he had been working on in his spare time. He casually alluded to one as "revolutionary," and he confidently asserted that another would modify the "theory of space and time." With the exception of Jesus Christ, virtually no figure in antiquity is more renowned in the history of the West than Alexander the Great. His feats are the stuff of legend, inspiring medieval romances, painting and sculptures, and even blockbuster movies. After a historical overview of the evolution of algebra, this course explores the various families of functions, from linear to quadratic to rational and, finally, to the family of exponential functions. This riveting 36-lecture course takes you beyond the economy of the United States and reveals the recent history of economies in Asian countries, including Japan, India, and China, as well as in other regions. It was a transformation unprecedented in global history. In barely more than two centuries, the United States evolved from a sparsely settled handful of colonies whose very survival was in grave doubt into the most powerful nation the world has ever known?militarily, economically, technologically, culturally, politically, and even ideologically. The revolution that created the U.S. was only one of many "American revolutions." From 1776 to 1825, wars for independence erupted throughout the Americas?from Boston to Buenos Aires?creating 19 new nations.