film and Media ,
Shane Denson
Queer Sculpture ,
Terry Berlier
Family Trees: The Multigenerational Novel ,
Austin Smith
The Future Is Feminine ,
Shannon Pufahl
Family Stories ,
Brittany Perham
Writers' Salon ,
Keith Ekiss
Write Like a Poet: From Tradition to Innovation ,
Michael Shewmaker
Black and White Relations in American Fiction and Film ,
Christina Mesa
I Bet You Think You're Funny: A Workshop in Humor ,
Edward Porter
How to Create A Ghost: Theater, Magic, and Technology ,
Aileen Robinson
Culture, Conflict, and the Modern Middle East ,
Samer Al-Saber
The Archaeological Imagination ,
Michael Shanks
Belief, Values, and Ethics
Science in the News ,
Hans Andersen
Law and Inequality ,
Richard Ford
Perspectives on the Good Life ,
Lee Yearley
The Psychology of Stoked: An Investigation of the Art and Science of Joy and the Exploration of Happiness ,
Daryn Reicherter, Shashank V. Joshi, MD, FAAP, DFAACAP
Animal Use in Biomedical Research ,
Megan Albertelli
Current Concepts in Transplantation ,
Olivia Martinez, Sheri Krams
Cultivate a Compassionate Presence at the Bedside: An Aging and End-of-Life Care Practicum ,
VJ Periyakoil, Geriatrics, Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
Critical Illness: Patients, Physicians, and Society ,
Erin Hennessey, MD
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Katherine Williams, Regina Casper
Law and the Biosciences ,
Henry T. (Hank) Greely
Howard Zinn and the Quest for Historical Truth ,
Sam Wineburg
Knowing Nothing ,
Ray Briggs
Savvy: Learning How to Communicate with Purpose ,
Francis Flynn
Ethics of Sports ,
Juliana Bidadanure
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Dare to Care: Compassionate Design ,
John Moalli
How to Make a Racist ,
Steven O. Roberts
What Is a Human? Scientific and Mythological Approaches to Meaning ,
Vijay Pottathil
Becoming Kinder ,
Jamil Zaki
Secrecy ,
James Jacobs
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Linguistic Meaning and the Law ,
Cleo Condoravdi
Philosophy of Artificial Intelligence ,
John Etchemendy
Religion, Ecology and Environmental Ethics ,
Ariel Evan Mayse
The Conscience ,
Esther Yu
Power, Prestige, and Politics in African Societies ,
Joel Cabrita
Nietzsche and the Search for Meaning ,
Matthew Smith
Body Politics: Health Activism in Modern America ,
Marie Burks
Ethics, Morality, and Markets ,
Barbara Kiviat
The Blockchain Revolution Will Not Be Televised ,
John Mitchell
Cardinal Courses
Cultivate a Compassionate Presence at the Bedside: An Aging and End-of-Life Care Practicum ,
VJ Periyakoil, Geriatrics, Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Learn to Intervene, Wisely ,
Greg Walton
Democracy in Crisis: Learning from the Past ,
Thomas Ehrlich
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Engineering
Functional Materials and Devices ,
Yuri Suzuki
Energy Options for the 21st Century ,
John Fox
Computers and Photography: From Capture to Sharing ,
Hector Garcia-Molina
What Is Nanotechnology? ,
H.-S. Philip Wong
Engineering the Micro and Nano Worlds: From Chips to Genes ,
John (J) Provine, Roger Howe
Environmental Regulation and Policy ,
Shari Libicki
Accessing Architecture Through Drawing ,
John Barton
Nuclear Weapons, Energy, Proliferation, and Terrorism ,
Siegfried Hecker
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Japanese Companies and Japanese Society ,
Bob Sinclair
Medical Device Innovation ,
Joseph Mandato, Mr Ryan K Pierce
Bon Appétit, Marie Curie! The Science Behind Haute Cuisine ,
Markus Covert
Anatomy in Society ,
Sakti Srivastava, Bruce Fogel
International Environmental Policy ,
John Weyant
Bioengineering Materials to Heal the Body ,
Sarah Heilshorn
How to Design a Space Mission: From Concept to Execution ,
Simone D'Amico
3D Printed Aerospace Structures ,
Debbie Senesky
When Chemistry Meets Engineering ,
Matteo Cargnello
Engineering the Built Environment: An Introduction to Structural Engineering ,
Sarah Billington
Dare to Care: Compassionate Design ,
John Moalli
Great Discoveries and Inventions in Computing ,
John Hennessy
Quantum Information: Visions and Emerging Technologies ,
Monika Schleier-Smith
Using Bits to Control Atoms ,
Dawson Engler
Aerodynamics of Race Cars ,
Charbel Farhat
Place: Making Space Now ,
Thomas Beischer
Technology in the Greenhouse ,
Franklin M. ("Lynn") Orr, Jr.
