Charles and Nancy Donahue of Westwood have donated 62 DVDs of college courses that are available to Westwood students and residents through the Minuteman Library Network at the Westwood Library. The courses were donated in memory of Mr. Donahue’s parents, Charles and Katherine Donahue. Katherine was a fourth grade teacher and Charles was the Chairman of the Norwood School Committee. New courses will be added to the collection, so lovers of learning are encouraged to keep their eyes open.
The courses currently available through the Donahues’ generous gift:
Science
- The Joy of Science
Professor Robert M. Hazen, George Mason University - History of Science Antiquity to 1700
Professor Lawrence M. Principle, Johns Hopkins - Chemistry
Frank Cardulla, NILFS North High School - Great Scientific Ideas That Changed the World
Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh University - Science in the Twentieth Century: A Social-Intellectual Survey
Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh University - Cosmology: The History and Nature of Our Universe
Professor Mark Whittle, University of Virginia - Science Wars: What Scientists Know and How They Know It
Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh University - Introduction to Nanotechnology: The New Science of Small
Professor Shana Kelley and Ted Sargent, University of Toronto - Doctors: The History of Scientific Medicine Revealed Through Biography
Professor Sherwin B. Nuland, Yale School of Medicine - Robotics
Professor John Long, Vassar College - How to Program: Computer Science Concepts and Python Exercises
Professor John Keyser, Texas A & M University - Understanding Modern Electronics
Professor Richard Wolfson
Middlebury College
Biology
- Understanding the Human Body: An Introduction to Anatomy & Physiology
Professor Anthony A. Goodman - Superstrong Theory: The DNA of Reality
Professor S. James Gates, Jr. - Biology, The Science of Life
Professor Stephen Nowicki, Duke University - Understanding Genetics: DNA, Genes, and Their Real-World Applications
Professor David Sadava, The Claremont McKenna, Pitzer, and Scripps Colleges - Understanding the Brain
Professor Jeanette Norden, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Literature
- William Shakespeare: Comedies, Histories, and Tragedies
Professor Peter Saccio, Dartmouth - Great Authors of the Western Literary Tradition
Professor Arnold Weinstein, Brown
Professor Claudia Brodsky Lacour, Princeton
Professor Victor Brombent, Princeton - Classics of American Literature
Professor Arnold Weinstein, Brown - Books That Have Made History: Books That Can Change Your Life
J. Rufus Fears, Professor of Classics, University of Oklahoma - Masterworks of Early 20th Century Literature
Professor Davis Thorburn, Massachusetts Institute of Technology - How to Read and Understand Shakespeare
Professor Marc C. Conner, Washington and Lee University
Economics
- Economics 3rd Edition
Professor Timothy Taylor, Macalester College - America and the New Global Economy
Professor Timothy Taylor, Macalester College
History
- The American Civil War
Professor Gary Gallagher, University of Virginia - The Late Middle Ages
Professor Phillip Daileader, The College of William & Mary - The Great Debate: Advocates & Opponents of the American Constitution
Professor Thomas L. Pangle, The University of Texas at Austin - The Vikings
Professor Kenneth W. Hari, Tulane University - Living History : Experiencing Great Events of the Ancient and Medieval Worlds
Professor Robert Garland, Colgate University - The American Revolution
Professor Allen C. Guelzo, Gettysburg College - Pompeii: Daily Life in an Ancient Roman City
Professor Steven L. Tuck, Miami University - Herodotus: The Father of History
Professor Elizabeth Vandiver, University of Maryland - Great Minds of the Eastern Intellectual Tradition
Professor Grant Hardy, University of North Carolina at Asheville - The Mysterious Etruscans
Professor Steven L. Tuck, Miami University
Teaching
- The Art of Teaching: Best Practices From a Master Educator
Professor Patrick N. Allitt, Emory University
Mathematics
- Algebra I
Monica Neagoy, Georgetown University - Geometry
James Noggle, Pendleton Heights High School - Algebra II
Professor Murray Siegel, Sam Houston State University - Change & Motion, Calculus Made Clear
Professor Michael Starbird, University of Texas at Austin - The Joy of Mathematics
Professor Arthur T. Benjamin, Harvey Mudd College - Meaning From Data: Statistics Made Clear
Professor Michael Starbird, University of Texas at Austin - The Queen of the Sciences: A History of Mathematics
Professor David M. Bressoud, Macalester College - The Joy of Thinking: The Beauty and Power of Classical Mathematics Ideas
Professor Michael Starbird, University of Texas at Austin
Professor Edward B. Burger, Williams College - Zero to Infinity: A History of Numbers
Professor Edward B. Burger, Williams College - Mathematics From the Visual World
Professor Michael Starbird, University of Texas at Austin - Mathematics, Philosophy and the “Real World”
Professor Judith Grabiner, Pitzer College - Understanding Multivariable Calculus: Problems, Solutions, and Tips
Professor Bruce H. Edwards, University of Florida - Mastering the Fundamentals of Mathematics
Professor James A. Sellers, Pennsylvania State University - Geometry: An Interactive Journey to Mastery
Professor James S. Tanton, Mathematical Association of America
Art
- Great Artists of the Italian Renaissance
Professor William Klos, Smithsonian Institution - A History of European Art
Professor William Klos, Smithsonian Institution - From Monet to Van Gogh: A History of Impressionism
Professor Richard Brettell, The University of Texas, Dallas
