| Description |
18 audio discs (1080 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebooks (iv, 224 pages ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
Great courses |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Note |
Lecturer: Steven L. Goldman, Boston University. |
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Compact discs. |
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36 lectures (30 minutes per lecture). |
| Summary |
Presents 36 lectures discussing the evolving relationship of science with society during the 20th century. |
| Contents |
lecture 1. The evolution of 20th-Century science -- lecture 2. Redefining reality -- lecture 3. Quantum theory makes its appearance -- lecture 4. The heroic "old" age of quantum theory -- lecture 5. A newer theory-QED -- lecture 6. QED meets fission and fusion -- lecture 7. Learning by smashing -- lecture 8. What good is QED? -- lecture 9. The newest theory-quantum chromodynamics -- lecture 10. Unifying nature -- lecture 11. Chemists become designers -- lecture 12. Mathematics and truth -- lecture 13. Mathematics and reality -- lecture 14. The universe expands -- lecture 15. What is the universe? -- lecture 16. How do we know what's out there? -- lecture 17. From equilibrium to dynamism -- lecture 18. Subterranean fury -- lecture 19. Solar system citizen -- lecture 20. Science organized, adopted, co-opted -- lecture 21. Techno-science and globalization -- lecture 22. The evolution of evolution -- lecture 23. Human evolution -- lecture 24. Genetics-from Mendel to molecules -- lecture 25. Molecular biology -- lecture 26. Molecular medicine -- lecture 27. Culture-anthropology and archaeology -- lecture 28. Culture-history -- lecture 29. Culture-linguistics -- lecture 30. Society-sociology -- lecture 31. Society-political science -- lecture 32. Society-economics -- lecture 33. Mind-classical and behavioral psychology -- lecture 34. Mind-cybernetics, AI, connectionism -- lecture 35. Looking back -- lecture 36. Looking around and looking ahead. |
| Subject |
Science -- History -- 20th century.
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Discoveries in science.
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| Genre/Form |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
Science in the 20th century |
| ISBN |
1565858913 |
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9781565858916 |
| Music No. |
1220 Teaching Company |
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