| Description |
18 audio discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iv, 252 pages ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
The great courses. Science & mathematics |
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Great courses. Science & mathematics.
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| Note |
In three containers. |
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Contains thirty-six 30 minute lectures. |
| Performer |
Instructed by Steven L. Goldman. |
| Contents |
pt. 1: disc 1. lecture 1. Knowledge, know-how, and social change. lecture 2. Writing makes science possible -- disc 2. lecture 3. Inventing reason and knowledge. lecture 4. The birth of natural science -- disc 3. lecture 5. Mathematics as the order of nature. lecture 6. The birth of techno-science -- disc 4. lecture 7. Universities relaunch the idea of knowledge. lecture 8. The Medieval revolution in know-how -- disc 5. lecture 9. Progress enters into history. lecture 10. The printed book : Gutenberg to Galileo -- disc 6. lecture 11. Renaissance painting and techno-science. lecture 12. Copernicus moves the earth. |
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pt. 2: disc 7. lecture 13. The birth of modern science. lecture 14. Algebra, calculus, and probability -- disc 8. lecture 15. Conservation and symmetry. lecture 16. Instruments as extensions of the mind -- disc 9. lecture 17. Time, change, and novelty. lecture 18. The atomic theory of matter -- disc 10. lecture 19. The cell theory of life. lecture 20. The germ theory of disease -- disc 11. lecture 21. The gene theory of inheritance. lecture 22. Energy challenges matter -- disc 12. lecture 23. Fields : the immaterial become eal. lecture 24. Relationships become physical. |
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pt. 3: disc 13. lecture 25. Evolution as process science. lecture 26. Statistical laws challenge determinism -- disc 14. lecture 27. Technoscience comes of age. lecture 28. Institutions empower innovation -- disc 15. lecture 29. The quantum revolution. lecture 30. Relativity redefines space and time -- disc 16. lecture 31. Reconceiving the universe, again. lecture 32. The idea behind the computer -- disc 17. lecture 33. Three faces of information. lecture 34. System, chaos, and self-organization -- lecture 35. Life as molecules in action. lecture 36. Great ideas, past and future. |
| Summary |
Professor Steven L. Goldman of Lehigh University presents 36 lectures on the historic milestones in the various branches of science. |
| Subject |
Science -- History.
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Discoveries in science.
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Technology -- History.
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Discoveries in science. (OCoLC)fst00894959
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Science. (OCoLC)fst01108176
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Technology. (OCoLC)fst01145078
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
9781598033038 (set) |
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1598033034 (set) |
| Music No. |
1120 (set) |
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PC1120-02 (set) |
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