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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Deep Time: Discovering an Ancient Earth by University of Colorado Boulder

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    About the Course

    Ever since our ancestors ventured onto the African savanna, human beings have searched, explored, and wondered about the world.
    Nowadays, and certainly for most, science is the vehicle that takes us along a path towards understanding nature. It can bring us from
    sub-atomic realms to the most distant galaxies. Largely through the discipline of geology, science allows us to push back the mists of time and
    peer into a past measured in billions of years, and aptly referred to as “Deep Time.” Climb on board! This is a journey of discovery—we'll
    learn about the origins of science and geology itself, to our planet’s oceans, atmosphere, and crust. The focus then turns to ...
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    Excellent, highly understandable presentation of complex material! I really learned a lot from this course, and I'm very grateful.

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    Excellent course very well presented by Alan Lester -loved his enthusiasm and lucid explanation of concepts. Strongly recommended.

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    Excellent, highly understandable presentation of complex material! I really learned a lot from this course, and I'm very grateful.

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    Jun 23, 2022

    Excellent course very well presented by Alan Lester -loved his enthusiasm and lucid explanation of concepts. Strongly recommended.

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    Sep 27, 2023

    The course was well made and well taught, would definitely recommend to anyone who is interested in Geosciences.

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    May 27, 2023

    I loved taking this course! It was very informative and interesting.

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    Nov 15, 2022

    It was a quite interesting and excellent course.

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    Mar 5, 2024

    Marvelous presentaion of an enthrallin subject!

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    Jul 29, 2022

    The course content and professor were amazing!

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    Nov 28, 2023

    great course, just one star less because it did not talk about other mountains or other geological items, I would have loved to hear about the Jura, Alps, etc.

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    Good course.

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