| Edition |
Library edition. |
| Description |
10 videodiscs (1800 min.) : sound color ; 4 3/4 in. + 5 course guidebooks. |
| Series |
Great courses, Science & mathematics |
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Great courses (DVD)
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Sixty lectures of thirty minutes each by Robert M. Hazen, Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University, and researcher at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington. |
| Credits |
Producer, Andreas Burgstaller ; editor, Sal Rodriguez ; content supervisor, Ann Waigand. |
| Note |
Course guidebooks include professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography. |
| Summary |
English novelist and scientist C. P. Snow classed certain scientific ideas with the works of Shakespeare as things every educated person should know. The lectures in this series explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of the physical and biological sciences--physics, genetics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology, thermodynamics, and more--providing a comprehensive and integrated introduction to all of science. The Joy of Science, through enhancing an understanding of the physical world, offers a source of endless wonder and intellectual joy. |
| Contents |
Disc 1. Pt. 1. The nature of science ; The scientific method ; The ordered universe ; Celestial and terrestrial mechanics ; Newton's laws of motion ; Universal gravitation -- Disc 2. The nature of energy ; The first law of thermodynamics ; The second law of thermodynamics ; Entropy ; Magnetism and static electricity ; Electricity. |
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Disc 3. Pt. 3. Electromagnetism ; The electromagnetic spectrum, part I ; The electromagnetic spectrum, part II ; Relativity ; Atoms ; The Bohr atom -- Disc 4. The quantum world ; The periodic table of the elements ; Introduction to chemistry ; The chemistry of carbon ; States of matter and changes of state ; Phase transformations and chemical reactions. |
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Disc 5. Pt. 3. Properties of materials ; Semiconductors and modern microelectronics ; Isotopes and radioactivity ; Nuclear fission and fusion reactions ; Astronomy ; The life cycle of stars -- Disc 6. Edwin Hubble and the discovery of galaxies ; The big bang ; The ultimate structure of matter ; The nebular hypothesis ; The solar system ; The Earth as a planet. |
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Disc 7. Pt. 4. The dynamic earth ; The plate tectonics revolution ; Earthquakes, volcanoes, & plate motions today ; Earth cycles : water ; The atmospheric cycle ; The rock cycle -- Disc 8. What is life? ; Strategies of life ; Life's molecular building blocks ; Proteins ; Cells : the chemical factories of life ; Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics. |
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Disc 9. Pt. 5. The discovery of DNA ; The genetic code ; Reading the genetic code ; Genetic engineering ; Cancer and other genetic diseases ; The chemical evolution of life -- Disc 10. Biological evolution : a unifying theme of biology ; The fact of evolution : the fossil record ; Charles Darwin and the theory of natural selection ; Ecosystems and the law of unintended consequences ; The ozone hole, acid rain, and the greenhouse effect ; Science : the endless frontier. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Newton, Isaac, 1642-1727.
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Bohr, Niels, 1885-1962.
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Hubble, Edwin, 1889-1953.
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Mendel, Gregor, 1822-1884.
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Darwin, Charles, 1809-1882.
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Science.
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Science -- History.
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Science -- Methodology.
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Cosmology.
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Motion.
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Gravity.
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Thermodynamics.
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Entropy.
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Magnetism.
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Electricity.
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Electromagnetism.
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Atoms.
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Relativity (Physics)
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Chemistry.
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Standard model (Nuclear physics)
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Astronomy.
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Matter.
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Matter -- Properties.
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Solar system.
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Earth (Planet)
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Earth sciences.
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Hydrologic cycle.
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Life (Biology)
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DNA.
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Genetics.
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Evolution (Biology)
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Natural selection.
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Biotic communities.
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Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric.
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Global warming.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565855523: $624.95 |
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9781565855526 |
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PD1100-01 Teaching Company |
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PD1100-02 Teaching Company |
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PD1100-03 Teaching Company |
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PD1100-04 Teaching Company |
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PD1100-05 Teaching Company |
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1100 Teaching Company |
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