| Description |
6 videodiscs (18 hr.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 3 course guidebooks (21 cm.). |
| Series |
Great courses. Science & mathematics |
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Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics.
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| System Details |
DVD. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh University. |
| Note |
Contains 36 lectures issued in 3 parts; each part has 2 videodiscs with 6 lectures per videodisc; each lecture is ca. 30 min. |
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In 3 containers, 26 x 19 x 4 cm. |
| Summary |
Presents 36 lectures discussing the evolving relationship of science with society during the 20th century. |
| Contents |
Part 1. Knowledge, know-how, and social change -- Writing makes science possible -- Inventing reason and knowledge -- The birth of natural science -- Mathematics as the order of nature -- The birth of techno-science -- Universities relaunch the idea of knowledge -- The medieval revolution in know-how -- Progress enters into history -- The printed book : Gutenberg to Galileo -- Renaissance painting and techno-science -- Copernicus moves the Earth. |
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Part 2. The birth of modern science -- Algebra, calculus, and probability -- Conservation and symmetry -- Instruments as extensions of the mind -- Time, change , and novelty -- The atomic theory of matter -- The cell theory of life -- The germ theory of disease -- The gene theory of inheritance -- Energy challenges matter -- Fields : the immaterial become real -- Relationships become physical. |
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Part 3. Evolution as process science -- Statistical laws challenge determinism -- Techno-science comes of age -- Institutions empower innovation -- The quantum revolution -- Relativity redefines space and time -- Reconceiving the universe, again -- The idea behind the computer -- Three faces of information -- Systems, chaos, and self-organization -- Life as molecules in action -- Great ideas, past and future. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Science -- History.
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Technology -- History.
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Discoveries in science.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| ISBN |
1598033042 DVDs |
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9781598033045 |
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1598033050 guidebooks |
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9781598033052 guidebooks |
| Music No. |
1120 Teaching Company |
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