Learner Reviews & Feedback for The Science of the Solar System by Caltech
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CE
Mar 3, 2020
Learning facilitated by good lecturing, well prepared lectures and excellent quizzes.
Lecturer Mike Brown, enthusiastic about his subject, generous in sharing his knowledge, humorous, and honest.
GN
Nov 28, 2017
Challenging. Amazing. Mind-Blowing.
Space enthusiasts should totally do this course. And yeah, did I say that Mike Brown is the coolest teacher ever. Never a dull moment in the lectures. :)
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By Héctor L R
•Aug 10, 2020
¡MUCHAS GRACIAS!
By HARBAL D S
•Apr 11, 2022
Amazing course.
By Panagiotis T
•Apr 15, 2021
Exciting course
By Tara V
•Aug 2, 2020
Great overview.
By Erich K
•May 13, 2017
Simply AMAZING.
By Deleted A
•Sep 28, 2020
I love CalTech
By MD A R A
•Oct 3, 2020
Excellent !!!
By Bruna P C
•Apr 27, 2018
Excellent!!!!
By Reclus P
•Mar 28, 2024
passionnant
By MOHAMMED R P
•May 25, 2023
GOOD COURSE
By kousay a
•May 4, 2016
The best!
By Sumant D
•Oct 2, 2021
xtensive
By Rodrigo C
•Dec 1, 2017
Awesome!
By Vinicius F D N
•May 19, 2021
WOW !
By undersaturn
•Oct 24, 2022
By gaocen
•Dec 31, 2016
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By Karen M
•Mar 13, 2023
A very interesting course, enjoyable and engaging. I appreciated the ability to extend deadlines if needed and go back and re-watch sections for better understanding. I would recommend the course even if your Maths and Physics are not advanced as mine aren't. I was encouraged by Mike's commentary to carry on with the course even if that meant skimming the surface for some of the Maths and Physics, and I was glad I did. It would have had a 5 star rating from me but some of the material is getting a bit out-of-date, i.e. the latest data on exploration of the Solar System. Thank you for the course.
By Juan M
•Sep 9, 2018
Awesome course! A lot of information, I have been taught Master courses which teach you much less than this one. There are a few cons though. No Mercury, nor Venus units (they are barely mentioned through the entire course). And it would be nice to have access to the oficial notes, if there are, so we can take a look before watching the lectures ( I understand that this could be too much for an online course).
By Harold W J
•Aug 5, 2020
This course is excellent for anyone wanting to learn about the solar system and the processes that let us learn even more. The course isn't that hard and your given plenty of time to retake quizzes and re-watch lectures. The only downside is that the course is a little bit outdated since it was made back in 2017.
By Mark A
•Jun 11, 2017
Overall, I greatly enjoyed this course. However, at work I am only likely to use knowledge about minerals and rocks found on Mars and the asteroids because of the nature of my current job. In the personal enrichment category, learning about the Grand Tack and Nice model were most significant.
By Bart S
•Nov 21, 2016
Extremely informative and fun! Perhaps update some material with the latest findings (e.g. results from the Dawn mission to Ceres as well as more details on the elusive Planet 9).
Thank you nonetheless Prof. Brown for sharing your contagious enthusiasm for the science of solar system with us!
By Jim A
•Jul 9, 2017
Really good, great recent material with decent presentation. (Pet peeve: a small percentage of quiz questions were not well formed and impossible to answer with material provided.) I'd take additional courses from same instructor.
By Gihan I
•Nov 10, 2018
I find this course presented quite exciting with Prof Brown; but at times the mathematical calculations leave me far behind.
The fact that this course is a preliminary for graduates to Caltech is the reason for this.
By ZRIHEN J
•Apr 25, 2022
Very captivating course presenting the solar system in general. And in more detail the water on Mars, the giant planets and life in the universe .
By Richard S
•Nov 21, 2020
One of the best online courses I've done. Mike and his colleagues' enthusiasm for the subject is engaging and kept my interest - thank you all.