PredictionX

XSeries Program

Join Harvard Online in this series of online courses to journey through the history of predictions and how the desire to uncover future events lead to the creation of a new world of creative technologies beyond our imagination.

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What You'll Learn

How did explorers navigate the world before the creation of meridians? What does astrology have to do with modern computer simulations? How did a 19th-century doctor end an epidemic and create epidemiology as we know it today?

In PredictionX, learners will journey through the history of predictions and how the desire to uncover future events lead to the creation of a new world of creative technologies beyond our imagination. Learn how ancient practices led to technological advancements, generated modern conveniences, and gave humanity a glimpse of our own future.

After completing the XSeries Program in PredictionX, learners will:

Gain insight into the evolution of omens and oracles in ancient civilizations to the creation of forecasting via computer simulations, epidemiology, and GPS.
Explore text and images to better understand the process of building new technologies and medical practices.
Examine efforts to predict the future over recorded history.

Series Courses

PredictionX: Omens, Oracles & Prophecies

Find your place in the Universe by attempting to gaze into the future.

PredictionX: Omens, Oracles & Prophecies is an online course from Harvard that examines the details of over a dozen prediction systems as well as theoretical frameworks connecting them.

PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854

Learn how the streets of 1850's Soho changed public health understanding.

PredictionX: John Snow and the Cholera Epidemic of 1854 is an online course from Harvard that explores the dataset that helped create the map that changed our understanding of cholera, public health, and epidemiology forever.

PredictionX: Lost Without Longitude

Soar from stars to satellite.

PredictionX: Lost Without Longitude is an online course from Harvard that explores how centuries of progress in navigation have helped put humans on the moon and spacecraft on a comet.

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