The joy of science /
"60 lectures that explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of all of the physical and biological sciences--physics, genetics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology, thermodynamics, and more"--Teaching Co. Web site.
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| Format: | CD Audio Book |
| Language: | English |
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Chantilly, VA :
Teaching Co.,
[2001]
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| Series: | Great courses (Compact disc)
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Table of Contents:
- pt. 1. lecture 1. The nature of science
- lecture 2. The scientific method
- lecture 3. The ordered universe
- lecture 4. Celestial and terrestrial mechanics
- lecture 5. Newton's laws of motion
- lecture 6. Universal gravitation
- lecture 7. The nature of energy
- lecture 8. The first law of thermodynamics
- lecture 9. The second law of thermodynamics
- lecture 10. Entropy
- lecture 11. Magnetism and static electricity
- lecture 12. Electricity.
- pt. 2. lecture 13. Electromagnetism
- lecture 14. The electromagnetic spectrum, part I
- lecture 15. The electromagnetic spectrum, part II
- lecture 16. Relativity
- lecture 17. Atoms
- lecture 18. The Bohr atom
- lecture 19. The quantum world
- lecture 20. The periodic table of the elements
- lecture 21. Introduction to chemistry
- lecture 22. The chemistry of carbon
- lecture 23. States of matter and changes of state
- lecture 24. Phase transformation & chemical reactions.
- pt. 3. lecture 25. Properties of materials
- lecture 26. Semiconductors and modern microelectronics
- lecture 27. Isotopes and radioactivity
- lecture 28. Nuclear fission and fusion reaction
- lecture 29. Astronomy
- lecture 30. The life cycle of stars
- lecture 31. Edwin Hubble and the discovery of galaxies
- lecture 32. The big bang
- lecture 33. The ultimate structure of matter
- lecture 34. The nebular hypothesis
- lecture 35. The solar system
- lecture 36. The Earth as a planet.
- pt. 4. lecture 37. The dynamic earth
- lecture 38. The plate-tectonics revolution
- lecture 39. Earthquakes, volcanoes, and plate motions today
- lecture 40. Earth cycles : water
- lecture 41. The atmospheric cycle
- lecture 42. The rock cycle
- lecture 43. What is life?
- lecture 44. Strategies of life
- lecture 45. Life's molecular building blocks
- lecture 46. Proteins
- lecture 47. Cells : the chemical factories of life
- lecture 48. Gregor Mendel, founder of genetics.
- pt. 5. lecture 49. The discovery of DNA
- lecture 50. The genetic code
- lecture 51. Reading the genetic code
- lecture 52. Genetic engineering
- lecture 53. Cancer and other genetic diseases
- lecture 54. The chemical evolution of life
- lecture 55. Biological evolution : a unifying theme of biology
- lecture 56. The fact of evolution : the fossil record
- lecture 57. Charles Darwin and the theory of natural selection
- lecture 58. Ecosystems and the law of unintended consequences
- lecture 59. The ozone hole, acid rain, and the greenhouse effect
- lecture 60. Science, the endless frontier.