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The joy of science

Hazen, Robert M. 1948- (Author). Burgstaller, Andreas. (Added Author). Teaching Company (Added Author).

Summary: 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.

Item details

  • ISBN: 1565855523 :
  • ISBN: 9781565855526
  • ISBN: 1565855523
  • Physical Description: videorecording
    videodisc
    10 videodiscs (1800 min.) : sd. col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (viii, 296 p. ; 19 cm.)
  • Publisher: Chantilly, VA : The Great Courses / The Teaching Co., c2001.

Contents / Notes

General Note:
DVD.
Course guidebook includes professor biography, statement of course scope, lecture outlines and notes, timeline, glossary, biographical notes, and bibliography (p. 290-296).
Formatted Contents Note: Part I. Disc 1. Lecture one The nature of science ; lecture two The scientific method ; Lecture three The ordered universe ; Lecture four Celestial and terrestrial mechanics ; Lecture five Newton's laws of motion ; Lecture six Universal gravitation -- Disc 2. Lecture seven The nature of energy ; Lecture eight The first law of thermodynamics ; Lecture nine The second law of thermodynamics ; Lecture ten Entropy ; Lecture eleven Magnetism and static electricity ; Lecture twelve Electricity.
Creation/Production Credits Note: Producer, Andreas Burgstaller ; editor, Sal Rodriguez ; content supervisor, Ann Waigand.
Participant or Performer Note: 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.
Subject: Newton, Isaac 1642-1727
Bohr, Niels 1885-1962
Hubble, Edwin 1889-1953
Mendel, Gregor 1822-1884
Darwin, Charles 1809-1882
Science
Science History
Science Methodology
Cosmology
Motion
Gravity
Thermodynamics
Entropy
Magnetism
Electricity
Electromagnetism
Atoms
Relativity (Physics)
Chemistry
Standard model (Nuclear physics)
Astronomy
Matter
Matter Properties
Solar system
Earth (Planet)
Earth sciences
Hydrologic cycle
Life (Biology)
DNA
Genetics
Evolution (Biology)
Natural selection
Biotic communities
Greenhouse effect, Atmospheric
Global warming

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Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library:
      Columbia County Library
KIT 500 JOY Booklet ( Send Text)
Booklet 31100000264342 Kits - Adult Available
Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library:
      Columbia County Library
KIT 500 JOY pt.1 ( Send Text)
Pt. 1 31100000264292 Kits - Adult Available
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KIT 500 JOY pt.2 ( Send Text)
Pt. 2 31100000264300 Kits - Adult Available
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KIT 500 JOY pt.3 ( Send Text)
Pt. 3 31100000264318 Kits - Adult Available
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KIT 500 JOY pt.4 ( Send Text)
Pt. 4 31100000264326 Kits - Adult Available
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KIT 500 JOY pt.5 ( Send Text)
Pt. 5 31100000264334 Kits - Adult Available
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DVD 500 JOY vol. 1 EC ( Send Text)
Pt. 1-3 31100000077520 Audio Visual Items - Adult Available
Greater Clarks Hill Regional Library:
      Grovetown Library
DVD 500 JOY vol. 2 EC ( Send Text)
Pt. 4-5 31100000077538 Audio Visual Items - Adult Available
Hart County Library System:
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DVD 509 JOY OF SCIENCE pt. 1-5, Bk. ( Send Text)
Pt. 1-5, Bk. 31026005398498 AV Available
Northeast Georgia Regional Library:
      Clarkesville-Habersham County Library
DVD 509 HAZ (KIT) ( Send Text)
31037006965748 AV Available

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