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Science of Information ,
Tsachy Weissman, Ayfer Ozgur
Randomness: Computational and Philosophical Approaches ,
Mary Wootters, Thomas Icard
Soft Robots for Humanity ,
Allison Okamura
Pathophysiology and Design for Cardiovascular Disease ,
Paul J. Wang, MD, Ross Daniel Venook
The Blockchain Revolution Will Not Be Televised ,
John Mitchell
Environment
Energy Options for the 21st Century ,
John Fox
Sensory Ecology of Marine Animals ,
Stuart Thompson
Science in the News ,
Hans Andersen
Animal Behavior: Sex, Death, and Sometimes Food! ,
Joseph Garner
The Global Warming Paradox ,
Noah Diffenbaugh
Maps in the Modern World ,
Kären Wigen
Energy, the Environment, and the Economy ,
Frank Wolak
The Worst Journey in the World: the Science, Literature, and History of Polar Exploration ,
Rob Dunbar
Views of a Changing Sea: Literature and Science ,
William Gilly
Exploring the Critical Interface Between the Land and Monterey Bay: Elkhorn Slough ,
Christopher Francis
Environmental Regulation and Policy ,
Shari Libicki
Photographing Nature ,
Robert Siegel
Nuclear Weapons, Energy, Proliferation, and Terrorism ,
Siegfried Hecker
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Globally Emerging Zoonotic Diseases ,
Stephen Felt, DVM, MPH
International Environmental Policy ,
John Weyant
Engineering the Built Environment: An Introduction to Structural Engineering ,
Sarah Billington
Climate Change Ecology: Is It Too Late? ,
Tadashi Fukami
Predicting Volcanic Eruptions ,
Paul Segall
Diamonds ,
Wendy Mao
Place: Making Space Now ,
Thomas Beischer
Technology in the Greenhouse ,
Franklin M. ("Lynn") Orr, Jr.
Gardens and Sacred Space in Japan ,
Michaela Mross
Digging for Answers: 5 Big Questions of Our Time ,
Ian Hodder
Religion, Ecology and Environmental Ethics ,
Ariel Evan Mayse
Ocean Conservation: Pathways to Solutions ,
Larry Crowder
City, Space, Literature ,
Ato Quayson
Talking about Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Floods: Science Communication and Natural Hazards ,
Kathleen Phillips
Aardvarks to Zebras: The A to Z of Animal Anatomy ,
Kerriann Casey, DVM
Gender, Self & Identity
Self Theories ,
Carol Dweck
The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality ,
Estelle Freedman
Hormones in a Performance-Enhanced Society ,
Andrew R. Hoffman, M.D.
The Psychology of Stoked: An Investigation of the Art and Science of Joy and the Exploration of Happiness ,
Daryn Reicherter, Shashank V. Joshi, MD, FAAP, DFAACAP
Mental Health in Collegiate Athletes ,
Hans Steiner
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context ,
Patricia Parker
Gay Autobiography ,
Paul Robinson
Perspectives on the Abortion Experience in Western Fiction ,
Paul D. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
Sexuality and Society ,
Lisa Medoff
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Understanding Race and Ethnicity in American Society ,
C. Matthew Snipp
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Katherine Williams, Regina Casper
Introduction to Cross Cultural Issues in Medicine ,
Irene Corso
Imagining Women: Writers in Print and in Person ,
Valerie Miner
Shakespeare, Playing, Gender ,
Patricia Parker
Women Making Music ,
Heather Hadlock
Sappho: Erotic Poetess of Lesbos ,
Anastasia-Erasmia Peponi
Savvy: Learning How to Communicate with Purpose ,
Francis Flynn
Blood and Money: The Origins of Antisemitism ,
Rowan Dorin
Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine ,
Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.
