The Joy of Science /
Robert M. Hazen ; The Teaching Company.
- Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company, 2001.
- 10 DVDs (1800 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 296 p. ; 19 cm.)
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Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography.
The Course Guidebook includes a glossary and bibliographical references.
"English novelist and scientist C. P. Snow classed certain scientific ideas with the works of Shakespeare as things every educated person should know. The lectures in this series explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of the physical and biological sciences - physics, genetics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology, thermodynamics, and more - providing a comprehensive and integrated introduction to all of science. The Joy of Science, through enhancing an understanding of the physical world, offers a source of endless wonder and intellectual joy." DVD CONTENTS: Part I. Disc 1. Lecture 01: The Nature of Science Lecture 02: The Scientific Method Lecture 03: The Ordered Universe Lecture 04: Celestial and Terrestrial Mechanics Lecture 05: Newton's Laws of Motion Lecture 06: Universal Gravitation Disc 2. Lecture 07: The Nature of Energy Lecture 08: The First Law of Thermodynamics Lecture 09: The Second Law of Thermodynamics Lecture 10: Entropy Lecture 11: Magnetism and Static Electricity Lecture 12: Electricity Part II. Disc 3. 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 Disc 4. 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 Transformations and Chemical Reactions Part III. Disc 5. Lecture 25: Properties of Materials Lecture 26: Semiconductors and Modern Microelectronics Lecture 27: Isotopes and Radioactivity Lecture 28: Nuclear Fission and Fusion Reactions Lecture 29: Astronomy Lecture 30:The Life Cycle of Stars Disc 6. 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 Part IV. Disc 7. Lecture 37: The Dynamic Earth Lecture 38: The Plate-Tectonics Revolution Lecture 39: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, & Plate Motions Today
Lecture 40: Earth Cycles: Water Lecture 41: The Atmospheric Cycle Lecture 42: The Rock Cycle Disc 8. 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 Part V. Disc 9 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 Disc 10. 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. SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Concordance to the Science Content Standards of the National Science Education Standards The Periodic Table of the Elements Timeline Glossary Biographical Notes Bibliography
Producer, Andreas Burgstaller ; editor, Sal Rodriguez ; content supervisor, Ann Waigand. Producer, Andreas Burgstaller ; editor, Sal Rodriguez ; content supervisor, Ann Waigand.
Sixty lectures of thirty minutes each by Robert M. Hazen, Clarence Robinson Professor of Earth Science at George Mason University, and researcher at the Geophysical Laboratory of the Carnegie Institution of Washington.
"English novelist and scientist C. P. Snow classed certain scientific ideas with the works of Shakespeare as things every educated person should know. The lectures in this series explore the fundamental discoveries and principles of the physical and biological sciences - physics, genetics, biology, astronomy, chemistry, meteorology, thermodynamics, and more - providing a comprehensive and integrated introduction to all of science. The Joy of Science, through enhancing an understanding of the physical world, offers a source of endless wonder and intellectual joy." Part I. Disc 1. Lecture 01: The Nature of Science lecture 02: The Scientific Method Lecture 03: The Ordered Universe Lecture 04: Celestial and Terrestrial Mechanics Lecture 05: Newton's Laws of Motion Lecture 06: Universal Gravitation
Disc 2. Lecture 07: The Nature of Energy Lecture 08: The First Law of Thermodynamics Lecture 09: The Second Law of Thermodynamics Lecture 10: Entropy Lecture 11: Magnetism and Static Electricity Lecture 12: Electricity
Part II. Disc 3. 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 Disc 4. 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 Transformations and Chemical Reactions
Part III. Disc 5. Lecture 25: Properties of Materials Lecture 26: Semiconductors and Modern Microelectronics Lecture 27: Isotopes and Radioactivity Lecture 28: Nuclear Fission and Fusion Reactions Lecture 29: Astronomy Lecture 30:The Life Cycle of Stars
Disc 6. 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
Part IV. Disc 7. Lecture 37: The Dynamic Earth Lecture 38: The Plate-Tectonics Revolution Lecture 39: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, & Plate Motions Today Lecture 40: Earth Cycles: Water Lecture 41: The Atmospheric Cycle Lecture 42: The Rock Cycle
Disc 8. 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
Part V. Disc 9 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
Disc 10. 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.
SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIAL Concordance to the Science Content Standards of the National Science Education Standards The Periodic Table of the Elements Timeline Glossary Biographical Notes Bibliography
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