| Edition |
Library edition. |
| Description |
30 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 5 course guidebooks (22 cm.). |
| Series |
Great courses, Math, science, and economics |
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Great courses, Math, science, and economics.
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| System Details |
Compact disc. |
| Performer |
Robert M. Hazen, lecturer. |
| Note |
Five parts in 5 containers; 6 discs and 1 course guidebook in each container. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographical references in each course guidebooks. |
| Summary |
Sixty lectures delivered by Professor Robert M. Hazen, George Mason University and Carnegie Institution of Washington. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. disc 1. Lecture 1. The nature of science ; Lecture 2. The scientific method ; disc 2. Lecture 3. The ordered universe ; Lecture 4. Celestial and terrestial mechanics ; disc 3. Lecture 5. Newton's laws of motion ; Lecture 6. Universal gravitation ; disc 4. Lecture 7. The nature of energy ; Lecture 8. The first law of thermodynamics ; disc 5. Lecture 9. The second law of thermodynamics ; Lecture 10. Entropy ; disc 6. Lecture 11. Magnetism and static electricity ; Lecture 12. Electricity -- pt. 2. disc 7. Lecture 13. Electromagnetism ; Lecture 14. The electromagnetic spectrum, pt. 1 ; disc 8. Lecture 15. The electromagnetic spectrum, pt. 2 ; Lecture 16. Relativity ; disc 9. Lecture 17. Atoms ; Lecture 18. The Bohr atom ; disc 10. Lecture 19. The Quantum world ; Lecture 20. The Periodic table of the elements ; disc 11. Lecture 21. Introduction to chemisty ; Lecture 22. The chemistry of carbon ; disc 12. Lecture 23. States of matter and changes of state ; Lecture 24. Phase transformations and chemical reactions -- pt. 3. disc 13. Lecture 25. Properties of materials ; Lecture 26. Semiconductors and modern microelectronics ; disc 14. Lecture 27. Isotopes and radioactivity ; Lecture 28. Nuclear fission and fusion reactions ; dics 15. Lecture 29. Astronomy ; Lecture 30. The life cycle of stars ; disc 16. Lecture 31. Edwin Hubble and the discovery of Galaxies ; Lecture 32. The big bang ; disc 17. Lecture 33. The ultimate structure of matter ; Lecture 34. The nebular hypothesis ; disc 18. Lecture 35. The solar system ; Lecture 36. The Earth as a plane -- pt. 4. disc 19. Lecture 37. The dynamic Earth ; Lecture 38. The plate tectonics revolution ; dics 20. Lecture 39. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate motions today ; Lecture 40. Earth cycles-water ; disc 21. Lecture 41. The atmospheric cycle ; Lecture 42. The rock cycle ; dics 22. Lecture 43. What is life? ; Lecture 44. Strategies of life ; disc 23. Lecture 45. Life's molecular building blocks ; Lecture 46. Proteins ; disc 24. Lecture 47. Cells-the chemical factories of life ; Lecture 48. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics -- pt. 5. disc 25. Lecture 49. The discovery of DNA ; Lecture 50. The genetic code ; disc 26. Lecture 51. Reading the genetic code ; Lecture 52. Genetic engineering ; dics 27. Lecture 53. Cancer and other genetic diseases ; Lecture 54. The chemical evolution of life ; disc 28. Lecture 55. Biological evolution-a unifying theme of biology ; Lecture 56. The fact of evolution-the fossil record ; disc 29. Lecture 57. Charles Darwin and the theory of natural selection ; Lecture 58. Ecosystems and the law of unintended consequences ; disc 30. Lecture 59. The ozone hole, acid rain, and the greenhouse effect ; Lecture 60. Science, the endless frontier. |
| System Details |
Book on CD. |
| Note |
GMD: sound recording. |
| Subject |
Mathematics.
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Economics.
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Science.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1565852753 |
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