Chapter 1
History
001 America's 1st capital Philadelphia
002 Aztec civilization
003 Celts
004 Early history in the US
005 Guild
006 Hellenism
007 History of road paving
008 Incan civilization - Khipu
009 Indus civilization
010 Japan
011 Life of peasants in medieval Europe
012 Mayan civilization
013 Ottoman Empire
014 Post WWII housing development
015 Roman aqueducts
016 The Columbian exchange
017 The discovery of Mayan ruins
018 The statue of George Washington
019 Underwater archaeology
020 Works Progress Administration
American history

Chapter 2
Arts
021 Archimedes palimpsest
022 Baroque art
023 Camera obscura
024 Commedia Dell'arte
025 Dadaism
026 Definition of art
027 Design of public spaces in 19C
028 Dynamic range
029 Egyptian art
030 Etching
031 Film
032 Gertrude Stein
033 Houses in the Renaissance era
034 Linear and aerial perspective
035 Navajo
036 Quilt
037 Roman art
038 Synthesizer
039 The root of rap
040 Travel lecture
Western art trends
Western literary trends

Chapter 3
Social Science
041 Agriculture
042 Babies' behaviors
043 Competitors in a business sector
044 Digital economy
045 Emotional intelligence
046 Green marketing
047 Hippocampus and spatial memory
048 Industrial revolution
049 Industrialization in the US
050 Internet Addiction Disorder
051 Placebo effect
052 Printing
053 Psychology
054 S curve in business
055 Scientific management
056 Thomas Kuhn
057 Transportation revolution in US
058 Urban planning
059 USA Today
060 Variables in decision making

Chapter 4
Life Science
061 Altruistic animals
062 Bird
063 Deterioration of coral reefs
064 Flying animals
065 Herbivores
066 Homing instinct
067 Marine trophic relationships
068 Meerkat
069 Natural selection
070 Plant
071 Predator
072 Rattlebox moth
073 Red chlorophyll in leaves
074 Seagrass
075 Seeds and nuts
076 Snake
077 Super-hydrophobic insects
078 The effect of diet on immune system
079 The effect of music on brain organs
080 Thermoregulation

Chapter 5
Physical Science
081 Biofuel
082 Cell discovery
083 Celestial bodies
084 Composting
085 Cosmic rays
086 Distance from a star
087 Erosion
088 Fuel
089 Helium-3
090 Hooker Telescope
091 Jupiter
092 Mars
093 Mercury
094 Periodic table
095 Planets
096 Properties of water
097 Stars
098 The orbits of comets
099 Origins of life
100 Trace metals

Chapter 6
Environmental Science
101 Allopatric specifications in Amazon
102 Channeled scabland
103 Cold environment
104 Competitive Exclusion Principle
105 Environmental problems
106 Extinction
107 Fossilization
108 Geothermal energy
109 Global warming and ocean acidification
110 Groundwater
111 Little ice age
112 Magma
113 Northern Lights
114 Ocean energy
115 Predicting volcanoes
116 Seismic Waves & the interior of the Earth
117 Soil
118 Stalagmites
119 Uranium-Lead Dating
120 Wildfire

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