Online Video Lectures and Course Materials — Open Yale Courses. Financial Theory — Open Yale Courses. Professor John Geanakoplos, James Tobin Professor of Economics Description This course attempts to explain the role and the importance of the financial system in the global economy.
Frontiers and Controversies in Astrophysics — Open Yale Courses. About the Course This course focuses on three particularly interesting areas of astronomy that are advancing very rapidly: Extra-Solar Planets, Black Holes, and Dark Energy. Particular attention is paid to current projects that promise to improve our understanding significantly over the next few years. The course explores not just what is known, but what is currently not known, and how astronomers are going about trying to find out.