Aug 8, 2014
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU)
An online lecture course "From the Big Bang to Dark Energy" by Professor Hitoshi Murayama, Director of the Kavli IPMU started on August 5. This course, brought by the University of Tokyo and Coursera, covers various topics on the discoveries about how the Universe evolved in 13.8 billion years since the Big Bang.
Last year, this course had been delivered from September 3 to October 8, then about 50,000 persons from all over the world registered the course. Anyone on the Internet can sign up and take the four-week-long free lecture course. Click on the link to go to the course page for an introductory video and to sign up. Students who successfully complete the class will receive a Statement of Accomplishment signed by the instructor.
Introductory video (1 min. 49 sec.)
Links
"From the Big Bang to Dark Energy" Course Website:
https://www.coursera.org/course/bigbang
Link to the introductory video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TGHqg9HuxkE&feature=player_embedded#t=0
The University of Tokyo's website at Coursera
https://www.coursera.org/todai
Free Online Course "From the Big Bang to Dark Energy" Opened to More Than 40000（Sep. 5, 2013）
http://www.ipmu.jp/node/1704
News on the agreement to deliver courses (Feb. 22, 2013)
http://www.ipmu.jp/node/1517
Coursera website
https://www.coursera.org/