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18.785 Number Theory I, Fall 2015
(2015-12)
This is the first semester of a one year graduate course in number theory covering standard topics in algebraic and analytic number theory. At various points in the course, we will make reference to material from other ...
24.805 Topics in Epistemology: Self-Knowledge, Fall 2015
(2015-12)
This course is a graduate seminar surveying recent work on self-knowledge. Some questions that will be explored and discussed are: What is the distinctive philosophical interest of self-knowledge? Is self-knowledge really ...
7.344 Treating Infertility-- From Bench to Bedside and Bedside to Bench, Spring 2015
(2015-06)
In the western world, approximately 10–15% of couples suffer from subfertility. Consequently, over 5 million babies have been born thanks to assisted reproductive technologies, and more than half of those have been ...
7.345 The War on Superbugs: Antibiotic Development and the Emergence of Drug-Resistant Bacteria, Fall 2015
(2015-12)
Bacteria and fungi have produced antibiotics, small molecules that can prevent the growth of or kill bacteria by inhibiting essential biological pathways, as a defense mechanism long before humans walked the earth. The ...
18.783 Elliptic Curves, Spring 2015
(2015-06)
This graduate-level course is a computationally focused introduction to elliptic curves, with applications to number theory and cryptography.
24.500 Topics in Philosophy of Mind: Mental Content, Spring 2015
(2015-06)
Propositions are everywhere in the philosophy of mind. Believing, hoping, and intending (for example) are said to be "propositional attitudes", mental states that involve relations to propositions. The seminar ...
22.01 Introduction to Nuclear Engineering and Ionizing Radiation, Fall 2015
(2015-12)
This course provides an introduction to nuclear science and its engineering applications. It describes basic nuclear models, radioactivity, nuclear reactions and kinematics; covers the interaction of ionizing radiation ...
24.221 Metaphysics, Spring 2015
(2015-06)
This course is a study of basic metaphysical issues concerning existence, the mind-body problem, personal identity, and causation plus its implications for freedom. This class features classical as well as contemporary ...
7.342 Pluripotent Stem Cells and Genome Engineering for Modeling Human Diseases, Spring 2015
(2015-06)
One of the major priorities in biomedical research is understanding the molecular events that establish the complex processes involved in human development and the relationships of these processes to human disease and ...
7.341 Of Mice and Men: Humanized Mice in Cancer Research, Spring 2015
(2015-06)
This course will act as an introduction to the latest developments in the fields of cancer biology and immunotherapy. Almost everyone knows someone whose life has been affected by cancer. Why is cancer such a difficult ...