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Great scientific ideas that changed the world, Steven L. Goldman

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Great scientific ideas that changed the world, Steven L. Goldman

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Great scientific ideas that changed the world

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156251677

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Steven L. Goldman

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Great courses

Summary

Professor Steven L. Goldman of Lehigh University presents thirty-six lectures (ca. thirty minutes each) on the historic milestones in the various branches of science

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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 --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 becomes real ; lecture 24. Relationships become physical --Pt. 3: disc 13. lecture 25. Evolution as process science ; lecture 26. Statistical laws challenge determinism -- disc 14. lecture 27. Techno-science 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 -- disc 18. lecture 35. Life as molecules in action ; lecture 36. Great ideas, past and future

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