Great scientific ideas that changed the world. Part 2 of 3 [sound recording] / Steven L. Goldman.

Title:

ISBN:

9781598033038

Personal Author:

Goldman, Steven L., 1941-

Publication Information:

Chantilly, VA : Teaching Co., [2007]

Physical Description:

6 sound discs : digital ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (ii, 73 pages ; 22 cm).

General Note:

12 lectures (30 minutes per lecture).

Contents:

lecture 13. Birth of modern science -- lecture 14. Algebra, calculus, and probability -- lecture 15. Conservation and symmetry -- lecture 16. Instruments as extensions of the mind -- lecture 17. Time, change , and novelty -- lecture 18. Atomic theory of matter -- lecture 19. Cell theory of life -- lecture 20. Germ theory of disease -- lecture 21. Gene theory of inheritance -- lecture 22. Energy challenges matter -- lecture 23. Fields : the immaterial become real -- lecture 24. Relationships become physical.

Summary:

Presents 13-24 of 36 lectures discussing the evolving relationship of science with society during the 20th century.

Subject Term:

Science -- History

Technology -- History

Discoveries in science

Genre:

Audiobooks

Added Corporate Author:

Teaching Company

Series Title:

Great courses (Compact disc)