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Item Information   Copy / Holding Information     More Content       More by this author     Goldman, Steven L., 1941-     Subjects     Science -- History.     Technology -- History.     Discoveries in science.     Idea (Philosophy)     Browse Catalog     by author:      Goldman, Steven L., 1941-       by title:      Great scientific ide...       by call number:      DVD 509 G619g     Search the Web     Goldman, Steven L., 1941-     Science -- History.     Technology -- History.     Discoveries in science.     Idea (Philosophy)       MARC Display

Great scientific ideas that changed the world [videorecording (DVD)]. by Goldman, Steven L., 1941- Teaching Co., 2007. Call #: DVD 509 G619g Subjects Science -- History.   Technology -- History.   Discoveries in science.   Idea (Philosophy) Series Great courses (DVD). Science & mathematics. ISBN:  9781598033045 (set) 1598033042 1598033050 9781598033052 (guidebooks) Alternate title:  Great courses. Great scientific ideas that changed the world [videorecording (DVD)] Format:  [videorecording (DVD)]. Description:  6 videodiscs (18 hr.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm. + 1 course guidebook (21 cm.) Notes:  "36 lectures in 3 parts (2 vieeodiscs each)/ 30 minutes per lecture"--Container. Course no. 1120. Home use only. Contents:  Part 1. Knowledge, know-how, and social change -- Writing makes science possible -- Inventing reason and knowledge -- Birth of natural science -- Mathematics as the order of nature -- Birth of techno-science -- Universities relaunch the idea of knowledge -- Medieval revolution in know-how -- Progress enters into history -- Printed book : Gutenberg to Galileo -- Renaissance painting and techno-science -- Copernicus moves the Earth. Part 2. Birth of modern science -- Algebra, calculus, and probability -- Conservation and symmetry -- Instruments as extensions of the mind -- Time, change , and novelty -- Atomic theory of matter -- Cell theory of life -- Germ theory of disease -- Gene theory of inheritance -- Energy challenges matter -- Fields : the immaterial become real -- Relationships become physical. Part 3. Evolution as process science -- Statistical laws challenge determinism -- Techno-science comes of age -- Institutions empower innovation -- Quantum revolution -- Relativity redefines space and time -- Reconceiving the universe, again -- Idea behind the computer -- Three faces of information -- Systems, chaos, and self-organization -- Life as molecules in action -- Great ideas, past and future. Performers:  Lecturer: Professor Steven L. Goldman, Lehigh University. Summary:  Presents 36 lectures discussing the evolving relationship of science with society during the 20th century. Genre:  Filmed lectures. Films for the hearing impaired. DVDs. Other authors:  Teaching Company. Holds:  0   Copy/Holding information Location Collection Call No. Item type Status   Central Library Adult Nonfeature DVDs DVD 509 G619g Adult Dvds-21 Days Checked in Add Copy to MyList Sackville Public Library Adult Nonfeature DVDs DVD 509 G619g Adult Dvds-21 Days Checked in Add Copy to MyList

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