Queer Sculpture ,
Terry Berlier
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad
What Is a Human? Scientific and Mythological Approaches to Meaning ,
Vijay Pottathil
Family Trees: The Multigenerational Novel ,
Austin Smith
Gender and Media ,
Patti Hanlon-Baker
The Future Is Feminine ,
Shannon Pufahl
Race and Gender in Silicon Valley ,
Cynthia Lee
Family Stories ,
Brittany Perham
Social Bias and Earwitness Memory ,
Meghan Sumner
Self-Made: Culture, Identity, and Histories of Reinvention in America ,
Katherine J Lennard
The Conscience ,
Esther Yu
Black and White Relations in American Fiction and Film ,
Christina Mesa
I Bet You Think You're Funny: A Workshop in Humor ,
Edward Porter
Global Cultures
Languages, Dialects, Speakers ,
Arto Anttila
Perspectives on the Good Life ,
Lee Yearley
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context ,
Patricia Parker
The New Wave: How the French Reinvented Cinema ,
Cecile Alduy
Mass Atrocities and Reconciliation ,
Pawel Robert Lutomski
Culture, Psychology, and Mental Health Treatment ,
Daryn Reicherter
Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko ,
Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi
Eight Great Archaeological Sites in Europe ,
Michael Shanks
Japanese Companies and Japanese Society ,
Bob Sinclair
Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol ,
Lazar Fleishman
South Africa: Contested Transitions ,
Joel Samoff
Comparative Fictions of Ethnicity ,
David Palumbo-Liu
The Detective and the City ,
Frederic Stout
Introduction to Cross Cultural Issues in Medicine ,
Irene Corso
Texts and Contexts: Spanish/English Literary Translation Workshop ,
Cintia Santana
Women Making Music ,
Heather Hadlock
The Soviet Union and the World: Views from the Hoover Archives ,
Norman Naimark
Blood and Money: The Origins of Antisemitism ,
Rowan Dorin
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad
Gardens and Sacred Space in Japan ,
Michaela Mross
Contemporary African Politics ,
David Laitin
Digging for Answers: 5 Big Questions of Our Time ,
Ian Hodder
Religion, Ecology and Environmental Ethics ,
Ariel Evan Mayse
2666: A 21st Century Classic ,
Hector Hoyos
City, Space, Literature ,
Ato Quayson
Power, Prestige, and Politics in African Societies ,
Joel Cabrita
Archaeology in the Digital Age ,
Justin Leidwanger
Nietzsche and the Search for Meaning ,
Matthew Smith
Culture, Conflict, and the Modern Middle East ,
Samer Al-Saber
The Archaeological Imagination ,
Michael Shanks
Health and the Body
Science in the News ,
Hans Andersen
Animal Behavior: Sex, Death, and Sometimes Food! ,
Joseph Garner
Genes, Memes, and Behavior ,
Scott S. Hall, Ph.D
Hormones in a Performance-Enhanced Society ,
Andrew R. Hoffman, M.D.
