Displaying 1 of 1 2004 Format: DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials Title: Science in the twentieth century : a social-intellectual survey / Steven L. Goldman. Publisher, Date: Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., ©2004. Description: 6 videodiscs (1080 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (22 cm). Summary: Presents 36 lectures discussing the evolving relationship of science with society during the 20th century. Series: Great courses Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. Subjects: Science -- History -- 20th century. Discoveries in science. Genre: Lectures. Nonfiction films. Educational films. Video recordings. Other Author: Goldman, Steven L., 1941- speaker, teacher. Burgstaller, Andreas, producer. Teaching Company. Other Title: Science in the 20th century Notes: 36 lectures (30 minutes per lecture). In 3 containers. Course no.: 1220. Producer, Andreas Burgstaller. Lecturer: Professor Steven Goldman, Boston University. DVD, region 1. Contents: lecture 1. The evolution of 20th-Century science -- lecture 2. Redefining reality -- lecture 3. Quantum theory makes its appearance -- lecture 4. The heroic "old" age of quantum theory -- lecture 5. A newer theory-QED -- lecture 6. QED meets fission and fusion -- lecture 7. Learning by smashing -- lecture 8. What good is QED? -- lecture 9. The newest theory-quantum chromodynamics -- lecture 10. Unifying nature -- lecture 11. Chemists become designers -- lecture 12. Mathematics and truth -- lecture 13. Mathematics and reality -- lecture 14. The universe expands -- lecture 15. What is the universe? -- lecture 16. How do we know what's out there? -- lecture 17. From equilibrium to dynamism -- lecture 18. Subterranean fury -- lecture 19. Solar system citizen -- lecture 20. Science organized, adopted, co-opted -- lecture 21. Techno-science and globalization -- lecture 22. The evolution of evolution -- lecture 23. Human evolution -- lecture 24. Genetics-from Mendel to molecules -- lecture 25. Molecular biology -- lecture 26. Molecular medicine -- lecture 27. Culture-anthropology and archaeology -- lecture 28. Culture-history -- lecture 29. Culture-linguistics -- lecture 30. Society-sociology -- lecture 31. Society-political science -- lecture 32. Society-economics -- lecture 33. Mind-classical and behavioral psychology -- lecture 34. Mind-cybernetics, AI, connectionism -- lecture 35. Looking back -- lecture 36. Looking around and looking ahead. ISBN: 1565858921 9781565858923 9791565858922 Publisher Number: 1220 1221--1223 Other Number: 56416646 System Availability: 1 Current Holds: 0 # Local items: 1 Control Number: 815180 # Local items in: 1 # System items in: 1 Call Number: GREAT DVD 509 Science Place Hold Add to My List Expand All | Collapse All Availability Map It Suggestions and more Displaying 1 of 1
