The Floating University

2012 Webby Honoree The Floating University is a free online education platform featuring video lectures by some of the world’s top thinkers. The first course, “Great Big Ideas” serves as an introduction to a wide variety of disciplines–from Physics to Demography to Political Philosophy to Biomedical Research–and was taught at Harvard, Yale and Bard. Produced for Big Think / Director of Production: Jonathan Fowler / Director & Producer: Kathleen Russell / Editorial Director: Buboo Kakati / Editorial Assistant: Cody Adams / Director of Photography: Charles Farrell / Camera Operators: Ryan Muir, Dillon Fitton / Editors: Charles Farrell, Kathleen Russell, Wesley Swinnen / Assistant Editor: Dillon Fitton / Animators: Gabe Darling, Mark Phillips, Russ Porchia

Michio Kaku: The Universe in a Nutshell

Steven Pinker: Linguistics as a Window to Understanding the Brain

Joel Cohen: An Introduction to Demography (Malthus Miffed: Are People the Problem?)

Paul Bloom: The Psychology of Everything

Tamar Gendler: An Introduction to the Philosophy of Politics and Economics

Douglas Melton: Is Biomedical Research Really Close to Curing Anything?

William Ackman: Everything You Need to Know About Finance and Investing in Under an Hour

Leon Botstein: Art Now (Aesthetics Across Music, Painting, Architecture, Movies, and More.)

Jeffrey Brenzel: The Essential Value of a Classic Education

Nicholas Christakis: The Sociological Science Behind Social Networks and Social Influence