Scientific Method and Bias ,
John P.A. Ioannidis
Intracellular Trafficking and Neurodegeneration ,
Yanmin Yang
The Psychology of Stoked: An Investigation of the Art and Science of Joy and the Exploration of Happiness ,
Daryn Reicherter, Shashank V. Joshi, MD, FAAP, DFAACAP
Mental Health in Collegiate Athletes ,
Hans Steiner
Smoke and Mirrors in Global Health ,
Matthew Kohrman
Animal Use in Biomedical Research ,
Megan Albertelli
Engineering the Micro and Nano Worlds: From Chips to Genes ,
John (J) Provine, Roger Howe
The Art of Medical Diagnosis ,
Thomas Caruso, Samuel Rodriguez, MD, Lauren Toomer
Experimental Stroke ,
Heng Zhao
Surgical Anatomy of the Hand: From Rodin to Reconstruction ,
James Chang, MD
Current Concepts in Transplantation ,
Olivia Martinez, Sheri Krams
Culture, Psychology, and Mental Health Treatment ,
Daryn Reicherter
Perspectives on the Abortion Experience in Western Fiction ,
Paul D. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
Cultivate a Compassionate Presence at the Bedside: An Aging and End-of-Life Care Practicum ,
VJ Periyakoil, Geriatrics, Hospice & Palliative Medicine
Sport, Exercise, and Health: Exploring Sports Medicine ,
Calvin Hwang
Sexuality and Society ,
Lisa Medoff
Gendered Innovations in Science, Medicine, Engineering, and Environment ,
Londa Schiebinger
Globally Emerging Zoonotic Diseases ,
Stephen Felt, DVM, MPH
Laboratory Mouse in Biomedical Research ,
Claude M. Nagamine
Medical Device Innovation ,
Joseph Mandato, Mr Ryan K Pierce
Critical Illness: Patients, Physicians, and Society ,
Erin Hennessey, MD
Anatomy in Society ,
Sakti Srivastava, Bruce Fogel
The Changing Face of Mental Illness in Women: Historical, Medical and Artistic Approaches ,
Katherine Williams, Regina Casper
Introduction to Cross Cultural Issues in Medicine ,
Irene Corso
Law and the Biosciences ,
Henry T. (Hank) Greely
Ouch it Hurts! The Comparative Neurobiology of Pain ,
Cholawat Pacharinsak, DVM, PhD
Bioengineering Materials to Heal the Body ,
Sarah Heilshorn
Human Origins ,
Richard Klein
Ethics of Sports ,
Juliana Bidadanure
Heartfulness: Mindfulness, Compassion, and Responsibility ,
Stephen Murphy-Shigematsu
Dare to Care: Compassionate Design ,
John Moalli
Challenging Sex and Gender Dichotomies in Medicine ,
Marcia L. Stefanick, Ph.D.
Neuroforecasting ,
Brian Knutson
Lymphocyte Migration ,
Sara Michie
Psychology of Xenophobia ,
Rania Awaad
What Is a Human? Scientific and Mythological Approaches to Meaning ,
Vijay Pottathil
Secrecy ,
James Jacobs
Microbes that Made Plagues: Biological Causes and Social Effects ,
Thomas L. Cherpes, DVM, MD
Neurobiology of Depression: Why Depression Is a Disorder of the Brain and How Brain Stimulation May Treat It ,
Hugh Brent Solvason PhD MD
Does Social Media Make Better Physicians? ,
Dr Michael Gisondi
Mending a Broken Heart: The Anatomy, Physiology, and Psychology of Congenital Heart Disease ,
Manchula Navaratnam, M. Gail Boltz, Samuel Rodriguez, MD
Body Politics: Health Activism in Modern America ,
Marie Burks
Aardvarks to Zebras: The A to Z of Animal Anatomy ,
Kerriann Casey, DVM
Pathophysiology and Design for Cardiovascular Disease ,
Paul J. Wang, MD, Ross Daniel Venook
Humanities
Theatrical Wonders from Shakespeare to Mozart ,
Blair Hoxby
Maps in the Modern World ,
Kären Wigen
Languages, Dialects, Speakers ,
Arto Anttila
Perspectives on the Good Life ,
Lee Yearley
Dramatic Tensions: Theater and the Marketplace ,
Amy Freed
Thinking About War ,
Mark Lewis
The Feminist Critique: The History and Politics of Gender Equality ,
Estelle Freedman
To Die For: Antigone and Political Dissent ,
Rush Rehm
The Artist in Ancient Greek Society ,
Jody Maxmin
Shakespeare and Performance in a Global Context ,
Patricia Parker
The New Wave: How the French Reinvented Cinema ,
Cecile Alduy
Gay Autobiography ,
Paul Robinson
Sculpting with Sounds, Images, and Words ,
Jaroslaw Kapuscinski
Performing America: The Broadway Musical ,
Thomas Grey
Sports Writing ,
John Evans
Perspectives on the Abortion Experience in Western Fiction ,
Paul D. Blumenthal, MD, MPH
Behind the Big Drums: Exploring Taiko ,
Stephen Sano, Linda Uyechi
Eight Great Archaeological Sites in Europe ,
Michael Shanks
Art in the Metropolis ,
Charles Kronengold
Russia's Weird Classic: Nikolai Gogol ,
Lazar Fleishman
South Africa: Contested Transitions ,
Joel Samoff
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