| Description |
12 sound discs (approximately 12 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (vi, 173 pages : illustrations ; 19 cm). |
| Series |
Great courses. Science & mathematics. General science |
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Great courses (Compact disc)
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| Note |
Unabridged. |
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Compact discs. |
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Contains 24 lectures; each lecture is approximately 30 min. |
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Course number 1126. |
| Bibliography |
Bibliographic references in course guidebook. |
| Contents |
Disc 1: The miracle of life -- The organization of life -- disc 2: Evolution: the tireless tinkerer -- Other mechanisms of evolution -- disc 3: DNA and heritability -- Epigenetics, mutations, and gene insertion -- disc 4: The illusion of coherence: how we see -- Acoustic perception deconstructed -- disc 5: Our changing brain -- Plasticity, brain training, and beyond -- disc 6: Magnetism and its magic -- Electrical forces, fields, and circuits -- disc 7: Thermodynamics: heat, energy, and work -- Metabolism: energy in the cell -- disc 8: Fluid mechanics: pressure, buoyancy, flow -- Navigation and propulsion in fluids -- disc 9: The Big Bang that didn't -- The four forces of nature -- disc 10: The elements of everything -- Looks like a particle, acts like a wave -- disc 11: Quanta, uncertainty, and a cat -- String theory, membranes, and the multiverse -- disc 12: Emergence: simple rules, complex systems -- Order out of chaos. |
| Performer |
Lecturer: Professor Indre Viskontas, University of California, San Francisco. |
| Subject |
Science -- History -- Sound recordings.
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Discoveries in science -- Sound recordings.
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| Genre |
Audiobooks.
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| Added Author |
Teaching Company.
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| Added Title |
Twelve essential scientific concepts |
| ISBN |
9781629970400 |
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1629970409 |
| Music No. |
1126 Teaching Company |
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