Philadelphia Reflections

The musings of a physician who has served the community for over six decades

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George and Computers(1)
I got him into computers around 1960. He soon far surpassed me.

Existing Websites Which Offer Higher Education

Immense: Here are a few of my favorites--

http://www.khanacademy.org/

http://academicearth.org/

http://videolectures.net/

http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/web/home/home/index.htm

http://mitworld.mit.edu/browse

http://www.youtube.com/user/MIT

http://watch.mit.edu/

http://numericalmethods.eng.usf.edu/

http://www.apple.com/education/itunes-u/whats-on.html

 

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