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Aerodynamics, Fall 2002
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Abstract: This course extends fluid mechanic concepts from Unified Engineering to the aerodynamic performance of wings and bodies in sub/supersonic regimes. It generally has four components: subsonic potential flows, including source/vortex panel methods; viscous flows, including laminar and turbulent boundary ... More »
Aerodynamics, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This course extends fluid mechanic concepts from Unified Engineering to the aerodynamic performance of wings and bodies in sub/supersonic regimes. 16.100 generally has four components: subsonic potential flows, including source/vortex panel methods; viscous flows, including laminar and turbulent boundary ... More »
Body Breakdowns
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Abstract: This interactive feature from the NOVA "Surviving Denali" Web site details the variety of ways the body can fail while climbing a high-altitude peak.
Body Control Center
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Abstract: Throughout the day, your nervous system monitors and makes endless adjustments to your body's basic systems -- all to keep you alive. This interactive feature illustrates the complexity of such a task.
Body Needs
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Abstract: This interactive feature from the NOVA "Dying to Be Thin" Web site describes the nutritional needs of the body and how to meet them.
Culture, Embodiment and the Senses, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Culture, Embodiment, and the Senses will provide an historical and cross-cultural analysis of the politics of sensory experience. The subject will address western philosophical debates about mind, brain, emotion, and the body and the historical value placed upon sight, reason, and rationality, versus ... More »
Dance Theory and Composition, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Explores aesthetic and technical underpinnings of contemporary dance composition. Basic compositional techniques discussed and practiced with an emphasis on principles such as weight, space, time, effort, and shape. Principles of musicality considered and developed by each student. Working together, ... More »
English Renaissance Drama: Theatre and Society in the Age of Shakespeare, Fall 2003
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Abstract: Intensive study of an important topic or period in drama. Close analysis of major plays, enriched by critical readings and attention to historical and theatrical contexts. Instruction and practice in oral and written communication. Topic for Fall: Renaissance Drama.
From Life: Viola Frey
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Abstract: SPARK visited veteran ceramic artist Viola Frey in the last months of her life when she continued to work from a wheelchair with the help of a mechanized lift and devoted assistants to create her monumental figures. This Educator Guide is about the history of ceramics and the contributions of Bay Area ... More »
Homeostasis: The Body's Defenses from the course General Biology
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Abstract: Bio 1A: General Biology at UC Berkeley - Fall 2006. General introduction to cell structure and function, molecular and organism genetics, animal development, form and function. Streaming video of this course at webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.
Interrogative Design Workshop, Fall 2005
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Abstract: This course is designed in the tightly controlled space between (national) security and (civil) liberty, student projects, guest presentations, readings and workshop discussions will attempt to develop positive answers to these questions. More specifically, the course will focus on the psychological, ... More »
Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall 2004
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Abstract: Introduction to artistic practice and aesthetic analysis through studio work and lectures. Students communicate ideas and experiences through various media such as sculpture, installation, performance, and video. Projects evolve through stages of conceptual and material development to final presentation. ... More »
Introduction to the Visual Arts, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Introduction to artistic practice and aesthetic analysis through studio work and lectures. Students communicate ideas and experiences through various media such as sculpture, installation, performance, and video. Projects evolve through stages of conceptual and material development to final presentation. ... More »
Medicine, Religion and Politics in Africa and the African Diaspora, Spring 2005
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Abstract: An exploration of colonial and postcolonial clashes between theories of healing and embodiment in the African world and those of western bio-medicine. Examines how Afro-Atlantic religious traditions have challenged western conceptions of illness, healing, and the body, and have offered alternative notions ... More »
Metaphysics, Fall 2005
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Abstract: Study of basic metaphysical issues concerning existence, the mind-body problem, personal identity, and causation plus its implications for freedom. Classical as well as contemporary readings.
Moral Problems and the Good Life, Fall 2006
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Abstract: Subject examines classic texts from the history of Western moral philosophy, and their answers to the question of what is the best way to live. These texts include works by Plato, Aristotle, Hobbes, Hume, Kant, and J. S. Mill. Among the questions that arise are: What is it to have a good life? How important ... More »
Needlework: Don Ed Hardy
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Abstract: SPARK trails behind internationally known tattooist Don Ed Hardy as he looks back at a career that has taken him from the tattoo parlor to the gallery and back again. This Educator Guide explores the tradition of tattooing from the earliest civilizations to the present day.
Organization of the Body from the course General Human Anatomy
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Abstract: IB 131: General Human Anatomy - Fall 2006. The functional anatomy of the human body as revealed by gross and microscopic examination. Video of lectures available at webcast.berkeley.edu/courses.
PE for ME, Spring 2005
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Abstract: The sensing, thinking, moving body is the basis of our experience in the world; it is the very foundation on which cognitive intelligence is built. Physical Intelligence, then, is the inherent ability of the human organism to function in extraordinary accord with its physical environment. This class--a ... More »
Sterilization, Biocompatibility and Foreign Body Response
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Abstract: Bioeng/ME C117: Structural Aspects of Biomaterials - Spring 2007. This course covers the mechanical and structural aspects of biological tissues and their replacements. Tissue structure and mechanical function are addressed. Natural and synthetic load-bearing biomaterials for clinical and medical applications ... More »