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How to Speak
MIT OpenCourseWare
Documented HN sourceHN 21.0
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HN treats it as the canonical, near-universally recommended lecture on giving talks and presentations.
University lectures & courses
1. Introduction to Human Behavioral Biology
Stanford · Discussed on HN from 2012 to 2026
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- 01sapolsky
- 02neuroscience
- 03genetics
The opening lecture of Robert Sapolsky's Stanford course on Human Behavioral Biology, explaining the course premise and how to avoid categorical thinking. It starts a roughly 25-lecture series on how biology, genes, hormones and environment shape behavior.
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25-hour Stanford course on behavioral biology
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AT&T Archives: Similiarities of Wave Behavior (Bonus Edition)
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Documented HN sourceHN 19.0
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HN repeatedly calls it the clearest introduction to waves and transmission-line behavior, better than modern explainers.